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Fasti ecclesi scotican
FASTI ECCLESI.E SCOTICAN^
SYNOD OF GLASGOW AND AYR
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
The Rev. W. S. Crockett, Minister of Tweedsmuir, Convener and General Editor
Francis James Grant, W.S., Rothesay Herald and Lyon Clerk, Vice-Convener
and Joint-Editor.
The Very Rev. Professor James Cooper, D.D., D.Litt., D.C.L.
W. Traquair Dickson, W.S.
The Rev. Professor James Mackinnon, Ph.D., D.D.
Sir James Balfour Paul, C.V.O., LL.D., Lord Lyon King-of-Arms.
The Rev. Arthur P. Sym, B.D.
The Rev. Robert W. Weir, D.D.
GENERAL COMMITTEE
The Very Rev. David Paul, D.D., LL.D.,
Edinburgh
The Rev. Thomas Burns, D.D., Edinburgh
The Rev. W. W. Coats, D.D., Brechin
The Rev. R. Menzies Fergusson, D.D.,
Logie
The Rev. James Gillan, D.D., Edinburgh
The Rev. J. King Hewison, D.D., Rothesay
The Rev. J. Mitchell, D.D., Mauchline
The Rev. Robert Pryde, D.D., Glasgow
The Rev. J. R. Aitken, M.A., Edinburgh
The Rev. William Auld, B.D., Carnock
The Rev. James W. Blake, M.A., Temple
The Rev. John Burleigh, Ednam
The Rev. Andrew Burns, Fenwick
The Rev. J. A. Cameron, B.D., Legerwood
The Rev. A. J. Campbell, B.A., Glasgow
The Rev. J. T. Cox, B.D., Dyce
The Rev. A. A. Duncan, B.D., Auchterless
The Rev. Richard Henderson, B.D.,
Longside
The Rev. Geo. D. Hutton, M.A., B.Sc,
Bothkennar
The Rev. J. F. Leishman, M.A., Linton
The Rev. A. J. Macdonald, Killearnan
The Rev. A. M. MacGregor, Lochryan
The Rev. Arch. Maclaren, Glasgow
The Rev. J. Muirhead, B.D., Avendale
The Rev. J. W. Murray, B.A.(Oxon.), Manor
The Rev. W. H. Porter, Cidts, Pitlessie
The Rev. Harry Smith, M.A., Old Kil-
patrick
The Rev. James Smith, B.D., Aberdeen
The Rev. W. Stephen, B.D., Inverkeithing
The Rev. D. Macfarlane Wilson,
Thornton
The Rev. Wm. Wilson, M.A., Trossachs
C. E. W. Macpherson, C.A., Edin.
Thomas Reid, M.A., Lanark
J. H. Stevenson, M.B.E., K.C., Advocate,
Edinburgh
FASTI ECCLESIiE
SCOTICAN.E
THE SUCCESSION OF MINISTERS IN
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND FROM
THE REFORMATION
/ BY
HEW^SCOTT, D.D.
NEW EDITION
Revised and continued to the Present Time under the Superintendence
of a Committee appointed by the General Assembly
VOLUME III
SYNOD OF GLASGOW AND AYR
OLIVER AND BOYD
EDINBURGH: TWEEDDALE COURT
1920
PREFATORY NOTE
The Editorial Committee regret the delay in issuing this Third
Volume of the Fasti. The Volume has been in type for a year, but
publishing difficulties having arisen in consequence of the enormous
increase in printing expenses, the work could not be further proceeded
with at the time.
Volume Three, including within its scope the Presbytery of
Glasgow, has entailed an unusual amount of often difficult and
arduous research. Thanks must be accorded to many persons, both
clerical and lay, who have helped in the preparation of this Volume.
The Committee are specially indebted for much assistance to the
Clerks of the various Presbyteries, and to the Rev. Andrew Burns,
Fenwick; the Rev. W. S. Brownlee, Clydebank; the Rev. John Muirhead,
Avendale; the Rev. Archibald Maclaren, Glasgow, and Mr Thomas
Reid, M.A., Lanark. They have also to thank Mr D. A. Boyd,
Saltcoats, and Mr James R. Anderson, Ayr, for placing valuable
notes at their disposal. Pains have been taken to verify the informa-
tion given, but the book does not claim to be immaculate. It has
been found that information taken from pedigrees, and even from
tombstones, is frequently contradictory and misleading. Causes of
trouble nearly always occur in proper names and dates. In almost
eveiy case, however, the material now furnished has been transcribed
from the Records of the Church, the Separate Registers of each
Presbytery, the Public Records in H.M. Register House and else-
where, and all the printed literature available on Parish and Family
Histories, Biographies, Newspaper Sketches, etc.
The Volume has been brought down to the eve of publication.
10th June 1920.
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations
Synod of Glasgow and Ayr —
I. Presbytery of Ayr
II. Presbytery of Irvine
III. Presbytery of Paisley
IV. Presbytery of Greenock
V. Presbytery of Hamilton
VI. Presbytery of Lanark
VII. Presbytery of Dunbarton
VIII. Presbytery of Glasgow
Bibliography of Church and Parish Histories, etc.
Index of Parishes and Chapels .
Index of Ministers . . - .
PAOB
viii
1
78
131
190
220
284
325
371
493
508
513
ABBREVIATIONS
adm.
. admitted
marr.
. married
app.
. appointed
min. .
. minister
bapt.
. baptized
ord. .
. ordained
coll.
. collated
pres. .
. presented
cont.
. contract
presb.
. presbytery
(marriage)
pro. .
. proclaimed
dem.
. demitted
res. .
. resigned
dep.
. deposed
S.£>.
. without issue
ind.
. inducted
trans.
. translated
inst.
. instituted
univ.
. university
licen.
. licensed
unmarr.
. unmarried
SYNOD OF GLASGOW AND AYR
The Synod Eegister begins 30th August 1687.
PEESBYTEEY OF AYR
[In 1581 the General Assembly had in view the erection of a Presbytery at Ayr. How
soon thereafter this Court was actually constituted does not appear. The Presbytery
Eegister begins at 20th April 1642. There is a gap in the Records from 22nd Jan. 1651
to 3rd Aug. 1687.]
ALLOWAY (Q.S.).
[The parish of Alloway is ancient, and
was a prebend of the Chapel Royal of
Stirling. Its church was dedicated to St
Mungo. In 1690 the parishes of Ayr and
Alloway were united. The ancient church
of this parish, " Alloway's auld haunted
kirk," the romantic scene of Tam o' Shanter's
ghostly vision, still stands roofless in its
churchyard, a finely placed, impressive ruin.
Near its west end is St Mungo's Well, which
Burns has not overlooked in the poem. In
the churchyard is buried William Burns,
the poet's father. In 1858 a mission chapel
was built close to the churchyard gate. By
decree of the Court of Teinds, 4th July
1860, Alloway was disjoined from Ayr, and
erected anew as a separate parish. In
addition to the territory within its ancient
boundaries, Alloway thereafter included
certain lands on the right bank of the
Water of Doon taken from the parish
of Maybole. In 1891 the modern parish
church of Alloway was considerably
enlarged.]
JAMES RAMSAY, reader from 1567 to
156^ 1580; pres. to the parsonage and
vicarage by James VI. 28th March
1573.— [Reg. Assig.]
VOL. III.
JAMES DALRYMPLE, min. of Ayr;
1573 pres. to the vicarage 13th Aug. 1573.
THOMAS FALCONER, reader in
1589 1589.
ANDREW MILLAR, min. in 1628;
1628 pres. to Girvan 26th Nov. 1632.
DAVID M'QUORNE, min. before 1636.
As he had neither manse, glebe, nor
competent allowance, the Presb., on
12th July 1643, apparently gave him leave
to accept a call to any other parish, but it
was not till 11th Sept. 1662 that he was
pres. to Straiton.
1636
1859
JOHN LOCHHEAD, born Toward,
Argyll, 1833, eldest son of Thomas
L., farmer ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Dunoon ; ord.
17th Feb. 1859 ; first min. of the parish 4th
July 1860 ; res. on account of voice failure,
1880, and went to reside at Cheltenham.
SAMUEL MARCUS DILL, born Belfast,
20th Dec. 1843, son of Professor Robert
Foster D., M.D., M.R.C.S., Queen's
College, Belfast, and Catherine Haughton
Rentoul ; educated at Royal Belfast Institu-
tion, Queen's College, Belfast, Assembly's
Theological College, Belfast, Theological
1881
ALLOW AY— ANNBANK
[PKESB. OF
College, Geneva ; Queen's University, Ire-
land; B.A. (1864), M.A. (1866), licen. by
Presb. of Belfast Dec. 1867 ; ord. to Cumber,
Co. Londonderry, 5th May 1868 ; trans, to
Ballymena, Co. Antrim, 7th May 1874 ;
adm. here 5th May 1881 ; D.D. (United
Theological Faculties of Presbyterian
Church of Ireland, 1907); joint -convener
of Committee on Small Livings 1912 ;
Moderator of the General Assembly 21st
May 1912; dem. 4th June 1918. Marr.
4th July 1878, Agnes Graham, daugh. of
John James Kowe of Dinglefield, Liverpool,
and has issue — Kathleen Norah, army nurse,
born 14th June 1880 ; Marcus Graham,
brevet major R.A.M.C., served in France,
bom 22nd Feb. 1882 ; Robert Foster, D.S.O.,
captain 129th Baluchis, born 6th June
1883, killed in France 11th April 1915;
Agnes Rosa, born 4th Jan. 1887 ; John
Rowe, lieut. 49th Punjabis, born 3rd Dec.
1889, killed in France, 6th June 1915;
Hessy Foster, born 31st Jan. 1892 ; Alfred
Vincent, M.B., Ch.B., born 26th April
1893 ; Louise le Blanc, born 20th May 1897.
Publications — Sermons and Contributions
to Theological and Literary Magazines ;
The Church, The Body of Christ [Assembly
Closing Address] (Edinburgh, 1912).
JOHN M'FARLANE HAMILTON,
born Beith, 28th April 1879, son of
John H. and Isabella Steedman ;
educated at Beith Academy, Vale of Leven
Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1902), B.D. (1905); licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton April 1905 ; assistant at Ren-
frew ; ord. to St James's, Ayr, 14th Feb.
1912 ; trans, and adm. 18th Dec. 1918.
ANNBANK (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built at Annbank in 1871.
This parish, erected 10th July 1914 by the
Court of Teinds, was disjoined from the
parishes of Tarbolton and St Quivox.]
GEORGE M'CONACHIE, M.A; ord.
1st Oct. 1873; trans, to Rerrick
24th July 1877.
GAVIN CRAWFORD, ord. 18th Oct.
77 1877 ; trans, to Fauldhouse 20th
June 1882.
THOMAS WALLS, licen. by Presb. of
1882 Edinburgh 12th May 1880 ; ord. 25th
Sept. 1882; res. 1st Dec. 1886;
was assistant at Shettleston 1892.
ANDREW ROBERTSON, M.A.; ord.
30th Dec. 1886; trans, to Cadzow
1886
13th Dec. 1888.
JOHN MANN CALLAN, educated at
1889 Univ- of Glasgow; M.A. (1882);
licen. and ord. by Presb. of Dunoon
to Presbyterian Church, Balwearie, Pictou,
Nova Scotia, 1886; adm. here 1889; res. 1895.
MELVILLE VIPONT ANDERSON
1895 [afterwards David Avenel Vipont];
ord. 28th Aug. 1895; trans, to St
Ninian's Mission, Edinburgh, in 1898.
ROBERT CONDIE HUNTER, licen.
1898 ky Presb. of Dunfermline 1st May
1889; ord. 28th Sept. 1898; res.
in 1900 ; assistant at Rutherglen in 1901,
Lanark 1904, Abbotshall 1905, Dundee 1906,
and Edinburgh 1907-8.
ALEXANDER CAMERON, ord. 26th
lgoo April 1900; trans, to Inverchaolain,
3rd Aug. 1910.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, M.A. ; ord. 31st
1910 ®c*" ^^® ' trans- to Stronsay 6th
Feb. 1913.
ROBERT SMITH MACKINTOSH,
lgl3 M.A. ; ord. 5th June 1913 ; first min.
of the parish 10th July 1914; trans,
to St Margaret's, Arbroath, 6th Dec. 1916.
GEORGE LINDSAY STEWART, born
1917 Glasgow, 22nd Sept. 1880, son of
William S. and Maria Lindsay ; edu-
cated at Kilmarnock Academy, Univ. of
Edinburgh, and Free Church College, Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Free Presb. of Glasgow,
14th June 1910 ; assistant at Fountainbridge
Free Church, Edinburgh ; ord. to Free
Church, Dumfries, 11th Aug. 1910; trans,
to Free Church, Dunbarton, 18th Feb.
1915; trans, and adm. 3rd May 1917.
Marr. 3rd Oct. 1900, Anna, daugh. of John
Smith, and has issue — William, born 27th
April 1902 ; Lindsay, born 13th Aug. 1903 ;
George, born 27th June 1907 ; Constance,
born 15 th May 1910.
aye]
AUCHINLECK
AUCHINLECK.
[The church of Auchinleck belonged of
old to the Abbey of Paisley. In 1754
Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, a
senator of the College of Justice, added
an aisle to the church. He was a judge
of some note, but is now perhaps best
known as the father of James Boswell,
Dr Samuel Johnson's biographer. The
parish had a Well named Our Lady's, and
near Auchinleck Castle stood a Chapel of
St Vincent. In 1844 Auchinleck Church
was rebuilt on a new site adjoining the
old one. There is a" mission chapel at
Darnconner.]
JOHN INGLIS, trans, from Ochiltree
before 1574 ; returned there after
1574
1580.
1617
1631
GEORGE WALKER, son of John W.,
bailie in Newmills; MA. (Glasgow
1607) j min. in 1617 ; died June 1621,
aged about 34. He marr. Martha Granger,
who died in 1640. — [Milne Home Papers,
87 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.]
JOHN SHAW, son of Alexander S.
in Clauchphymett ; MA. (Glasgow
1617) ; min. in 1631 ; died after 28th
March. 1649. He marr. Margaret Douglas,
and had issue — William, apprenticed to
James Durie, merchant, Edinburgh, 27th
Nov. 1650. — [Sed.-Book of Teinds; Ayr
Sas., iii. 220, vii. 640.]
ANDREW DALRYMPLE,MA.; called
March 1650 ; adm. 22nd Jan. 1651 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. He was accused of holding con-
venticles 8th April 1669. He had an in-
dulgence at Sorn 2nd Sept. 1669.— [P. C.
Reg., 3rd ser., iii., 3, 70.]
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, M.A.; be-
i662 came min. here after 1662; some
"desperate villains" having entered
and robbed his house on the night of 12th
Jan. 1672 and maltreated him and his
family, the Privy Council sent down a com-
mission under a strong military guard to
investigate the matter, and the parish was
fined 3500 merks as damages sustained by
the min. ; elected to Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
1669.— [P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., iii., 444 et seq.]
1680
JOHN WATSON, MA. (Glasgow, 14th
July 1670); adm. before 23rd June
1680. The edict was served under
the protection of three troops of dragoons,
and at the Revolution W. was forced into
the churchyard by ninety armed men, who
prevented him from preaching and tore
his gown. He died between 27th March
1696 and 6th Nov. 1697. He marr. Janet
Crichton. — [Mauchline Sess. Reg. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Rule's Sec. Vindication.]
1687
JOHN CAMPBELL, MA. (Glasgow
1661) ; ord. 4th Feb. 1679 ; was one
of the members constituting the
Presb. after the Toleration 3rd Aug. 1687 ;
died Nov. 1688, aged about .47. He marr.,
and had issue — a daugh. (marr. Adam
Stillie of Chang).— [Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.]
JOHN LAURIE, MA. (Glasgow, 27th
July 1676) ; ord. Presbyterian min. at
Macosquin, Coleraine, Ireland ; called
to Penpont before 8th Oct. 1689 ; called in
Nov., and adm. 29th Dec. 1692 ; died June
1710, aged about 54. He marr., and had
issue — James, min. of Kirkmichael. —
[Craivf ord John Sess. Reg. ; Wodrow's
Anal.]
JOHN GRANT, son of Lewis G. of
Whitetree ; ord. to Knockbain 27th
Sept. 1711; called 29th May, and
adm. 9th July 1712. He was accused at
the Presb. 28th April 1731, of having been
absent from his parish from Oct. 1729, and
providing an assistant for one month only,
that he had visited the families in the parish
only once in four years, and had dispensed
the Communion not more than two or three
times since his admission. His demission
was accepted 9th June 1731 ; retired to
London, where he became min. of a Presby-
terian meeting-house. On the death in 1729
of his brother-in-law, Colin Campbell, the
celebrated architect, he inherited a large
fortune. He died Jan. 1732. He marr.
Henrietta (died 6th June 1731), daugh. of
Donald Campbell, and had issue— Elizabeth;
Ann; Alexander; Colin; Ludovick, adjutant
1712
AUCHINLECK— AYR
[PRESB. OF
of Chelsea Hospital ; John ; Donald : Jean.
— [Edi?i. Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Boston's
Memoirs, 377 ; Brown's Gospel Truth.]
DAVID COOPER, M.D. ; licen. at
Rotterdam; called 6th Dec. 1731;
pres. by James Boswell of Auchin-
leck ; ord. 26 th April 1732 ; died 9th July
1751. He marr. May 1723, Janet Carstairs,
who died 25 th March 1770, and had issue —
David ; William. Publication — Two single
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1735 ; Glasgow, 1747).
1732
1752
JOHN DUN, a native of Eskdale,
Dumfriesshire ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 11th Sept. 1750; became chaplain
in the family of Alexander Boswell, Lord
Auchinleck, and tutor to James Boswell
the biographer ; called 11th Aug., and ord.
9th Nov. 1752; died 11th Oct. 1792, aged
68. He marr. (1) 21st Nov. 1757, Mary
Wilson, who died 2nd June 1762, aged 32,
and had issue — Elizabeth, born 8th Aug.
1758; Isabella, born 16th March 1760
(marr. Alexander Gillies, min. of Kil-
maurs): (2) 28th Dec. 1770, Deborah
Blackstock or Williamson, who died 13th
December 1795, aged 63, and had issue —
Alexander Boswell, born 3rd July 1772.
Publications — Two single Sermons (Edin-
burgh, 1766; Kilmarnock, 1 780) ; Sermons,
2 vols, (in the first of which is " the Deil's
answer to his verra friend, R. Burns ")
(Kilmarnock, 1790) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi.). — [Steven's Atich-
inleck, 32.]
JOHN LINDSAY, pres. by James Bos-
well of Auchinleck in March, and ord.
29th Aug. 1793; trans, to Ochiltree
5th June 1818.
1793
JAMES BOYD, pres. by Alexander
Boswell of Auchinleck, M.P., 24th
Nov. 1818; adm. 6th May 1819;
trans, to Ochiltree 18th April 1833.
1819
1833
JAMES CHRYSTAL, born 1807, second
son of William C, LL.D., rector of
the Grammar School, Glasgow ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1825);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 7th Oct. 1829 ;
pres. by Sir James Boswell of Auchin-
1893
leek, Bart., 25th April, and ord. 19th
Sept. 1833 ; sometime Clerk of Presb. ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1861) ; Moderator of General
Assembly 22nd May 1879; LL.D. (St
Andrews 1893); died Father of the
Church, 6th Feb. 1901. He marr. 1st Oct.
1834, Sophia (died 21st July 1890), daugh.
of Patrick Playfair of Dalmarnock, West
India merchant, Glasgow, and had issue
—William, born 30th July 1835, died 12th
April 1845 ; Jane Playfair, born 12th Feb.
1837, died 29th Nov. 1884 ; Patrick, Bom-
bay, born 28th June 1838, died 17th June
1885 ; James Robert, min. of Coltness, born
6th Oct. 1839 ; Andrew, merchant, Montreal,
born 19th Jan. 1841, died 16th Feb. 1885;
David, born 17th Sept. 1843, died 21st June
1857; John Smith, born 12th Oct. 1845;
Sophia Ann, born 3rd June 1847 (marr.
Pearson M'Adam Muir, D.D., min. of
Glasgow Cathedral). Publication — The Doc-
trine and Position of the Church of Scotland
(Assembly Address, Edinburgh, 1879).
JAMES HILL, born Dundee, 20th July
1863, son of Alexander H. and
Barbara Hill ; educated at West
End Academy, Dundee, and Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1885), B.D. (1888) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dundee May 1888; assistant
at Maxwelltown and Darnconner Mission ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 23rd Nov.
1893. Marr. 22nd April 1903, Agnes Jane,
daugh. of Hugh Blair M'Lellan, and has
issue — Alexander, born 3rd March 1904 ;
Hugh Blair M'Lellan, born 20th July
1907 ; James, born 16th June and died
31st July 1908 ; Alison Irene, born 15th
Feb. 1911; Eric Alan (twin), born 15th
Feb. 1911.
AYR.
[Until the Reformation the Rectory of
Ayr was a prebend of Glasgow. Its church,
a spacious structure with choir and tran-
septs, was dedicated to St John the Baptist.
The Parliament held at Ayr by Robert I., to
settle the succession of the Crown, appears
to have sat in St John's Church. About
1652 this fine building was pulled down by
Oliver Cromwell to furnish material for a
fort which he was erecting close by. The
AYR]
AYR
church tower only was spared ; it has re-
centlybeen the subject of careful restoration.
The foundation outlines of St John's can
still be well made out. In its stead there
was built about 1654 a smaller and much
plainer edifice, which has come to be called
the Old Church of Ayr. It stands upon
ground formerly occupied by the Grey
Friars. When the nineteenth century
began, the population of the old parish of
Alloway had become greatly reduced, while
the town of Ayr was steadily growing.
In 1810 church services at Alloway were
given up, and there was built at Ayr a
second place of worship for the united
parishes. This building, termed the New
Church, stands near the ruins of St John's.
Besides the high altar, there were in St
John's Church a good many minor altars.
Among these were dedications to the Holy
Trinity, the Holy Blood, the Holy Rood, St
Mary, St Michael, St Peter, St Ninian, St
Nicholas, St Christopher, and St Eloi. The
chief yearly fairs at Ayr were St John's
on St John the Baptist's day, 24th June,
and St Michael's at Michaelmas, 29th
September. St John's Fair is still held,
but now the fair day is the last Tuesday of
June, old style. At Doonslie in the parish
of Ayr there was a hospital of St Leonard.
The parishes of Ayr and Alloway were
united in 1690. In 1860 this union was
dissolved by the re-erection of the parish of
Alloway. In the town of Ayr there was a
priory of the Black Friars, dedicated to St
Katherine ; and beside it was St Katherine's
Well. This priory, founded in 1230, was
the earliest house of the Dominicans in
Scotland. In it was kept an image of the
Virgin Mary greatly famed for miraculous
power, and much resorted to by pilgrims.
In the Black Friars' Church there was an
altar of St Duthac. John Willock, a
notable supporter of the Reformation, who
became a colleague of John Knox in Edin-
burgh, was bred a Black Friar of A.yr.
The Grey Friars also had a priory in the
town. It was founded in 1472 on the site
now occupied by the Old Church and its
churchyard. On the sloping ground be-
tween that church and the water of Ayr
the Friars' Well is still to be seen.]
CHRISTOPHER GOODMAN, B.D.;
1559 became min. here Nov. 1559 ; trans,
to St Andrews in 1560.
JAMES DALRYMPLE, is mentioned at
1560 the first General Assembly, 20th
Dec. 1560, as reader ; " thought
qualified for preaching the word and ad-
ministering the sacraments." He entered
at Beltane 1568 ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 8th Aug. 1571, to the parsonage
and vicarage of Alloway 13th Aug. 1573,
and to the parsonage of Ayr 28th Nov.
1579. He was a member of the Conven-
tion at Leith in 1571, and of the Assembly,
Aug. 1572 and 1578. He died in 1580,
leaving a widow and children. — [Booke of
the Kirk ; Calderwood's Hist. ii. 45 ; Beg.
Assig. ; Acts and Dec, xlviii., 145, 10th
Dec. 1572.]
ROBERT HERBERTSON, called parson
1574 °^ ^-YV *n 15^4- — [Fraser's Maxwells
of Pollok, i., 310.]
JOHN PORTERFIELD, adm. min. of
1580 Dunbaxton in 1564, but banished
therefrom before Dec. 1568 ; became
min. of Kilmaronock and vicar of Ardrossan,
to which he was pres. by James VI. 29th
April 1568 ; trans, here in 1580 ; pres. to the
parsonage by James VI. 25th April 1581,
and to the parsonage " callit Air secundo "
22nd Sept. 1582. He was a member of at
least eleven Assemblies preceding Whit-
sunday 1597 ; was one of those nominated
by the Privy Council 6th March 1589, for
preservation of true religion within the
baillierie of Kyle, and was dead before
10th April 1604. He is said to have been
" easy in his disposition, even going to bow-
butts and archery on the Sabbath after-
noons." He marr. (1) Margaret Smollet :
(2) Elizabeth Stewart, who survived him. —
[Beg. Assig.; Booke of the Kirk; Calder-
wood's Hist., ii. 501 passim, iv. 566, v. 447 ;
Life of Welsh ; Melville's Autob. ; Ayr Sas.
Sec. Beg., i., 161 ; Beg. of Deeds, cxl., 30th
Nov. 1607 ; Prot. Book of John Mason, Ayr
(Hist. Coll. Ayr and Gall., vi., 179).]
JOHN WELSH [WELCH], born about
1600 15^0' son °f John W. of Colliston,
parish of Dunscore, Dumfriesshire,
and Marion Grier. After finishing a some-
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what desultory education he joined a band
of Border thieves, till like the prodigal "he
began to be in want," and being ashamed
of himself he returned, and through an
intercessor, sought reconciliation with his
offended parent. He went to the Univ. of
Edinburgh, graduated M.A. in 1588, and
was the first min. who had studied there.
He was nominated, 6th March 1589, by the
Privy Council one of a committee for
maintaining the true religion in the Forest
and Tweeddale ; was adm. min. of Selkirk
in 1589 ; trans, to Kirkcudbright in 1594 ;
app. 29th March 1596 one of the visitors
for Nithsdale, Annandale, Lauderdale,
Eskdale, and Ewesdale. On 18th Dec. of
that year, while supplying the High Kirk,
Edinburgh, during the flight of its own
ministers, he so offended the king by his
illustrations, that he also was obliged to
take flight, till application was made by
the Assembly on 5th March following for
permitting his return to his charge. This
in 1599 included Galtaway, Dunrod, and
Kilchrist ; trans, to Ayr as assistant Aug.
1600. In consequence of the crowds who
were attracted by his preaching, the
Town Council resolved, 26th May 1603,
to erect a new church, which, however,
was not carried out till 1652. On John
Porterfield's death in 1604, the people
unanimously elected W. his successor, and
on 10th April they requested the Town
Council to ratify their choice and assign
him a stipend. Though he did not arrive
at Aberdeen till two days after an Assembly
had been held there, 2nd July 1605, in
opposition to the royal will, he zealously
approved its proceedings, and has been
considered one of its chief supporters. He
was summoned before the Privy Council
25th July, and committed prisoner to the
castle of Blackness on the 27th. Declining
the authority of the Privy Council 24th
Oct., in a cause which he considered
spiritual, he, with four others, was tried
before the Justiciary at Linlithgow 10th
Jan. following, found guilty, and banished
from His Majesty's dominions for life,
23rd Oct. 1606. He went to France and
studied the language of the country so
successfully that in fourteen weeks he was
able to preach in it with fluency. After
preaching at Bordeaux, he was inducted
parson at Jonsac in the end of 1608, at
Nerac in 1614, and St Jean dAngely about
1617. For several years after he was
banished, the Town Council of Ayr regu-
larly remitted his stipend to him. St Jean
dAngely was besieged in 1620 by Louis
XIII. while he was there. By the law of
the kingdom no Protestant worship was
allowed at the place where the king resided ;
nevertheless, W. continued to hold his ser-
vices, and when called before the king and
demanded how he durst do so, he replied,
"If your Majesty knew what I preach, you
would command others, and come yourself
to hear it ; I preach salvation by Jesus
Christ ; and sure I am your conscience
tells you, your own works will never merit
salvation for you ; I preach there is none
on earth above you, which none of those
that adhere to the Pope will say." This
firm and energetic reply so pleased the
sovereign, that he exclaimed, "Very well,
father, you shall be my minister," at the
same time promising his protection, so
that when the town was taken in the
following year, guards of safety were
planted at his house, and he and his family
conveyed to Eochelle at the king's expense.
In consequence of declining health, he
was induced to return to Britain in 1622,
intending thereafter to settle in the newly
formed colony of Nova Scotia. At London
his wife petitioned the king in person on
his behalf, with urgent solicitude, when
James, who had suffered under the faith-
ful rebuke of W. for his unkingly habit
of swearing, replied that if she would
persuade her husband to submit to the
bishops, he would have his permission.
With a fortitude and heroism worthy of
her husband and her father, Mrs W., lifting
up her apron, and holding it towards her
sovereign, mildly yet firmly said, "Please
your Majesty I'd rather kep (receive) his
head there (in her lap)." W. died in
London 2nd April 1622, and was buried
two days later in St Botolph, Bishopsgate.
He marr. previous to 8th April 1596, Eliza-
beth (died at Ayr, 8th Jan. 1625), youngest
daugh. of John Knox the Reformer, and
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had issue— John, bapt. 8th June 1606;
William, doctor of physic, died before 1633;
Josias, min. of Temple-patrick, Ireland, died
1634; Nathaniel; Lucy; and another. Pub-
lications— A Reply against Mr Gilbert
Brown, priest (Edinburgh, 1602) [reprinted
as Popery Anatomized by Matthew Craw-
ford, min. of Eastwood (Glasgow, 1672)] ;
V Armageddon de la Babylon Apocalyptique
(Jonsac, 1612) ; Thirty-Jive Sermons (Edin-
burgh, 1744); Discourses (1752); "Letters to
Mr Robert Boyd of Trochrig" (Woodrow
Miscell.); A Cryto the Whole JW^ (Glasgow,
1785); Forty-eight Select Sermons (Glasgow,
1811).— [Beg. Assig. ; Life (Sermons); Liv-
ingston's Charac. ; Select Biog., i., 1-61 ;
Edin. Chr. Inst., xxii. ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Edin. Reg. {Bapt.) ; Young's Life of Welsh ;
Calderwood's Hist., i., 420, 621, 685, passim;
Reg. of Deeds, cccclxiii., 282 ; Diet. Nat.
Biog. ; Notes and Queries, 9th ser., iv.,
433 ; Craig-Brown's Selkirkshire, ii., 220 ;
M'Crie's Knox, App., p. 417.]
GEORGE DUNBAR, probably of the
. „ family of Dunbar of Cumnock, was
min. of Cumnock in 1599; trans,
about 1607 ; removed by the Privy Council
12th Oct. 1611, and commanded to be
warded in Dunbarton, for praying for the
banished brethren, his predecessor, and
others ; became min. of Second Charge in
1613, and returned here in 1619.
' WILLIAM BIRNIE of that ilk, born
Edinburgh 1563, only son of William
B. of that ilk and Margaret Fraser ;
educated at St Andrews; M.A. (1588);
became a merchant, but sustaining con-
siderable losses, he returned to his studies
and studied divinity at Leyden Univ. for
three years ; was on the exercise at Edin-
burgh 25th Jan. 1596 ; pres. to the vicarage
of Lanark 28th Dec. 1597 ; app. 4th Aug.
1603 master and economus of the hospital
and almshouse of St Leonard ; and on 26th
Sept. 1612 Dean of the Chapel Royal ; adm.
here that year and pres. to parsonages and
vicarages of Ayr and Alloway by James VI.
16th June 1614. He was a member of the
Court of High Commission 21st Dec. 1615,
and one of the commissioners for the
suppression of popery agreed to by the
Assembly 1616; died 19th Jan. 1619. It
was said of him, " He was of good personage,
and so agile, that he could make the salmon's
leap, by stretching himself on the grass,
leaping to his feet, and again throwing
them over his head." He was also " pleasant,
pious, and charitable even above his estate."
" He waited on his charge with care and pains,
At Air, on little hopes and smaller gains."
He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of John Lindsay,
min. of Carstairs (she survived him, and
marr. (2) James Harper, surgeon, and (3)
John Harper, min. of West Kilbride), and
had issue — John, merchant, born 1600,
served heir to his father 31st Jan. 1621 ;
James, merchant, afterwards secretary to
the King of Poland; Robert, min. of
Lanark ; Elizabeth (marr. (1) George Fer-
guson, treasurer of Ayr : (2) Dr Steinson,
physician, Ayr) ; Margaret (marr. Hew
Harper of the family of Cambusnethan).
Publication — The Blame of Kirk-Bttriall
(Edinburgh, 1606, reprinted London, 1833).
— [Family of Birnie of Broomhill ; Nisbet's
Her. Plates, 24 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Glasg. Marr.
Reg. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 940 ;
Calderwood's Hist., vii., 206, 230 ; Booke of
the Kirk; Reg. of Deeds, ccexxxi., 95; -Hugh
Davidson's Lanark, 39.]
GEORGE DUNBAR, trans, from Second
Charge in 1619; deprived by the
Court of High Commission 10th Jan.
1622, for not conforming to the articles of
Perth Assembly, endeavouring to prevent
their being enacted by the Parliament, and
declining the authority of the court being
at the same time ordained to be warded at
Dumfries. Instead of giving obedience, he
continued to preach in the town, though
denounced a rebel and put to the horn.
Thus the magistrates were brought to
trouble, and he was ordered by royal
warrant, 30th July 1624, to be sent to Ire-
land. Being summoned before the Privy
Council 22nd Sept. thereafter, he declared
"that he wald acquiess to his majesties
will and pleasure." He was then described
as " ane decrepite, poore, aged man," yet he
went to Ireland, was min. at Lame, for
twelve years (1624-1636), and then returned
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to the charge of Mid-Calder in his native
country.— [Orig. Lett., ii. ; Livingston's
Charac. ; Calderwood's Hist., vii., 534 ;
Reid's Ireland, i., 113 ; Blair's Autob., 73.]
WILLIAM ANNAND, descended from
1625 the family of A. of Auchterellen ;
M.A. (Aberdeen, King's College,
1608) ; adm. min. of Ruthven in Strath-
bogie about 1615 ; trans, to Falkirk about
July 1617 ; pres. to the parsonages and
vicarages of Ayr and Alloway by James
VI. 2nd Aug. 1625, the livings being at
that time held in conjunction as there was
no church in Alloway; adm. 14th Nov.
that year. Being appointed to preach
before the Synod at Glasgow 30th Aug.
1637, he made an able defence of the service
book, then proposed to be introduced,
which caused "a great dinne." Retiring
from the church, in presence of the arch-
bishop and magistrates, about thirty or
forty women fell upon him, " rayling,
cursing, and scolding." Having visited the
bishop, and taken his leave after supper,
he was "no sooner on the causey, at
nine o'clock, in a mirk night, than some
hundreds of enraged women, of all qualities,
were about him with neaves, staves, and
peats : they beat him sore, his cloake, ruffe
and hat were rent : upon his cryes, how-
ever, and candles set out from many
windows, he escaped all bloody wounds ;
yet was in great danger, even of killing."
When he went with the bailies and sundry
ministers to mount his horse next day,
" many women were waiting to affront him.
At his onlouping, his horse fell above him,
in a very foul myre, in presence of all the
company ; which occasioned more speech."
He was dep. by the Assembly 14th Dec.
1638 for erroneous doctrine. He retired to
England, where he obtained, 16th Nov. 1639
the vicarage of Selling, Kent, which he
resigned on being inducted to the rectory
of Throwley in the same county 15th July
1649 ; he held also the rectory of Leave-
land, and was allowed £200 sterling by
the Parliament of Scotland 2nd July 1661.
He died before 10th Nov. 1663, and is said
to have been " a person of great gifts, and
resolutely opposed to all things which he
considered Puritanical." He marr. 24th
Sept. 1617, Margaret Lindsay of the parish
of South Leith, and had issue — William,
dean of Edinburgh ; Barbara, who had a
pension of £20 sterling, 17th May 1679.
— {Reg. Sec. Sig. ; S. Leith Marr.
Reg. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Peterkin's Records ;
Hasted's Kent, ii. ; Lindsay's Lives, ii. ;
Acts of Pari., vii. ; Maitland Miscell. ;
Privy Seal Eng. Reg., iii., 250.]
JOHN FERGUSHILL of Burnockstoun,
1639 son of David F., provost of Ayr;
educated at the School of Ayr, Univ.
of Edinburgh, Montauban, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1612) ; adm. to Ochiltree in
1614 ; trans, and adm. 14th Nov. 1639 ; died
11th June 1642, aged about 52, having
been one of those accounted in their day
" eminent for graces and gifts, or faithful-
ness and success." He marr. (1) Agnes
Eccles, who died before 1643, and had
issue — Robert of Burnockstoun, apprenticed
to Patrick Hepburn, apothecary, Edinburgh,
23rd Feb. 1642 ; David, apprenticed to
David Gray, merchant, Edinburgh, 7th
Sept. 1636 ; William, apprenticed to Abra-
ham Thomson, merchant, Edinburgh, 12th
March 1645, and afterwards to Alexander
Johnston : (2) Annabel, daugh. of Matthew
Wallace, and had issue — James ; Isobel ;
Anne. — [Baillie's Lett. ; Stevenson's Hist. ;
Livingston's Charac. ; Peterkin's Records ;
Ayr Sas., viii., 81, 160 ; G. R. Sas., liii., 268.]
WILLIAM ADAIR, son of William A.
of Kinhilt, and brother of Sir Robert
A. of Kinhilt and Ballymena; ord.
to Second Charge 24th Oct. 1639 ; pres. by
Town Council and Committee in 1645, and
by Charles I. ; adm. 22nd Aug. 1646. An
Act of Parliament was passed, 16th Jan.
1649, in favour of him and others who had
opposed the Royal forces at Mauchline-
Moor June 1648. In 1651 he joined the
Protesting party in the Church, and was
app. in 1654 by the English Council on
the committee for authorising admissions
to the ministry in the province of Glasgow
and Ayr. In 1662 he was called before
the Lord Chancellor for not signing, with
six other brethren, the explanation of the
Oath of Allegiance laid before Parliament
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on 28th May, but escaped censure. Though
not conforming to Episcopacy, he continued
to discharge his duty, being merely confined
to the parish ; and when an accommoda-
tion was proposed to certain Presbyterian
ministers by Leighton in 1670, he took an
active share in their proceedings. He and
his colleague had a presentation to the
prebends of Ayr and Alio way, 11th Dec.
1677. On 11th Dec. 1682 he had sentence
of deposition passed on him, because he
would not conform. He died 12th' Feb.
1684, aged 69. He marr. (1) Janet Kennedy,
widow of Robert Cunningham, min. of
Holywood, Ireland, and had issue — William
of Prestwickskaws; Patrick, min. at Belfast,
author of Adair's Narrative, died 1694;
Archibald : (2) Janet, daugh. of Robert
Boyd of Trochrig. — [Glasgow Tests ; Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Nicol's Diary ;
Inq. Ret. Gen.,4242 ; Acts and Dec. 'Dal., 15th
July 1696 j G. R. Inhib., 12th Sept. 1662.]
ALEXANDER GREGORIE, a native
168S °^ Banff; educated at Univ. and
King's College, Aberdeen ; MA.
(1661) ; passed trials before Presb. of
Paisley, and got a testimonial for licence
28th Jan., and pres. to Dreghorn before
30th May 1664 ; trans, to St Quivox before
1669 ; trans, and adm. before 4th June
1683 ; there was, 14th Jan. 1689, " no sermon
both ministers being discharged to preach
by ane armed partie of hillmen " ; died at
North Leith, Dec. 1694, aged about 54.
" Though his gift of preaching was not so
great as some others, yet none excelled him
in presiding at the Presbytery or Synod,
from his great tact in holding his brethren
close to the point they were observing."
He marr. 18th Sept. 1666, Anna Ross, who
survived him, and had issue — William ;
Joseph ; John ; Anna (marr. 18th June 1702,
Thomas Arklie, indweller, Coltbridge) ;
Marion.— [Edin. I'ests. ; Edin. Bur. Reg. ;
St Cuthbert's Marr. Reg. ; Rule's Sec.
Vindication; Inq. Ret. Gen., 8010.]
WILLIAM ECCLES, eldest son of John
1692 ^" °^ Kildonan, whom he succeeded
in that estate ; ord. to Second Charge
3rd Jan. 1656; deprived in 1662; had an
indulgence at Paisley in 1672 ; returned to
Second Charge before 3rd Aug. 1687 ;
trans, and adm. 23rd Aug. 1692 ; died
15th March 1694. He marr. (1) (cont. 7th
and 16th Jan. 1657), Lilias, daugh. of
Robert Baillie, Principal of Glasgow Univ.,
and had issue — Robert of Kildonan ;
Helen (marr. Allan Chalmers of Sauchrie) :
(2) 29th Jan. 1690, Anna, daugh. of Colonel
John Maxwell, fourth son of Sir James M.
of Calderwood, and widow of Bickerstaff
of Rosegift, Ireland. — [Wodrow's Anal. ;
Douglas's Baronage, 437 ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Ayr Sher. Court Books, 16th Aug. 1695 ;
Fraser's Maxwells of Pollok ; Glasgow
Comm. Deeds.]
PATRICK LISTON, son of Patrick L.
1694 m Kirkliston, and Janet Wilkie ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 9th July 1688);
called unanimously by Town Council,
Session, Heritors, and Community, as col-
legiate min. 15th Jan., and ord. 18th April
1694 ; died 9th June 1700, aged about 32.
He marr. Mary Chalmers, who survived
him, and had issue — Patrick ; Mary (marr.
17th Aug. 1719, Patrick Wilkie, min. of
Haddington) ; Janet (marr. 15th Aug. 1731,
George Dischington, writer, Edinburgh).
He left 100 merks for the use of the poor. —
[Glasgoiv Tests. ; Edin. Sas., lxxiv., 260.]
JOHN HUNTER, born about 1670;
1W1 licen. by Presb. of Ayr 11th Sept.
1695 ; ord. to Second Charge 5th
Feb. 1696 ; trans, and adm. 19th Feb. 1701.
In the General Assembly of 1727, during
the case of Professor Simson of Glasgow,
speaking hypothetically, he said, " if one
should call his Majesty King George a
rogue and villain," whereupon the Com-
missioner James, Earl of Findlater and
Seafield, rose and stopped him, when he
immediately asked pardon, and acknow-
ledged himself in the wrong, but the
Assembly caused him to be rebuked from
the chair. He died Father of the
Church, 12th Feb. 1756. He marr. (1)
7th Jan. 1698, Elizabeth, daugh. of George
Skirvine, master of the Grammar School,
Glasgow, and had issue — George, born
1699 ; Helen, born 1700 ; Robert, born 1701 :
(2) 15th Oct. 1723, Elizabeth Ramsay, widow
of William Jordan, land-surveyor, Irvine,
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and had issue— David ; William ; Elizabeth,
(marr. William Dunlop of Macnairston,
Greenane) ; Margaret ; Marion ; Susannah
(marr. her father's successor) : (3) 28th Nov.
1751, Agnes (died 20th Oct. 1757), one of the
twenty-four children of Mungo Campbell,
provost of Ayr. Publications — New Method
of Teaching the Latin Tongue, in such a
natural order as a child may learn that
language more speedily than by any other
grammar yet extant [being an Imitation
and Supplement of Dr Thomas Harrison's
Topica Sacra] (Kirkbride, 1711) ; Spiritual
Pleadings (Kirkbride, 1712) ; The Wanderer
and Traveller, a religious drama (Glasgow,
1733). — [Glasgoiv Marr. Reg.; Glasgoiv
Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal, and Corresp. ;
Anal. Scot., i.]
1756
WILLIAM DALRYMPLE, born 29th
Aug. 1723, son of James D., sheriff-
clerk of Ayr ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1740) ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 2nd May 1745 ; ord. to Second Charge
18th Dec. 1746; pres. by George II. 30th
April, trans, and adm. 10th June 1756 ; D.D.
(St Andrews, 7th May 1779); Moderator
of General Assembly 24th May 1781 ; died
28th Jan. 1814 He baptized Robert Burns
on 26th Jan. 1759, and was held in great
esteem by the poet He was the " Dal-
rymple mild " of The Kirk's Alarm. Among
his descendants were William Dalrymple
Maclagan, D.D., Archbishop of York (1826-
1910), and Sir Douglas Maclagan (1812-1900),
Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Univ.
of Edinburgh. He marr. 21st Aug. 1749,
Susannah (died 28th Nov. 1809), daugh. of
John Hunter/his predecessor, and had issue
—Elizabeth, born 11th July 1750, died 9th
Aug. 1751 ; Ramsay (daugh.), born 19th
April 1752, died 23rd Feb. 1762; James,
born 20th Feb. 1754, died 10th June 1773 ;
Susanna, born 2nd Aug. 1756, died 2nd Jan.
1817 ; Macrae, born 19th June 1758, died
7th March 1759; Margaret, born 7th Jan.
1760 (marr. Philip Whiteside, surgeon, Ayr) ;
Charlotte, born 30th Oct. 1761, died 30th
Oct. 1765 ; Williamina Ramsay, born 15th
Feb. 1765 (marr. William Tennant, mer-
chant, Ayr) ; Sarah, born 1st Oct. 1766 (marr.
Bedford Stewart, merchant, Greenock).
Publications — Three single Sermons (Glas-
gow, 1766 ; Edinburgh, 1773, 1782) ; Family
Worship Explained (1787) ; A History of
Christ (Edinburgh, 1787;, and Sequel (Air,
1791) ; Faith in Jesus Christ (Air, 1790) ;
The Acts of the Apostles made easy (Air,
1792) ; The Mosaic Account of the Creation
(Air, 1794); Meditations and Prayers (Air,
1795); Legacy of Dying Thoughts (Air,
1796) ; Solomon's Ethics, or the Boohe of
Proverbs made easy (Air, 1799) ; The
Scripture Jewish History (Ayr, 1803) ;
Account of the Parish jointly with Dr
M'Gill (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, \.).—[Tombst. ;
Craufurd's Fun. Sermon ; Wallace's Burns,
i. 23, 459, ii. 286.]
ROBERT AULD, son of Robert A.,
iai4 farmer in Underwood, Mauchline ;
educated at Glasgow Univ. ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 2nd May 1798; ord.
(assistant and successor) to Second Charge
18th April 1800; pres. by George, Prince
Regent, 18th Feb., and adm. 1st June 1814 ;
having claimed a manse and offices, he
obtained a decreet from the Presb. in his
favour, 25th Jan. 1815, which on appeal by
the heritors was recalled by the Second
Division of the Court of Session, 12th Nov.
1819 and 16th June 1825. This judgment
was reversed by the House of Lords, 13th
June 1827, by whom it was found that the
min. of a royal burgh with a landward
district annexed is entitled to a manse ;
D.D. (St Andrews 1815) ; clerk of Presb.
29th Nov. 1826, and of Synod ; died 17th
April 1853, aged 79. He marr. 16th Sept.
1800, Susannah Alexis (died 22nd May 1841),
daugh. of John Wilson, min. of Neilston,
and had issue — Robert Henry, born 5th
Dec. 1802, died at Calcutta 8th July 1835 ;
Elizabeth, born 20th July 1804, died 25th
March 1808; Christiana, born 20th April
1807 ; John Wilson, colonel H.E.I.C.S., born
23rd June 1809, died 18th Oct. 1872;
Elizabeth Walker, born 20th Feb. 1811;
Mary Kelso Ballantyne, born 27th Aug.
1812 (marr. (1) 15th Jan. 1839, Alexander
Wilson of Summerlee : (2) David Ritchie,
min. of Tarbolton) ; William, accountant,
Glasgow, born 20th June 1814, died 31st
Jan. 1885 ; Alexander Walker, calico
printer, Glasgow, born 4th Jan. 1816.
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WILLIAM SHAW, trans, from Second
Charge 30th Sept. 1853; trans, to
Alloa 2nd Jan. 1863.
THOMAS DYKES, born 1830, third son
of Thomas D., writer, Hamilton ;
educated at Glasgow Univ. ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 26th July 1853;
ord. to Second Charge 16th March 1854;
trans, and adm. 5th March 1863; D.D.
(Glasgow 1871); res. 15th June 1909; died
23rd July 1914. He marr. 14th July 1857,
Margaret, only surviving daugh. of William
Shedden, Medical Service, H.E.I.C.S., and
had issue — Thomas James, born 1st June
1858, died 15th Sept. 1871; William
Shedden of Darnconner, W.S., born 18th
June 1860, died 25th Jan. 1907 ; James
Eaton, advocate, born 12th Nov. 1862, died
10th May 1908. Publication— The Christian
Church in Relation to Huma?i Experience
(1885).
WILLIAM CAIRNS DUNCAN, born
1909 Glasgow, 27th Nov. 1856, son of
David D. and Grace Anderson
Cairns ; educated at Glasgow High School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 4th June 1884 ; assistant at Alloa
Aug. 1884 till June 1886; ord. to Second
Charge 16th June 1886; trans, and adm.
22nd Sept. 1909. Marr. 7th Sept. 1887,
Eliza Scott, daugh. of Walter Wylie, and
has issue— George Shaw, born 17th Nov.
1888.
Second Charge.
[In 1 567, the parish of Ayr Avas provided
with a Second Charge. In 1647, the
General Assembly directed its committee
on the plantation of kirks to give attention
to the need of further maintenance for the
Second Charge of Ayr.]
GEORGE DUNBAR, formerly in First
1613 Charge. He was one of fifty-five
mins. who signed a protestation for
the liberties of the kirk, 27th June 1617 ;
re-trans, to First Charge in 1619.
V ROBERT BLAIR, M.A.; adm. in July
1638 1638 » trans- to St Andrews 8th Oct.
1639.
WILLIAM ADAIR, ord. 24th Oct. 1639 ;
1639 trans, to First Charge 22nd Aug. 1 646.
WILLIAM ECCLES, ord. 3rd Jan. 1656;
1656 deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June and Decreet of Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662 ; returned before 3rd Aug.
1687.
GEORGE WHITE, pres. with his col-
1664 lea&ue> to prebends of Ayr and
Alloway by Charles II. 11th Dec.
1677; trans, to Maryculter in 1679.
WILLIAM WATERSON, licen. by
George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 1st
Feb. 1667 ; ord. assistant at Dunbar
before 24th Sept. 1678, trans. 1682. There
was no sermon, 14th Jan. 1689 ; " both mins.
being discharged to preach upon their peril
by ane armed partie of hillmen." He died
at Edinburgh, 1st March 1698. He marr.
Helen or Agnes Liddell, who survived him,
and had issue — Elizabeth ; Anne ; and five
others, one of whom was buried in Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 4th April 1696. — [Grey-
friars Bur. Reg.]
WILLIAM ECCLES, above mentioned,
lga7 formerly of Paisley ; returned before
3rd Aug. 1687 ; had the church
granted by the committee of estates, on a
petition from him and the town, 8th May
1689 ; trans, to First Charge in 1692.
JOHN HUNTER, called 30th Sept.
1696 1695 ; ord. 5th Feb. 1696 ; trans, to
First Charge 19th Feb. 1701.
EBENEZER VEITCH, born at Harnam,
1703 Northumberland, 16th March 1676,
youngest son of William V., min. of
Dumfries ; educated at Univs. of Edin-
burgh and St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 21st May 1701 ; was first
Sunday morning lecturer in the Tron
Church on Mackall's Mortification, app. by
the Town Council 17th June 1702, when he
was also appointed to visit the sick in that
parish ; called 17th Feb. and ord. 13th May
1703 ; died at Edinburgh while attending
the Commission of Assembly 13th Dec.
1706. He marr. Margaret, daugh. of Patrick
Warner of Ardeer, min. of Irvine (she sur-
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vived him and marr. (2) Robert Wodrow,
the historian). — [Memoirs of Mr William
Veitch, 253-257, 261 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Edin.
Chr. Inst., xxv.]
ANDREW FULLARTON, chaplain to
1708 ^*r Alexander Hope of Carse ; Keen,
by Presb. of Edinburgh 3rd April
1706 ; ord. to Falkirk, Second Charge, 15th
Oct. 1706 ; called 6th April and adm. 14th
July 1708; died between 6th June and
29th Oct. 1711.
JOHN M'DERMEIT, eldest son of
l7l6 Alexander M.. writer, Ayr ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 29th July 1707;
ord. to Dalmellington 22nd Sept. 1708 ;
called 22nd March, trans, and adm. 20th
June 1716 ; died 6th Jan. 1745. He marr.
(1) 29th Oct. 1711, Janet, daugh. of John
Ferguson, writer, Ayr, and had issue — John,
min. of Straiton ; James of Fergushill ;
Jean ; after his death his children raised an
action against the widow relative to the
ann, when it was decided 14th July 1747,
that she was entitled to one half, and the
pursuers to the other : (2) 27th April 1730,
Margaret (died before 1 734). second daugh.
of James Goudie of Haughyett, and had
issue— Robert, born 1731 : (3) cont. 30th
Dec. 1736, Jean (died 30th Oct. 1768),
daugh. of Hugh Montgomerie of Coilsfield,
and widow of John Burnet, min. of Stair,
and had issue — Thomas ; Lilias, born 1739.
— [Glasg. Tests.; Wodrow's Anal, and
Corresp. ; Scots. Mag., vii. ; Ayr Sher.
Court Rec, 1st Nov. 1712.]
WILLIAM DALRYMPLE.M.A.; called
1746 20th Aug. and ord. 18th Dec. 1746 ;
trans, to First Charge 13th May 1756.
JAMES DICK, son of James D., min. of
1757 the Wynd Church, Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Lanark 22nd July 1752 ;
pres. by the magistrates and Town Council
June 1756; ord. 6th Jan. 1757; res. on
getting an allowance, "having no prospect
of living usefully to them, or comfortably
to himself," his demission was accepted 20th
Oct. that year. He subsequently left the
country.
ROBERT FERGUSON, M.A. (Glasgow,
1st May 1734) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 3rd May 1734 ; ord. to
Colmonell 25th Sept. 1735 ; pres. by the
Commissioners for the Town Council and
kirk-session in April, and adm. 2nd Nov.
1758 ; died 17th Nov. 1760. He marr. 29th
Aug. 1737, Margaret (died 9th Aug. 1769),
youngest daugh. of Henry Osburn, min. of
Tarbolton, and had issue — Janet, born 4th
June 1741; Elizabeth, born 31st Aug. 1743;
Robert, born 31st Jan. 1745 ; Mary, born
11th Sept. 1746; Hugh, captain in the army,
born 16th Feb. 1748; Henrietta, born 15th
Sept. 1749.— [Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.]
WILLIAM M'GILL, born 11th July
1761 1732, fifth son of William M., farmer,
Carsenestock, Penninghame, and
Jean Heron ; educated at the parish
schools of Monigaff and Penninghame, and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1753); licen. by
Presb. of Wigtown 10th Oct. 1759; as-
sistant at Kilwinning 12th June 1760 ; pres.
by Commissioners for the Town Council
and kirk-session in April, and ord. 22nd
Oct. 1761 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1785). Being
accused of heresy, the Synod, 15th April
1789, enjoined the Presb. to inquire whether
there were sufficient grounds for the com-
plaint. The General Assembly unanimously
agreed, 1st June, to " reverse the sentence
of the Synod, but recommended to the
Presb. to take such steps as should be found
necessary for preserving the purity of the
doctrines of this Church and the authority
of her standards." For a whole year the
case was debated with much heat in
both Presb. and Synod. Ultimately the
latter Court suggested the appointment of
a committee to interview Dr M. This was
done, with the result that in two hours the
matter was satisfactorily settled. It was
regarding this discussion that Burns wrote
The Kirk's Alarm. He died 30th March
1807. He marr. 7th Nov. 1763, Elizabeth
(died 9th June 1785), daugh. of William
Dunlop, merchant, Ayr, niece of William
Dalrymple, D.D., min. of First Charge, and
had issue— William, born 15th Aug. 1764;
Elizabeth, born 24th Dec. 1765, died 18th
Aug. 1791 ; Jane, born 22nd Jan. 1768 ;
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Janet, born 15th May 1770, died 18th Jan.
1786; Graham (daugh.), born 7th March
1772 ; Douglas Heron (daugh.), bom 30th
Sept. 1773, died 29th April 1790; James,
born 5th June 1775, died 1st July 1782;
John, born 17th July 1777, apprenticed to a
W.S., died 13th Jan. 1801. Publications—
Five Single Sermons (Glasgow, 1768 ; Edin-
burgh, 1773, 1779, 1793; Ayr, 1795); A
Practical Essay on the Death of Jesus
Christ (Edinburgh, 1786); The Benefits
of the Revolution, a sermon (Kilmarnock,
1789) [this led to a satirical essay or
sermon, Modem Moderation stated and
defended (Edinburgh, 1790)]; Sermons
viii.-ix. (Scotch Preacher, iii.); Account of
the Parish (jointly with Dr Dalrymple) ;
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace. i., xxi.). — [Tombst. ;
Murray's Galloway, 202 ; Rankine's Inst,
of Theology ; Haldane's Mem. ; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
ROBERT AULD, called 12th Dec. 1799 ;
1Rno ord. (assistant and successor) 18th
April 1800; trans, to First Charge
1st June 1814.
ALEXANDER CUTHILL, probably son
of William C., farmer, St Ninians,
Stirling ; educated at Glasgow Univ. ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 3rd Oct. 1809;
became assistant in First Charge ; pres.
by magistrates, Town Council, and kirk-
session, 7th June, and ord. 1st Sept. 1814 ;
died 17th Feb. 1852. Publications— Public
Sins aggravated by the Enjoyment of Great
Public Blessings, illustrated from the Case
of the Jews, and the Present compared, with
the Former Position of the Church of
Scotland, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1843) ;
Discourses on Interesting and Important
Subjects of Practical Religion, 2 vols. (Ayr,
1851) ; Account of the Parish (New Stat.
Ace, v.).
WILLIAM SHAW, trans, from Bonhill,
1851 and adm. (assistant and successor)
16th May 1851; trans, to First
Charge 30th Sept. 1853.
1854
THOMAS DYKES, ord. 16th March
1854 ; trans, to First Charge 5th
March 1863.
1863
WILLIAM MENZIES. ord. 7th May
1863 ; trans, to Gladsmuir 20th July
1871.
1871
1910
JOHN SINCLAIR, born at Port Glas-
gow, 1846 ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1870), B.D. (1871) ;
licen. by Presb. of Greenock ; ord. 14th
Dec. 1871 ; res. 2nd Dec. 1885. He became
min. of the Catholic Apostolic Church,
Edinburgh, and afterwards in Dundee ;
died 3rd May 1905. He marr. 10th Nov.
1875, Isabella Davidson or List, who died
s.p. 16th Aug. 1909.
WILLIAM CAIRNS DUNCAN, ord.
16th June 1886 ; trans, to First
Charge 22nd Sept. 1909.
WILLIAM PHIN GILLIESON, born
25th June 1879, son of Archibald
H. G., min. of Olrig ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1901); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1905 ; assist-
ant at St Giles', Edinburgh ; ord. to
Mannofield 18th Jan. 1907 ; trans, and adm.
17th Feb. 1910 ; Chaplain to the Forces,
1915-18. Marr. 18th June 1913, Margaret
Marion, daugh. of Andrew Mitchell of
Fisherton, Ayrshire, and has issue — Mar-
garet Marion Phin, born 30th Sept. 1914 ;
Esme Helen Mitchell, born 17th March
1917. Publications— " Diary of a Tour in
Egypt and Palestine " (Ayrshire Advertiser,
1912); "Letters to my Congregation from
Flanders" (Ayrshire Post, 1915-16).
NEWTON-UPON-AYR.
[A church was built here in 1777. The
parish was disjoined from Monkton and
Prestwick, and erected by the Lords Com-
missioners of Teinds, 15th Dec. 1779.]
WILLIAM PEEBLES, born 1753, son of
lOTa James P-> draper, Inchture, where for
a short time he taught the parish
school ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dundee 6th Sept. 1775 ;
assistant at Dundonald ; elected by the
Town Council 7th Jan., and ord. 25th June
1778; trans, and adm. 18th May 1780;
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[PRESB. OF
elected clerk of Presb. 27th Nov. 1782 ;
D.D. (Dickensonian College, Carlisle, Penn-
sylvania, 1795); died 11th Oct. 1826. He
marr. 31st Dec. 1781, Jean Home, who died
23rd May 1832, and had issue— James, born
22nd Nov. 1782, died at Kingston, Jamaica,
23rd June 1822 ; Margaret Chaplain, born
26th Feb. 1784, died 2nd May 1788 ; John,
M.D., Edinburgh, born 21st July 1785;
William, merchant, Glasgow, born 26th
March 1787, died 21st Dec. 1848; Anne
Miller, born 11th Sept. 1788, died 24th
March 1792 ; Jean Home, born 13th May
1790 (marr. 25th Dec. 1816, Capt. Archibald
Fullarton, 36th Foot), died 12th March 1819 ;
Charles, writer, Glasgow, born 15th March
1792; Annabella Home, born 1st June 1794,
died 2nd Jan. 1814 ; Mary, born 31st July
1796 (marr. William Rorison, min. of Stair);
Margaret Ann, born 19th April 1800. Pub-
lications— The great Things which the Lord
hath done for the Nation, illustrated and
improved, two sermons (Kilmarnock, 1788)
[on which appeared " Remarks :' subjoined
to a sermon preached the same day by
William M'Gill, D.D.] ; " Short Account of
the Author with Sermon XX." (Grant's Ser-
mons ii., Air, 1793); Sermons on various
Subjects, to which are subjoined Hymns
(Edinburgh, 1794); The Universality of
pure Christian Worship, and the Means of
promoting it, Considered, a sermon (Ayr,
1796) ; The Crisis, or the Progress of
Revolutionary Principles, a Poem (Edin-
burgh, 1803) ; the same, enlarged and
altered (Edinburgh, 1804); Poems, consist-
ing chiefly of Odes and Elegies (Glasgow,
1810); Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ii.).— [Wallace's Burns, i. 363,
iii. 91.]
JAMES JULIUS WOOD, pres. by the
magistrates, Town Council, and
heritors in March, and ord. 16th
Aug. 1827; elected to Middle Parish,
Paisley, Sept. 1835, but declined to accept ;
trans, to Stirling 12th May 1836.
JAMES STEVENSON, born 1810, eldest
son of Alexander S., artificer, Kil-
marnock; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 4th
May 1836 ; assistant at Kilmarnock ; pres.
by the committee for managing the affairs
of the church and parish in Oct., and ord.
29th Dec. 1836. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of Newton-upon-Ayr Free
Church, 1843-65; died 30th Sept. 1865.
His attainments as a scholar were widely
recognised, and he made a special study
of geology. He marr. 10th Aug. 1840,
Mary (died s.p. 2nd June 1899), daugh. of
James MacKinlay, D.D., min. of Kilmar-
nock. Publication — Account of the Parish
{Neiv Stat, Ace. v.).
v ANDREW BROWN, ord. 31st Aug.
1843 1843 ; trans, to Irvine 9th Jan. 1845.
JOHN CAIRD, M.A. ; ord. 18th Sept.
1845 ; trans, to Lady Yester's, Edin-
1845
burgh, 6th May 1847.
JOHN STUART, trans, from St
George's-in-the-Fields, Glasgow, and
adm. 25th Nov. 1847; trans, to
Moffat 26th Oct. 1849.
1847
1850
ROBERT HENDERSON, born 2nd
Nov. 1825, youngest son of Richard
H., solicitor, Haddington ; educated
at Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow ; ord. 10th Jan. 1850 ; app.
chaplain at Calcutta 8th July 1851, and
in Northern Provinces of India in 1868 ;
res. in 1871 ; died at Nice 27th Sept. 1897.
He marr. (1) 29th July 1851 : (2) 8th Feb.
1858 : (3) 20th Dec. 1866, Helen Christina
Meikle, who died 21st June 1907.
- ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHISON
BOYD, ord. 10th Sept. 1851 ; trans,
to Kirkpatrick-Irongray 27th Jan.
1854.
- GEORGE STEWART BURNS, M.A. ;
ord. 11th May 1854; trans, to Hous-
1854
ton 16th July 1851;
1857
ROBERT WALLACE, M.A. ; ord. 23rd
Dec. 1857 ; trans, to Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh, 21st Dec. 1860.
1861
JOHN MACLEOD, B.A.; ord. 8th
Aug. 1861 ; trans, to Duns 18th
Sept. 1862.
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1863
1867
1875
1881
GEORGE THOMAS JAMIESON,
MA. ; ord. 26th March 1863 ; trans,
to Portobello 20th July 1866.
WILLIAM EWEN BELL GUNN, ord.
17th Jan. 1867 ; trans, to Anderston,
Glasgow, 31st Dec. 1868.
EDWARD LITTON THOMPSON,
B.A. ; ord. 13th May 1869; trans.
869 to Second Charge, Hamilton, 18th
March 1875.
DAVID SMITH PETERS, ord. 25th
Aug. 1875 ; trans, to Middle Parish,
Greenock, 13th March 1877.
ROBERT MACPHERSON, M.A., B.D. ;
1877 ord. 16th Aug. 1877 ; trans, to Elgin
17th Feb. 1881.
WILLIAM RAINIE, born 26th Nov.
1855, son of Robert R., C.A., Edin-
burgh, and Marion Cowan Brown ;
educated at Edinburgh Academy and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1877) ; Keen,
by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1879; assist-
ant at St Cuthbert's ; ord. 20th July 1881.
Marr. 15th Dec. 1881, Jane Agnes (died 27th
July 1920), daugh. of Josias Cunningham
of Glencairn, Belfast, and has issue — Jane
Agnes Cunningham, born 28th Sept. 1882 ;
Robert, born 11th Dec. 1884.
ST JAMES'S, AYR (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1885 in North
Newton. The parish, disjoined from
Newton - upon - Ayr, was erected by the
Court of Teinds, 15th July 1904.]
ROBERT HENDERSON, ord 10th
March 1885; adm. Flowerhill 10th
1885 Jan. 1889.
JOHN HENDERSON, born 18th Nov.
1889 185" > educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Kirk-
caldy in 1885 ; ord. to Kingairloch 7th
June 1887 ; trans, and adm. 17th April
1889 ; died unmarr. 10th Oct. 1911.
JOHN M'FARLANE HAMILTON,
ord. 14th Feb. 1912 ; trans, to Allo-
way 18th Dec. 1918.
MUIR ANDREW, born Paisley, 19th
1919 *^y 1893' son °f Alexander A., M.A.,
and Elizabeth, seventh daughter of
Alexander Walls, builder of Coats' Thread
1912
Mills, Paisley ; educated at Paisley Grammar
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 2nd May 1917 ; assistant
at Middle Church, Paisley, and Riccarton ;
ord. 4th June 1919. Publications — Contri-
butions to Coats' Memorial Magazine (Pais-
ley), and Kilmarnock Standard.
ST LEONARD'S, AYR (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1886. The
parish, disjoined from Ayr, was erected by
the Court of Teinds, 7th March 1892.]
WILLIAM GRANGER, born Glasgow,
24th April 1859; educated at St
David's Parish School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1881) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1884 ; assistant at Bluevale
and St Mungo's parishes; ord. 7th July
1886 ; died 1st March 1898. He marr. 23rd
April 1891, Jane (died 8th May 1912),
daugh. of John Hunter, Burnfoot, Dal-
mellington. Publication — The Average Man
and other Sermons [Preface by Edward
Caird, Master of Balliol ; Memoir by James
Miller, min. of New Cumnock] (Paisley,
1899).
WILLIAM WALKER, born 13th Aug.
1861, son of William W., min. of
1898 Mid-Calder; educated at Highfield
School, Melrose, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1881), B.D. (1884) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 17th June 1884 ; ord. mission-
ary at Chamba, India, 15th Oct. 1884 ; adm.
here 28th July 1898 ; res. 17th May 1909.
Marr. 5th July 1905, Marion Jane,
daugh. of William Mackenzie, Clairmont
Gardens, Glasgow.
OSWALD BELL MILLIGAN, born
Aberdeen, 10th Feb. 1879, son of
William M., D.D., Professor of
Biblical Criticism, Aberdeen ; educated
at Edinburgh Academy and Univ. ; M.A.
(1899), B.D. (1902); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh in 1903 ; assistant at Greenside,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Wallacetown, Ayr,
11th May 1906; trans, and adm. 19th Oct.
1909; served with 8th Black Watch in
European War; Military Cross (1916);
trans, to Jedburgh 16th May 1919. Marr.
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ST LEONARD'S— VVALLACETOWN
[PItESB. OF
26th June 1912, Beatrix Ann Monro,
daugh. of Robert Paterson Paterson of
Montgomerie and Ella Morison Thomson,
and has issue — Beatrice Movia, born 30th
Dec. 1918.
1919
JOHN ELLIS, born Strathblane, 21st
Aug. 1890, sou of George E. and
Sarah Margaret Brown ; educated at
Strathblane School and Whitehill School,
Glasgow, and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1911), B.D. (1914); licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton, May 1914 ; assistant at Alloa ;
ord. at Elie 19th Jan. 1916 ; trans, and
adm. 15th Oct. 1919. Marr. 19th April
1917, Annie Catherine, only daugh. of Alex-
ander Grant, Clunievale, Alloa.
WALLACETOWN, AYR (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1834. In 1836
the General Assembly granted it a consti-
tution and a district of its own. The parish
was disjoined from St Quivox by the Court
of Teinds, 9th March 1874.}
JOHN ALEXANDER, unanimously
elected by the male heads of families
being communicants, and ord. 8th
Dec. 1836 ; trans, to Kirkcaldy 15th March
1838.
JAMES STEWART, elected in June,
and ord. 30th Aug. 1838 ; trans, to
South Parish, Aberdeen, 27th Oct.
1838
1842.
WILLIAM GRANT, born 6th Sept.
1814, son of Patrick G., min. of
Kirkmichael, Banffshire ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 30th Nov. 1836 ; assistant at
Logiealmond in 1837, and St John's, Glas-
gow, 1840; ord. 19th April 1843. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Wallace-
town Free Church, 1843-76 ; died 2nd Nov.
1876. He marr. 1845, Auguste Peterson
(died s.p.), daugh. of the librarian at Bonn
University. Publications — The Lord's
Supper Explained (Glasgow, 1859) ; Chris-
tian Baptism Explained (Glasgow. 1871) ;
Missionary Life among the Jeivs in
Moldavia, Galicia, and Silesia (London,
1867) ; Christ Our Hope, and other Ser-
mons, with Memoir by David Maclagan. —
[Baird's Sixty Years of Church Life in Ayr,
67-199 ; Brown's Annals of the Disruption,
127. 386, 518.]
* SAMUEL BLAIR, trans, from Presby-
1844 te"an Church, Dudley, 13th June
1844 ; trans, to Dairy, Galloway,
26th Sept. 1845.
WILLIAM GRAHAM, ord. 27th March
1846 ; trans, to Newhaven 18th April
1846
1850.
JOHN DEWAR FORBES, born Duns,
10th April 1825, son of Thomas F. and
Elizabeth Dewar ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Duns
5th Dec. 1848; ord. 19th Sept. 1850;
res. 7th Feb. 1855 ; assistant at Earlston,
1856-8. Joined the Church of England;
curate of New Wortley, Leeds, 1866-8 ; St
Thomas, Preston, Lancashire, 1868-70;
St Stephen, Tonbridge, Kent, 1870-5;
Egerton, Kent, 1875-83 ; Nonington, Kent,
1883-5 ; rector of Shadoxhurst, Kent, 1885 ;
died 19th May 1915. He marr. (1) Jane
Winlaw, Berwick-on-Tweed, who died s.p.
1886 : (2) 13th Aug. 1889, Louisa Mary
Blaine, schoolmistress of Shadoxhurst
[Canterbury Diocesan Gazette, June 1915].
HENRY GIBSON, M.A. ; ord. 7th June
1855 1^55 » trans, to Glenapp 26th Nov.
1857.
FRANCIS RAE, educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; ord. 12th Aug. 1858
1858
res. 1st Feb. 1865.
1865
GEORGE JOHN CHALMERS SCOTT,
born Creebridge, Minnigaff, 30th Oct.
1835, fourth son of Archibald S.,
schoolmaster, and Jessie Darling ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Wigtown 26th July 1864; ord. 20th July
1865, died 27th Dec. 1905. He marr. 6th
Sept. 1865, Agnes Milligan, and had issue —
Archibald John Darling, min. of North-
maven ; Lilian Anna, born 22nd April
1870 ; Jessie Helen, born 15th April 1872 ;
Amy Constance, born 4th Aug. 1874 ;
Bertram Watson, born 3rd Dec. 1876.
OSWALD BELL MILLIGAN, M.A.,
1906 B.D. ; ord. 11th May 1906; trans,
to St Leonard's 19th Oct. 1909.
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JOHN ARCHIBALD GLOVER
THOMSON, born Sanquhar, 19th
1910 Feb. 1883, son of James T., D.D.,
min. of St Andrew's, Glasgow ; educated
at George Watson's College, Edinburgh,
Glasgow Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1903), B.D. (1906) j licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow May 1907 ; assistant at St
Andrew's, Edinburgh ; ord. 3rd Feb. 1910 ;
trans, to Tron Parish, Edinburgh, 28th
Sept. 1916. Marr. 9th June 1910, Ethel
Maud, youngest daugh. of Thomas Richard-
son, Edinburgh, and has issue — Aidan
Hunter, born 1st April 1911.
JOHN MARTIN, born Greenock, 26th
June 1888, son of James M. and
Anne Maclntyre ; educated at
Greenock Higher Grade School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1910), B.D. (1913);
licen. by Presb. of Greenock in 1913 ;
assistant at Bluevale, Glasgow, and First
Charge, Hamilton ; ord. 16th Jan. 1917.
BARR.
[The parish of Barr was disjoined from
Dailly, Girvan, and Colmonell, in 1653.
In the churchyard, a stone commemorates
Edward MacKean, a Covenanter, shot in
1685. At Kirkdominie in the parish, styled
in Latin deeds " Capella Sanctae Trinitatis
de Kildomine," there was a Chapel of the
Holy Trinity, with a Holy Well. The
ruins of the chapel stand on high ground
overlooking the Water of Stinchar. Here
was held annually the Fair of Kirkdominie,
sometimes vulgarly called Kirkdamdie Fair.
The fair day was Trinity Sunday, but was
changed in Protestant times to the last
Sunday of May.]
FERGUS ALEXANDER or M'ALEX-
1653 ANDER, tutor of Dalreoch; M.A.
(Glasgow 1635) ; became min. at
Kilmud in Ireland ; was recommended by
a committee of General Assembly 5th May
1647, and the Presb. desired to further his
provision to any vacant kirk among them ;
adrn. in 1653 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; returned in 1687.
VOL. III.
HERCULES LINDSAY, studied at St
1665 Leonard's College ; M.A. (St Andrews,
25th July 1663) ; min. about 1665 ;
outed in 1689; retired to Edinburgh, and
died 10th April 1710, aged 67. He marr.
Janet Seton, and had issue — Katherine
(marr. John Lawson, merchant in Den) ;
Ann (marr. John Thorn, schoolmaster, Carn-
bee) ; Elizabeth (marr. John Clephane,
merchant, Anstruther) ; Margaret (marr.
Sergeant M'Naughton in Lauder's Regi-
ment).— [Edin. Bur. Reg. ; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 29th March 1711.]
FERGUS M'ALEXANDER, M.A.,
1687 aDOVe noticed ; returned Aug. 1687 ;
died after 9th Feb. 1688. He
marr. (cont. 30th June 1658) Jean (died
in May 1691), daugh. of William
M'Kerrell of Hillhouse. — [G. R. Homings,
5th April 1672; Privy Seal Eng. Reg., v.,
18 ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 327.]
GEORGE GUTHRIE, called Oct. 1689 ;
1689 trans, to Oxnam after 4th Aug. 1691.
THOMAS FISHER, called May 1692 ;
16g3 ord. 9th May 1693 ; trans, to Auchter-
gaven 26th April 1698.
WILLIAM GORDON, brother of
16g9 Thomas G., wright in Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 28th July, and called
27th Sept. 1698; ord. 26th April 1699;
died between 9th July and 4th Nov. 1724.
He left a MS. account of his personal
experiences in religion. He marr. 10th
Dec. 1707, Jean Hamilton, who survived
him. He bequeathed 200 merks to the
Kirk-session and 100 to Dalrymple for
the poor.— [ Woodrow MSS.; Ayr Sheriff-
Court Books, 11th Nov. 1726.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, son of John C,
1?25 min. of Craigie; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 2nd Sept. 1724; called 10th
June, and ord. 22nd Sept. 1725 ; died 9th
Feb. 1743, aged 44. He marr. 23rd Nov.
1736, Marion (died 6th March 1795), daugh.
of John Lockhart, bailie of Ayr, and had
issue — John ; Marion (marr. John Mont-
gomerie, collector of taxes, Ayr), died
March 1811, aged 72 ; Margaret ; James.
— [Tombst. ; Paterson's Ayr, i.]
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BARR
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM ALLAN, son of Robert A.,
_ merchant, Glasgow ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 11th Aug. 1741 ; called 22nd May,
and ord. 14th Aug. 1746; died 25th Oct.
1778. He marr. 12th June 1750, Agnes
Chalmers, who died s.p. 11th Aug. 1787.
— [TombsL]
STEPHEN YOUNG, son of Thomas
1*780 Y., merchant burgess, Glasgow, and
Marion Howison ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Lanark
27th March 1776 ; assistant at Ochiltree ;
called 23rd Sept. 1779; ord. 8th March
1780 ; died 21st Feb. 1819, aged 74. He
marr. (1) 22nd June 1780, Elizabeth Pater-
son, who died 3rd July 1781, and had issue
—Thomas, born 8th May 1781, died 16th
March 1782: (2) 20th Sept. 1784, Mary
(died 22nd Jan. 1837), daugh. of Archibald
M'William in Blackclauchary, and had issue
— Thomas, born 10th Sept. 1786; Jean,
born 19th May 1788, died 20th Aug. 1791 ;
Marion, born 13th May 1790, died 24th
July 1819; Jean, born 7th Dec. 1792
(marr. 22nd Dec. 1812, David Ewen of the
Customs, Ayr); Archibald of Hyndford,
M.D., born 31st March 1795. Publication
—Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xii.). — [Tombst.]
EBENEZER BRADSHAW WALLACE,
born Lowick, 19th June 1792, son
of Gavin W., min. of Nenthorn ;
educated at Univs. of Glasgow and Edin-
burgh, became tutor in the family of David
Cathcart, Lord Alloway ; licen. by Presb.
of Kelso 5th June 1817 ; assistant in this
parish ; pres. by George, Prince Regent,
26th March, and ord. 19th Aug. 1819.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min. of
Barr Free Church 1843-67 ; died unmarried
6th June 1867. Publications — A Lecture
on the Right Relation between Church and
State (Ayr, 1844); Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace, v.).
JAMES MACMASTER, born 13th Jan.
1815, son of Peter M., min. of
Girvan ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 8th May
1839; pres. by Queen Victoria; ord. 21st
Dec. 1843; died 20th Dec. 1852. He
marr. 29th April 1845, Grace (died 18th
March 1860), daugh. of James Gibson,
solicitor, Wigtown, and had issue — Jessie
Caldwell Russell, born 15th Feb. 1847;
Henrietta Maria, born 13th March 1849 ;
Peter, born 4th Nov. 1850.
JAMES GIBSON, son of James G.,
185s solicitor, Wigtown ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to Terregles
8th March 1849 ; pres. by Queen Victoria ;
trans. 23rd June 1853 ; died 22nd Aug. 1858.
He marr. 26th March 1850, Mary Ann (died
12th Dec. 1857), daugh. of Thomas Inglis,
min. of Lochrutton, and had issue — Mary
Ann Duncan, born 17th Feb. 1851 ; Jessie
Caldwell, born 7th Nov. 1852 ; James, born
11th Dec. 1854; Thomas Inglis, born 7th
March 1856, died 17th May 1857.
WILLIAM MUNGALL, eldest son of
1859 WiHiam M., overseer, Lanarkshire ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
to Barrhead 19th Oct. 1854 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria; trans, and adm. 13th Jan. 1859;
res. 21st and died 30th Dec. 1865.
DAVID STRONG, M.A., pres. by Queen
1866 Victoria ; ord. 3rd May 1866 ; trans,
to Hillhead 14th Oct. 1872.
CHARLES GOODALL, born 28th June
1873 *846, son °^ Alexander G., farmer,
North Bank, Cameron, Fife, and
Marjory Page ; educated at Cameron School,
Madras College, and Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews in 1869 ;
assistant at Strathmiglo and St Andrews,
Edinburgh ; ord. 8th May 1873 ; died 27th
Aug. 1888. He marr. 9th June 1875, Jane,
daugh. of Andrew Watson of Belmont,
St Andrews, and had issue — Alexander,
M.D., F.R.C.P.E., Edinburgh, born 1st June
1876; Marjory Jane Watson, born 22nd
July 1877 ; Charles, min. of Dailly, born
10th Jan. 1880 ; John, born 9th Jan. 1883,
died 12th Sept. 1901.
GEORGE DODS, born Leith, 11th Oct.
1858, son of George D., min. of
Garvald ; educated at High School
and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1880), B.D.
(1882) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1882 ;
AYR]
BARR— CATRINE
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assistant at Hyndland, Glasgow, and Scots
Church, Melbourne ; ord. to Melbourne 1st
Feb. 1883 ; trans, and adm. 20th Feb. 1889.
Marr. 4th June 1890, Ida, daugh. of John
Abraham, and has issue — Ida Mary Homan,
born 31st March 1891 (marr. 28th Nov.
1917, John Gifford Nicholson, lieut.
R.F.A.); Helen Ruth, born 1st March
1893 (marr. 1st June 1916, Oliver Hughes-
Onslow, yr., of Balkissock, lieut. Irish
Guards) ; George John Abraham, born
19th Oct. 1894, died 11th April 1910;
Edith Jane, born 31st Jan. 1900.
CATRINE (Q.S.).
[A church was built here by Claud
Alexander of Ballochmyle in 1792. On
31st May 1834, the General Assembly
granted it a chapel constitution, and
assigned it a district. The parish of
Catrine was disjoined from Sorn on 30th
Oct. 1871. At St Cuthbert's Holm on the
Water of Ayr, near the site of Catrine
Church, there was of old a chapel of St
Cuthbert.]
ROBERT STEVEN, ord. 12th Sept. 1792;
1792 trans, to Dalrymple 31st May 1798.
ANDREW HARLEY, called Nov. 1799 ;
ord. 15th May 1800; trans, to John-
stone Chapel-of-Ease 26th April 1804.
JAMES CURRIE, eldest son of
iai6 James C., farmer, Stevenston ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; MA.
(1803) ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 3rd Oct.
1809 ; elected in Nov. 1815 ; ord. 5th March
1816 ; dep. 15th June 1836 " for several acts
of intoxication." He marr. and had issue
— James, student of medicine at Glasgow
1825-8.
WILLIAM HUTCHESON, born Liff,
1836 1805 > educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; ord. 22nd Dec. 1836.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min. of
Free Church, Johnstone, Renfrewshire,
1844-76 ; died 25th March 1876. He marr.
25th Sept. 1839, Jane, only daugh. of Robert
Reid, merchant, Greenock. Publications —
Home Evangelisation (London, 1851) ; The
Apocrypha Opened.
1855
JAMES BELL BIGGAR, missionary at
Banton 1854; ord. 17th May 1855;
died at Annan 8th Oct. 1870.
1872
PEARSON MADAM MUIR, ord.
70 22nd Sept. 1870; first min. of
the parish ; trans, to Polmont 1st
Aug. 1872.
THOMAS PHILLIP, born 14th Aug.
1840, son of Robert P. and Elizabeth
Beveridge ; educated at Dunfermline
School and Univ. of Edinburgh; MA.
(1870); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh;
assistant at East Church, Stirling ; ord.
21st Nov. 1872 ; died 24th July 1876. He
marr. 24th Dec. 1872, Jane Runue (died
10th Oct. 1917), daugh. of William Pike,
and had issue — Robert James, born 3rd
June 1875, died at Prestwick 19th Oct.
1909; and a daugh., died in infancy.
1877
JAMES BUCHANAN, B.Sc. ; ord. 4th
Jan. 1877 ; trans, to Eaglesham 18th
Oct. 1881.
JAMES GILMOUR BAILLIE, licen. by
1882 Presk- °f Paisley 4th May 1881 ;
ord. 9th March 1882 ; died at Prest-
wick 21st May 1893. He marr. 17th Feb.
1885, Josephine Mactavish (died 20th Aug.
1888), and had issue — James Duncan Mac-
tavish, born 27th Jan. 1886 ; Josephine,,
born 10th Aug. and died 26th Sept. 1888.
HUGH CALLAN, MA. ; ord. 8th Nov.
1893; trans, to Second Charge*
Montrose, 13th Jan. 1899.
WILLIAM JOHN, born Glasgow, 27th
March 1871, son of John Shennan
Graham J. and Margaret M'Nab ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow; MA. (1893); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow May 1895 ; assistant at Cath-
cart and St Thomas's, Glasgow; ord. 11th
May 1899. Marr. 9th Aug. 1905, Sara,
daugh. of John Alexander Taylor, and has
issue — Graham Taylor, born 29th May
1906 ; Margaret Patricia, born 22nd June
1915.
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COYLTON
[PRESB. OF
1581
COYLTON.
[The vicarage of Coylton belonged to the
Chapel Royal of Stirling, and yielded it
two prebends. Coylton was for some time
united to the parish of Riccarton, but was
severed from it in 1647. About the year
1700, those parts of the lands of Gadgirth
lying north and east of the Water of Coyle
were disjoined from the parish of Ochil-
tree, and added to Coylton. In this parish
there were of old three chapels, St Bride's,
near Sundrum, the Chapel of Camel, which
had its Chapel Well, and the Chapel of
Raithhill, where also there was a Holy
Well. Coylton Church was rebuilt in
1776, and again in 1836.
JAMES DAVIDSON, exhorter at
1570 Candlemas 1570.
1574 JOHN CAMPBELL, reader, 1574-80.
MATTHEW WYLLIE, min. of Dal-
rymple pres. 3rd May 1581 ; trans, to
Dalmellington 1590.
WILLIAM WALLACE, educated at
1598 Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1593);
min. of Dalmellington in 1595 ;
trans, in 1598.
JAMES KER, adm. about 1606; trans.
1606 to Colmonell in 1610.
WILLIAM SCOTT, educated at Univ.
161Q of Edinburgh; M.A. (27th July
1609) ; was min. here in 1619 ;
deposed 7th Nov. 1649 for breaking the
Lord's Day, etc. — [Commiss. to Ass., 1638.]
JOHN ROSE, M.A. ; deprived by Act
of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; adm.
min. of Old Monkland in 1664.
WILLIAM FULLARTON of Craighall,
alias Laglen-Fullarton, son of James
F., of that ilk, and Agnes Fullarton ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1634) ;
adm. to St Quivox 10th May 1642; not
conforming to Episcopacy, he was deposed
by the Diocesan Synod ; was accused
before the Privy Council, March 1669, of
baptizing and marrying irregularly, which
he confessed 8th April, and was dismissed.
He was adm. to this parish under indulgence
1662
1672
by the Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ; died
after Nov. 1679. He marr. Frances, daugh.
of Stewart of Raiss, Renfrewshire. She
survived him, and had issue — James ;
Robert of Craighall, born 1641 ; Francis ;
William ; George. — [Baillie's Lett. ; Wod-
row's Hist., ii., 123; G. R. Inhib., 19th
Nov. 1680; G. R. Homings, 10th July
1688 ; P. C. Decreta, 8th April 1680.]
GEORGE MILNE, pres. in Feb., and inst.
16 Aug. 1680 ; trans, to Campsie 24th
June 1681.— [P. C. Decreta, 1680.]
GEORGE MEIK, mentioned as min.
12th Dec. 1682 ; trans, to Straiton
in 1683.
JOHN WHITE, mentioned as min. 16th
1688 July 1683, and 10th March 1687.
He marr. Helen, daugh. of Robert
Cruickshank of Banchory. — [Glasg. Comm.
Deeds, 9th Feb. 1686; Ayr Sheriff-Court
Books, 17th Feb. 1688.]
RICHARD HISLOP, educated at Univ.
1687 of Edinburgh; M.A. (1679); passed
trials before Presb. of Dalkeith ; was
recommended to the Bishop 6th Dec. 1683
for licence ; pres. by Robert, Bishop of
Dunblane, in March, and after passing
secondary trials before same Presb. (being
then resident at Monktonhall in its
bounds), got a testimonial 1st Sept. 1687,
for ordination. The parish was vacant in
1689.— [Dalkeith Presb. Reg.]
JOHN MAIR, Presbyterian min. at
Loughbrickland, Ireland ; called in
Aug., and adm. (with liberty to
return to his own congregation when he
might have access) 24th Sept. 1689 ; still
min. in 1691.
1692
JOHN HUNTER, brother of George H. ;
min. at Magherally, Ireland, in
1672 ; came to Scotland in 1689 ;
called Jan. 1692, and adm. soon after;
died Jan. 1697. — [Glasg. Tests.; Reid's
Ireland, iii., 18.]
J WILLIAM BOYD, son of John B.,
7 mason, Glasgow; studied divinity
at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 26th July 1699; ord. 14th
AYR]
COYLTON
21
1723
Feb. 1700; died of grief at infidelity of
his wife Feb. 1722. He marr. and had
issue— Allan ; Charles ; William ; Helen ;
Margaret; Elizabeth (marr. 16th Sept.
1736, George Blair, tailor, Edinburgh);
Katherine. — \Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's
Anal. ; G. R. Homings, 19th April 1705.]
JOHN KEY, clerk of the Baron's Court
at Greenock 14th Oct. 1708; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 19th June 1717 ; called 2nd Aug.
1722 ; ord. 26th Feb. 1723 ; died 31st Jan.
1748. He marr. (1) Mary Handyside, who
died 1st Jan. 1732: (2) 16th Aug. 1732,
Margaret Campbell (who survived him, and
marr. (2) 1st Sept. 1752, Patrick Douglas,
surgeon, Ayr) ; she died 1st Nov. 1764. —
[Williamson's Old Cartsburn, 185.]
DAVID SHAW, third son of Alexander
1749 ^*> mm- °^ Edinkillie ; licen. by
Presb. of Forres 10th Nov. 1743;
pres. by George II. 12th July 1748 ; ord.
29th June 1749; D.D. (St Andrews, 11th
Jan. 1775); Moderator of the General
Assembly 25th May 1776 ; died 26th April
1810, aged 91. In personal appearance he
was stately and venerable, was hale and
hearty till he was 91, and had not a
wrinkle on his cheek or a furrow on his
brow. He marr. 5th Nov. 1750, Marion
(died 14th March 1803), daugh. of James
Dalrymple, sheriff clerk, Ayr, and had
issue— Grizel, born 29th Dec. 1751, died
28th Feb. 1775 ; Alexander, born 7th Feb.
and died 2nd May 1753; Margaret, born
4th April 1754, died 21st Aug. 1799 ; Jean
Cathcart, born 2nd Sept. 1755, died 18th
Nov. 1800 ; Charles, writer, Ayr, born 17th
Dec. 1757 ; Manie, born 14th March 1759,
died 10th April 1784; James, born 20th
Oct. 1760, died 12th July 1779 ; William,
born 6th April 1763, died 10th Feb. 1793;
David, writer, Edinburgh, born 26th Sept.
1765; John, born 11th July 1767, died 5th
Aug. 1774. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i., xxi.). —
[Tombst.]
v JOHN BLACK, eldest son of Adam B.,
1810 farmer, Douglas, Lanarkshire ; edu-
cated at parish school and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
28th April 1802 ; pres. by George III. 10th
May, and ord. 20th Sept. 1810; LL.D.
(Glasgow, 1st May 1812) ; died at Paris,
26th Aug. 1825, aged 47. Publications—
The Falls of Clyde, or the Fairies, a
Scottish dramatic pastoral (Edinburgh,
1806); Life of Tasso, 2 vols. (Edinburgh,
1810) ; Palceoromaica (London, 1822) ;
Supplement thereto (London, 1824).
ALEXANDER DUNCAN, born 16th
June 1793, son of William D., min.
of Abernethy ; licen. by Presb. of
Perth 25th Sept. 1816 ; pres. by George IV.
27th Dec. 1825; ord. 11th May 1826; died
unmarried at Dysart, 26th Aug. 1866.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, v.).
THOMAS UNDERWOOD, pres. by
1858 Queen Victoria ; ord. assistant and
successor 8th July 1858 ; trans, to
Kirkpatrick-Irongray 22nd Sept. 1859.
JOHN MACKINLAY, eldest son of
William M., Campbeltown ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Kintyre ; pres. by Queen Victoria ; ord.
assistant and successor 22nd Dec. 1859 ;
died between 17th Aug. and 4th Oct. 1865.
He marr. Ann Gillespie, daugh. of John
Stewart, min. of Blair-Atholl.
JAMES GLASGOW, born Wiston,
Lanarkshire, 1839, son of James G.
and Grace Whitelaw ; educated at
Wiston and Strathaven Schools, and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Lanark
in 1863 ; pres. by Queen Victoria ; ord.
assistant and successor 19th April 1866 ;
died 20th Feb. 1904. He marr. 25th
July 1894, Margaret M'Farlane, elder
daugh. of James Maitland of Balquochen,
Stirlingshire.
- DAVID LOGAN BLAIR, ord. 7th July
1904 ; trans, to Scone 10th Nov.
1904
1908.
1909
WILLIAM COCHRAN CONN, born
The Grange, Castlerock, Co. Derry,
23rd Dec. 1871, son of Hugh C. and
Martha Cochran ; educated at Coleraine
Academy, Magee College, Derry, and Univ.
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COYLTON— CRAIGIE
[ PRESB. OF
of St Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Perth.
(Original Secession) ; ord. Original Seces-
sion min. at Kirriemuir 1897 ; adm. to
Church of Scotland May 1900 ; assistant
at Alexandria ; app. to St John's, Hadding-
ton, 17th Sept. 1901 ; trans, to St John's,
Glasgow, 18th Dec. 1902 ; trans. 22nd April
1909 ; trans, to Penpont (assist, and sue.)
13th July 1917. Marr. 12th June 1906,
Beatrice Isobel, second daugh. of John
Carlyle, M.D., Greenock, and has issue —
John Carlyle, born 7th July 1908.
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, born 26th
1Q17 April 1891, son of Gavin C, min. of
Fauldhouse ; educated at George
Watson's College and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1911), B.D. (1914); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh May 1914 ; assistant at
Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh, 1914; ord.
23rd Nov. 1917.
CRAIGIE.
[The vicarage of Craigie belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. In 1673 part of the
parish of Barnweil was annexed to Craigie.
The church was rebuilt in 1776.]
1574 DAVID WALLACE, reader in 1574.
1576
1580
1586
DAVID MYLNE, reader at Kilwinning,
in 1574 ; adm. in 1576, Riccarton
being also in his charge ; trans, to
Dundonald same year.
LAURENCE DALGLEISH, adm. in
1580; still min. in 1585. — [Beg.
Assig.~\
ALEXANDER FORSYTH, min. of
Dumfries in 1585 ; adm. here in
1586; pres. to vicarage of Dun-
donald by James VI. 20th June 1587 ;
still min. 14th Oct. 1590, but subse-
quently dep. ; pres. to Abercrombie before
20th Oct. 1593.
NATHAN INGLIS, M.A. (Glasgow
1571); min in 1593; app. one
of the visitors for Galloway by
the General Assembly in 1601, and also
went to Assembly at Aberdeen in 1605,
but was too late for the meeting. For so
doing and approving of what that Assembly
had done, he was committed to the Castle
of Dunbarton, but on his submission, 2nd
July 1607, he was liberated. Wodrow
relates of him that in admonishing his
parishioners in church for a breach of the
Sabbath, the laird (Wallace of Craigie),
who supported the culprits, threw a
"whinger" or short sword at him, which
he avoided by stooping, and it lodged in
the back of the pulpit. I. is then said
to have predicted misfortune to the laird
and his family, which came true ! But if
this story is true it probably applies to
some subsequent incumbent and not to
Inglis. He died about Feb. 1612, aged
about 42. He marr. Ann, daugh. of John
Eccles of Kildonan, who survived him and
had issue — John, apprenticed to John
Inglis, skinner, Edinburgh, 25th Aug.
1619; James, min. of Dailly. — [Reg. Assig.;
Glasg. and Edin. Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal., ii.,
153 ; Forbes's Records ; Melville's Autob. ;
Calderwood's Hist., vi., 22, 161, 292, 445,
667.]
EDWARD POWER, M.A. (Glasgow
1606); adm. in 1613.— [Reg. of Deeds,
ccix., 32.]
JOHN HAMILTON, son of Gavin H.,
Bishop of Galloway ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1618);
adm. prior to 16th Sept. 1622; dep. 28th
March 1649, for not being hearty in oppos-
ing the public enemy ; was alive in 1662,
when he had a grant out of the vacant
stipends. He marr. Margaret, sister of
Hew Wallace of Craigie, and had issue —
John ; Margaret. — [Ayr Sess. Reg ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Reg. of Deeds, dlxi., 239 ; Ayr Sas.,
viii., 267 ; P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., i., 34.]
^ DAVID BROWN, M.A. '(Glasgow 1645);
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 27th June
1649 ; called in July ; he had also
calls to Ayr and Irvine, but was adm. here
2nd Jan. 1650 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; had an indulgence
from Privy Council 9th Dec. 1669; died
April 1673. He marr. Agnes Lockhart,
and had issue — David, min. of Blackfriars,
Glasgow, and nine others. — [Wodrow's Hist.,
i., 327 ; P. C. Decreta, 5th March 1674.]
1613
1622
aye]
CRAIGIE
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1678
LAURENCE MERCER, M.A. ; adm.
about 1678; trans, to Kirkurd 11th
May 1681.
JOHN ARBUCKLE, M.A. ; trans, from
Monigaff in 1681 ; trans, to Riccar-
ton about 1686.
REID, said to have been outed from
1fl0. t;his charge in 1689.— [MS. Ace. of
lb by _ _, _ _ -
Mm., 1689.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, M.A. ; probably
1690 f°rmerly mm- °f Sorn ; min. in 1690;
was a member of Assembly that
year; died 12th Feb. 1700, aged 68. He
marr. (1) Janet Thomson : (2) 20th Nov.
1695, Mary Couper, and had issue— Janet
(marr. John Adam, min. of West Kilbride) ;
Mary ; John, schoolmaster of Galston
1715 ; and others. — [Ochiltree Sess. Beg. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Tombst. ;
Glasg. Com. Deeds, 12th Sept. 1700.]
JOHN HANNA, licen. by Presb. of
1701 Kirkcaldy 30th July 1700 ; called
15th Feb., and ord. 13th Aug. 1701 ;
died before 7th Jan. 1708. He marr. (pro.
11th Nov. 1705), Elizabeth, daugh. of James
Caithness, W.S., Edinburgh.
JAMES ROBERTSON, educated at
17og Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (13th
July 1691) ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 11th Jan. 1699 ; ord. to Men-
muir 3rd Sept. 1701 ; called 14th Oct.
1708; adm. 23rd March 1709; died 4th
June 1743, aged 69. He marr. Sept. 1707,
Anna, daugh. of John Wallace of Holms-
toun ; she survived him, and had issue —
Elizabeth ; William ; Thomas ; Jean ;
James. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.']
^ GEORGE BANNATYNE, called 2nd
Aug. 1744; ord. 18th July 1745;
trans, to Wynd Church, Glasgow,
18th Oct. 1764.
ANDREW SHAW, born 1741, son of
1765 Andrew S., Professor of Divinity,
St Mary's College, St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 14th Nov.
1764 ; pres. by Sir Thomas Wallace of
Craigie, Bart., in April, and ord. 26th Sept.
1765 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 12th Oct. 1795) ;
died 14th Sept. 1805. He marr. 28th Nov.
1774, Mary Lymburner, who died 30th
Dec. 1826, aged 83, and had issue — Andrew,
born 9th Oct. 1776, died 4th Nov. 1802;
John, born 27th Jan. 1778, and settled in
Canada, died 18th Dec. 1808 ; James, born
10th Dec. 1780, lost at sea on board the
Courier of Greenock Dec. 1798. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, v.).
JOHN STIRLING, second son of John
1806 ^'' Dunblane ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunblane 21st Jan. 1800 ; pres. by William
Campbell of Craigie 21st Nov. 1805 ; ord.
17th April 1806 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 1st May
1812) ; Moderator of General Assembly
16th May 1833; died 13th Jan. 1846. He
marr. 21st April 1806, Mary (died at
London, 28th June 1862, aged 79), daugh.
of William M'Quhae, D.D., min. of St
Quivox, and had issue — James, born 12th
Feb. 1807, died 17th Oct. 1823; Mary
Laurie, born 25th March 1808 (marr. 25th
May 1836, Thomas Ainsworth of The Flosh,
Cumberland, sometime High Sheriff of that
county, died 1st Feb. 1867 ; Isabella, born
1st Sept. 1809, died 2nd Feb. 1826; Jane
Erskine, born 8th Feb. 1811 ; Elizabeth,
born 11th Dec. 1812 (marr. 5th June 1838,
William Erskine, Bombay Medical Service),
died 28th Sept. 1840; Lydia Ainsworth,
born 11th Nov. 1814, died 26th June 1829 ;
William, merchant, Liverpool, born 12th
Aug. 1816, died 15th Feb. 1852; Rose
Sophia, born 27th Aug. 1818 ; John of
Fairburn, Ross-shire, flax spinner, Cleator,
Cumberland, born 26th June 1820, died
19th Aug. 1907 ; Laura Margaret, born
5th Sept. 1822, died 18th April 1846;
Annabella Fullarton, born 7th June 1824 ;
James, born 2nd Sept. 1827, died 11th
March 1846. — [Burke's Landed Gentry,
12th edition,^. 1793.]
1843
ROBERT INGLIS, son of Robert I.,
quarrier, Douglas ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Lanark ; pres. by James Campbell of
Craigie ; ord. (assistant and successor) 6tb
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CRAIGIE— CROSSHILL— CUMNOCK
[PKESB. OF
Sept. 1843 ; died 17th May 1859. He raarr.
16th Sept. 1846, Jane (died 26th Aug. 1852),
daugh. of William Rorison, min. of Stair,
and had issue — Margaret Anne, born 7th
Feb. 1848; Robert, born 26th May 1849.
died 23rd June 1853 ; Mary, born 28th Jan.
1851 (marr. George M'William, min. of
Crawfordjohn).
1859
DAVID STIRLING, born 12th Oct.
1828, fourth son of Robert S., D.D.,
min. of Galston ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; Keen, by Presb. of Ayr 6th
Sept. 1854 ; ord. to Dalmellington 14th
May 1857 ; pres. by James Campbell of
Craigie ; trans, and adm. 3rd Nov. 1859 ;
died 20th Aug. 1882. He marr. 3rd Jan.
1862, Agnes Maria, daugh. of Colonel
James Fairlie of Holms and Agnes
Maria Fairlie, and had issue — Robert,
engineer, Peru, born 6th Oct. 1862 ; James
Fairlie, Iquique, born 10th Dec. 1864 ;
Agnes Maria, born 18th Feb. 1866 ; David
Edward, Taital, Chile, born 25th June 1867;
Jane, born 31st July 1868.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, born Slate-
ford, 21st Sept. 1852, son of John
C. and Margaret Taylor ; educated
at Irvine Academy and Univs. of Glasgow
and Edinburgh; M.A. (Glasgow 1873),
B.D. (Edinburgh 1876); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 11th May 1876; ord. to
Foulden 10th May 1877 ; trans, and adm. 1 7th
Jan. 1883 ; died 6th June 1920. He marr.
16th Aug. 1877, Janet Burns, daugh. of Gavin
Lindsay, Overton, Dreghorn,and had issue —
John, born 1st June 1878, died 23rd April
1887; Gavin Lindsay, born 11th March 1880;
Jane Lindsay Robertson, born 27th Sept.
1881 ; Margaret Taylor, born 21st Jan. 1883
(marr. 7th Dec. 1905, Alexander Templeton,
grain merchant, Kilmarnock) ; Janet, born
24th April 1884 (marr. 8th Sept. 1915,
Robert Hardie, solicitor, Kilmarnock) ;
William John, born 12th Dec. 1887 ; Mary,
born 9th June 1890 (marr. 19th Oct. 1915,
Harry H. Haigh, Tillicherry, Southern
India); Arthur James Balfour, born 14th
Sept. 1894. Publications — The Elder's
Prayer Book (Paisley, 1885) ; Family
Prayers (Kilmarnock, 1903).
CROSSHILL (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1838. The
parish of Crosshill was disjoined from Kirk-
michael and Kirkoswald, 8th March 1854.]
JAMES SMELLIE, ord. 14th July 1841 ;
1841 trans, to Innerwick 21st Sept. 1843.
THOMAS MAULE, M.A. ; ord. 30th
May 1844 ; res. 1851 ; died at
Partick 23rd Dec. 1864.
1844
1851
1888
JAMES CRAWFORD, son of Walter O,
Perth ; licen. by Presb. of Perth Nov.
1850 ; ord. 25th Dec. 1851 ; res. 5th
Dec. 1888. Marr. 26th Jan. 1852, Catherine,
only daugh. of John Ferguson, Perth.
ROBERT STEWART, born Peebles,
13th Dec. 1861, son of Robert
Stewart and Elizabeth Mitchell ;
educated at Peebles Public School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Peebles; ord. (assistant and successor) 14th
Nov. 1888. Marr. (1) 21st July 1884,
Louisa (died 20th Nov. 1889), daugh. of
Henry King, and had issue — Robert Alex-
ander, born 8th Feb. 1885 ; Louis William
Henry, born 13th Nov. 1889, died 14th Aug.
1890 : (2) 27th Oct. 1891, Jane, daugh. of
James Peebles, and has issue — Agnes
M'Fadzean, born 31st July 1893 ; Eliza-
beth Mitchell, born 25th July 1896.
CUMNOCK, on OLD CUMNOCK.
[The rectory of Cumnock was a prebend
of Glasgow. Its church was dedicated to
St Conal. There was a chapel in the parish
at Borland. On St Matthew's Day, the
21st of September, a yearly fair was held
at Cumnock. The parish church was re-
built in 1754, and again in 1867. Alex-
ander Peden, the Covenanter, having died
in the neighbourhood, was buried at
Auchinleck ; but a party of dragoons took
up his body, and carried it to Cumnock, to
be there hung in chains. Being unable to
effect this, they buried the corpse at the
foot of the local gallows. This site is near
the church, and the people of Cumnock
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CUMNOCK
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have chosen it for their burial-place. Here
in the churchyard lie David Dun and Simon
Paterson — two Covenanters shot at Cum-
nock in 1685. Four other martyrs of the
Covenant are buried in this parish at the
places where they fell.]
JOHN DUNBAR, previously parish
priest, conformed at the Reformation
and styled "parson" in 1562. He
was alive in 1581, when he is described as
" vicar and life-long pensioner of the parish
church of Cumnock," and had a charter
confirming him in the possession of "four
acres of arable land, with a house and
small wood and pasture for two cows and
one horse."— [Reg. Mag. Sig. ; Chalmers's
Caledonia, vi., 522.]
JOHN RYND, entered exhorter at
1572 Kinglassie at Lammas 1569 ; adm.
Nov. 1572 ; had for stipend in
1574 "the haill parsonage and vicarage
of Cumnock, and the haill chaplainrie of
St Blaise in Perth " ; died before 22nd
May 1576. — [Reg. Min.; Steven's Old
Cumnock, 18.]
GEORGE CAMPBELL, min. of Dun-
157 donald at Lammas 1572 ; pres. by
James VI. 22nd May 1576.— [Reg.
Assig.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON of Bardanoch ;
15,_8 min. in 1578 ; trans, to Dairy, Gallo-
way, 1595.
GEORGE DUNBAR of Pollesche ; min.
1599 in 1599 ; trans, to Ayr about 1607.
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, son of Donald
1608 ^' °^ Aikenbar ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1602) j adm. to
Inchcailloch 22nd March 1604; trans, to
Dunlop after 14th Oct. 1606 ; trans, and
adm. before 1608. In 1642 he was trans,
to Hamilton but continued here ; was a
member of the Commission of Assembly
in 1643, 1644, and is believed- to have died
in 1644, aged about 63. He marr. Margaret
Sempill, and had issue — William, appren-
ticed to John Fleming, merchant, Edin-
burgh, 9th Aug. 1637 ; Jean (marr. George
Crawford of Auchincors) ; Marion (marr.
William Crawford, in Burne). — [Reg. of
Assig. ; Acts of Ass. ; Acts of Pari., viii. ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ;
Reg. of Deeds, cxcviii., 147 ; Ibid., Mack.,
14th Nov. 1666 ; G. R. Sas., xix., 242 ; Ayr
Sas., v., 290 ; Stevenson's Hist., 197.]
JOHN HALKEID, educated at Univ. of
1644 St Andrews ; M.A. (1638) ; pres. by
James Crichton of Abercrombie ;
adm. 6th Aug. 1644 ; died unmarr. after
25th March 1646, aged about 28.
JOHN CUNYNGHAME of Blook,
1647 brotner of Hugh C, Provost of
Irvine ; pres. by James Crichton
of Abercrombie, with advice of William,
Earl of Dumfries, 10th March, and adm.
8th Sept. 1647 ; refusing to conform to
Episcopacy in 1662 he was confined to his
parish ; died Oct. 1668. He marr. Elizabeth
Cunynghame, who died Sept. 1677, and had
issue — Alexander, of Blook, an eminent
Latin scholar, died at The Hague, Dec.
1730 ; John ; Hugh ; Charles ; Elizabeth
(marr. James Logan, merchant burgess,
Glasgow); Margaret.— [Ochiltree Sess. Reg.;
Glasg. Tests. ; Acts of Pari., viii. ; Inq. Ret.
Ayr, 612, et Gen., 6054 ; Grant's Story of
Univ. of Edin., i., 361 ; G. R. Sas., xxviii.,
77 ; G. R. Inhib., 11th Jan. 1679 ; Scots Mag.,
1804 ; Diet. Nat. Riog.]
SAMUEL NIMMO, M.A. ; adm. prior
1673 to 25t^ APr^ 16?3 ; trans, to Colinton
15th April 1686.
FRANCIS FORDYCE, son of Andrew
1686 F. in Kirkton of Dyke; educated
at King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(9th July 1672) ; schoolmaster of Banff,
1673-85 ; recommended for licence by
Presb. of Fordyce 3rd April 1678 ; was
min. of Dalgain (Sorn) in 1686 ; trans, and
adm. before 3rd Nov. 1686. In 1688 he
was forced by ninety armed men into the
churchyard, forbidden to preach and had
his gown torn. — [For glen Sess. Reg. ; Rule's
Sec. Vindication.]
•HUGH KILPATRICK, min. of a
Presbyterian Congregation at Lurgan
in 1686; supplied Dairy, 1689-91;
called unanimously Nov. 1691; adm. 13th
Jan. 1692; returned to Ireland Oct. 1694,
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CUMNOCK
[PRESB. OF
and was adm. to Ballymoney in 1695 ; died
April 1712. He marr., and had issue — James,
CD., min. at Belfast, author of Presbyterian
Loyality ; and others. — [Reid's Ireland,
iii., 18.]
JOHN STEEL of Windhill; licen. by
1701 Presb. of Linlithgow in 1699 ; called
Nov. 1700 ; ord. 26th March 1701 ;
died 4th March 1746, aged 72. He marr.
(cont. 6th and 11th Dec. 1703), Margaret
(died 8th June 1756), second daugh. of Sir
George Drummond of Milnab, Lord Provost
of Edinburgh, and had issue — John, min.
of Stair; Lilias (marr. 3rd March 1741,
William Morris, surgeon, Kilmarnock), died
Sept. 1790. Publication — Account of a Late
Conference betwixt Mr John Steel and Mr
John Adamson, a Disorderly Preacher
(Glasgow, 1714) [answered by Adamson in
Contendings for the. Kingdom of Light
against the Kingdom of Darkness (1715)]. —
[Wodrow's Anal., iii., 337 ; Lanark Sas.,
xi., 257.]
ADAM THOMSON in the parish of
1748 Valine ; licen. by Presb. of Dunferm-
line 4th March, and called 10th Dec.
1747 ; ord. 28th April 1748 ; died unmarr.
1st Feb. 1751.
GEORGE MUIR, called unanimously
1752 26th Sept., and ord. 30th Nov. 1752 ;
trans, to High Church, Paisley, 30th
Oct. 1766.
THOMAS MILLER, born 1740, son of
1767 Wuliam M., bookseller, Edinburgh ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 12th June
1764 ; pres. by William, Earl of Dumfries
and Stair, in April, and ord. 24th Sept.
1767; D.D. (Edinburgh, 23rd Dec. 1788);
died at Edinburgh, 1st June 1819, and was
buried in Greyfriars' Churchyard. He marr.
2nd June 1780, Janet (died 19th Jan. 1789),
daugh. of Matthew Stewart, D.D. , Professor
of Mathematics in the Univ. of Edinburgh,
and had issue — Margery, born 9th April
1781,died 29th Jan. 1805 ; Patrick, physician,
Exeter, born 21st May 1782 ; Margaret,
born 18th Oct. 1783 (marr. 10th April 1815,
Major James Miller, 74th Foot, who died
4th June following, of wounds received at
the Battle of Toulouse) ; William, Colonel
in the army, born 20th June 1785 ;
Matthew, merchant, Liverpool, born 27th
Jan. 1787, died 14th March 1833. Publica-
tion—Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, vi.).
JOHN FRAZER, born Rothesay, 1778,
181g second son of Daniel F., merchant ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
by Presb. of Edinburgh min. of a Presby-
terian Congregation at Monkwearmouth
30th May 1816; pres. by John, Marquess
of Bute, in March, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 13th May 1819 ; died unmarr.
20th Nov. 1829.
V NINIAN BANNATYNE, born 27th Oct.
1830 1802, son °f Ninian B., shipowner,
Rothesay ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1825) ; pres. by John,
Marquess of Bute, 10th Feb., and ord. 16th
Sept. 1830. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of the Free Church, Old Cumnock,
1843-74; died unmarr. 20th Feb. 1874.
Publications — Election no excuse for Man's
Sloth or Sin, but rather a Motive to Holiness
(1844) ; Account of the Parish (J\Tew Stat.
Ace, v.).
JAMES MURRAY, born Langcoat,
184_ Eddleston, 1812, son of John M.
and Jane Elliot ; educated at Eddle-
ston School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Peebles 26th July 1842 ; assis-
tant at Roxburgh and Kirkconnel ; pres. by
John, second Marquess of Bute ; ord. 17th
Aug. 1843 ; died at Mentone, France, 30th
Jan. 1875, and was buried at Old Cumnock.
He marr. 11th June 1844, Isabella (died
7th Nov. 1881), daugh. of Thomas White,
Union Bank of Scotland, and had issue
— John Elliot, banker, Paisley, born 10th
Nov. 1845 ; Mary Ann, born 18th May
1847, died 24th Sept. 1878 ; Thomas White,
born 20th Dec. 1849, died 25th Aug.
1867; William Henry, M.D., Galashiels,
born 10th Aug. 1851, died 12th Jan. 1899 ;
Elizabeth Fanny Moore, born 17th Nov.
1853 (marr. Thomas Crosby, min. of Loch-
rutton); Ellen, born 14th July 1856, died
16th July 1870 ; Margaret Alice, born 15th
April 1864, died 9th April 1876. Publica-
tions — War in Prospect and War in
Earnest (Edinburgh, 1855) ; Songs of the
aye]
CUMNOCK— NEW CUMNOCK
Covenant Times [anon.] (Edinburgh, 1861) ;
The Prophet's Mantle, being Scenes from, the
Life of Elisha, the son of Shaphat (Edin-
burgh, 1870). — [Modern Scottish Poets, iii.,
147.]
JOHN SPENCE ROBERTSON, born
.„,__ 1850, son of Edmund Robertson,
schoolmaster, Kinnaird, and brother
of Edmund, Lord Lochee ; educated at
Kinnaird Parish School and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
Oct. 1874; ord. 22nd July 1875. Marr.
23rd April 1885, Catherine Forbes, daugh.
of Robert Sharp, Blackford, Perthshire,
and has issue — Edmund Downing, born
1st Feb. 1887 ; Lillias Mabel, born 1st May
1889 ; Robert Arnold Fitzjohn Spence, born
20th Dec. 1892.
NEW CUMNOCK.
[This parish was disjoined from Cumnock
by the Commissioners for the plantation of
kirks on 11th July 1650. On 14th July
1667, the Commissioners recalled this
decision, and set aside the disjunction. On
11th March 1691, however, they renewed
the repealed decree of 1650, and confirmed
the erection of the parish. The church of
New Cumnock was rebuilt in 1832.]
HUGH CRAUFURD, fourth son of
Patrick C. of Auchenames and
Jane Craufurd of Crosbie ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1648); adm.
before 1653 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662. He had sasine of the lands
of Garrive July 1669. He became indulged
min. at Riccarton in 1672, and afterwards
held a charge in Ireland ; returned here
at the Toleration ; idied May 1692, aged
about 64. He marr. Eupham, daugh. of
John Cunningham of Baidland, and widow
of William Cunningham, min. of West
Kilbride, and had issue — Hugh of Garrive ;
John, apothecary, Paisley. — [Burke's Landed
Gentry, 12th Ed., 452; Neio G. R. Sas.,
xxiii. ; Acts of Pari., viii. ; Nisbet's Her.,
ii. ; Bailiary of Cunningham Deeds, 23rd
May 1685 ; G. R. Homings, 1st Oct. 1685.]
1653
JAMES GILCHRIST, called Oct. 1696 ;
16g7 ord. 31st March 1697 ; trans, to
Dunscore 14th May 1701.
THOMAS HUNTER, licen. by Presb.
1706 of Dunblane 31st March 1702 ;
assistant at Sanquhar ; called 21st
Feb. ; ord. 19th Dec. 1706 ; dem. in 1757 ;
died 5th Jan. 1760, in his 100th year. He
marr. (1) a lady whose name is unknown,
and had issue — Joseph ; Isobel : (2) 20th
March 1750, Jean Welsh, who died 28th
Dec. 1780.
JAMES YOUNG, son of Alexander Y.,
17_8 cooper, Falkirk ; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow ; called 29th Dec. 1757 ;
ord. 3rd May 1758; died 1st Aug. 1795,
aged 84. He marr. 4th Nov. 1762, Eliza-
beth (died 3rd Dec. 1825), daugh. of Robert
Hunter, min. of Kirkconnel, and had issue —
James, born 13th Oct. 1763 ; Robert, born
12th and died 30th Nov. 1764 ; Marjory,
born 12th Aug. 1766 ; Marion (twin), born
12th Aug. 1766, died 8th Sept. 1780;
Robert, born 20th Jan. 1768 ; Janet, born
20th March 1769 ; Elizabeth, born 5th Nov.
1770; Margaret Crawford, born 21st Feb.
1773 ; Alexander, born 5th March 1774 ;
Elizabeth Penelope, born 21st Sept. 1775,
died 18th Oct. 1781 ; Katherine, born 3rd
Nov. 1776, died 30th May 1796; Mary,
born 28th Feb. 1778; Patrick, born 6th
June 1779. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace. vi.).
WILLIAM REID, a native of Annan ;
ltjqe educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen ; pres. by Patrick, Earl of Dum-
fries, 10th Dec. 1795 ; ord. 12th May 1796.
He was interdicted by several heritors from
cutting down grown trees on his glebe, but
the interdict was recalled on appeal by the
Court of Session 16th May 1799. He died
28th Feb. 1829. He marr. 22nd Aug. 1796,
Mary (died 19th Sept. 1848), daugh. of
Richard Allan of North Bardowie.
ROBERT CRAIG, M.A. ; pres. by John,
Marquess of Bute, 31st March, and
ord. 17th Sept. 1829 ; trans, to
Rothesay 17th Sept. 1835.
1829
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NEW CUMNOCK— DA ILLY
[PRESB. OF
1835
MATTHEW KIRKLAND, born 1799,
eldest son of Matthew K., Car-
munnock ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 7th
May 1828 ; pres. by John, Marquess of
Bute, 28th Sept., and ord. 10th Dec. 1835.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min.
of New Cumnock Free Church, 1843-6 j
died 27th July 1846. He marr. 12th Dec.
1839, Ann (died 2nd Aug. 1872), eldest
daugh. of John Smith, hosier, Glasgow,
and had issue — Isabella, born 27th Feb.
1841. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Neiv Stat. Ace, v.).
ROBERT ELLIOT MURRAY, born
1843 Langcoat> Eddleston, 1814, son of
John M. and Jane Elliot, and brother
of James M., min. of Old Cumnock ; educ.
at Eddleston School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles 26th
July 1842 ; pres. by John, second Marquess
of Bute; ord. 10th Aug. 1843; died un-
marr. 26th Nov. 1894. Publications— Two
Chapters on Miracles (Edinburgh, 1863) ;
The Scrijrtural Doctrine of Repentance unto
Life (Glasgow) ; The Day-Spring from on
High (Edinburgh, 1871; 2nd ed., 1881).—
[Modern Scottish Poets, iii., 155.]
1886
JAMES MILLAR, born Shawlands, 10th
April 1857, son of Archibald M. and
Agnes Smith ; educated at Crossmy-
loof, High School, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1879), B.D. (1884); licen. by Presb.
of Paisley in 1883 ; assistant at New Kil-
patrick ; ord. (assistant and successor) 20th
Oct. 1886 ; res. Dec. 1919. Marr. 8th July
1887, Grace Underwood (died 9th Nov.
1889), daugh. of Walter Kennedy, and has
issue — Archibald Underwood, born 10th
Nov. 1888 ; Grace Underwood Kennedy,
born 30th Oct. 1889. Publications— Trans-
lations of The Apostolic Age, by Weizsaeker
(vol. i., London, 1894; vol. ii., 1895); of
History of Dogma, by Harnack (vol. iii
1896; vol. iv. (part), 1898; vol. v., 1899)
of Long Ago, by Storm, 5 vols. (Glasgow)
Articles in Hastings' Dictionary of the
Bible; Murray's Illustrated Bible Diet
International Bible Dictionary (Chicago).
DAILLY, ok DALMAKERRAN.
[The church of Dalmakerran belonged to
the Abbey of Crossregal. It was dedicated
to St Michael, but an older dedication was
to St Kiaran. In the old churchyard of
Dalmakerran stands a monument erected
in 1886 to the memory of John Stevenson,
tenant in Camregan, a Covenanter who
fought at Bothwell Bridge, and has left a
written account of his times. He died in
1729. The main part of this parish is
inland, its nearest point being almost two
miles from the sea ; yet the island of Ailsa
is included within the bounds of Dailly.
There were four chapels in the parish, St
Mary's in the Lady Glen, the chapel of
Machrikil (Machar a Cille = the level place
of the church), another at Altichapel (Allt
an t-seipeail = th.Q stream of the chapel),
and the fourth on the isle of Ailsa. In
1766 the parish church was removed to
New Dailly.]
JOHN CUNYNGHAME, adm. to this
157 parish in 1573, and " placit " 1st May
1575, having also Girvan and Kirk-
oswald in his charge ; trans, to Girvan
in 1590.
DAVID BARCLAY, adm. min. in 1590;
1590 trans, to Maybole in 1599.
JAMES INGLIS, brother of John I.,
1605 glover, Edinburgh ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 29th July 1598) ; min. in 1605 ;
was one of fifty-five who signed a Protesta-
tion for the Liberties of the Kirk 27th June
1617 ; was summoned before the Court of
High Commission 28th March 1620, but ex-
cused on account of infirmity, and when
threatened to be silenced and banished by
James, Archbishop of Glasgow, about the
same time, for not conforming to the Articles
of the Perth Assembly, he replied, " I sail
be als readie by God's grace to suffer as ye
sail be to persecute, and one day will make
manifest whether ye doe weill or not." He
died before 22nd May 1640. He marr.
Dorothy Stewart, widow of Thomas Kennedy
of Drummurchie. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Calder-
wood's Hist., vii , 256, 427, 436 ; Inq. Ret.
Ayr, 351, 375 ; Ayr Sas., ii., 136 ; Reg. of
Deeds, dxxviii., 27.]
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JAMES INGLIS, son of Nathan I., min.
of Craigie; M.A. (Edinburgh, 25th
July 1629) ; pres. by Charles I. 30th
Aug. 1641 ; he took part with the Resolu-
tioners ; died Jan. 1659, aged about 50.
He marr. Bethia Burns, who survived him,
and had issue — James ; Hew ; Thomas ;
John ; Anna ; Marie. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett. ; G. R. Inhib.,
12th Sept. 1670 ; Reg. of Deeds, 10th July
1663.]
1660
ANDREW MILLAR, M.A. ; adm. in
1660 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662; still min.
17th Dec. 1663; was fined 4000 merks for
baptizing the child of a neighbouring min.
but got the penalty reduced to one half.
He was indulged at Neilston in 1672.
THOMAS SKINNER, M.A. (St
Andrews 1650) ; was on the Exercise
15th June 1654; dep. for immorality;
reponed 28th Jan. 1658 ; became school-
master of Brechin 5th July 1658 ; adm. to
Careston after 9th April 1663 ; pres. by
Alexander, Archbishop of Glasgow, jure
devoluto 26th June, and inst. 5th July
1665 ; deserted his charge at the Revolu-
tion ; died 1694. He marr. Isobel Erskine,
and had issue — Thomas ; Catherine. — [Inq.
Ret. Gen., 5330 ; Rule's Sec. Vindication ;
Brechin Sess. Reg. ; G. R. Homings, 22nd
Aug. 1688.]
PATRICK CRAUFURD, brother of
John C. of Garrive ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (11th
Feb. 1681) ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 12th
March 1689 ; called 7th July and ord. 11th
Nov. 1691 ; died June 1710, aged about
49. He marr. Janet Shaw, who survived
him, and had issue — Janet, born 1694. —
[Inq. Reg. de Tut., 1178; Glasg. Tests.;
Wodrow's Anal, and Corresp.]
WILLIAM STEEL, educated at Univ.
1711 of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 30th Dec. 1707; called
9th Aug. 1710; ord. 17th Jan. 1711; died
1st June 1723, aged 43. He marr. Margaret
Barclay, who died 11th May 1763, and had
issue — David, cabinetmaker, Westminster ;
Isobel ; Bethia ; John ; William ; Matthew,
weaver, Kilwinning. — [Tombst.]
WILLIAM PATON, born 1696, second
1724 son °^ R°bert P-5 niin. of Dumfries ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(3rd May 1714); licen. by Presb. of Dal-
keith 4th May 1718; called 2nd Jan. and
ord. 9th July 1724; died 18th June 1755.
He marr. (1) 20th Nov. 1727, Margaret,
daugh. of David Kennedy of Kirkmichael,
and had issue — Montgomerie, born 31st
March 1729 ; Robert, born 21st Sept. 1730;
Jean, born 16th Dec. 1731 ; David, born
2nd July 1733 : (2) 12th March 1734, Janet
Kennedy, who died 3rd Nov. 1786, and had
issue — Alexander, born 23rd Sept. 1735;
Margaret, born 6th June 1737 (marr. 7th
Dec. 1760, Mark Stark, merchant, Glasgow);
Sarah, born 10th Nov. 1738 ; Jean, born
17th June 1740 ; Janet, born 5th June 1742 ;
James, born 30th Aug. 1743 ; Janet, born
2nd May 1745, died 25th Jan. 1746;
Elizabeth, born 28th July 1747; William,
born 15th June and died 1st Oct. 1750.
1756
THOMAS THOMSON, born 1730, sixth
son of Thomas T.. min. of Auchter-
muchty ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; tutor in the family of Sir
James Fergusson of Kilkerran ; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 28th March 1753 ; called 8th
Jan. and ord. 3rd June 1756 ; died 19th Feb.
1799. He marr. 10th Jan. 1759, Margaret
(died 6th Dec. l760),-daugh. of Sir Alexander
Hope of Carse, Bart., and had issue —
Margaret Hope, born 14th Nov. 1759 (marr.
her cousin James Thomson, min. of Preston-
kirk) ; Thomas, born 3rd Nov. 1760, died
14th Jan. 1763 : (2) 5th Jan. 1768, Mary
(died at Edinburgh, 21st Jan. 1822, aged
76), daugh. of Francis Hay in Lochside,
and widow of Lockhart, and had
issue — Thomas, advocate, Deputy Clerk
Register, and an eminent legal antiquary,
born 10th Nov. 1768. died 2nd Oct. 1852 ;
Francis, born 10th Feb. 1770; Christian,
born 6th Sept. 1771 (marr. 25th Aug. 1794,
William Hay, farmer, Mains of Dundonald,
whom she divorced in 1799); Mary, born 25th
May 1773 ; Agnes, born 10th Feb. and died
12th June 1775 ; Adam, accountant, Edin-
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DAILLY
[PKESB. OF
burgh, born 28th Oct. 1776 ; John, min. of
Duddingston ; Helen, born 25th Sept. 1781
(marr. 9th Aug. 1811, James Pillans, LL.D.,
Professor of Humanity, Univ. of Edinburgh),
died 5th Aug. 1840. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, x.). —
[MS. Genealogy of the Family; Laing's
Account ; Innes's Memoir of Thomas Thom-
son ; Baird's John Thomson of Duddingston,
158 ; Napier's John Thomson of Dtcdding-
ston, 395.]
JOHN THOMSON, youngest son of
laoo Preceding '} pres. by George III. 23rd
July 1799; ord. 24th April 1800;
trans, to Duddingston 14th Nov. 1805.
CHARLES CUNNINGHAM, licen. by
1806 Presb. of Edinburgh 25th Nov. 1795 ;
ord. 3rd May 1798 to Lundie and
Foulis ; pres. by George III. 10th Dec.
1805 ; trans, and adm. 8th May 1806 ; died
10th Aug. 1815. He marr. 4th Dec. 1799,
Maxwell (died 22nd Aug. 1846), daugh. of
James Finnan, min. of Kirkpatrick-Iron-
gray, and had issue — Duncan, born 1st
Nov. 1800 ; James John, staff surgeon,
born 30th July 1803, died at Bombay
9th Jan. 1843 ; "William, born 2nd Jan.
1805, died 2nd April 1805 ; Maria Lucia,
born 7th March 1807 ; Hew, ensign 6th
Madras Cavalry, born 19th Oct. 1810, died
at Bombay, 16th March 1833; Charles,
assistant surgeon, born 10th Aug. 1813,
died at Bombay, 29th Aug. 1841.
ALEXANDER HILL, D.D. ; trans.
1816 ^r0m Colmonell ; pres. by Presb.
jure devoluto 14th Feb., and adm.
27th June 1816 ; dem. 12th Nov. 1840, on
appointment as Professor of Divinity in
Univ. of Glasgow (q.v.).
WILLIAM CHALMERS, born Malacca,
12th April 1812, son of William C,
M.A., M.D., H.E.I.C.S., and Eliza-
beth Margaret Pungel, daugh. of the Dutch
Governor of Malacca ; educated at Univs.
of Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Edinburgh ;
M.A. (Aberdeen 1829); licen. by Presb.
of Dunfermline 29th April 1835; ord.
(assistant and successor) at Aberdour 5th
Aug. 1836 ; trans, and adm. 15th July
1841. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Free Church, Dailly, 1843-5 ; of
Marylebone Presbyterian Church, London,
1845-68; D.D. (Aberdeen, April 1867);
Professor of Apologetics, Dogmatic The-
ology, and Church History in Theological
College of English Presbyterian Church,
1868-80 ; Principal of that College, 1880-8 ;
died 5th Nov. 1894. He marr. 10th March
1842, Emily (died 20th Jan. 1908), daugh.
of William Bryce, D.D., min. of Aberdour,
and had issue — William Bryce, London,
born 27th Jan. 1843; Alexander, Watford,
Herts. Publications — Sermon on the Death
of Sir Alexander Gibson Carmichael, Bart.
(London, 1850) ; The Power of the Civil
Magistrate ; The Church Question ; The
Blade and the Ear (London, 1862).
DAVID STRONG, born 1803, eldest son
1843 °* David S., accountant, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd Oct. 1832; ord.
to Second Charge, Kilmarnock, 29th Aug.
1833 ; trans, to First Charge, Kilmarnock,
2nd Sept. 1841 ; trans, and adm. 21st Sept.
1843 ; died 29th Jan. 1855. He marr. 25th
Dec. 1839, Margaret Paterson (died 22nd
March 1869), daugh. of John Roxburgh,
min. of Kilmaurs, and had issue — David,
D.D., min. of Hillhead, born 20th Oct.
1840 ; John Roxburgh, accountant, Glasgow,
born 10th Feb. 1842, died 1st Nov. 1899 ;
Robert, born 7th Sept. and died 12th Oct.
1843 ; Charles, D.D., min. of Scots Church,
Melbourne, born 26th Sept. 1844 ; William
Robertson, C.A., Brisbane, born 19th June
1851, died 29th Sept. 1912. Publication-
Certain Portions of the Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, v.).
CORNELIUS GIFFEN, pres. by Queen
1855 Victoria ; adm. 13th Sept. 1855 ;
trans, to Trinity parish, Edinburgh,
13th May 1869.
GEORGE TURNBULL, born 15th Jan.
1834, second son of John T., Bar-
linnie, Glasgow, and Ann Todd
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1854)
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 24th June 1858
ord. to Pollokshaws 1st Dec. 1859 ; pres. by
Queen Victoria ; trans, and adm. 23rd Sept.
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DAILLY— DALMELLINGTON
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1869 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1902) ; died 5tli April
1908. He marr. 9th July 1874, Elizabeth
Steel, daugh. of William Colledge, and had
issue — Elizabeth Ann, born 31st Aug.
1875 ; John, solicitor, Glasgow, born 4th
Jan. 1877 ; Janet Colledge, born 19th Oct.
1879 ; Mary Georgina, born 3rd Dec. 1881
(marr. Charles Goodall, min. of this parish) ;
William Colledge, born 10th April 1883, died
20th May 1884. Publication — Sermon on
the Occasion of the Death of the Rev. James
C. Bryce (Edinburgh, 1870); A South Ayr-
shire Parish [edited by John Torrance,
B.D., U.F. Church, Dailly] (Ayr, 1908).
CHARLES GOODALL, born 10th Jan.
1880, son of Charles G., min. of
Barr; educated at Fettes College
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1902), B.D.
(1905) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1907 ;
assistant at St Giles and St Mary's, Edin-
burgh ; ord. 9th Sept. 1908. Marr. 3rd
June 1914, Mary Georgina, daugh. of George
Turnbull, D.D., min. of this parish, and has
issue — Elizabeth Margaret, born 4th Sept.
1915 ; Jean Patricia Bell, born 9th Feb. 1917.
DALMELLINGTON.
[The vicarage of Dalmellington was a
prebend of the Chapel Royal of Stirling.
A yearly Lammas Fair was held at Dal-
mellington on 1st Aug. The Parish Church
was rebuilt in 1846. There are mission
chapels within the bounds at Lethanhill
and Waterside.]
RANKEN DAVIDSON, min. of
156g Galston ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 23rd Aug. 1569.
JOHN MAKCONNELL, reader, Nov.
1571 1571.
DAVID CATHCART, pres. to the
1572 vicarage by James VI. 20th Sept.
1572 ; continued reader 1580. — [Beg.
Assig.]
JAMES DAVIDSON, entered exhorter
1574 at Coylton at Candlemas 1570. In
1574 Dalrymple and Coylton were
also in his charge. — [Beg. Min.]
MATTHEW WYLIE, adm. in 1578;
1578 Pres- to Coylton by James VI. 3rd
. May 1581 ; trans, to Dalrymple in
1590.
JOHN M'QUORNE, M.A. ; adm. in
1591 1591 ; trans, to Maybole in 1595.
WILLIAM WALLACE, M.A.; adm. in
1595 1595; trans, to Coylton in 1598.
JOHN ANDERSON, adm. 1599; still
1599 min. in 1601. — [Beg. Assig.]
GAVIN STEWART, M.A. (Glasgow
1621 1612); licentiate there 11th Dec. 1616;
min. in 1621 ; pres. by Charles I.
2nd April 1635 ; dep. in 1639 for declining
the jurisdiction of the General Assembly,
etc., and debarred from raising any civil
action. He retired to Glasgow, and died
in Nov. 1646, aged about 55. He marr.
Rachel Sharpe, who survived him, and
had issue — William, apprenticed to David
Murray, merchant, Edinburgh, 8th Sept.
1641 ; James ; Robert ; Jean ; Margaret. —
[Ayr Sess. Beg. ; Glasg. Bapts. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Inq. Bet. Gen., 3525 ;
Nicoll's Diary.]
JOHN M'SCHELE, held the office of
1641 reader in 1641.
1641
1648
JAMES NAISMYTH, M.A. ; pres. by
Charles I. 1st Oct. 1641 ; app. to
attend Lord Montgomerie's regi-
ment Jan. 1645 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Hamilton, 23rd Nov. 1645.
ALEXANDER STEVENSON, pres. by
Charles I. 26th Feb., adm. 15th
March 1648, coll. and inst. soon
after ; not conforming to Episcopacy he
was confined to the parish and probably
deposed by Diocesan Synod. He is called
min. here on 27th Feb. 1677, having prob-
ably been indulged by the Privy Council ;
deprived in 1684 ; he was restored in 1687.
ALEXANDER LAING, M.A.; adm.
about 1680; trans, to Stewarton
1680
before 4th Oct. 1685.
JOHN M'QUORN [MACCORN], adm.
before 22nd March 1686; deserted
his charge and was deprived by the
Privy Council 17th Sept. 1689, for neither
1686
32
DALMELLINGTON
[PRESB. OF
reading the Proclamation of the Estates
nor praying for William and Mary, and
absenting himself from his church for
two years.— [Peterkin's Constitution of the
Church.]
ALEXANDER STEVENSON, above-
mentioned ; returned under the
1687 Toleration and was present at first
meeting of Presb. 3rd Aug. 1687 ; restored
by \ct of Parliament 25th April 1690;
died after 12th Sept. 1694. He marr. Jean
Lindsay, and had issue— Alexander, W.S. ;
James, physician, Ayr ; a son, a doctor in
Edinburgh.— Lfoflr. See. Sig. ; Glasg. Tests. ;
G. B. Inhib., 17th Feb. 1675.]
JAMES AIRMAN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
3rd July 1693); licen. by Presb.
1699 of Stranraer ; called in March, and
ord. 9th Aug. 1699; died unmarr. after
22nd Oct. 1707, aged about 35.
JOHN M'DERMEIT, called 20th May,
and ord. 22nd Sept. 1708 ; trans, to
1708 Second Charge, Ayr, 20th June 1716.
WILLIAM COATES, educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
1717 lgt Dec 1714; called 28th March,
and ord. 21st Aug. 1717 ; dem. 1st Aug.
1755 ; died 6th Feb. 1757. He marr. 12th
July 1723, Elizabeth (died 28th June 1762),
daugh. of Andrew Taite, min. of Car-
munnock.
JOHN CUNNINGHAME, called 19th
Aug., and ord. 21st Oct. 1756 ; trans.
1756 to Monkton and Prestwick 1st July
1762.
DUNCAN M'MYNE, son of the school-
master of the parish ; licen. by Presb.
1763 of Ayr 29th Dec. 1762 ; called 14th
July, and ord. 15th Sept. 1763 ; died unmarr.
14th Nov. 1799, aged 60. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, vi.).
GILBERT M'lLVEEN, second son of
William M., farmer, Barr ; educated
1800 at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Lorn 2nd April 1793 ; pres. by
George III. 31st Jan., and ord. 7th Aug.
1800 ; died 22nd Aug. 1832. He marr. 20th
Oct. 1802, Alexandrina Johnston, who died
js.p. 17th Jan. 1840.
ROBERT HOUSTON, M.A. ; pres. by
William IV. 24th Nov. 1832; ord.
1833 25th April 1833 ; trans, to Gorbals,
Glasgow, 16th April 1844.
WILLIAM GILCHRIST, born 1800,
eldest son of Alexander G., collector,
1844 Glasgow; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1821); app. chaplain to
Glasgow Prison in 1840, and Governor of
House of Refuge in 1841 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria; ord. 19th Sept. 1844; died 2nd
Dec. 1856. He marr. 6th Dec. 1841, Mar-
garet Peat, who died s.p. 21st Aug. 1894.
DAVID STIRLING, pres. by Queen
Victoria ; ord. 14th May 1857 ; trans.
1857 to Craigie 3rd Nov. 1859.
GEORGE GREEN GILLAN, trans,
from Inverteil; pres. by Queen
1859 Victoria; adm. 15th Dec. 1859;
res. 25th Oct. 1865, on appointment to
Indian chaplaincy; [afterwards min. of
Carmunnock].
THOMAS WALKER, B.A. ; pres. by
Queen Victoria ; adm. 1st Feb. 1866 ;
1866 trans, to Dairy, Galloway, 26th
Feb. 1880.
GEORGE SMITH HENDRIE, born
Galston, 18th Sept. 1853, son of
1880 John H. and Catherine Smith;
educated at Galston School, Kilmarnock
Academy, Park School, Glasgow, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1875) ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 1st May 1878 ; assistant at St
Andrews, Edinburgh ; ord. 22nd July 1880.
Marr. 15th June 1881, Catherine Girvan
(died 3rd April 1890), eldest daugh. of John
Gairdner White, Union Bank, Leith, and
has issue— Mora Girvan, born 25th April
1882 (marr. 3rd April 1918, David Ernest
Ker, captain Scottish Rifles); Catherine
Smith, born 22nd Aug. 1884 (marr. 11th
June 1912, John Lamb, min. of Fyvie) ;
John Gairdner White, lieut. Ayrshire
R.H.A.(T.), born 3rd Feb. 1888. Publica-
tions— The Parish of Dalmellington (Dal-
mellington, 1889) ; edited reprint of Poems
and Songs of Robert Hettrick, 1823 (Dal-
mellington, 1898); edited Poems by William
G. Hendrie (Paisley, 1899).
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WATERSIDE CHAPEL— DALRYMPLE
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WATERSIDE CHAPEL.
WALTER STRANG, MA.; app. in
1896; res. in 1900; ord. min. of
Abbey St Bathans 27th Sept. 1902.
1896
JOHN DALZIEL DYKES, app. in
1900 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
1900
to Unst 6th June 1902.
JAMES DALGETY, app. in 1902 ; ord.
1902 to Glenprosen 19th Sept. 1907.
JOHN MACKINTOSH, M.A., formerly
7 of Amulree ; app. in 1907 ; trans, to
Port Dundas, Glasgow, 24th June
1912.
WILLIAM EADIE, ord. 27th April
1912 1912 » ac*m- assistant at Skipness
19th Oct. 1914 ; [min. of Cumlodden
in 1917].
JOHN CADENHEAD, born Aberdeen,
6th Aug. 1865, son of Colonel James
C, Aberdeen, and Annie Cadenhead ;
educated at Walker's Academy, privately,
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1888) ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1892 ;
assistant at Twatt, Shetland, in 1899, and
Fraserburgh in 1903 ; ord. 30th Jan. 1915.
DALRYMPLE.
[The church of Dalrymple was a prebend
of the Chapel Royal of Stirling. The
parish church was rebuilt in 1764 and
1849.]
GEORGE FEANE, reader from Nov.
1570 1570 to 1580.
JAMES DAVIDSON, exhorter at Dab
1574 meltington ; was in charge here in
1574.
MATTHEW WYLIE, reader at Cathcart,
1590 1574"6; Pres- to Coylton by James
VI. 3rd May 1581 ; trans, from Dal-
mellington, Coylton being still in his
charge in 1590; still min. 15th March
1618.— [Reg. Assig. ; Ayr Sess. Reg.']
VOL. III.
ROBERT SPREULE on the Exercise
1621 at Glasgow, 26th Nov. 1617; ord.
and adm. at Glasgow 14th June
1621 ; was Presb. clerk ; took part with
the Resolutioners, and died April 1660.
He marr. Janet Shaw, who survived him,
and had issue — Agnes (marr. Andrew Millar,
min. of Girvan). — [Glasg. Tests. ; Nisbet's
Her., ii., App., 25 ; Baillie's Lett.]
1664
ROBERT KENNEDY was min. here in
1664 and obtained a decree against
certain persons for his salary for
preaching within this parish preceding Aug.
that year. He marr. Margaret Kennedy. —
[Glasg. Comm. Decreets.]
^ JOHN BOGLE, pres. Aug. 1664 ; trans.
1664 to Dundonald about 1682.
1683
GEORGE REID, adm. after 1683. He
granted a mortis causa disposition to
John Reid of Smiddiehill on 7th
Feb. 1690, for behoof of his own children —
Margaret, James, and George. — [Ayr Sheriff-
Court Boohs, 5th July 1692.]
JAMES GILCHRIST, schoolmaster,
1694 Strathaven; called Aug. 1693; ord.
9th Jan. 1694; died between 29th
April and 13th May 1696.
JAMES LAURIE, son of James L., min.
1699 °^ Stoneykirk ; studied theology at
the Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. bv
Presb. of Glasgow 15th Nov. 1698 ; called
2nd July, and ord. 20th Sept. 1699; died
Feb. 1726. He purchased the lands of Skel-
doun, and had issue — James of Skeldoun
and Redcastle ; Margaret of Redcastle
(marr. (1) Andrew Sloan, writer, Ayr,
who assumed name of Laurie ;
(marr. Captain Mackie, master mariner,
Ayr) ; Sarah (marr. William Kennedy of
Waterside). — [Wodrow's Anal., iii., 275.]
JOHN ADAMS, MA. ; called 8th Sept.
1726 ; ord. 15th Feb. 1727 ; trans, to
1727
Falkirk 30th May 1744.
SAMUEL WALKER, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1745 3rd ^el°' 1743^ licen- by Presb. of
Edinburgh 30th Nov. 1743; pres.
by George II. 21st July 1744 ; ord. 1st Aug.
1745 ; died unmarr. 10th Feb. 1754.
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DALRYMPLE— DUNDONALD
[PRESB. OF
EBENEZER WALKER, brother of pre-
1754 cedmS ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; pres. by George II. 24th May,
and ord. 3rd Oct. 1754 ; died 30th Nov.
1797, aged 71. He marr. 26th May 1755,
May Donaldson, who died at Ayr, 12th
May 1805, and had issue — James, born 15th
March 1756; Elizabeth, born 17th Dec.
1757, died 13th March 1792; Ebenezer,
born 28th Feb. 1760, died 6th Oct. 1762;
Samuel, born 15th Sept. 1763 ; Jean, born
31st Oct. 1766 (marr. William M'Cosh,
merchant, Ayr); Ann, born 13th June
1770. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).— [Tombst.]
ROBERT STEVEN, perhaps third son of
179_ John S., Glasgow ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Stranraer 4th Feb. 1784 ; assistant at
Auchinleck ; ord. to Catrine Chapel-of-
Ease 12th Sept. 1792 ; pres. by George
III. 5th Jan., trans, and adm. 31st May
1798 ; died 25th July 1828. He marr. 14th
April 1794, Annabella Earle, who died s.p.
30th Aug. 1829. Publication— Account of
Catrine (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xx.).
ROBERT WALLACE, born Edinburgh,
1829 1>799' son °^ ^°^n Wallace, painter,
Dunkeld, and Charlotte, daugh. of
Robert Dick of Tullymet; educated at
Dunkeld School, George Heriot's Hospital,
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 8th Oct. 1823 ; pres. by George IV.
6th Aug. 1828 ; ord. 19th Feb. 1829 ; died
5th July 1876. He marr. (1) 12th April 1830,
Elizabeth M'Carty, London, who died 12th
March 1849, and had issue — Alexander
Hunter, born 17th May 1831, died 23rd
March 1840 ; Anne Wilson, born 31st Oct.
1833 (marr. 21st April 1857, James, younger
son of James Steel of Courthorn, Galston),
died 18th Feb. 1890; John, min. of this
parish ; Robert Daniel, born 19th Aug.
1838, died 21st Aug. 1870 : (2) 5th April
1852, Marion (died 25th Jan. 1902), daugh.
of John Tennant of St Rollox, Glasgow,
and had issue — Joanna, born 15th, and
died 16th March 1853. Publication —
Account of the Parish (]STeiv Stat. Ace, v.).
JOHN WALLACE, born 19th Dec. 1836,
la__ son of preceding ; educated at Dal-
rymple Parish School, Ayr Academy,
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr May 1864 ; pres. by Queen Victoria,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 7th Aug.
1865; died 3rd April 1902. He marr. 21st
Nov. 1865, Margaret (died 15th Dec. 1909),
daugh. of Hugh Reid Strathern, Mossbog,
Tarbolton, and Janet Manson, and had
issue — Robert Daniel, solicitor, Ayr, born
10th Jan. 1867, died 14th July 1908 ; Hugh
Strathern, born 6th Dec. 1868, died 1st
Nov. 1870 ; Janet Manson, born 2nd Aug.,
and died 18th Oct. 1870; Elizabeth
M'Carty, born 19th Oct. 1871, died Jan.
1907 ; John, min. of Second Charge, Paisley
Abbey ; Marion Tennant, born 22nd July
1875, died 7th Dec. 1891 ; Margaret Helen,
born 15th June 1877 (marr. July 1902,
Norman Gentles, Moosejaw, Saskatchewan,
Canada); William, born 6th Aug. 1880;
Ann Wilson Bonnar, born 16th July 1882
(marr. 31st Oct. 1917, Lieut. O'Malley,
S.A. Artillery) ; Charlotte M'Leod Camp-
bell, born 20th Aug. 1884 (marr. 15th Dec.
1914, George Meldrum, Minneapolis,
U.S.A.)
GEORGE ALLAN SEATH, born 10th
lgo2 May 1872, son of Robert S. and
Janet Allan ; educated at Dunferm-
line High School and Univ. of St An-
drews ; licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline in
1896; assistant at St George's, Glasgow,
and Sandyford ; ord. 10th Sept. 1902.
Marr. 8th April 1903, Agnes Jane M'Cosh,
daugh. of Major John Hammond, and has
issue — Robert John Hammond, born 27th
Aug. 1904 ; George Allan, born 28th June
1907.
DUNDONALD.
[The church of Dundonald was dedicated
to St Giles. It belonged to the Abbey of
Paisley. There was a chapel in the parish
at Crosbie. In 1651 the Presbytery of Ayr
annexed the lands of Crosbie to the parish
of Monkton. But in 1688 the lands thus
conveyed were given back again to Dun-
donald. There was a chapel of St Ninian
AYfi]
DUNDONALD
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1572
near the Castle of Dundonald. At the
Friars' Croft on the Water of Irvine, in
this parish, the Carmelites had a small
priory. It stood on the river bank opposite
the Burgh of Irvine. Dundonald church
was rebuilt in 1803.]
^ROBERT BURN, reader from 1567 to
1567 1572.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, adm. at
Lammas 1572, Riccarton also being
in his charge till 1574 when it was ex-
cluded, and Crosbie, Craigie, and Symington
were added ; trans, to Cumnock 1 22nd May
1576.
DAVID MYLNE, reader at Kilwinning
lg7 in 1574 ; adm. to Craigie in 1576,
and trans, here that year, having
that parish and Crosbie and Symington
also in his charge ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. before 7th June 1592 ; died June
1617. He marr. Janet Campbell, who died
Jan. 1618, when Robert Campbell, burgess
of Ayr, was one of her executors. He left no
issue, and David (sic) Mylne, goldsmith, his
brother, was served heir to him, 14th Nov.
1618. — [Reg. Assig. ; Exchequer Buik ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Book of the Kirk ; Calder-
wood's Hist., iv., 570; Inq. Bet. Ayr, 181 ;
Robertson's C uniting hame.]
ALEXANDER SIBBALD, brother of
James S. of Rankeillour Over ; M.A.
(St Andrews 1612) ; adm. in 1618 ;
died Dec. 1624, aged about 32. He marr.
Jean Wallace, who survived him, and had
issue — an only son, George, died young.
His younger brother William, min. in
London, was served heir, 27th March 1630.
— [Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Bet. Gen., 1591 ;
Beg. of Deeds, ccccxxx., 29th June 1630.]
ROBERT RAMSAY, M.A; adm. in
1625 1^25 > trans, to Blackfriars Parish,
Glasgow, 13th Dec. 1640.
GABRIEL MAXWELL, third son of
John M. of Stanelie ; M.A. (Glasgow
1634) ; adm. in 1642 ; was app. by
the General Assembly Aug. 1647 to attend
Lieut.-general Leslie's Regiment ; was
engaged in opposition to the royal forces
at Mauchline Moor June 1648, and joined
the Protesting party in the Church. In
1662 he was confined to his parish for non-
conformity to Episcopacy. He participated
in the Pentland Rising in 1666 and was
ordered to be prosecuted, but was included
in the general pardon, 1st Oct. 1667. His
lands were forfeited 22nd Dec. 1671, but
the forfeiture was rescinded by Parliament,
4th July 1690. He marr. Lilias Cunyng-
hame, who survived him, and had issue
— Lilias. — [Jedburgh Presb. Beg. ; Acts of
Pari., vi., ix.; Inq. Bet. Gen., 4HA4, ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 73, 196 ; Peter-
kin's Becords ; Guthrie's Mem.]
GEORGE WILSON, adm. min. of Kil-
ellan before 31st Aug. 1665; trans,
and adm. before 28th Jan. 1667.
-[Glasg. Com. Bee]
JOHN OSBURNE, formerly of Kirk-
oswald ; had an indulgence here
from Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ;
was in 1674 accused of keeping conventicles
at Tarbolton. In Feb. 1683 the Privy
Council gave him the choice of removing
immediately from the kingdom, or binding
himself to desist from holding conventicles
under a penalty of 5000 merks. He chose
the latter alternative ; returned to Kirk-
oswald in 1687.
1667
1672
1672
JOHN HUTCHISON, formerly of
Maybole ; had an indulgence here
jointly with preceding min. from the
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672; was fined 8th
April 1673 for not keeping the anniversary
of the Restoration. Complaints were made
in 1674 of his baptizing children irregularly ;
in Nov. 1681 he was cited to answer for
various offences before the Privy Council ;
was denounced fugitive, and had his in-
dulgence revoked, 20th Dec. 1681 ; deprived
of his license, and fined 5000 merks on 4th
July 1682. He returned to Maybole in
1687.
^JOHN BOGLE, son of John B., burgess
of Glasgow, and Barbara Cunning-
ham ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1661); pres. toDalrymple Aug. 1664;
trans, here about 1682; outed in 1689;
died between 2nd March 1708 and 15th
Dec. 1715. He marr. Jean, sister of Robert
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DUNDONALD
[PRESB. OF
1688
Kincaid, min. of Barnweil, and had issue —
John, surgeon, Glasgow, died Jan. 1716 ;
Agnes, born 15th Nov. 1681 (marr. 20th
Dec. 1704, Thomas Buchanan, younger,
of Ardoch), died 9th June 1720.— [Gray
Buchanan Coll., Lyon Office.]
, JAMES BOOG, licen. by Presb. of Ayr
18th Oct. 1687 ; called unanimously
in Nov., and ord. 29th March 1688 ;
died between 9th Jan. and 26th June 1695.
He marr. 4th Sept. 1690, Janet, daugh. of
John Aitkenhead of Jaw, who survived him
(marr. (2) Alexander Cunningham, min. of
Dreghorn), and had issue — John ; James ;
Euphame. — [Edin. Mar. Beg.}
WILLIAM LINDSAY, second son of
George L. of Blacksholm and Bal-
Wharrage ; studied at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 16th
July 1696; called 8th June 1697; ord.
5th Jan. 1698; died Jan. 1715. He marr.
Beatrix Clark, who survived him and
marr. (2) 23rd April 1717, Thomas Craufurd
of Craufurdsburn, and died s.p. 23rd Aug.
1727. — [Lives of the Lindsays, i., 430 ; Ayr
Sheriff-Coxirt Books, 14th Feb. 1715 ; Wod-
row's Anal., iii., 437 ; Williamson's Old
Cartsbtirn, 66.]
JAMES COWAN, licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 11th Jan. 1700; called
30th May, and ord. 19th Sept. 1717;
his demission "on account of inability or
unfitness" was accepted 20th March 1723,
and he got an allowance from the parish.
JOSEPH CABNOCHAN, licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 1st Nov. 1721 ; pres.
by the "Manager for Dundonald"
Sept. 1723 ; ord. 3rd Sept. 1724 ; still min.
24th April 1728.
HAMILTON KENNEDY, M.A. ; called
26th June, and ord. 24th Sept. 1729 ;
Xl trans, to Ballantrae 19th Aug. 1731.
THOMAS WALKER, born 1704,
youngest son of David W., min. of
Temple ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (26th March 1723) ; licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 6th June 1727 ; called
12th April, and ord. 24th Aug. 1732 ; died
15th Aug. 1780. He marr. Jean Robertson,
1717
1724
1732
1783
who died 8th Nov. 1747, and had issue —
David, born 11th July 1743; Robert, born
24th June 1745 ; James, born 22nd March
1747: (2) 2nd March 1749, Ann Shaw,
who died 14th Oct. 1795, and had issue-
Mary, born 9th and died 12th Dec. 1749 ;
Mary, born 17th Dec. 1750, died 15th Feb.
1754 ; Margaret, born 15th June 1752 (marr.
William Grierson, min. of Glencairn) ;
William, born 5th Nov. 1755, died 4th May
1768; Archibald, born 21st Jan. 1758;
Thomas, born 2nd Aug. 1 759 ; Josias, Pro-
fessor of Humanity, Glasgow Univ., born
8th July 1761, died 28th Aug. 1831. Publi-
cations— Observations on the Letters pub-
lished by the Rev. Mr Baine (Glasgow,
1767) ; Vindication of the Discipline and
Constitution of the Chtirch of Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1774) ; Essays and Sermons
on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects (Edin-
burgh, 1782) ; Reasons for Excluding from
Sealing Ordinances (Edinburgh, 1782 ;
Irvine, 1835).
ROBERT DUNCAN, born 1753, son of
Robert D., Boston, U.S.A. ; entered
the army, in which he became a
sergeant ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 27th March 1776 ;
assistant at Irvine ; pres. by Archibald,
Earl of Eglinton, in April, and ord. 11th
Sept. 1783; D.D. (Glasgow, Oct. 1806);
died 14th April 1815. He was the " Duncan
deep " of Burns's " The Twa Herds." He
bore an extraordinary likeness to Charles
James Fox. He marr. (1) 2nd Sept. 1782,
Isobel Morrell, who died 2nd Aug. 1809 :
(2) 30th April 1810, Mary (died 19th Oct.
1843), daugh. of .Robert Wharrie, M.D.,
Pathhead, Lanark, and had issue — Robert,
born 10th July 1812. Publications — Infi-
delity the growing Evil of the Times, a
sermon (Air, 1794) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.). — [Wallace's
Burns, i., 174 ; Scot. Hist. Revietv, xvi.,
98, 255.]
JOHN MACLEOD, a native of Skye ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1776) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 16th April 1778; ord. by
Presb. of Aberdeen ; adm. to Harris 10th
April 1779 ; trans, to Kilmodan 16th April
1816
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DUNDONALD— CROSBIE— FISHERTON
37
1806 ; trans, to Second Charge, Kilmarnock,
23rd Nov. 1809; pres. by Lady Mary
Montgomerie and Charles M. Burges
[Lamb], her husband, 2nd Oct. 1815 ; adm.
15th Feb. 1816; D.D. (Aberdeen, 18th
May 1795) ; D.L., Inverness-shire, before
1804; died 6th Feb. 1841, aged 84. He
marr. (1) 8th June 1781, Janet Campbell,
who died s.p. 13th Jan. 1821 : (2) Ann
M'Donald, and had issue — Catherine, born
1807; Donald, born 1809. Publications—
Dep>endence on God, the best Security of
Nations amidst the Perils of War, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1810) ; Account of Harris (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, x.). As superintendent
of the schools of the S.P.C.K. in Synod
of Glenelg he gave a melancholy picture
of the want of education in the Lewis
(Bennet's Sermon). He also superintended
the publication by the Highland Society
of the Dictionarium Scoto - Celticum, or
Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, 2
vols. (Edinburgh, 1828).— [Maclean's Typo-
graphia Scoto-Gadelica, 152.]
1841
ALEXANDER WILLISON, son of
John W., farmer, Douglas, Lanark-
shire ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Lanark 23rd Nov. 1831 ;
pres. by Lady Mary Montgomerie ; ord.
9th Sept. 1841 ; died 23rd Dec. 1865. He
marr. 1st Nov. 1842, Eliza Macdonald, who
died 22nd Sept. 1897, and had issue —
John, writer, Glasgow, born 17th Aug.
1843, died 18th April 1890; Archibald
George, born 20th March 1845, died 26th
Dec. 1859 ; Alexander Stewart, born 19th
Dec. 1846, licen. by Presb. of Ayr 2nd May
1870; Isabella Fanny, born 12th June
1849; James, born 21st June 1853; Jane
Eliza, born 29th April 1855, died 29th
Dec. 1856.
JOHN SIME, born 14th July 1837
educated at Univ. of St Andrews
1866 ord. to Kilwinning 20th Jan. 1864
pres. by Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton
trans, and adm. 17th May 1866 ; died 15th
Aug. 1904. He marr. 12th March 1867,
Christian (died 25th June 1900), daugh. of
John Wylie, D.D., min. of Carluke, and had
issue — William Northcote, M.D., Dollar,
born 8th Oct. 1868 ; John Francis Vere,
1902
born 6th June 1871, died 16th Jan. 1874 ;
Caroline Frances, born 11th March 1875,
died 11th Aug. 1877 ; Richard Edward,
born 17th Oct. 1879, died 16th May 1885.
JAMES HOGG GILLESPIE, born
Glasgow, 7th June 1867, son of
Andrew G. and Barbara Hogg ;
educated at Dennistoun Academy and
Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1892), B.D.
(1895) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1895; assistant at Largs and Dundonald ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 20th Feb.
1902. Marr. 9th April 1902, Mary, daugh.
of Allan Muir, and has issue — Marjorie,
born 4th May 1904 ; Katherine Barbour,
born 13th Jan. 1906; Mary Muir, born
29th Aug. 1908 ; Elspeth Taylor, born 29th
Jan. 1911 ; Alison Drysdale, born 4th Jan.
1914.
CROSBIE, or CORSBIE CHAPEL.
[A chapel belonging to Dundonald Parish,
disjoined by Presb. in 1651 and annexed
to Monkton and Prestwick, but again
restored to Dundonald in 1688.]
ADAM WALLACE, exhorter in
1567 1567.
FISHERTON (Q.S.).
[Mission services were begun here about
1820. In 1842, a constitution was granted
to the chapel and a district assigned to it.
The parish of Fisherton was disjoined from
Maybole, 16th July 1862.]
ADAM HALL, ord. 7th March 1842;
1842 trans, to Cromarty 26th Sept. 1843.
JAMES LAIDLAW, adm. 26th Dec.
1844 1844J trans, to Wanlockhead 26th
May 1848.
^JOHN BLAIR, born 1795, second son
of John B., Secession min. at Col-
monell; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; ord. Antiburgher (afterwards U.P.)
min. at Drymen 16th July 1822 ; res. 14th
March 1848. Joined the Church of Scot-
land, and adm. here 7th June 1849 ; first
min. of the parish in 1862 ; died 2nd Oct.
1872.
1849
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FISHERTON— FULLARTON
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM MURDOCH, born Karse-
1870 Park> 1842, son of James M. and
Marion Galbraith ; educated at
Coylton School, and Univs. of Edinburgh
and Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 6th
Nov. 1867 ; assistant at Dalmellington and
Greyfriars, Dumfries ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 8th Sept. 1870; res. 17th May
1909; died 17th Sept. 1912. He marr.
26th June 1884, Sarah Davidson, daugh.
of Crafurd M'Cracken, and had issue —
Rhoda May, born 13th Sept. 1886; James
Bruce, born 6th Oct. 1890; Hilda Blair,
born 14th Sept. 1891 ; Ida Thomson, born
15th April 1894; William Kennedy, born
25th Aug. 1895.
ROBERT DAVIDSON, born Montrose,
13th Oct. 1877, son of James D. and
Margaret Fenwick Maclaren ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; MA. (1907) ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1908 ;
assistant at Huntly ; ord. 20th Sept. 1909 ;
trans, to Portobello 15th Nov. 1917. He
marr. 2nd Dec. 1909, Alice, daugh. of James
Gerard.
1918
JOHN AITKEN SPENCE, born Auch-
inleck, 12th Nov. 1872, son of James
S., min. of the Original Secession
Church there, and Helen S. Morton ;
educated at Ayr Academy and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
1901 ; assistant at St. Leonard's, Edinburgh,
and Dunbarton ; ord. to Church of Scotland,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 30th June 1910 ; trans,
and adm. 21st March 1918. Marr. 28th
Feb. 1912, Margaret J., daugh. of William
Mitchelhill, Whitley Bay, Northumberland,
and has issue — James Mitchelhill, born
30th Dec. 1912.
FULLARTON (Q.S.).
[The church, erected in 1836, was consti-
tuted a Chapel-of-Ease and annexed to
Presbytery of Irvine by General Assembly,
29th May 1837. The parish was disjoined
from Dundonald and erected by the Court
of Teinds, 23rd Nov. 1874, and annexed
to Presb. of Ayr.]
DAVID WILSON, born Edinburgh,
1837 1810; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; missionary in St Leonard's
Parish, Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 30th July 1834 ; ord. 21st Dec.
1837. Joined the Free Church in 1843 ;
min. of Fullarton Free Church, 1843-81 ;
died 8th March 1881. He marr. 28th
June 1842, Jane, youngest daugh. of John
Denniston, merchant, Greenock.
JOHN GREENSHIELDS SCOULAR,
trans, from Scots Church, Sunder-
land, and adm. in 1845; trans, to
Rothesay Chapel 7th Feb. 1850.
JOHN PATTERSON, ord. to Ander-
ston, Glasgow, 2nd May 1844 ; trans,
and adm. 18th April 1850.
ARCHIBALD FLEMING, BA. ; ord.
27th Oct. 1854 ; trans, to St Paul's,
Perth, 18th Dec. 1856.
ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE
lg57 CRAWFURD, ord. 5th March 1857 ;
trans, to Brownfield, Glasgow, 17 th
March 1870.
JOHN GRIGOR, ord. 1st Sept. 1870;
1870 t-rans* to Lady Glenorchy's, Edin-
burgh, 24th Sept. 1874.
WILLIAM WORKMAN, ord. 28th Jan.
1875 1875 ; first min. of the parish ; trans,
to Second Charge, Montrose, 2nd
Dec. 1875.
JOSEPH THOMSON PATON, born
1876 *85(^ > ^cen- by Presb. of Irvine
12th Jan. 1875; ord. 10th May 1876;
res. 18th Dec. 1902 ; died 22nd Feb. 1909.
He marr. 15th Sept. 1891, Margaret Charles
Ward, and had issue — Jane Williamson
Cameron, born 7th July 1892 ; Robert
Tannahill, born 11th Feb. 1899.
JOHN PATERSON, born Airdrie, 26th
1903 ^ay 18^4> son °* Robert P. and Isa-
bella Cleland ; educated at Victoria
School, Airdrie, Hutchison's Grammar
School, and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1895), B.D. (1898); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton May 1898; assistant at South
Church, Greenock ; ord. 15th April 1903.
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GALSTON
39
GALSTON.
[The vicarage of Galston belonged to the
Ministry of the Red Friars of Fail. Its
church was dedicated to St Peter. An
annual fair, formerly held on 29th June, is
known as St Peter's Fair. In the parish
there was a Chapel of St Mary. Galston
Church was rebuilt in 1809.]
JOHN BARRON, entered 1st May 1563;
1563 trans, to Whitern 2nd Feb. 1567.
RANKEN DAVIDSON, min. in 1568 ;
1568 *rans' t° Dalmellington in 1569. —
[Beg. Mag. Sig., iv., 2541.]
PETER PRIMROSE, min. of Mauch-
1574 line ; had charge in 1574.
ALEXANDER WALLACE, M.A. (Glas-
1592 £ow 158^) ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. before 19th Jan. 1592 ;
died April 1641, aged about 72. He signed
the copy of the National Covenant which
appears in Galston Kirk-Session Records.
He marr. (1) Alison Stewart, apparently
of the Galston family, widow of George
Lockhart of Sempill, Galston : (2) Sibella
Wallace, who died in 1643, and had issue —
Barbara ; Jean ; Ann. — [Reg. Assig. ; Reg.
Old Dec. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Ayr Sas. Sec.
Reg., i., 16.]
1628 THOMAS MUIR, reader in 1628.
v ALEXANDER BLAIR, M.A. (St
1648 Andrews 1638) ; " expectant " in
Glasgow, and residing with the laird
of Blair; adm. March 1643. In 1648, he
was engaged in opposition to the royal
army at Mauchline Moor, but had a remis-
sion the following year from Parliament.
He was imprisoned 28th May 1662 by
Parliament. On 16th Sept. 1662, he was
deprived by the Privy Council, for taking
the Oath of Allegiance with explanations,
and forbidden to carry on ministerial work.
On 8th April 1669, he was charged before
the Privy Council with keeping conven-
ticles, etc. He had an indulgence on 9th
Dec. 1669 ; was charged on 8th July 1673
with failing to observe the anniversary of
the Restoration. When a copy of the Royal
Order which he had failed to obey was
handed him, he said before the Council,
" My Lord Chancellor, I cannot be so
uncivil as to refuse a paper offered me by
your Lordship, but I can receive no instruc-
tions from you for regulating the exercise
of my ministry, for if I should receive
instructions from you, I should be your
ambassador and not Christ's." He was
again imprisoned in the Tolbooth. Being
seized with illness, he was released on
caution 4th Dec. 1673, and died Jan. 1674,
aged about 56. He left 200 merks to the
kirk-session for pious and charitable uses.
He marr. Helen Farquhar, and had issue —
James, his heir ; Margaret ; and others. —
[Wodrow's Hist., i. 296, ii. 216, 217, 222 ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Acts of Pari., vi. ; Ayr Sas.,
ii., 221 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Law's Mem.]
ADAM ALASOUN [ALISON] of Dun-
1672 Jape ' M*^- (Edinburgh, 28th July
1648) ; min. of Balmaghie in 1659 ;
deprived 11th June 1662; had an indulg-
ence here with the preceding, from the
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672, but his name
does not appear on the Register until 1674 ;
died Oct. 1680, aged about 52. He marr.
Marion (died Dec. 1680), daugh. of William
Gordon of Carlton, sister and ultimately
heiress of James G. of Carlton, she
survived him, and had issue — Gabriel of
Dunjape; Adam. — [Wodrow's Hist., ii.,
204 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Acts, and Dec, Dal.,
9th July 1696.]
ROBERT SYMSON, born Aberdeen,
1681 brother of William S., and nephew
of Patrick Forbes ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1670) ;
coll. 17th Sept. 1681. He was outed in
1689, and retired to Edinburgh ; died 27th
April 1710, aged about 60. He marr. Mar-
garet Crichton, and had issue — Patrick ;
Sarah ; William, buried 15th Sept. 1691 ;
a child, buried 9th May 1697 ; a child,
buried 1st June 1699. — [Mauchline Sess.
Reg. ; Greyfriars Bur. ; G. R. Homings,
28th Feb. 1688 ; Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 20th
Sept. 1709 ; Dumfries Sas., vii., 442.]
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GALSTON
[PRESB. OP
ANDREW ROGERS, licen. by Presb. of
1692 Glasgow 13th May 1689 ; called Aug.
1691 ; ord. 4th May 1692 ; died be-
tween 5th March and 2nd April 1735, "a
man of eminent and distinguished worth."
He marr. Julian, daugh. of Quintin M'llvain
of Grimmet. — [.Ayr Sheriff-Court Books,
14th Oct. 1712.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, son of George C.
-,___ of Waterhaughs, and grandson of
Hugh C., min. of Muirkirk ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 18th Dec. 1728; ord.
to Muirkirk 12th May 1730 ; called 28th
Aug., and adm. 27th Nov. 1735 ; died 27th
July 1743. He marr. Nov. 1730, Christian,
daugh. of Hugh Fawsyde, min. of Loudoun.
She survived him. — [Glasg. Tests.]
ROBERT FINDLAY, trans, from
1745 Stevenston ; pres. by Hugh, Earl
of Marchmont ; adm. 6th June
1745 ; trans, to Town Church, Paisley, 21st
March 1754.
ROBERT WAIT, probably son of
William W., Westruther, Berwick-
shire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; became preacher at Gorbals
Chapel-of-Ease ; pres. by Hugh, Earl of
Marchmont, Sept., and ord. 17th Oct.
1754: D.D. (Aberdeen, Nov. 1765); died
29th Jan. 1777. He marr. 20th Nov. 1754,
Margaret (died 9th Jan. 1781), daugh. of
George Stuart, merchant, Banff, and had
issue — Alexander, born 30th Nov. 1755,
died 21st Dec. 1756 ; George, born 22nd
Nov. 1757 ; William, born 9th Feb., and
died 20th June 1760 ; Robert, M.A. (1778),
born 13th July 1761. Publication — The
Gospel History, with Explanatory Notes
(Edinburgh, 1768).— [Cleland's Ann., i.]
GEORGE SMITH, born 2nd March
1748, son of William S., min. of
Cranstoun ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
6th July 1773; pres. by John Wallace of
Cessnock 26th July 1777; "ord. 3rd Feb.
1778; D.D. (Glasgow, Oct. 1806); died
28th April 1823. He figures in Burns's
The Kirk's Alarm, The Holy Fair, and
The Twa Herds. He marr. 24th April
1782, Marion (born 9th July 1755, died at
1778
Edinburgh, 14th May 1825), daugh. of
Adam Freer of Innernethy, Perthshire,
and had issue — Margaret Isabella, born
22nd July 1783 (marr. John Moodie, min.
of Riccarton) ; Jean, born 24th April 1785,
died 30th Dec. 1824 ; Henrietta Scott, born
24th July 1787 (marr. Lewis Balfour, D.D.,
min. of Colinton) ; William, banker, Edin-
burgh, born 24th Nov. 1789 ; Adam Freer,
merchant, Calcutta, born 1st June 1791 ;
George, D.D., min. of Tolbooth, Edin-
burgh ; Marion, born 7th Aug. 1795 ;
David, merchant, Calcutta, born 12th Nov.
1798 ; John, West India merchant, Glasgow,
born 9th Nov. 1800, died 15th Aug. 1880.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's StaV Ace, ii.).— [Wallace's Burns,
i., 176, 362, iii. 94.]
ROBERT STIRLING, born Methven,
1824 Perthshire, 25th Oct. 1790, son of
Peter S., farmer, Cloag, and grandson
of Michael S., inventor of the rotary thrash-
ing machine ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 4th July
1815; ord. to Second Charge, Kilmarnock,
19th Sept. 1816 ; pres. by the Commissioner
for the Duke and Duchess of Portland 22nd
Sept. 1823; trans, and adm. 12th Feb.
1824; D.D. (St Andrews, 11th Jan. 1840);
was suspended with nine others by the
General Assembly 30th May 1842, until
1st March 1843, for holding communion
with the dep. mins. of Strathbogie ; died
Father of the Church op Scotland,
6th June 1878. His hobby was mechanics :
he sometimes surprised his neighbours at
midnight by the hammering resounding
from the anvil in his little smithy adjoining
the manse. On 16th Nov. 1816 he patented
the Stirling Air Engine, and experiments
which he made in iron-smelting anticipated
the Siemens process in the manufacture of
of steel. He marr. 10th July 1819, Jane
(died 18th May 1892), eldest daugh. of
William Rankine, wine merchant, Galston
and had issue — Patrick, C.E., born 29th
June 1820, died 1895; Jane, born 25th
Sept 1821, died 1915 ; William, C.E., Peru,
born 14th Nov. 1822, died 1900; Robert,
engineer, Peru, born 16th Dec. 1824, died
1889 ; David, min. of Craigie ; James,
aye]
GALSTON— GIRVAN
41
engineer G. & S.-W. Railway, born 2nd Oct.
1835, died 1917; Agnes, born 22nd July
1838 (marr. John Hunter, Dalmellington),
died 1st Nov. 1917. Publication — Account
of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, v.). — [Kil-
marnock Standard, 8th June 1878 ; Wood-
croft's Alphabetical List of Patentees ;
British Improvements in Iron and Steel-
Making, by Walter Macfarlane, F.I C.
(Glasgow 1904) ; The Engineer, 14th Dec.
1917 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
'JOHN BROWN, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1876 (assistant and successor) 4th July
1876 ; trans, to Bellahouston, Glas-
gow. 17th May 1887.
JAMES ALLAN HOGG, born Coat-
1887 bridge, 20th Aug. 1863, son of
Robert Hogg, headmaster of Spring-
burn School, Glasgow, and Janet Allan ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1884), B.D. (1886) ; licen.
by Fresb. of Abernethy May 1886 ; assistant
at Grantown-on-Spey and West Church,
Dairy; ord. 9th Nov. 1887. Marr. 1st
Oct. 1889, Helen Gourlay, daugh. of James
Arthur, min. of Springburn, and has issue —
Robert Blacklock, born 25th March 1891 ;
Jessie Reid Arthur, born 16th Aug. 1893,
died 18th June 1895 ; Helen Arthur, born
6th April 1895 ; George, born 11th March
1897 ; Mary Allan, born 15th March 1900.
Publication — History of Galston Parish
Church (Paisley, 1909).
GIRVAN, of old INVERGARVAN.
[The church of Invergarvan was dedicated
to St Cuthbert. It belonged to the Abbey
of Crossregal. At Chapel Donan, on the
lands of Craigoch in the parish, there was
a Chapel of St Donan. Girvan Church
was rebuilt in 1770, and again in 1883.]
JAMES YOUNG, reader from 1574
1574 to 1578.
JAMES ROSS, reader from 1578 to
1578 1585.
JOHN CUNYNGHAME, adm. to
1590 baptize and solemnize marriages at
Kirkmichael in 1567 ; pres. to the
vicarage of Kirkcudbright - Innertig by
James VI. 23rd April 1571, where he was
probably reader; adm. to Dailly in 1573,
and "plaicit" 1st May 1575, having also
Girvan and Kirkoswald under his care ;
trans, to this charge in 1590; died before
6th April 1612. He marr. Margaret Max-
well, who died 9th March 1608, leaving a
grand - daugh., Margaret Cunynghame. —
[Reg. of Assig.]
ALEXANDER DUNMURE, school-
1612 master °f Ayr 5th Sept. 1608 ; pres.
to the parsonage and vicarage of
Girvan to be held with the vicarage of
Innertig by James VI. 6th April 1612 ;
dem. Innertig in 1617. He was still min.
31st May 1619, but died before 19th April
1620. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Ayr Sess. Reg.]
DAVID BURN, M.A. (St Andrews,
1620 July 1612) » Vres' by James VI- 19tu
April 1620; died Oct. 1632, aged
about 40. He marr. Margaret Boswell,
who survived him, and had issue — Mar-
garet.— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Ayr Sess. Reg. ;
Glasg. Tests.]
ANDREW MILLAR, son of Andrew
1632 ^' °^ Temple, and Elizabeth Lock-
hart ; min. of Alloway in 1628 ; pres.
by Charles I. and adm. after 26th Nov.
1632 ; died April 1649. He marr. (1) 1629,
Geilles, daugh. of William Hunter of Drum-
dow, and had issue — Andrew, min. of Dailly ;
Robert, min. of Ochiltree ; Alexander, died
at -Glasgow ; Henry, died at London in
1718 : (2) Agnes, daugh. of Robert Spreule,
min. of Dalrymple, and had issue — Thomas,
min. of Kirkliston. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Nisbet's Her., ii., 42.]
GILBERT KENNEDY, brother of
Thomas K., min. at Donoughmore
or Carlan, Co. Tyrone ; M.A. (Glas-
gow 1647) ; adm. 26th Nov. 1651 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. In 1679, he
was accused of keeping conventicles, and
afterwards went to Ireland, and had charge
of the congregation of Dundonald ; died 6th
Feb. 1688, aged about 61. He marr. a lady
whose name is unknown, and had issue —
Gilbert, min. of Donaclony, died 8th July
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GIRVAN
[PRESB. OF
1745. — [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Linlithgow
Presb. Reg. ; ReicFs Ireland, ii., 401 ; G. R.
Homings, 29th Jan. 1653.]
WILLIAM FOGO, min. in 1666 ; trans.
1666 to Bothkennar 18th Dec. 1673.
ALEXANDER GADERER, eldest son
16?4 of William G. of Twelfth part of
Urquhart, and Margaret Marshall,
and brother of James, Bishop of Aberdeen ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (2nd May 1663). He was assaulted
while going to preach here, and the Bishop
and Synod lodged a complaint to the Privy
Council 6th May 1674. He was outed in
1689. He marr. (1) Katherine Lammie
from Angus, and had issue — Elizabeth,
died 20th April 1688, aged 8 : (2) Anna,
(died 17th Jan. 1698), daugh. of James Cook
of Ardblair, min. of St Andrews-Lhan-
bryd and had issue — John, M.D., London ;
and another. — [G. R. Sas., xxxix., 202;
P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., iv., 178; Monteith's
Theater of Mortality, ii.]
SAMUEL STUART, a licentiate from
- Ireland ; called June 1689 ; ord. 25th
June 1690; died between 17th Jan.
and 19th Sept. 1711, leaving a widow. —
[Reid's Ireland, ii., 520.]
ROBERT ALEXANDER, brother of
1712 -David A. of Drummochreen ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 1st Aug., and
called 15th Nov. 1711; ord. 16th April
1712; died between 4th Aug. and 8th
Sept. 1736. He left £200 for a bursary in
divinity in Univ. of Edinburgh in favour
of students born in the parish. He marr.
Janet (died 23rd Feb. 1762), daugh. of
Hugh Hamilton, merchant, Ayr.— [Glasg.
Tests.]
HUGH HAMILTON, son of Hugh H.,
1737 merchant, Ayr, and Jean Ferguson,
and brother-in-law of preceding;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(27th Jan. 1722) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
19th April 1732; called 10th Feb., pres.
by George II. 23rd March, and ord. 21st
July 1737 ; died 2nd June 1787, aged 80.
He marr. 28th April 1743, Helen Glen
(died 9th Feb. 1760), widow of Patrick
Paisley, min. of Kilmarnock, and had issue
— Jean, born 23rd May 1744 (marr. Thomas
Crawford of Ardmillan) ; Hugh, who pur-
chased the estate of Pinmore, born 11th
Jan. 1746; Margaret, born 9th Feb. 1748,
died 13th Feb. 1838; Joanna, born 2nd
May 1751; Robert, born 31st Aug. 1752,
died 10th June 1753 ; Helen, born 3rd Dec.
1754.— [Glasg. Tests.; Tombst.]
JAMES THOMSON, M.A. ; pres. by
1784 George III. 17th Sept. 1783; ord.
(assistant and successor) 18th March
1784 ; trans, to Prestonkirk 1st June 1809.
PETER M'MASTER, eldest son of
laio James M., farmer, Inch ; educated
- at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Stranraer 5th Jan. 1803 ; ord. to New
Luce 12th May 1803 ; pres. by George III.
30th Nov. 1809 ; trans, and adm. 10th May
1810; died 5th Jan. 1847, aged 71. He
marr. (1) 18th Aug. 1812, Jessie (died 25th
April 1815), daugh. of Thomas Russell, min.
of the Antiburgher congregation, Dunblane,
and had issue — James, min. of Barr, born
13th Jan. 1815 : (2) 8th Aug. 1816, Henri-
etta Maria Bulley, who died 19th Nov. 1869,
and had issue — Helen, born 14th April
1818 (marr. Robert Gordon of Rattra) ;
Williamina, born 13th March 1820 ; Janet,
born 10th Feb. 1822, died 26th Oct. 1914 ;
Marion Cathcart, born 11th May 1824.
Publication — Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, v.). — [Tombst.]
WILLIAM CORSON, born Craigen-
1848 Puttock, Dumfriesshire, 31st Dec.
1809, son of Samuel C. and Mary
Dinwoodie ; educated at Dumfries Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; missionary at
Corsock, 1839-44, Gilmerton in 1848, and
Dairy, Galloway ; pres. by Queen Victoria ;
ord. 20th July 1848 ; died 17th Dec. 1887.
He marr. 31st Oct. 1854, Aitchison (died
18th July 1910), daugh. of Lockhart Dobbie,
and had issue — Isabella Coutts, born 26th
Oct. 1855 (marr. Robert M'Clelland, min.
of Inchinnan) ; Samuel M'Keur, born 16th
June 1857 ; Lockhart Dobbie, S.S.C., Edin-
burgh, born 3rd Sept. 1858 ; Mary Aitchi-
son, born 23rd April 1860, died 17th Jan.
1896 ; William, born 16th June 1862, died
6th April 1865; Anne, born 17th March
1864, died 19th Jan. 1886; Margaret
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GIRVAN— GIRVAN SOUTH— GLEN BUCK
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1888
Wardrop, born 26th March, and died 11th
Oct. 1866 ; William, born 28th Aug. 1867,
died 23rd Nov. 1895 ; Robert Coutts, born
20th June 1869, died 30th May 1870;
Eobert Aitchison, born 20th May 1871,
died 15th June 1894 ; Murray Wardrop,
licentiate, assistant at Kinghorn, Shettle-
ston, and Muthill, born 8th Oct. 1873,
died 29th Aug. 1901. Publication— Five
Discourses [anon.] (Ayr, 1847).
SAMUEL CAMPBELL FRY, born 20th
Aug. 1851, son of Robert F. of H.M.
Customs, and Mary M'Lurg ; edu-
cated at the Highlanders' Academy,
Greenock, and Univ. of Glasgow ; student
assistant at Kingarth, 1876-7 ; assistant
at Possilpark, 1877-8; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow June 1878 ; ord. to St Columba's,
Oban, 10th Sept. 1878; trans, to Flower-
hill 11th March 1880 ; trans, and adm. 27th
June 1888. Marr. 13th Nov. 1878, Janet
Allan (died 3rd March 1919), daugh. of
Robert Rankin, Motherwell, and has issue
— Robert Rankin Campbell, born 30th July
1879; Samuel Campbell, born 27th Oct.
1880; Jane Rankin Campbell, born 7th
Jan. 1882 ; Mary Campbell, born 8th Oct.
1883 (marr. 31st March 1919, Alexander
Todd M'Caw, F.R.C.S., Invercargill, New
Zealand) ; Janet Rankin Campbell, born
20th April 1885; Henry Cuthbertson
Campbell, born 18th Jan. 1887 ; William
Arthur Campbell, born 11th May 1888 ;
Margaret Caroline Campbell, born 11th
Oct. 1891, died 15th May 1908; John
Campbell, born 31st July 1893.
GIRVAN SOUTH (Q.S.).
[The church, which was built in 1839, was
taken possession of by the Free Church in
1843, but was recovered some years after-
wards and served by licentiates. The parish
was disjoined from Girvan and erected by
the Court of Teinds, 19th July 1875.]
DAVID CHAPMAN, son of David C,
1860 manufacturer, Kirkintilloch ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
13th Sept. 1860 ; res. in 1872 ; died in
Virginia, U.S.A., Nov. 1893.
ANDREW THOMSON DONALD, ord.
1873 20th Feb. 1873 ; trans, to St Vincent's
Parish, Glasgow, 21st Dec. 1881.
ARCHIBALD GRAHAM BROWN,
1882 k°rn Edinburgh, 10th June 1846,
son of James B. and Mary Graham ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; sometime
a teacher ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
16th May 1878; assistant at Middle Church,
Greenock; ord. 11th May 1882; died 6th
Jan. 1907. He marr. 18th June 1895, Isa-
bella Forrest (died s.^. 25th Oct. 1907),
youngest daugh. of Andrew Fairbairn,
Kilmacolm.
THOMAS GOURLAY SINCLAIR,
.__,_ born Killearn, 26th Oct. 1875, son
of John S. and Mary Gourlay ; edu-
cated at Sharp's Educational Institution,
Perth, and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A.
(1903), B.D. (1906); licen. by Presb. of
Perth in 1906 ; assistant at South Church,
Aberdeen, May 1906 ; ord. 3rd June 1907.
GLENBUCK (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1881. The
parish was disjoined from Muirkirk 11th
Dec. 1882.]
JOHN WALLACE, born Polloksbaws,
6th Nov. 1827, son of John W. and
Agnes M'Ghee ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
27th Aug. 1862 ; assistant at Abington ;
ord. to North Shore, New Zealand, 12th
March 1866; adm. 29th Sept. 1881; was
first min. of the parish ; died 3rd Dec. 1895.
He marr. 15th Feb. 1864, Eliza, daugh. of
Andrew Ewing, and had issue — John Ewing,
min. of Kirriemuir ; Andrew Ewing, min. of
Duns ; Leila ; Agnes ; Jessie.
1881
COLIN ARCHIBALD MACKENZIE,
born North Shields, 17th Jan. 1860,
son of Colin Archibald M., min.
of Scots Church, North Shields, after-
wards of Govan U.F. Church, and Mary
Gilfillan ; educated at Academy and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1888; assistant at Broughton, Lamington
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KIRKMICHAEL
[PRESB. OF
and Strathaven ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 31st Jan. 1895. Marr. :24th June
1919, Jessie Helen Paul, daugh. of John
Bain, rain, of Wilsontown U.F. Church.
KIRKMICHAEL.
[The church of Kirkmichael belonged to
the priory of Whitern. It was dedicated
to St Michael. In honour of the patron
saint a yearly Michaelmas Fair was held
here. A stone in the churchyard records
the name of Gilbert MacAdam, a Cove-
nanter, shot in 1685. There was a chapel
in the parish at Lindsayston. Kirkmichael
Church was rebuilt in 1787.]
1567 LEONARD CLERK, reader in 1567.
WILLIAM HUNTER, reader 1576 to
1576 1591.
ROGER MELVILLE, M. A. (St Andrews
1601 1600)> ac*m- about 1601; trans, to
Pittenweem in 1603 ; returned here
in 1608.
THOMAS MONTGOMERY, died before
1606 25th May 1606.
JAMES MONTGOMERY, M.A. ; pres.
1606 *° ^e vicaraSe by James VI. 25th
May 1606 ; trans, to Dunlop after
2nd Feb. 1607.
DANIEL JOHNSTONE, min. in 1608 ;
was accused of celebrating an adul-
terous marriage 10th Sept. 1608. —
[Glasg. Presb. Reg.']
ROGER MELVILLE, M.A., above
mentioned ; trans, from Pittenweem
and adm. before Michaelmas 1608 ;
died before 24th July 1635, aged about 55.
He marr. Janet Baird (who survived him
and marr. (2) John Drysdale, min. of
Slamannan), and had issue — John, his heir ;
Susanna; Christina.— [A yr Sess. Reg.; Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 2214 ; Tombst. ;
Reg. of Deeds, ccix., 192, dxxxvi., 21 ; Fife
Sas., v., 63.]
ROBERT PEEBLES, son of Robert P.,
one of the bailies of Irvine ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1611) ; ord. in 1617 ; pres. by Charles I.
24th July 1635 ; died 1636, aged about 45.
He marr. Margaret Dunbar, and had issue
— Patrick, student in Irvine, served heir 1st
Nov. 1648, and ten others. — [Inq. Ret. Ayr,
425; Gen., 2054, 3588; Reg. Sec. Sig.;
Tombst.]
ROBERT UDUARD, M.A.; pres. by
1637 Bishop of Galloway in 1637. Dis-
agreeing with the Covenanters, he
deserted his parish. He was afterwards
min. of Murroes.
1638
WILLIAM COCKBURN, M.A. (St
Andrews 1627) ; became chaplain
to John, Earl of Cassillis ; adm.
between 15th April and 26th Sept. 1638 ;
was confined to the parish in 1663 on
account of non - conformity ; died Aug.
1677, aged about 70. He marr. Marion
(or Margaret) Dickson, who survived him,
and had issue — James, min. of Pencait-
land ; Patrick, born 1654 ; William, ap-
prenticed to James Cockburn, merchant,
Edinburgh, 4th Dec. 1661 ; John, sheriff-
clerk of Ayrshire ; David, apprenticed to
John Little, merchant, Edinburgh, 5th
July 1665 ; Anna (marr. Hew Eccles, min.
of Straiton) ; Agnes (marr. Alexander
M'Gill, writer, Edinburgh) ; Marion (marr.
George White, min. of Maryculter); Kather-
ine (marr. Henry Sinclair, writer, Edin-
burgh).— [Ayr Sess. Reg. ; Glasg. Tests, y
Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Edin. Apprentice Reg. ; Ayr Sheriff-Court
Books, 25th Nov. 1697.]
WILLIAM IRVINE, son of Alexander
1680 ■""' °^ Fortrie, tutor in the family
of Sir James Foulis of Colinton ;
pres. by James, Bishop of Galloway, 18th
Aug., coll. 4th Sept., and adm. 28th Sept.
1680 ; deserted the parish in 1689. He
preached to Viscount Dundee and his army,
was apprehended at Killiecrankie and im-
prisoned, but made his escape to France
in 1690 in company with James, Earl of
Dunfermline. In Nov. 1699 he was resi-
dent in the Laird of Colinton's family. In
1715 he was chaplain to Robert, Earl of
Carnwath ; preached at Kelso to the
Jacobite army, was taken prisoner at
Preston, and carried to the Fleet. He was
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KIRKMICHAEL
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consecrated a bishop to the Nonjurant
Episcopalians at Edinburgh, 22nd Oct.
1718, having charge of the district of
Brechin, and chiefly resided at Linlithgow.
He died at Edinburgh, 9th Dec. 1725, and
was buried at Restalrig. — [Collections
Aberd. and Banff; Rule's Sec. Vindication;
Colinton Sess. Reg. ; Edin. Bur. ; Rebuffer
rebuffed ; Hogg's Jacobite Relics, ii. ;
Chambers's Hist, of Rebellion ; G. R.
Homings, 8th Feb. 1688.]
1691
JAMES GILCHRIST, chaplain to Sir
George Stirling of Glorat, Bart. ;
was made prisoner at the instance
of the min. of Baldernock in 1684 ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 21st Dec. 1687 ; passed
trials for the ministry in that city ; called
to Dunbarton, and to this parish in June,
and ord. here 22nd Sept. 1691 ; buried in
Glasgow Cathedral Ground, 18th April
1710, leaving a considerable sum to the
kirk - session for the poor. Wodrow
describes him as "an useful minister." —
Wodrow's Hist., iv., 175.]
1711
JAMES LAURIE [or LAWRIE], son of
John L., min. of Auchinleck ; educ.
at Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1707)
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 29th June 1709
called 9th Nov. 1710 ; ord. 8th May 1711
died 7th Aug. 1764. He marr. 11th Dec.
1714, Ann (died 28th Dec. 1747), daugh. of
George Ord, attorney in Owley, Wooler, and
had issue — Mary; Ann; John; Helen;
James, Colonel in the army and Governor
of the Mosquito Shore ; William ; George,
D.D., min. of Loudoun. — [Ramsay's Scott.
Life; Scot. Hist. Rev., i., 159; Graham's
Literary and Historical Essays, 138-160.]
JOHN RAMSAY, son of David R.,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; MA. (1761); licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 6th Feb., and called 19th
Sept. 1765 ; ord. 9th Jan. 1766 ; died 13th
May 1801. He founded and was the first
President of the Carrick Farmers' Society,
and did much to encourage farming enter-
prise in the district. He marr. 3rd Jan.
1782, Margaret M'Fadzean, who died 22nd
March 1838, and had issue — Isobella, born
12th Oct. 1782 (marr. John Thomson, min.
1766
1802
of Dailly) ; David, W.S., born 19th Aug.
1784, died 3rd April 1828; Janet, born
15th May 1786; Thomas Kennedy, lieut.
in Bengal army, born 7th Jan. 1788, died
18th Nov. 1807; John, born 12th Oct.
1789; Grizel, born 9th Dec. 1791 (marr.
14th Aug. 1811, Alexander Guild, S.S.C.,
Edinburgh), died 17 Jan. 1861 ; Margaret,
born 26th Oct. 1794. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.). —
[Tombst.]
DAVID KENNEDY, born 1765, son of
David K. ; licen. by Presb. of Pen-
pont 4th April 1792 ; pres. by George
III. 23rd May 1801 ; ord. 15th April 1802 ;
died 10th March 1835. He marr. (1) 28th
Nov. 1803, Margaret M'Hutcheon, who
died 27th March 1814, and had issue-
Henrietta, born 16th Sept. 1804 ; David,
born 14th May 1806 ; Alexander, Ayr, born
23rd May 1808 ; John, Inspector-General of
Hospitals, Madras army, born 5th Nov. 1810,
died 6th April 1893 : (2) 23rd Sept. 1816,
Mary Grieve, who died s.p. 1st Sept. 1825.
JOHN M'EWEN, born 9th July 1803,
second son of Captain Robert M.,
Alloway, and Jean M 'II wraith ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 22nd Oct. 1828 ; pres. by William IV.
25th March, and ord. 17th Sept. 1835 ; died
11th May 1866. He marr. 12th Jan. 1860,
Isabella (died 20th Aug. 1905), daugh. of
William Finnie of Titchfield House, Kil-
marnock, merchant, Lisbon, and had issue
— Robert Finnie of Marchmont and Bar-
drochat, advocate, born 1st Jan. 1861 ;
Jessie of Findynate, born 3rd July 1862.
HENRY ALEXANDER FAIRLIE,
born 10th April 1839, youngest son
of Colonel James F. of Holms,
Ayrshire, and Agnes Maria Fairlie ; edu-
cated at Edinburgh Academy and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 1st Feb.
1 865 ; pres. by Queen Victoria ; ord. 20th
Sept. 1866 ; died unmarr. 22nd Oct. 1909.
JOHN KELLIE, born 4th Feb. 1883
son of Robert Muir K. and Janet
Frew Smith ; educated at Kilmar-
nock Academy and Univs. of Glasgow,
MA. (1904), B.D. (1907), Edinburgh, and
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KIRKMICHAEL— KIRKOSWALD
[PItESB. OF
Erlangen, Ph.D. (1909); licen. by Presb.
of Irvine May 1907 ; assistant at Cathcart ;
ord. 23rd March 1910 ; served as an army
chaplain, 1915-17; killed in action in
France, 31st July 1917. He marr. 12th
Aug. 1913, Margaret Orr, daugh. of James
Ramsay, Provost of Maybole/and had issue
— Jean Ramsay, born 26th Nov. 1914.
Publication — Philosophical Position of
Alexander Fraser [thesis] (Edinburgh,
1909).
WILLIAM HENRY RANKINE, born
1918 Falkirk' 27til Marcn 1862> son of
Adam R., master of the General
Assembly's School, Carronshore, afterwards
at Auchterderran, and Joanna Currie ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1883); B.D. (1886); licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 4th May 1886 ; ord. to Slamannan
9th Nov. 1887 ; trans, to St Boswells 16th
July 1891 ; trans, to Titwood 2nd March
1897 ; chaplain to Forces, Mediterranean,
1915-16; trans, and adm. 9th Jan. 1918.
Marr. 12th Dec. 1888, Helen Anderson,
daugh. of George Jamieson, Drummuir,
Keith, and Sarah Anderson, and has issue —
Sarah Anderson Jamieson, M.B., Ch.B.,
Poona ; Adam, M.B., Ch.B., lieut. R.A.M.C. ;
Joanna Primrose (marr. 23rd Nov. 1917,
Walter M'Intyre, min. of St Mary's, Dum-
fries) ; George Jamieson Affleck Scott ;
Theodora, died in infancy ; David ; Helen
Elizabeth Fairbairn. Publications — A Hero
of the Dark Continent, a Biography of the
Rev. William Affleck Scott, M.A., M.B., CM.
(Edinburgh, 1896); The Call to Disciple-
ship, a sermon (Kelso, 1897) ; The Secret of
Christian Giving, a sermon (Glasgow, 1899) ;
The Present Crisis in Missions, a sermon
(Glasgow, 1909) ; Contributions to Scottish
Outposts (Edinburgh, 1914), and Hastings'
Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels.
KIRKOSWALD.
[The parish church was dedicated to St
Oswald. It belonged to the Abbey of
Crossregal within the parish. This Cluniac
Monastery, dedicated to St Mary, was
founded in 1244 by Duncan, Earl of
Carrick. Its extensive buildings are still
stately in their ruin. In early documents
this place is often called Kirkoswald of
Turnberry, in contrast to the village and
Chapel of Kirkoswald in the parish of
Ballantrae. The ancient church of this
parish stands roofless in the churchyard.
Its successor is in the village of Kirk-
oswald. In the churchyard are buried
Douglas Graham and John Davidson, the
Originals of Robert Burns's "Tarn o'
Shanter " and " Souter Johnie."]
1572 JOHN M'CAVELL, reader in 1572.
1572
/ JAMES BOYD of Trochrig, adm. min.
in 1572 ; promoted to the arch-
bishopric of Glasgow in 1573 (q.v.),
but returning to his estate, resumed his
pastoral duties here in 1577 till his death
21st June 1581.
HEW KENNEDY, reader 1576 to
1576 1591.
PATRICK ANDERSON, min. in 1607 ;
left his charge for lack of sufficient
stipend and went to Ireland during
winter 1612-13. — [Beg. Assig. ; Ayr Sess.
Beg. ; Wodrow's Biog., ii.]
" JOHN BURNE, M.A. (St Andrews, 28th
July 1610) ; min. in 1616; was com-
missioned by the Assembly to supply
the north and west parts of Ireland in and
about Derry for three months, because of
"the great scarcity of honest ministers in
these bounds," and had £50 allowed by
Parliament 22nd June 1644 for his convey-
ance. He was injured in Derry, though in
what manner is not stated. He adhered to
the Resolutioners 8th Oct. 1651. He marr.,
and had issue — John of Tradonock. — [Ayr
Sess. and Binlithgow Presb. Reg. ; Beg.
Old Dec, iii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 8166;
Baillie's Lett.; G. R. Inhib., 5th Feb. 1674.]
JOHN OSBURNE, MA. (Glasgow
1647) ; min. about 1660 ; was deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662; was
accused of acting as kirk officer in giving
notice of conventicles or unlawful meetings
25th Jan. 1666 ; was granted an indulgence
at Dundonald in 1672, but did not accept ;
returned here in 1687.
AYR]
KIRKOSWALD
47
ALEXANDER ABERCROMBIE, adm.
166? to Fyvie before 15th July 1649;
trans, here prior to 5th June 1667. —
[Fordyce Presb. Beg. ; Beg. Old Dec, ii.]
CLAUD HAMILTON, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 19th July 1661) ; adm. before
23rd Nov. 1668 ; deserted his charge
at the Revolution ; retired to Maybole in
1691 ; was accused before the Presb. in
1694 of baptizing and marrying irregularly ;
promised in May 1695 to remove from
its bounds ; died before 18th Aug. 1699.
He marr. and had issue — John, writer,
Edinburgh; Ann (marr. 6th Feb. 1715,
William Simpson, schoolmaster, Dalkeith).
— [Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN OSBURNE, M.A., above noticed ;
1687 returned and was present at meeting
of Presb. 3rd Aug. 1687 ; died before
2nd July 1691. He marr. Anne M'llvain,
and had issue — Henry ; Quintin ; William ;
Elizabeth (marr. Robert Paton, min. of
Dumfries) ; Margaret. — [Ayr Sheriff Court
Books, 8th Oct. 1685 and 20th Nov. 1697.]
HENRY ADAM, studied theology at
1694 Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 17th Jan. 1694 ; called
14th Feb., and ord. 14th Aug. 1694 ; died
between 10th June and 8th July 1719.
He marr. and had issue — John, min. of
Dalrymple.
WILLIAM CUPPLES, M.A. (Glasgow);
1?2 licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 29th May
1717; pres. by George I. 27th Oct.
1719 (was the first who, in accordance with
the Act of Assembly, gave in a letter of ac-
ceptance with his presentation) ; ord. 22nd
Sept. 1720; died 17th March 1751, aged
about 61. He marr. 2nd March 1721, Jean
(died 12th April 1775), daugh. of Thomas
Kennedy, min. of Ballantrae, and had issue
— Ann ; Charles ; Jean ; George, mm. of
Swinton ; Thomas, born 13th June 1730.
Publication — The Experiences of John
Stevenson, Land Labourer, in the Parish
of Daily, "a rare soul-strengthening and
comforting cordial for old and young
Christians" (Glasgow, 1729).— [Beg. Old
Dec, ii. ; Wodrow's Anal.]
v MATTHEW BIGGAR, born 1725, son
ltJ5 of Matthew B., merchant, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 8th March 1749 ;
called 23rd April, and ord. 5th Oct. 1752 ;
died 2nd Jan. 1806. He marr. 8th Jan.
1754, Margaret (died 8th May 1801), daugh.
of Robert Wodrow, min. of Eastwood,
historian of the Church, and had issue —
Margaret, born 31st Jan. 1755 ; Janet, born
6th March 1756 (marr. Robert Callander,
min. of Kirkmaiden) ; Elizabeth, born 18th
Aug. 1757; Louisa, born 22nd Sept. 1761
(marr. James Inglis, min. of this parish) ;
Thomas Kennedy, born 15th April 1763,
died 2nd Jan. 1773.
JAMES INGLIS, born 1767, probably
1806 son °^ James I'j farmer in parish
of Wiston ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 27th Jan.
1796 ; pres. by George III. 31st Jan., and
ord. 24th July 1806 ; died 15th May 1847.
He marr. 25th Aug. 1806, Louisa (died s.p.
5th Feb. 1846), daugh. of Matthew Biggar,
min. of this parish.
JOHN FINDLAY, born 1820, third son
1 of John F., farmer, Ayrshire ; edu-
cated at Maybole School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; B.A. (1840) ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 1st May 1844 ; assistant at Kilwinning ;
pres. by Queen Victoria ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 31st Jan. 1845 ; died 13th May
1905. He marr. 20th Aug. 1850, Jessie
M'Hutcheon, who died 29th March 1855,
and had issue — John, born 29th July 1851 ;
Margaret Tennant, born 29th Nov. 1852
(marr. 29th Sept. 1878, David Simpson
Carson, C.A., Glasgow).
JAMES MUIR, born Longridge, Whit-
burn, 14th June 1859, son of Thomas
M. and Ann Crosser ; educated at
Wilson's Endowed School, Whitburn, and
Univs. of Glasgow, Gottingen, and Berlin ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1888 ;
student missionary, Anderston Church,
Glasgow; assistant at Largo; ord. (assistant
and successor) 18th June 1890. Marr. 17th
Sept. 1895, Agnes, daugh. of William Black,
town clerk, Stranraer. Publication — Burns
in Kirkoswald (Dumfries, 1905).
48
LUGAR— MAUCHLINE
[PltESB. OF
1867
1876
1881
LUGAR (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1867. The
parish was disjoined from Auchinleck and
erected by the Court of Teinds, 8th March
1907.]
SIMON SOMERVILLE STOBBS,
trans, from Swallow Street Church,
London, 1867 ; trans, to St Matthew's,
Montreal, 1876 ; [afterwards min. of St
James's, Edinburgh].
JOHN SKEOCH CLELLAND, prob-
ably son of James O, min. of Scots
Church, Bolton, and Mary, daugh.
of John Skeoch of Corsehillmill ; ord. to
Cobden Street Chapel, Townhead, Glasgow,
1873 ; adm. in 1876.
WALKER MILNE, born Dundee, 1853 ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1874), B.D. (1877) ; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 3rd Oct. 1877 ; ord. 30th
June 1881 ; res. 7th March 1905 ; died un-
marr. 11th March 1916.
JOSEPH CAMPBELL, born Glasgow,
. 2nd May 1867, son of Joseph C. and
Margaret Crockett; educated at
Glasgow Highland Society's School, Univ.
of Glasgow, and Central Univ., Indiana,
U.S.A. ; M.A. (Aug. 1915) ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow Nov. 1899 ; assistant at Bruce-
field, Larbert and Dunipace ; app. 9th
March 1905; ord. 7th Jan. 1907; first
min. of the parish 8th March 1907 ; res.
16th July 1912 ; went to America ; returned
to Scotland, and became assistant at Riccar-
ton ; ind. to Bargrennan, 18th Sept. 1917.
Marr. 11th April 1907, Marion, daugh. of
George Park, M.D., Kilsyth.
JAMES MOROGH YOUNG, born 6th
Nov. 1880, son of James Bristow Y.,
Dublin, and Matilda Russell ; edu-
cated at St Andrew's School, Dublin, and
Univs. of Dublin and Glasgow ; B.A.
(Dublin 1902); licen. by Presb. of Lin-
lithgow May 1905; assistant at East
Church, Stirling, and Hillhead, Glasgow ;
ord. 19th Dec. 1912. Marr. 14th July 1915,
Jane, daugh. of John Blackburn Hislop,
F.R.C.S.E., and widow of John Brown
Niven.
MAUCHLINE.
[The church of Mauchline belonged to
the Abbey of Melrose. It was dedicated
to St Michael, and near it was St Michaels
Well. An autumn fair was held at Mauch-
line on St Francis' Day. Near the parish
church there was founded, in or about 1165,
St Mary's Cistercian Priory of Mauchline
a cell of Melrose Abbey. Ruined portions
of it remain. In 1544 George Wishart was
invited to preach at Mauchline. When he
came he found the church closed against
him. The adherents of reform, being in
strong force, would have carried the church
by storm. But Wishart forbade all violence.
He led the crowd to Mauchline Muir, where
he preached to them in peace. In 1647 the
General Assembly passed an act for erecting
a second charge here. The measure, how-
ever, was so carried out that, instead of
Mauchline becoming a collegiate parish,
there was severed from it the new parish
of -Dalgain, now called Sorn. Mauchline
Church was rebuilt in 1829. It is in the
old churchyard that Robert Burns has laid
the scene of his " Holy Fair." Two of
the poet's children lie buried there. On
the Green at the Townhead of Mauchline,
a monument, set up in 1830, marks the
place where, in 1685, five Covenanters were
hanged, and buried at the gallows foot.]
1567
PETER PRIMROSE, son of Duncan P.,
bailie of Culross, and Helen Smyth ;
adm. in 1567 ; Galston was also in
his charge in 1574. In 1586 he was app.,
with others, on a committee to deal with
irregularities among the clergy in Ayrshire,
and in 1589 by the Privy Council on a com
mittee for the preservation of true religion
in Kyle ; dem. previous to 13th Dec. 1617
died before 15th Nov. 1621. He marr., and
had issue — Peter, min. of Crossmichael ;
Margaret (marr. William Spottiswood of
Foular) ; perhaps also Duncan, surgeon to
the King ; and Henry, notary in Mauchline.
— [Scots Peerage, vii., 213; Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Calderwood's Hist., iv. 570, v. 104, vii. 96,
106 ; Melville's Autob. ; Acts and Dec,
ccclxiv., 399.]
AYR]
MAUCHLINE
49
1621
JOHN INGLIS, mentioned as joint
,_„_ min. with above in 1589.— [Acts and
1589 „ .. L
Dec, xx., 246.]
JOHN ROSE, M.A. (Glasgow 1606);
was on the Exercise at Glasgow 2nd
May 1621 ; pres. by James VI. 15th
Nov. that year ; died Jan. 1634, aged about
48. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of John
Bell, senior (she survived him and marr.
(2) George Young, min. of this parish), and
had issue — John, min. of Monkland. —
[Sed. Book of Teinds ; Ayr Sess. Reg.; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 2875.]
THOMAS PEEBLES, mentioned as min.
,__. in 1634.— [Glasg. Com. Dec, 25th
1634 Feb. 1637.]
GEORGE YOUNG, M.A.; formerly
163_ Regent in Univ. of Glasgow ; pres.
before 29th June, and adm. (at
Glasgow) 1st Sept. 1635; trans, to St
Mungo's parish, but settled in Tron Church,
Glasgow, 1644.
THOMAS WYLIE, M.A.; trans, from
164_ Borgue; pres. by John, Earl of
Loudoun, Lord Chancellor, in June ;
adm. 16th July 1646 ; trans, to Kirkcud-
bright about 1655.
JAMES VEITCH, M.A., son of John
V., min. of Roberton ; Regent in
Univ. of Glasgow, 1649-56 ; adm. in
1656 ; for refusing to take the Oath of
Allegiance, 28th May, without explanations,
he was imprisoned several weeks and
deprived by the Privy Council 16th Sept.
1662, and the parish was declared vacant.
In March 1669, he was accused of preaching
and baptizing irregularly, and so harshly
treated that even the Privy Council was
convinced of the severity, and allowed him
300 merks for the losses he had sustained.
Again min. (indulged) in 1669.
WILLIAM DALGARNO, M.A. ; trans.
,„_,. from Kirkmahoe about 1665 ; trans.
1665 _
to Dunsyre in 1669.
JAMES VEITCH, M.A., above men-
1669 ti°nech nad an indulgence from the
Privy Council 9th Dec. 1669. He
was accused in Oct. 1674 of contravening
the terms thereof, and again 3rd Nov. 1681,
but was acquitted by the Privy Council
24th Nov. that year. On 2nd Aug. 1683
he was charged with breaking his confine-
ment; this he confessed, 3rd Jan. 1684;
was deprived of his licence; ordered to
leave the kingdom and refrain from exercis-
ing his ministry unless he find caution for
5000 merks. He retired to the house of
his brother at Stanton Hall, in Northum-
berland, and went afterwards with him to
Holland. Returned in 1687.
ROBERT ARCHIBALD, M.A., formerly
1672 min. of Dunscore; had an indulg-
ence here jointly with preceding, 3rd
Sept. 1672, but it is doubtful if he accepted.
DAVID MELDRUM, M.A. ; adm. 29th
16g4 Aug. 1684; deprived by Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690 restoring
Presbyterian mins. He was received into
communion by the Presb. of Irvine 2nd
Sept. 1691, and was settled at Tibbermore
22nd Aug. 1694.
JAMES VEITCH, M.A., above men-
16gl7 tioned ; returned under the Tolera-
tion 30th Oct. 1687; died before
28th July 1694. He was well read in
scholastic theology and philosophy. He
marr. Jean Dunbar, who survived him. He
left in MS., "Ane Sober Inquirie into the
lawfulness of the Presbyterian Ministers,
their acceptance of a libertie to preach the
gospel upon the Indulgence, and the
people's dutie to hear them." — [Wodrow's
Hist., i. 297, ii. 296, iii. 269, iv. 37 ; Memoirs
of Mr William Veitch, 6-10, 146, 264 ; Reg.
Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Ayr Sheriff Court Books,
16th July 1697.]
WILLIAM MAITLAND, born 1671, son
1695 °^ William M., min. of Beith ; called
April, and ord. 25th Sept. 1695 ; died
27th Oct. 1739. He marr. in Sept. 1690,
Mary, eldest daugh. of James Stewart of
Lumloch, and niece of Sir Archibald S. of
Blackhall, Bart., with whom he got 8000
merks tocher, and had issue — William,
surgeon, Mauchline ; James of Barcaple,
surgeon. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.]
VOL. III.
50
MAUCHLINE
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM AULD, born 1709, younger
1742 son °^ ^- °^ Ellanton, Ayrshire,
and Margaret Campbell ; educated at
Univs. of Edinburgh (MA., 6th May 1733),
Glasgow, and Leyden ; became chaplain to
the laird of Schawfield ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 27th Nov. 1739; called 29th
Oct. 1741 ; ord. 29th April 1742 ; died
unmarr. 12th Dec. 1791, after having
suffered serious financial loss by the failure
of the Douglas and Heron Bank. In 1788
Robert Burns, then a parishioner, was cited
before the kirk-session for his irregular
marriage with Jean Armour. The session
remitted the fine and "Mr Burns gave
a guinea note for the poor." A. was
the "Daddy Auld" of The Kirk's Alarm.
Publications — The Pastoral Duty briefly
explained and recommended, a sermon (Glas-
gow, 1763) ; Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ii.). — [Tombst. ; Acts of Ass., 1745 ;
Wallace's Burns, i., 184.]
ARCHIBALD REID, born 1744, prob-
ltJQ2 ably third son of John R., Tulli-
allan; educated at Univ. of Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 3rd March 1773 ;
ord. to Greenock Chapel-of-Ease 21st June
1781 ; pres. by the tutors of Flora, Countess
of Loudoun in March, and adm. 28th June
1792 ; died unmarr. 25th April 1803. Pub-
lication— Account of Greenock (Sinclair's
Stat. Acc, v.). — [Tombst.]
JOHN TOD, licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
1804 4th June 1793; said to have been
noticed as a volunteer by Lord
President Hope, who recommended him to
Flora, Countess of Loudoun, by whom
he was pres. 17th Oct. 1803; ord.
10th May 1804; died 7th May 1844,
aged 76. He marr. 3rd March 1806,
Wilhelmina Kennedy (died 21st March
1858), daugh. of Gavin Hamilton, the
friend and patron of Robert Burns, and
had issue— Gavin Hamilton, born 6th Dec.
1806, died 24th May 1813; Isabella, born
10th Dec. 1807 ; Helen Kennedy, born 31st
July 1809; George, born 14th Dec. 1810,
died 8th Jan. 1812 ; Anna, born 8th Aug.
1812, died 23rd Sept. 1835 ; Henry Hamil-
ton (daugh.), born 11th May 1814; Gavin
George, born 6th April 1816, died 6th April
1821 ; John Agnes, born 17th Aug. 1817 ;
John Alexander, merchant, Glasgow, born
4th Feb. 1819 ; Agnes Finlay, born 3rd
Oct. 1820, died 27th April 1828; James,
born 11th Sept. 1822, died 31st July 1834.
Publication — A Sermon (Glasgow, 1826) ;
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Acc, v.).
JAMES FAIRLIE, born 1805, eldest son
1838 °^ J°hn F-> schoolmaster, Fenwick ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1824) ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 8th June
1830 ; assistant in this parish ; pres. by
Flora, Marchioness of Hastings, 23rd Aug.,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 14th Nov.
1838 ; died unmarr. 2nd July 1874. Publi-
cations— Three Single Sermons (Ayr, 1834 ;
Kilmarnock, 1843 ; Glasgow, 1844) ; Five
Sermons addressed to Emigrants (Glasgow,
1852).
ANDREW EDGAR, born Catrine,
1874 ^ct' 1830> eldest son of Andrew E.,
solicitor, Mauchline ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
4th July 1855 ; missionary at Toward
Chapel ; ord. to Tongland 5th March 1863 ;
pres. by Henry, Marquess of Hastings ;
trans, and adm. 26th Nov. 1874; D.D.
(Glasgow 1886); died 23rd March 1890.
He marr. 24th Nov. 1865, Mary Sybilla,
daugh. of Samuel Cowan, min. of Kelton,
and had issue — Andrew Colville, born 7th
Nov. 1866, died 2nd April 1883; Mary
Campbell, born 3rd Jan. 1869 ; Campbell
Cowan, born 26th Dec. 1870 ; John Stewart,
born 26th Oct. 1872, died 23rd March 1916 ;
Charles Samuel, born 29th April 1874 ;
Jane Violet, born 24th Nov. 1875; Sybil
Frances, born 27th July 1877 ; Magdalen
Grace, born 22nd July 1880 ; Audrey Col-
ville, born 1st Feb. 1884. Publications —
Old Church Life in Scotland ; Lectures on
Kirk-Session and Presbytery Records, the
Ministers of Mauchline, 1560-1800, two
series (Paisley, 1885, 1886) ; Catechism for
Young Communicants (Edinburgh, 1888) ;
The Bibles of England (Paisley, 1889).
JOSEPH MITCHELL, born parish of
1890 Brechin 20th July 1859, son of
Joseph M. and Janet Millar; edu-
cated at Craig Public School and Univ. of
aye]
NEW KIRK— MAYBOLE AND KIRKBRIDE
51
St Andrews; M.A. (1885), B.D. (1887); licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 5th May 1886;
assistant at St Mary's, Dundee; ord. 17th
Sept. 1890 ; app. clerk to Presb. in 1901 ;
D.D. (St Andrews 1916). Marr. 15th April
1896, Helen Honeyman, eldest daugh. of
George Litster, Bridge of Allan, and has
issue — Joseph Litster, born 10th April
1898. Publications — The Present Ecclesi-
astical Situation : Proposals for a Recon-
structed National Church (Ayr, 1904) ;
Articles in Hastings' Dictionary of Christ
and the Gospels, and in Revieiv of Theology
and Philosophy.
NEW KIRK.
^ JOHN BLAIR, educated at Univ. of
1662 Glasgow ; was adm. to a charge
(unidentified) in 1649 ; mentioned
as min. here in 1662 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was
accused, with others, of turbulent and
seditious conduct, 14th July 1663; on his
confession, 18th Aug., he was prohibited
from exercising any part of the ministry
in time coming, and was required to remove
beyond the River Ness before 1st Oct.
"under the highest peril." He appears to
have preached at a conventicle in Inver-
keithing in end of 1679 or beginning of
1680.— [Wodrow's Hist, i., 372.]
MAYBOLE AND KIRKBRIDE.
[These two parishes were united soon
after 1571.
Maybole. — The vicarage of Minibole, now
called Maybole, belonged to the Cistercian
Nunnery of North Berwick. Its church
was dedicated to St Cuthbert, and con-
tained a chapel of St Ninian founded in
1431. There was a chapel in the parish
on the lands of Auchendrane. Maybole
had three Holy Wells— Our Lady's, St
Anthony's, and St Helen's. Within the
bounds were two early dedications, pro-
bably chapels, St Muireach's, at the place
called St Murrays, and St Kenneth's, at
Kilchenzie. On Lammas day, the first of
Aug., a fair was held at Maybole. In
the town are the ruins of St Mary's Col-
legiate Church of Maybole, founded in
1371, by Sir John Kennedy of Dunure,
the earliest foundation of the kind in
Scotland. The last event of note in the
history of St Mary's took place in May
1563, when Gilbert, fourth Earl of Cassillis,
headed an attempt to overturn the Refor-
mation. Some two hundred of the Kennedy
Clan, with their allies, rose in arms, and
took possession of that church, where, in
open defiance of the law, they had Mass
sung with full Roman ceremonial. It was
the last of several such efforts. The leaders
of this demonstration were promptly
brought to trial ; and the reaction went
no further. Two years before this, Quentin
Kennedy, Abbot of Crossregal, challenged
John Knox to an open debate on some of
the theological questions of the time. On
28th Sept. 1561, their meeting took place
in one of the larger ancient houses still left
standing at Maybole. The discussion lasted
for three days, and aroused much interest
at the time. In the corner of a field near
the town stands a stone erected to the
memory of six Maybole men, taken at
Bothwell Bridge — Mungo Eccles, Thomas
Home, Robert MacGarron, John Mac-
Harrie, John MacWhirter, and William
Rodger. After much hard usage, they
were shipped as convicts to Virginia in
a vessel which was wrecked on the Moul
Head of Deerness in Orkney, where they
were drowned, 10th Dec. 1679. Maybole
Church was rebuilt in 1808.
Kirkbride. — The church of Kirkbride
belonged to the Nunnery of North Ber-
wick. It was dedicated to St Bride. Its
ruins are still to be seen ; and the old
churchyard around them is used for burial.
The piece of ground adjoining keeps its
ancient name of the Priest's Land.]
ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, reader at
1571 Kirkbride Nov. 1571.
1572
MATTHEW HAMILTON, reader here
and at Kirkbride from Lammas
1572 to 1590.
1591 HEW HAMILTON, reader in 1591.
52
MAYBOLE AND KIRKBRIDE
[PRESB. OF
JOHN M'QUOBNE, M.A. ; trans, from
Dalmellington in 1595; Kirkbnde
1595 also being in his charge ; trans, to
Straiton in 1598.
^ DAVID BAKCLAY, trans, from Dailly
in 1599; trans, to Dumfries after
1599 13th June 1601.
1608
JAMES BONAE, M.A. (St Andrews
1601); probably of the Bossie
family ; reader at Burntisland ; min.
in 1608, pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
1st June 1614 ; became a leading man among
the Covenanters, and Moderator of General
Assembly in 1644. He was ordered in
Aug. 1642 to repone Gilbert Power, min.
of Stoneykirk, whom the Assembly found
to have been unjustly dep. When B. went
to that parish he was opposed by a number
of women and others armed with clubs and
stones, who prevented his preaching in the
kirk. This so affected him that it cast him
into a long and dangerous fever. A com-
mittee was app. by the following Assembly
for the trial of the rioters. He joined the
Eesolutioners or Moderate Party in the
Church ; died about 1655. He is said to
have been a "person of very great learn-
ing " He marr. (1) a daugh. (died 1623), of
Duncan Craufurd of Nether Skeldoun : (2)
Helen (died 19th Jan. 1684), daugh. of
Thomas Kennedy of Drummurchie. Pub-
lication— Epitaph on Mr William Birnie,
min. of Ayr (Family of Birnie of Broom-
hill) —[Reg. Assig. ; Reg. Old Dec. ; Stran-
raer Presb. Reg.; Glasg. Tests.; Wodroiv
MS 'S., and Anal.; Bsallie' a Lett.; Bannatyne
Miscell., iii. ; Grose's Antiq. ; G. R. Inhib.,
xxxix., 96 ; Reg. of Deeds, dxxviii., 27 ; Ayr
Sas., ii., 157.]
JOHN HUTCHISON, son of John H.
of Kirklandholm and Sanquhar ; ord.
1655 to Bathgate 31st Jan. 1654 ; trans,
and adm. between 18th April and 12th
Sept 1655; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council at Glasgow 1st Oct. 1662 ; had an
indulgence at Dundonald in 1672 ; returned
to this parish in 1687.
JOHN JAFFBAY, son of William J.,
min. of King Edward ; educated at
1667 Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1631); adm. to Monquhitter before 21st
Oct. 1651 ; trans, to Kirkcudbright in 1663;
trans, and adm. before 20th July 1667. He
did not get on well with his parishioners ;
he accused them of attempting his life ; in
return they charged him with profane
swearing, striking, fighting, and drunken-
ness ; in 1670 he was forbidden by Arch-
bishop Leighton to minister further in the
parish— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 162, 177;
Aberdeen Sas., ii., 384.]
WILLIAM ABEBCBOMBIE, M.A.
(Glasgow, 5th July 1666) ; pres. 11th
1673 May, and inst. 3rd June 1673;
deserted his charge at the Bevolution, and
was deprived by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690, restoring the Presbyterian mms.
He retired to Edinburgh, and died 21st
Feb. 1722, aged 74. He marr. Janet Home,
and had issue— Jean (marr. Lieut.-colonel
William Nicolson of Lauder's Foot in the
service of the United Provinces) ; Andrew ;
Mary, buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
26th Feb. 1694 ; and three others, buried
there, 31st Oct. 1690, 8th Jan. 1695, 25th
Feb. 1700. He wrote a description of Car-
rick (Macfarlane's Topog. Collect.; Pit-
cairn's Hist, of the Kennedys). — [Edm.
Tests.; Edin. Marr. Reg.; Greyfriars
Bur. Reg.; Chalmers's Caledonia, m. ;
G. R. Homings, 29th March 1688 ; Glasg.
Com. Deeds, 3rd Sept. 1701.]
JOHN HUTCHISON, above men-
tioned; formerly of Dundonald;
1687 returned under the Toleration, and
was present at the Presb. 3rd Aug. 1687;
restored by Act of Parliament 25th April
1690 • died about 1695. He marr. Agnes
Wallace, and had issue-William, served
heir 26th Aug. 1705 ; George of Monkwood,
advocate, born 1674, died 24th Dec 1725 ;
Elizabeth (marr. James Muir of Boddens,
Co. Down).— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Ayr
Sas., ix., 273.]
ALEXANDEB FAIBWEATHEB, M.A.
(St Andrews, 24th July 1688) ; some-
1696 time librarian to the Univ. ; passed
trials before the Presb. there, and was
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recommended for license to the archbishop
4th Feb. 1685; never having taken the
Test nor the Oath of Allegiance and
Supremacy, he was received into com-
munion by the Synod of Fife 9th May
1694 ; called 8th Aug. 1695 ; ord. 13th May
1696; died before 1730. He marr. Mary
Ferguson, and had issue— an only child,
Jean (marr. 1730, John Moore, yr., of
Blairston). — [Carnbee Sess. Reg. ; Ayr
Sheriff-Court Books, 26th April 1735.]
1720
ROBERT FISHER, app. a teacher in
George Heriot's Hospital, 21st April
1707 ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 22nd April
1709) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 2nd
July 1718 ; called 3rd Dec. 1719 ; ord. (col-
league and successor) 5th May 1720 ; died
8th Jan. 1752. He marr. 20th Jan. 1730,
Susanna Hutcheson (died 27th Feb. 1758),
and had issue— George, born 11th March
1731 ; James, born 2nd July 1732, died
26th April 1750; Alexander, born 29th
May 1737; Jean, born 2nd Dec. 1738
(marr. John Dunlop of Greenock) ;
Susanna, born 5th Feb. 1743, died 24th
May 1748; Sarah, born 19th Jan. 1745;
Helen, born 12th Feb. 1748. — [Steven's
Mem. of Heriot's Hosp. ; Ferrie's Life of
Carstairs.~\
JAMES MACKNIGHT, called 22nd
Feb., and ord. 10th May 1753;
trans, to Jedburgh 30th Nov. 1769.
JAMES WRIGHT, third son of James
W., Kirkoswald ; M.A. (Glasgow
1761); licen. by Presb. of Ayr 31st
July 1765; pres. by George III. 30th
March, and ord. 29th Nov. 1770. One
Sunday forenoon in harvest 1807, he stated
to his people, after service, "that he con-
ceived a favourable opportunity to save the
crops, then in imminent danger, was vouch-
safed by Providence, from a temporary
change of weather, and therefore, that
those who chose to devote the afternoon
to that work of necessity, might in his
opinion, do so without violation of the
Sabbath." Complaint was made to the
Presb., but on appeal the Synod did not
in the circumstances disapprove of his sug-
gestion ; D.D. (St Andrews, 3rd Feb. 1810) ;
died 20th June 1812. He marr. (1) 26th
April 1773, Margaret (died 13th March
1781), daugh. of John Kennedy of Balong,
and had issue — Margaret, born 8th April
1774 ; John, born 4th Oct. 1775 ; Ann,
born 6th Nov. 1776; Jean, born 29th
March 1778 (marr. Captain George Black,
54th Regiment) ; Helen, born 8th July 1779 ;
all of whom, except Jean, died before 26th
Aug. 1812 : (2) 22nd Sept. 1788, Sarah Mair
(died at Ayr, 9th March 1819), and had issue
—Sarah, born 18th Nov. 1790. Publica-
tions— Three Single Sermons (Edinburgh,
1780-94); A Recommendation of Brotherly
Love to which is subjoined an Enquiry
into the True Design of the Institution of
Masonry (Edinburgh, 1786) ; An Effectual
and Practicable Plan of Defence against an
Invasion (Glasgow, 1797) ; A Treatise on
the Causes of Sedition, 1798 ; Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.). —
\Tombst. ; Scots Mag., lxx.]
CHARLES LOGAN, perhaps son of
181S Charles L., Sorn ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley 2nd Dec. 1807 ; pres. by George,
Prince Regent, 27th June 1812 ; ord. 22nd
April 1813 ; died 14th April 1823, aged 49.
He marr. 16th Nov. 1813, Margaret (died
s.p. 16th May 1818), daugh. of James
M'Clymont.— [Tombst.]
JOHN PAUL, trans, from Straiton ;
1823 pres. by George IV. in May, and
adm. 4th Sept. 1823 ; trans, to St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 17th April 1828.
GEORGE GRAY, born 4th Jan. 1798,
son of John G., architect, Kelso
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh
licen. by Presb. of Kelso 11th May 1819
ord. to Eckford 19th Sept. 1822 ; pres. by
George IV. in May, and adm. 18th Sept.
1828 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 23rd March 1840) ;
app. Professor of Oriental Languages, Glas-
gow, 22nd Nov. 1839 ; died unmarr. at
Moffat, 24th June 1850. Publication-
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, v.).
ANDREW THOMSON, born 10th May
1840 1815' son of Andrew Mitchell T.,
D.D., min. of St George's, Edinburgh ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
54
MAYBOLE AND KIRKBRIDE— MAYBOLE WEST [presb. of
by Presb. of Edinburgh ; pres. by Queen
Victoria; adm. 12th Nov. 1840. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Maybole
Free Church, 1843-5 ; believed to have
been killed by Chinese pirates, 31st Dec.
1859. He marr. 29th Dec. 1840, Mary (died
19th Aug. 1898), daugh. of John Thomson,
Thornhill, Greenock, and had issue —
Margaret Shaw, born 29th March 1842.
WILLIAM MENZIES, born at Dun-
1843 keld ; assistant to the Rector of
Grammar School there ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1822);
licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld 29th June
1819 ; ord. to East Parish, Greenock, 20th
April 1826 ; pres. by Queen Victoria ; trans,
and adm. 7th Dec. 1843; D.D. (Glasgow,
17th March 1851); died 15th April 1870.
He marr. 10th Oct. 1831, Margaret Pagan,
who died 17th Aug. 1871, and had issue —
"William Alfred, born 30th June, and died
20th July 1832; William Cunningham,
banker, Halifax, Nova Scotia, born 14th
June 1833, died at Hyeres, France, 10th
April 1876 ; Jemima, born 24th June 1834,
died 3rd June 1835 ; Jane Campbell, born
3rd March 1836 ; Robert Hair, born 20th
May 1837, died 27th Sept. 1852 ; Elizabeth
Pagan, born 12th Aug. 1838, died 29th
April 1843; Peter Sinclair, min. of St
George's-in-the-Fields, Glasgow, afterwards
of Scots Church, Melbourne, born 1st Nov.
1839; Margaret Pagan, born 21st Feb.
1841 ; James John, born 14th Feb. 1843 ;
Janet Helen, born 9th April 1846, died 6th
Oct. 1858 ; Charles, born 16th April 1847 ;
Mary Josephine, born 2nd Feb. 1849. —
[Smith's Scottish Clergy, ii., 386.]
GEORGE PORTER, born Sornbeg, Gal-
1870 ston' 10t^ ^ek" 1838' second son of
John P., Glasgow, and Anne Smith ;
educated at Free St Peter's School, High
School, and Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A. (1859),
M.A. (1860) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
8th June 1864 ; assistant at St Mary's,
Dundee ; ord. to Bellahouston 25th Jan.
1866; trans, and adm. 15th Sept. 1870;
D.D. (Glasgow 1883); died at Ayr 16th
Dec. 1919. He marr. 28th June 1877,
Helen Hester Elizabeth, daugh. of Robert
Thompson, linen merchant, Coleraine.
DAVID SWAN, born Greenock 8th Oct.
1902 18?2, son of Andrew S. and Catherine
Bowes Macfadyen ; educated at
Greenock Academy, High School, and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A (1896), B.D.
(1898) ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock April
1898 ; assistant at Hillhead ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 23rd Jan. 1902 ; Chaplain to
the Forces May 1918.
MAYBOLE WEST (Q.S.).
[A church was built here about 1840 by Sir
Charles Dalrymple Fergusson of Kilkerran,
Bart. The parish was disjoined from May-
bole and Kirkoswald 2nd July 1862.]
JOHN THOMSON, ord. 19th Nov. 1857 ;
1857 trans, to St Marnoch's, Kilmarnock,
6th March 1863.
RODERICK LAWSON, born 1832,
186S eldest son of John L., Girvan ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; be-
came teacher at Falkirk and Blantyre ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ; ord. 14th
May 1863 ; res. 12th Nov. 1897 ; died un-
marr. at Ayr, 26th Feb. 1907. Publications
— Crossraguel Abbey (Paisley, 1883); The
Covenanters of Ayrshire (Paisley, 1887; 2nd
ed., 1904) ; What I saw of India and its
People (Paisley, 1889) ; The Sacred Places
of Scotland (Paisley, 1891); The Famous
Places of Scotland (Paisley, 1893); Glimpses
of Norway (Paisley, 1895) ; A Minister's
Life (Paisley, 1895) ; Ailsa Craig : its
History and Natural History (Paisley,
1895) ; The Capital of Carrick (Paisley,
1897); The Famous Places of England
(Paisley, 1898) ; Reminiscences of Robert
Wallace, M.P. (Paisley, p.p., 1899);
Through Eastern Cities (Paisley, 1900);
Persons who have Influenced my Life
(Paisley, 1903) ; Catechism on Scripture
Knowledge (Paisley, n.d.) ; Catechism on
the Christian Life (Paisley, n.d.); Cate-
chism on Tem]>erance (Paisley, n.d.) ; many
others, besides Sermons and Addresses. —
[A Minister's Life.]
GEORGE THOMSON, M.A, B.D. ;
1898 ord. 16th April 1898; trans, to
Carnbee 17th May 1905.
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WILLIAM ALEXANDER REID, born
igo5 Portsoy, 14th Feb. 1864, son of
Walter R. and Jane Lamb ; edu-
cated at Gordon's College and Univs. of
Aberdeen and Edinburgh ; MA. (Aberdeen
1885); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh May
1888 ; assistant at Dalziel, Motherwell ; ord.
min. of a Presbyterian Church, Port Dal-
housie, Canada, 1891 ; held charges at
Pulteney and Buffalo, New York State,
U.S.A. ; app. missionary at Poona, India,
1904 ; adm. to this charge 28th Sept. 1905 ;
res. 14th Nov. 1911. Marr. 24th Sept. 1895,
Jane, daugh. of John Hay. Publications —
— Cash is King (London, 1900) ; Christian
Prayer (Edinburgh, 1905) ; In the Clutches
of the Cardinal (London, 1911); The Two
Laws (Philadelphia, 1913 ; Glasgow, 1914) ;
The Church as it was, is, and should be
(Paisley, 1919).
DUNCAN FINDLAY M'LEAN, M.A.,
1912 B.D. ; ord. 16th March 1912 ; trans,
to Cardonald 16th Sept. 1915.
ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, born
1916 Dundee, 18th May 1879, son of
Robert W. and Christina Duncan-
son ; educated at Falkirk High School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1900) ; licen. by
Presb. of Linlithgow in 1903 ; assistant at
Dalmarnock in 1903, and St George's-in-
the-Fields, Glasgow, 1905 ; ord. to Largo-
ward 28th April 1909 ; trans, and adm.
11th March 1916. Marr. 7th Sept. 1909,
Jessie Nimmo, daugh. of Alexander Stir-
ling, Glasgow.
MONKTON AND PRESTWICK.
[These two parishes were united soon
after 1567.
Monkton, of old Monks' Presttvick. — The
rectory of Monks' Prestwick belonged to
the Abbey of Paisley. Its ancient church,
now ruined, dedicated to St Cuthbert, was
used for worship till 1837. The chapel of
Crosbie, with the lands in the parish of
Dundonald lying near it, was included in
Monkton from 1651 to 1688 ; but in the
latter year all that district was given
back to Dundonald. Near Adamton, on
the lands of Ladykirk in this parish, are
the ruins of the chapel of St Mary called
Our Lady Kirk of Kyle, a famous place of
pilgrimage. Dependent on this chapel was
Our Lady's Chapel on the Lady Isle, some
three miles off the coast near Troon.
Prestwick. — In old times this parish was
commonly called Prestwick Burgh, in
contrast to Monks' Prestwick. Its church,
which belonged to the Abbey of Paisley,
was dedicated to St Nicholas, and on St
Nicholas' day a fair was held at Prestwick.
Within the bounds stood St Ninian's Leper
Hospital of Kilcass, or Kingcais, founded
by King Robert I. Its Well only now
remains. A new church for the united
parishes of Monkton and Prestwick was
built at Prestwick in 1835.]
JOHN WYLIE, min. here 2nd Dec.
1563 15^^ > reader from 1567, and also
of Prestwick from 1574 to 1591.
NINIAN YOUNG, brother of James Y.,
15_4 min. of Colmonell ; MA. (Glasgow
1578) ; reader at Ayr, 1580-93 ; held
the vicarage of Dundonald ; min. here in
1594 ; died between 1st Sept. 1597 and
16th May 1598. He marr. Janet, sister of
John Power, burgess of Ayr, who survived
him. and had two children. — [Peg. Assig.]
CLAUD HAMILTON, eldest son of
- John H. of Newton ; MA. (Glasgow
1596); adm. about 1599; still min.
23rd Feb. 1613; alive in 1636. He marr.
Isabel Hamilton. — [Hamilton's Lanark ;
Reg. Assig. ; Reg. of Deeds, cci., 70.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, son of John
1615 H. in Aitkenhead ; MA. (Glasgow
1604) ; adm. about 1615. On 25th May
1642, he admitted that "he had some breif
notes of his sermon for the help of his
memorie enclosed in his Byble," and was
dep. 13th Jan. 1646 for "various mis-
demeanours." Written sermons (at least
when they were read) were not popular in
those days. But sometimes he prepared
no sermons, if his statement is true, that
"twenty-six years he had preached by
reading of Commentaries and bringing no
Byble to the Kirk at all." The Presb.
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MONKTON AND PRESTWICK
[ PRESB. OF
ordered hirn to take the Bible with him,
when he "did bring a great Kirk-Bible
with ane selch covering thairon, and in the
samin had an quair of paper or thairby
tyed therin, wherin his preachings were
wreatten, and immediately after reading
the text, goes to the said paper, and
turneth the leafs thereof, sometimes ten or
twelf, sometimes moe, or fewer, as occasion
serveth, and so insisteth in reading of the
same, till the tyme of sermon be past ; and
that after preaching and prayer is endit,
he layeth the Byble upon the saitt he sitts
on within the pulpit, and when the psalm
beginneth to be sung, he taketh the
wreatten paper out of the Byble, and puts
it in his berakkines, and leaveth the Bible
there till he returne the nixt day- and
practises the same order, and in tyme of
sermon the most part of the people do
nothing, but lay wajours upon the turning
of the pages." He died Sept. 164V, aged
about 64. He marr. (1) cont. dated 18th
Oct. 1616, Elizabeth, daugh. of William
M'Kerrell of Hillhouse : (2) Margaret
Brown, and had issue — James, apprenticed
to Robert Sands, merchant, Edinburgh, 7th
April 1652, served heir to the lands of
Ladylands, 23rd Aug. 1649 ; John, clerk in
1648 : (3) Grizel Black, his servant.— [A yr
Sess. Beg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Ayr,
43; Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ; Glasg. Com.
Dec, x., 27th July 1624 ; Ayr Sas., v. 71,
viii. 179; G. B. Sas., vii., 160; Hewat's
A Little Scottish World, 59.]
ROBERT MAXWELL, son of Patrick
M., tailor and Deacon-convener of
the Trades in Glasgow, and Bessie
Boyd, and grandson of John M. of Auld-
house; M.A. (Glasgow 1637); adm. (col-
league) in 1640. Refusing to conform to
Episcopacy he was confined to his parish
in 1662 ; deprived 11th Oct. 1665, and had
an indulgence at Craigie in 1672 but did
not accept ; imprisoned 18th Jan. 1677 for
holding conventicles; died at Bogton,
Cathcart, 26th Mar. 1686, aged 75. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of Robert Blair of Bank-
end, and had issue — Robert, merchant, Glas-
gow.— [Bollok Papers ; Hamilton's Lanark ;
Wodrow:s Hist., i., 327 ; Baillie's Lett.]
1676
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, son
of William C., merchant, Edinburgh ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th July 1663);
min. at Colmonell in 1666 ; trans, and
adm. before 1676 ; outed at the Revolution ;
died in 1692, aged about 49. He marr.
Janet Wemyss, who survived him, and had
issue — Alexander, Regent in- Edinburgh
Univ., 1679, died April 1696; Catherine
(marr. 22nd Feb. 1717, James Laird, wig-
maker, Edinburgh). — [Edin. Tests. ; Book
of Old Edin. Club, viii., 100 ; Edin. Marr.
Beg.]
1683
MUIRHEAD. According to
Robert Simpson, D.D., author of
Traditions of the Covenanters, this
charge was held [about 1683] by a min. of
the name of Muirhead. Nothing authentic
has been ascertained about him. He is
said to have met his death at the hands
of Grierson of Lag and his troopers. —
[Simpson's Traditions, 367 ; Hewat's A
Little Scottish World, 187.] ]
^MATTHEW BAIRD,was officiating as
a preacher in Ayr in 1682 ; called
Nov. 1687; ord. 28th March 1688;
died 17th April 1718. He marr. 1682, Agnes
M'Cubbin.— [Tombst.]
1688
1720
JOHN FULTON, licen. by Presb. of
Dunfermline 7th March 1711 ; as-
sistant to the preceding ; called 14th
Jan., and ord. 8th Sept. 1720 ; died 26th
March 1730, aged 46. He marr. Elizabeth
Wallace, who died 24th July 1764, and
had issue — Thomas, born 1723, served heir
4th Feb. 1752.— [Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.]
1731
THOMAS ANDREWS, educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (18th
June 1713); licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 18th Oct. 1721 ; ord. to Kilmaronock
6th May 1724 ; called 25th Feb., trans, and
adm. 8th July 1731 ; died between 21st
July and 11th Dec. 1734, aged about 40.
He marr. Agnes Wallace, and had issue —
George ; Thomas ; Ann.
JAMES STIRLING, called 11th Nov.
1737 1736; ord. 26th April 1737; trans,
to Outer High Kirk, Glasgow, 29th
July 1742.
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1744
1762
WILLIAM WALKER, born 10th Nov.
1719, son of John W., min. of the
Canongate, Edinburgh ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 26th March 1740; called 17th
March 1743; pres. by David Blair of
Adamton ; ord. 10th May 1744 ; trans,
to Rotterdam 28th May 1760; died 6th
March 1774. He marr. (1) 26th Sept.
1749, Susanna Sturraent, widow of Thomas
Latimer, merchant, Virginia, and had issue
—John, merchant, born 17th Aug. 1751,
died in the West Indies ; Mary, born 28th
June 1753 ; Robert, min. of the Canongate,
born 30th May 1755; Sarah: (2) 1767,
Elizabeth Lawson, widow of William
Robertson, merchant, Rotterdam ; she sur-
vived him, s.p. — [Ayr Sess. Beg. ; Steven's
Scot. Church, Rotterdam, 194, 203, 336.]
JOHN CUNNINGHAME of Bridge-
house, born 1729, son of Alexander
C, merchant, Kilmarnock, and Bar-
bara Hodgert ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1746); licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 2nd Jan. 1753 ; ord. to Dalmelling-
ton 21st Oct. 1756 ; pres. by Thomas, Earl
of Dundonald, 23rd March 1761 ; trans, and
adm. 1st July 1762 ; died unmarr. 28th May
1774. — [Scots Mag., xxiii. ; Tombst.]
ANDREW MITCHELL, of Avisyard,
born 1725, second son of Hugh M.
of Dalgain and Margaret Campbell
of Fairfield ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 8th March 1749 ;
ord. to Muirkirk 11th July 1751 ; pres. by
Miss Catherine Blair of Adamton Nov.
1774 ; trans, and adm. 19th Jan. 1775 ;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 5th March 1784); died
unmarr. 14th Oct. 1811. He was the
"Andro Gowk;' of The Kirk's Alarm.
Publications — The Causes of Opposition to
the Gosjiel, and the Moral Tendency of its
Doctrines to remove them Considered, a
sermon (Edinburgh, 1764) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.). — [Tombst.;
Wallace's Burns, iii., 94.]
JOHN STEEL OUGHTERSON, born
3rd Dec. 1770, son of Arthur O., min.
of West Kilbride ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1793) ; ord. to West Kil-
bride 3rd July 1805 ; pres. by Robert Reid
1830
of Adamton 10th March, and adm. 24th
Sept. 1812 ; died 24th Dec. 1829. He marr.
24th June 1805, Helen (died s.p. 22nd Jan.
1825), third daugh. of William Macredie
of Perce ton. — [Tombst.]
/ THOMAS BURNS, born at Mossgiel,
Mauchline, 10th April 1796, third
son of Gilbert B. and Jean Brecken-
ridge, and nephew of Robert Burns ; edu-
cated at Haddington (where Edward Irving
was his teacher) and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Haddington 3rd Dec.
1822 ; tutor in the family of Sir Hew
Dalrymple, North Berwick ; ord. to Ballan-
trae 13th April 1826 ; pres. by Robert Reid
of Adamton 23rd Jan., and trans, and adm.
18th May 1830. Joined the Free Church
in 1843; min. of Monkton Free Church,
1843-6; adm. to Free Church, Portobello,
25th June 1846. In 1847 he left for Otago,
New Zealand, where he was from 1848 to
1854 the sole rnin. of the Scottish colonists ;
D.D. (Edinburgh 1860) ; first Chancellor of
Otago Univ., 1869 ; died 22nd Jan. 1871.
A monument to him occupies a prominent
site in Dunedin. He marr. 4th Jan. 1830,
Clementina (died 19th July 1878), daugh. of
James Francis Grant, rector of Merston,
Sussex, and niece of preceding min., and
had issue— Arthur John, born 22nd Oct.
1830; Clementina, born 24th July 1832
(marr. 14th June 1848, A. J. Ellis, Col-
lector of Customs) ; Jane, born 23rd Jan.
1835 (marr. 21st May 1856, William Banner-
man, min. of Presbyterian Church, Toko-
mairiro and Clutha, New Zealand) ; Ann,
born 25th June, and died 1st Dec. 1837 ;
Annie, born 20th July 1839 (marr. Henry
Livingstone) ; Frances, born 25th Oct. 1841
(marr. Alexander Livingstone) ; Agnes; Isa-
bella (marr. Alexander Stevenson, Dunedin).
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, v.). — [Fifty Years Syne {Jubilee
Memorial of Presbyterian Church of Otago)
(1898).]
GEORGE JAMES LAWRIE, born 20th
Nov. 1796, son of Archibald L., D.D.,
I04.O _ .
min. of Loudoun ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; Snell Exhibitioner, Balliol
College, Oxford (1816-18) ; licen. by Presb.
of Irvine in 1822 ; ord. (by Presb. of Irvine)
58 MONKTON AND PRESTWICK— MUIRKIRK OF KYLE [presb. of
junior chaplain at Madras, Nov. 1823 ; app.
chaplain in 1830 ; res. in 1838 ; became
farmer at Castlecary, Galloway ; pres. by
John, second Marquess of Bute ; adm. 2nd
Nov. 1843; D.D. (Glasgow 1828); died at
Hythe, Kent, 14th Feb. 1878. He marr.
21st Aug. 1827, Laura Louisa (died 25th
April 1898), second daugh. of Samuel
Ludlow, Presidency Surgeon, Delhi, and
had issue — Mary Louisa, born 2nd Jan.
1834 (marr. 6th April 1858, Edmund Lewis
Hooper, schoolmaster, London) ; Annie
Adair, born 26th Aug. 1835, died 26th
April 1919 (marr. 18th April 1860, Henry
Bean Mackeson, Hythe) ; Harriet Dalma-
hoy, born 19th Dec. 1837, died 31st Jan.
1846 ; Flora Hastings, born 25th April 1841
(marr. 24th Dec. 1867, Thomas Shelford,
Singapore). Publication — Songs and Mis-
cellaneous Pieces (Ayr, 1874). He was
author of the song, " Hae ye mind o' lang
lang syne." — [Modern Scottish Poets, x., 35 ;
Addison's Snell Exhibitions, pp. 97-8 ; The
Burns Country, 199.]
WALTER FOTHERLNGHAM LOR-
RAINE, ord. to St Columba's, Oban,
21st March 1877 ; trans, and adm.
25th April 1878 ; died unmarr., 7th Jan.
1880.
JOHN PATRICK, M.A., B.D. ; trans,
from High Kirk, Kilmarnock, and
adm. 13th May 1880; trans, to
Greenside, Edinburgh, 28th Dec. 1887.
DAVID ALLAN REID, born Carlisle,
1888 20th Aug. 1858, son of John R.
and Janet Robertson ; educated at
Greenock Schools and Univ. of Glasgow;
MA. (1884), B.D. (1887); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow June 1887 ; assistant at North
Leith ; ord. 9th May 1888.
PRESTWICK— ST NICHOLAS
(Q.S.).
[Within the parish stands, roofless but well
preserved, the ancient church of St Nicholas.
It is a building of the twelfth century, but
a good deal altered in later times. Till
1837 it was the parish church of Prestwick.
1878
1880
A new church at Prestwick was built chiefly
through the munificence of William Weir
of Kildonan and opened in 1908. The
parish was disjoined from Monkton and
erected by the Court of Teinds, 19th
March 1909.]
ROBERT i LEGGAT, a Romish priest
1567 W^° conf°rmed and was reader in
1567.
JAMES MONTGOMERY CRAW-
lgo8 FORD, born 19th Nov. 1864, son
of Robert O, Ayr, and Jean Mont-
gomery ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley in 1891 ; assist-
ant at St Vincent's, Glasgow, 1891 ; ord. to
Lerwick 8th June 1893; trans, to Scotstoun
3rd Oct. 1901 ; ind. 3rd Dec. 1908. Marr.
2nd June 1899, Martha Bowman, eldest
daugh. of Alexander Campbell, Annfield,
Bishopbriggs, and has issue — Margaret
Murdoch, born 10th March 1900 ; Robert,
born and died 20th Jan. 1901 ; James
Montgomery, born 2nd May 1902; Alex-
ander Campbell, born 12th Aug. 1903, died
4th Sept. 1909 ; John, born 14th Feb. 1906,
died 7th April 1907 ; Jean Montgomery,
born 17th Feb. 1911. Publication — The
Parish of Lemvick [1701-1901] (Lerwick,
1901).
MUIRKIRK OF KYLE.
[Muirkirk was disjoined from Mauchline
on 29th July 1631. Its severance was
ratified by Act of Parliament on 28th June
1633. For a long time the parish church
was commonly known as the Kirk of the
Muir. On the farm of Priesthill in the
parish is a monument in memory of John
Brown, carrier there, who, on the first of
May 1685, Claverhouse caused to be shot
before his own door, in presence of his
wife and children. The church of Muir-
kirk was rebuilt in 1812. There is a
mission chapel in the parish at Karnes.]
JAMES CAMPBELL, reader 1576 to
1576 1591.
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MUIRKIRK OF KYLE
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JOHN REID, heritor of the two merk-
land, called the Pennyland, 25th Nov.
1631 ; adm. in 1631 ; did not conform
in 1662, yet was allowed to remain by con-
nivance ; complained against by the Synod
22nd Oct. 1674. He marr., and had issue —
Elspeth (marr., cont. 13th July 1660, John,
eldest son of James Reid in Dernielaw. —
[Sed.-book of Teinds ; Wodrow's Hist., i.,
327 ; Beg. of Deeds, Mack., 13th Nov. 1664.]
HUGH CAMPBELL, probably son of
1662 Hugh C. of Netherplace, and Janet
Campbell; M.A. (Glasgow 1654);
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ;
was confined to the parish ; ordered to be
summoned 15th July 1675, for baptizing
and marrying irregularly, and 5th June
1676 for preaching without a presentation.
His life was in serious danger in 1678 owing
to a design of the more violent opponents
of the indulgence, but their scheme was
defeated by the action of James, Earl of
Loudoun. Again min. in 1687.
JAMES GRAY, a native of Aberdeen ;
1684 educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (11th July 1676); he
was min. here in 1684, when he was aged
25, and unmarr., but did not reside in the
parish ; deserted his charge at the Revolu-
tion, and was deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 25th April 1690, restoring the Presby-
terian mins. He became agent of the
Episcopal party in London, for which he
received from the Government £100 yearly.
In 1705 he intruded at Logiebride, Perth-
shire.— [Kilconquhar Sess.', Reg. ; Wodrow's
Anal., ii., 278 ; Brit, and For. Evang. Bev.,
xiii. ; P. C. Acta, 3rd April 1705.]
HUGH CAMPBELL, M.A.; above
16QtJ noticed ; returned and preached in
his house at Netherwood after the
grant of liberty 5th July 1687 ; died Jan.
1714, aged about 80. He marr. (1) Bessie
Reid, who died 2nd Oct. 1673, and had
issue — John; George of Waterhaugbs,
served heir 26th Feb. 1718; James;
Mungo; Thomas; Hugh; James; Marion:
(2) Rebecca Carmichael, and had issue —
Janet : (3) 14th May 1695, Agnes Camp-
bell.—[Wodrow's Hist., ii., 123, 296, 323;
Macgill's Life of Hugh Heugh, D.D. ;
Tombst. ; Ayr Sas., vii., 436.]
ALEXANDER ORR, called 4th Oct.
1717 1716 ; ord. 5th June 1717 ; trans, to
Hoddam 10th July 1729.
JOHN CAMPBELL, called 15th Jan.,
1?30 and ord. 12th May 1730; trans, to
Galston 27th Nov. 1735.
WILLIAM YOUNGER, M.A. (Glasgow,
1737 13th April 1715) ; licen. by Presb. of
Biggar 15th Oct. 1730; called 22nd
Oct. 1736 ; ord. 10th Feb. 1737 ; died 17th
Sept. 1750, aged 58. He marr. 2nd June
1742, Margaret (died 21st Oct. 1758), third
daugh. of Hugh Mitchell of Dalgain, and had
issue — Janet ; Jean, born 3rd June 1746. —
[Tombst. (Glasg. Cath. Bur. Ground).]
ANDREW MITCHELL, M.A. ; called
17 5th March, and ord. 11th July 1751 ;
trans, to Monkton and Prestwick
19th Jan. 1775.
JOHN SHEPHERD, born 21st May
1775 1741, son of George S., min. of
Newbattle ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
7th Aug. 1764 ; ord. by Scots Presb. in
London 20th Oct. 1772 ; min. of a Presby-
terian Congregation at Hemel Hempstead,
Hants ; pres. by John, Earl of Loudoun,
16th March, and adm. 21st Sept. 1775;
died unmarr., 14th Aug. 1799. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, vii.). — [Tombst]
WILLIAM RUTHERFORD, M.A. ;
i8oo licei1, by Presb. of Caithness 25th
Aug. 1767 ; ord. by the Scots Presb.
of London, min. of a Presbyterian congre-
gation at Uxbridge. There also he kept
a school ; D.D. (St Andrews 1784) ; became
assistant at Kelso 2nd Nov. 1795 ; pres. by
Flora, Countess of Loudoun, and her
curators in Jan., and adm. 10th April
1800; died 1st Sept. 1820, aged 74. He
marr. (1) a lady whose name has not been
ascertained, and had issue — William, born
1776 ; Mary, born 1778 : (2) 23rd July 1801,
Elizabeth, daugh. of William Scott of
Knockenstobo. Publications — Two Single
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MUIRKIRK OF KYLE— OCHILTREE
[PRESB. OF
Sermons (London, 1781 ; Kilmarnock, 1810) ;
Element* of Latin Grammar (1787) ; A
Vieiv of Ancient History, including the
Progress of Literature and the Fine Arts
[believed by his friends to have been written
by John Logan, min. of Leith], 2 vols.
(London, 1788-91). — [Kelso Presb. Beg.;
Tomhst.]
" ALEXANDER BROWN, born in parish
1814 °^ Tongland, 1785 ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright 15th June 1809 ; assistant
at St Quivox ; pres. by commissioners of
Flora, Countess of Loudoun, 19th Feb.,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 30th
June 1814 ; died 2nd Dec. 1831. He marr.
(1) 29th June 1813, Grace Gordon, who
died at Ayr 17th May 1814, and had issue
— Grace, born 9th May 1814 (marr. 11th
June 1839, Robert Robertson, writer, Ayr) :
(2) 14th Nov. 1820, Margaret (died 20th
Aug. 1837), daugh. of John Loch of Rachan,
parish of Broughton. Publication — Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, v.).
JAMES SYMINGTON, born Douglas,
1832 Lanarkshire, 1785 ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 8th Sept. 1819; assistant at
Douglas and Mauchline; pres. by Flora,
Marchioness of Hastings, 15th March, and
ord. 27th Sept. 1832; died 5th Oct. 1852.
He marr. 18th Oct. 1836, Mary Gordon,
who died 13th Nov. 1884, and had issue-
Elizabeth, born 15th Nov. 1837 (marr.
William Smith, min. of Douglas) ; William,
born 21st Aug. 1839 ; Grace, born 12th Feb.
1841 ; James, min. of Leadhills, born 26th
Sept. 1842; John, born 10th Oct. 1845;
Campbell, born 9th March 1847.
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, licen. by
1853 Presb. of Linlithgow 18th Jan. 1848 ;
pres. by Henry, fourth Marquess of
Hastings ; ord. 3rd March 1853 ; died 25th
April 1866. He marr. 25th Jan. 1854, Mary
Shaw, who died 27th Oct. 1861, and had
issue— Sarah, born 15th July 1858.
LEWIS BEATON, M.A. ; pres. by
1867 Henpy> fourth Marquess of Hastings,
and ord. 10th Jan. 1867; trans, to
Carnwath 1st Aug. 1878.
ROBERT MONTGOMERY, born South-
187g end, Argyllshire, 5th June 1848, son
of Duncan M. and Flora Hawthorn ;
educated at Southend School and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1875), B.D. (1877); licen.
by Presb. of Kintyre 26th Sept. 1877;
missionary at Kinning Park and St
Columba's Church, Glasgow ; ord. 9th Jan.
1879; res. 17th May, and died 22nd Nov.
1910. He marr. 11th March 1879, Annie
Vallance, daugh. of James Bardner, and
had issue — Duncan Chrystal, born 9th Dec.
1879 ; James Bardner, born 22nd April
1881 ; Robert, born 10th Sept. 1882 ;
Hugh Hawthorn, born 30th Sept., and
died 23rd Nov. 1884; Norman, born 23rd
Aug. 1888 ; Archibald William, born 13th
Sept. 1890 ; Leslie Balfour, born 14th April
1892 ; Isobel Flora, born 9th March 1894 ;
Donald Vallance, born 12th June 1897.
JOHN HENDERSON, born Morebattle,
28th Dec. 1873, son of James H.,
schoolmaster, and Janet Hunter ;
educated at Morebattle Public School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1893), B.D.
(1896) ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso 5th May
1896 ; assistant at Townhead, Glasgow,
Sept. 1896 ; ord. to Cowdenbeath 13th Oct.
1898; trans, and adm. 21st Sept. 1910.
Marr. 6th June 1900, Ina Joan Noble,
daugh. of Thomas Campbell, Shanghai,
and has issue — Barbara Bonnar, born 11th
May 1901 ; Janet Hunter, born 6th Nov.
1904 ; James Ogilvy, born 25th April 1910 ;
Ina Jane Noble, born 30th Sept. 1915.
OCHILTREE.
[The vicarage of Ochiltree belonged to
the Abbey of Melrose. Its church was
dedicated to St Conal, and contained an
altar of St Mary. Within the church of
Ochiltree, in March 1564, John Knox was
marr. to his second •wife, Margaret, daugh.
of Andrew, Lord Ochiltree. In 1789 the
Parish Church was rebuilt. Its founda-
tion was laid by James Boswell, the
biographer of Dr Johnson.]
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OCHILTREE
61
EOBERT HAMILTON, app. 2nd July
by the Assembly to preach in the
unplanted kirks of Carrick suc-
cessively till next Assembly, and (29th Dec
1562) to be present, with others, at the
inauguration of a superintendent, which,
however, did not take place ; trans, to
Irvine about 1566.
1567
JOHN INGLIS, min. in 1567, with
Cumnock and Auchinleck also in
his charge ; was a member of the
Convention at Leith in 1571, and of the
Assembly in March 1572 ; removed to
Auchinleck before 1574, but returned after
1580 ; was one of the commissioners named
by the Privy Council 6th March 1589 for
the preservation of true religion in the
bailiary of Kyle ; was nominated constant
Moderator of the Presb. by General
Assembly in 1606 ; still min. in 1608. He
marr. Agnes Grosar, and had issue — John,
apprenticed to Robert Verner, skinner,
20th Jan. 1586-7 ; Joseph, apprenticed to
Robert Graham, tailor, 25th Feb. 1589-90 ;
Daniel, apprenticed to John Skinner, 1st
April 1607 ; Samuel, apprenticed to Patrick
Hepburn, apothecary, 26th Dec. 1610 ;
William, apprenticed to Thomas Finnie,
tailor, 8th Sept. 1613.— [Reg. Min.; Reg.
of Deeds, xli. ; Lochleven Papers ; Calder-
wood's Hist., iv., 570 ; Edin. Apprentice
Reg.]
JOHN FERGUSHILL, M.A., min. in
1614 ^*4 » deprived by the Court of
High Commission 28th March 1620,
and warded at Perth. He was a member
of Assembly in 1638; trans, to Ayr 14th
Nov. 1639.
v JOHN BLYTH, born 1604, son of Henry
1641 ■^•' m*n* °^ Eccles ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (24th
July 1630) ; was on the Exercise at Kirk-
caldy 7th Jan. 1636 ; adm. 27th May 1641 ';
coll. 29th Nov. 1643; died April 1665 —
[Glasg. Tests.]
ROBERT MILLER, son of Andrew M.,
1661 min. of Girvan ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow, where he was a dis-
tinguished student ; adm. (probably col-
league) between 24th Nov. and 15 th Dec.
1661 ; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662 ; went to Holland and France ; obtained
the degree of M.D. in 1668 ; returned under
an indulgence from the Privy Council 27th
July 1669, but was fined by them, 8th July
1673, for not keeping the anniversary of the
Restoration. Accused at the Synod, 22nd
Oct. 1674, of not observing the instructions
prescribed by the Privy Council ; he was
libelled 3rd Nov. 1681 and 17th Dec. 1683,
although the Lord Advocate declared he
"had behaved himself loyally and duti-
fully in reading the proclamation and
declaration anent the Plot, and preaching
against it," and he was ordered to find
caution in 3000 merks to appear when
called. He died in 1685. He marr. (1)
Margaret, daugh. of Gilbert Kennedy of
Girvanmains ; (2) Grizel, daugh. of Colonel
Hugh Cochrane, brother of William, Earl
of Dundonald, and had issue — Robert,
min. of St Quivox; William, M.D. : John,
min. of Neilston ; Hugh ; Margaret ;
Katherine ; Mary ; Jean. — [Wodrow;s Hist.,
ii., 132; Nisbet's Her., ii., 42; Reg. Old
Dec, i.]
1672
[PATRICK PEACOCK, M.A., formerly
min. of Kirkmabreck ; had an in-
dulgence here conjointly with pre-
ceding 3rd Sept. 1672, but apparently did
not accept as he went to Ireland and was
chaplain at Killyleagh Castle. — [Wodrow's
Hist., ii., 204; Reid's Ireland, ii., 519.]]
JOHN MITCHELL, called in Feb.,
16go adm. 29th, died 30th April 1690
(probably the shortest incumbency in
the church). He left a widow.
1695
MATTHEW COUPER, trans, from
Lilliesleaf and adm. 21st Aug.
1695 ; trans, to Kinfauns 12th Sept.
1700.
SAMUEL LOCKHART, educated at
„ Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 7th Feb. 1705; called 3rd
May, and ord. 12th Sept. 1 705 ; died 8th
March 1724, aged 48. He marr., cont. 16th
March 1709, Ann, daugh. of Alexander Orr,
min. of St Quivox, and had issue — Alex-
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OCHILTREE
[PEESB. OF
1725
1786
ander; Mary (rnarr. pro. 18th Jan. 1736,
Bailie William Adie, merchant, Dun-
fermline) ; Alexander ; Margaret ; James ;
Samuel; Janet.— [Tombst.; Ayr Sher. Court
Books, 27th May 1734.]
GEORGE REID, born 1696, son of
Alexander R., covenanter, tenant in
Easter Mains, Uphall Parish, and
Margaret Storie ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 30th
May 1723) ; licen. by. Presb. of Linlithgow
30th Oct. 1723 ; became chaplain to James
Boswell of Auchinleck; called 7th Jan.,
and ord. 16th June 1725 ; died Father of
the Church 6th April 1786. He marr.
24th Nov. 1746, Jane (died 8th Oct. 1770),
daugh. of George Campbell of Treesbank,
and had issue— Alexander ; James, born
15th May 1754, died 7th Dec. 1762; George
of Ratho.— [Tombst. ; Wodrow's Anal.]
DAVID GRANT, born in parish of
Madderty, 9th April 1750 ; educated
at Univs. of St Andrews and Edin-
burgh ; sometime teacher in George
Watson's Hospital; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 29th July 1778 ; ord. to Groat
Market Presbyterian Congregation, New-
castle-on-Tyne, 14th Nov. 1781 ; adm. to
Ettrick 4th May 1786 ; pres. by Elizabeth,
Countess Dowager of Glencairn, 19th Aug.,
and adm. 14th Dec. 1786; died 16th July
1791. He marr. 1783, the sister of Sir
Thomas Mills, Knight. She died April
1785, and had issue — an only child, James,
born 3rd April 1784. Publications— The
Living Manners of the Times (Edinburgh,
1779) ; The Necessity and Advantages of
Religious Consideration (Edinburgh, 1782) ;
Sermons, Doctrinal and Practical, 2 vols.
(Newcastle, 1785; Ayr, 1793).— [Tombst. ;
Sermons, ii. ; Hist. Memorials of Presby-
terianism in Newcastle-up>on-Tyne, 75.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, M.A. ; school-
i"792 mas*er °f Kirkpatrick - Fleming,
and afterwards teacher in George
Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh, 8th Oct. 1787 ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 22nd April
1789 ; pres. by Elizabeth, Countess Dowager
of Glencairn, Oct. 1789; ord. 12th April
1792; died at Glasgow, 26th Aug. 1817,
aged 55. He marr. 13th Sept. 1792, Eliza-
beth Johnston, who died 31st Aug. 1801,
and had issue — Margaret, born 10th July
1793, died 24th May 1823 ; Jean, born 15th
Sept. 1795, died 16th June 1822; Eliza-
beth, born 26th Dec. 1797; Mary, born 24th
June 1800. Publications — A Scripture
Defence of Christ's Supreme Divinity (Ayr,
1793); A Treatise on the Atonement of
Christ (Ayr, 1797); The New Testament
translated from the Greek, and the four
Gosjyels arranged in harmony, with Pre-
liminary Observations, and Notes, Critical
and Explanatory, 3 vols. (Kilmarnock,
1816) ; The Spirit's Standard, a sermon,
with a sketch of his Life and Writings
(Glasgow, 1817) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v., xxi.).— [M'Farlan's
Serm. ; Steven's Mem. of Heriot ; Tombst.]
JOHN LINDSAY, licen. by Presb. of
lgl8 Edinburgh 28th April 1790 ; ord. to
Auchinleck 29th Aug. 1793 ; pres.
by Alexander Boswell of Auchinleck 20th
Jan., and adm. 5th June 1818 ; died 6th
July 1832. He marr. 28th April 1802,
Janet Blackstock, who died s.p. 16th 'Nov.
1842.
. JAMES BOYD, trans, from Auchinleck ;
pres. by the Presb. jure devoluto 30th
Jan., and adm. 18th April 1833 ;
trans, to Tron Parish, Glasgow, 18th April
1844.
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY WALKER,
1844 born Irvine' 18tn Feb. 1805> fourth
son of Thomas W., M.D., Irvine, and
Mary, daugh. of Charles Fleeming, M.D.,
R.N. ; educated at Irvine Grammar School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine in 1829 ; assistant at St George's
Parish, Glasgow ; ord. to Scots Church,
Huntingdon, Montreal, Canada, 5th Nov.
1834 ; pres. by John, second Marquess of
Bute; adm. 15th Aug. 1844; died 24th
April 1880. A. K. H. B. describes him " as
the best preacher I ever heard, the truest
genius I ever knew." He marr. 20th Nov.
1835, Jane Walker (died 13th Nov. 1891),
daugh. of Hugh Barr of Hillside, Hunt-
ingdon, Quebec, and had issue — Mary
Fleeming, born 1st Jan. 1838 (marr. James
Wilson, min. of St Quivox); Margaret
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OCHILTREE— PATNA— RICCARTON
63
Laird, born 3rd Oct. 1839 : Thomas, min. of
Dairy, born 23rd Sept. 1841 ; Jane, born
21st Sept. 1844 ; William Hugh, M.P.P. for
Co. of Huntingdon, Canada, born 25th July
1847 ; Josiah Charles, born 6th May 1851,
died young ; Frances Hunter, born 21st
Oct. 1854; Patrick Hunter, M.B., CM.,
district surgeon, Tembuland, South Africa,
born 15th April 1858.— ["Churchmen who
never got their Due," by A. K. H. B., in The
Scottish Church, ii., 260-6.]
NIEL MACKAY, born Southend, Kin-
1880 tyre' 14th 0ct* 1851' son of Peter M>
and Janet M'Kerrell ; educated at
Southend Public School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1875), B.D. (1878) ; Keen.
by Presb. of Kintyre 8th Sept. 1878;
assistant at Milton and Hillhead parishes,
Glasgow; ord. 15th Sept. 1880. Marr.
10th Aug. 1882, Teresa Kossuth, daugh. of
Duncan Forbes.
PATNA (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1837. On
2nd July 1877 the parish of Patna was
disjoined from Dalmellington, Dairy mple,
Kirkmichael, and Straiton.]
JOHN SPEIRS, born Lochwinnoch,
1804, eldest son of Matthew S.,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock ; ord.
29th April 1841. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of Free Church, Kinglassie,
1845-78; died 8th Feb. 1878. He marr.
1852, Elizabeth S. Laird.
1841
THOMAS EASTON MACFADYEAN,
1849 son of John M., merchant, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 5th May 1847 ; ord.
15th March 1849 ; res. 1876 ; died unmarr.
at Prestwick 20th Jan. 1877.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON GIBSON,
1876 ord. 27th March 1876 ; first min. of
the parish ; trans, to Carnoustie 7th
Jan. 1880.
CHARLES STEWART RUSSELL, ord.
1880 3rd May 1880; trans, to Stair 3rd
July 1884.
WILLIAM HENDRY, born Keith,
1884 19th July 1852, son of William H.
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen
M.A. (1874), B.D. (1880) ; licen. by Presb
of Forres 4th May 1880; ord. 4th Dec
1884; died unmarr. 21st Nov. 1895.
ANDREW EWING WALLACE, M.A. ;
18g6 ord. 14th May 1896 ; trans, to Duns
15th March 1907.
DAVID JOHN MACLAREN,M.A.,ord.
lgo7 25th July 1907; trans, to Trinity
Gask, 21st Sept. 1916.
ROBERT WOOD, M.A., ord. 1st Feb.
1917 ; trans, to Newtyle, 16th May
1917
1919.
1919
DOUGLAS DICKSON ROBERTSON,
born Glasgow, 17th Jan. 1886, son
of Thomas Whitelaw R. and Rebecca
Murray ; educated at Hutcheson's Gram-
mar School and Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1907); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 11th
May 1911 ; assistant at Blackfriars,
Glasgow, and St Columba's, Pont Street,
London ; ord. 3rd Sept. 1919. Marr. 14th
Oct. 1919, Dora Selkirk, M.A., daugh. of
Robert Stephen Henderson and Maggie
Storrar Selkirk.
RICCARTON.
[From 1229 to 1238 the church of Ric-
carton belonged to the priory of Dalmulin.
From 1238 to 1560 it was in the possession
of the Abbey of Paisley. Sometime after
1578 the parishes of Craigie and Riccarton
were united. They were severed again in
1648. In 1823 Riccarton church was re-
built on a new site, which is now within
the burgh of Kilmarnock.]
1578 JOHN TURBAT, reader in 1578.
HUGH CAMPBELL, son of William,
1650 son °^ Charles C. of Horsecleugh ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1646) ; adm. 4th Sept. 1650 ; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st May 1662; was accused
March 1669 of preaching and baptizing
irregularly ; returned under an indulgence
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RICCARTON
[PRESB. OF
by Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672, but was
accused by the Diocesan Synod, 22nd Oct.
1674, of baptizing irregularly. He returned
in 1687.
1663
ALEXANDER OGILVIE got a testi-
monial 31st March. 1663 ; adm.
thereafter; trans, to Stewarton in
1666.— [Glasg. Cornm. Dec, 14th July 1666.]
ANDREW WILSON, adm. before 20th
1668 Jan. 1668. — [Glasg. Comm. Dec]
HUGH CRAUFURD, M.A., formerly of
New Cumnock ; had an indulgence
jointly with preceding by Privy
Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ; was cited to
appear before Privy Council 11th Aug.
1677, and his cautioners also 31st Aug.
1681. He returned to New Cumnock
in 1688.
JOHN ARBUCKLE, MA. (Glasgow
1663); adm. to Stranraer in 1668;
trans, to Monigaff in 1669 ; trans,
to Craigie in 1681 ; had sasine of an annual
rent of £64 Scots from lands of Bellshill
about 1685 ; trans, hereabout 1686 ; dem. in
1689 ; buried in Cathedral burying-ground,
Glasgow, 27th Oct. 1717. He marr.
Katherine Hamilton, who was buried 13th
Dec. 1718, and had issue — James ; William.
—[Treas. Sed.-Booh, 28th Feb. 1696; Acts
and Dec, Dal., 15th June 1692 ; Ayr Sheriff
Court Book, 22nd June 1698.]
HUGH CAMPBELL, M.A., above
168l_ mentioned ; returned before 3rd
Aug. 1687 ; died after 7th Oct. 1690,
aged about 64. He marr. Elizabeth Cath-
cart, and had issue — James of Little
Cessnock.
ROBERT CUMIN, born 1660 ; studied
16g5 at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1676-80; called Dec. 1694; ord. 1st
May 1695 ; died 8th April 1739— [Tombst.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, son of George C.
173Q of Treesbank, and Ann Boswell ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 26th April
1738 ; called (colleague and successor) 23rd
Jan., and ord. 10th May 1739; died 3rd
April 1761.
ALEXANDER MOODIE, born 1728,
17 2 fourth son of Hugh M., gardener,
Kilwinning ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 5th
Feb. 1754 ; ord. to Second Charge, Culross,
26th Sept. 1759; pres. by Sir Alexander
Dick of Prestonfield, Bart., Sept. 1761 ;
adm. 8th April 1762 ; died 15th Feb. 1799.
He marr. 6th March 1763, Janet (died
16th Sept. 1772, aged 41), daugh. of John
Wilson, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue
— Hannah, born 3rd Jan. 1764 ; John, min.
of this parish ; Hugh, merchant, Glasgow,
born 14th Sept. 1767 ; Alexander, born
27th May, died 1st Sept. 1769; Walter,
merchant, Glasgow, born 10th Oct. 1771.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, vi.). — [Tombst.]
1799
JOHN MOODIE, born 20th Nov. 1765,
eldest son of preceding ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 4th May 1791 ; pres. by Sir William
Cuninghame of Caprington, Bart., in April,
and ord. 19th Sept. 1799 ; died 26th Jan.
1837. He marr. (1) 2nd April 1801, Henri-
etta (died 24th Jan. 1802), daugh. of John
Robertson, min. of Kilmarnock : (2) 5th
Dec. 1803, Margaret Isabella (died 3rd Jan.
1829), eldest daugh. of George Smith, D.D.,
min. of Galston, and had issue — Marion,
born 3rd Feb. 1805, died 6th March 1825 ;
Henrietta Robertson, born 11th Aug. 1806 ;
Alexander, born 25th April 1810, died 28th
March 1825 ; George, born 6th Feb. 1812,
died 8th Feb. 1825 ; John, merchant,
Glasgow, born 12th Oct. 1814; Janet, born
1st Sept. 1816 ; Elizabeth, born 22nd March
1818, died 30th May 1834 ; Hugh, born 14th
Nov. 1819, died 12th March 1825.
JAMES PORTEOUS, pres. by John
1837 Smith Cuninghame of Caprington
8th March, and ord. 17th Aug. 1837 ;
trans, to Prestonkirk 27th Sept. 1843.
WILLIAM JEFFREY, son of Peter J.
and Janet Fotheringham ; licen. by
Presb. of Stirling; ord. 22nd Feb.
1844; died s.p. 5th Feb. 1876.
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RICCARTON— ST QUIVOX
65
1905
EMMANUEL MORGAN, born Dun-
fermline 27th April 1848, son of
1876 James M. and Margaret M'lver ;
educated at Saline Parish School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 18th June 1875 ; assistant at St
John's Parish, Edinburgh, and in this
parish; ord. 7th Sept. 1876; res. 16th
May 1905, and dem. his status as min.
DAVID JACKSON TWEEDIE, born
Edinburgh, 17th Oct. 1870, son of
David T. and Jemima Reid ; edu-
cated at Carriden School and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1895); licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews May 1904 ; assistant at St
Andrew's, Edinburgh ; ord. 9th Nov. 1905 ;
trans, to Stichill and Hume 6th June
1917. Marr. 13th April 1897, Jessie
Fleming, daugh. of Robert Allison, Kil-
marnock, and has issue— Jeanie Allison,
born 29th Oct. 1898; David Reid, born
3rd Oct. 1901.
BERRY PRESTON, born Springburn,
3rd Dec. 1881 ; son of William P. and
Martha Hall ; certificated teacher in
Whifflet Public School, Coatbridge, 1906-7 ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1906),
B.D. (1910); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
March 1910 ; assistant at Stevenston April
1910 to Feb. 1911 ; locum tenens Calcutta
Jute Mills and Steamers Presbyterian
Mission Feb. 1911 to Aug. 1912; assistant
at Springburn ; ord. to Springburn 3rd
April 1913 ; trans, and adm. 24th Oct.
1917. Marr. 7th Sept. 1915, Jessie Capie,
M.B., Ch.B., daugh. of Thomas Russell,
schoolmaster, Busby, and Janet Brockett
Capie, and has issue — William Berry, born
11th July 1916; Janet Capie, born 20th
April 1918.
ST QUIVOX, formerly SANCHAR-
IN-KYLE.
[The church of Sanchar-in-Kyle was dedi-
cated to St Kevoc. For the sake of dis-
tinction from Sanquhar in Nithsdale, this
parish came to be called St Kevoc's, a name
now corrupted into St Quivox. From 1221
to 1238 the church of Sanchar belonged to
the Gilbertine Priory of St Mary at Dal-
mulin within the parish. From 1238 till
the Reformation it was owned by the Abbey
of Paisley. The Religious House of Dal-
mulin Avas founded in 1221 by Walter, third
High Steward of Scotland. He settled it
with Brethren of the Order of St Gilbert
of Sempringham, drawn from the Priory
of Sixel in Lincolnshire. The Gilbertine
Order admitted to the same convent both
men and women ; but there is no record
of any female inmates at Dalmulin. This
was the only house owned in Scotland by
this purely English Order, and they did
not hold it long. In or about the year
1238, when the political relations of the
two kingdoms had grown unfriendly, the
Friars of Dalmulin went back to England.
Their Priory then became a cell of Paisley
Abbey.]
GEORGE COCHRAN, reader in 1567 ;
1567 died at Candlemas 1570.
HEW KENNEDY, reader from Nov.
1572 1572 to 1574.
THOMAS FALCONER, reader from
1576 ]576 to 1580.
DAVID ALANSON [or ALISON],
1585 reader from 1585 to 1591.
COLIN ROW, bapt. 1st March 1576,
eighth son of John R., min. of Perth ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 29th July 1598);
adm to Drumelzier in 1603 ; trans, and
adm. after 22nd Aug. 1604.
PATRICK HAMILTON of Bogwood ;
1618 educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1613); on the Exercise there 7th Aug.
1616 ; adm. 1618 still min. 22nd Sept. 1622.
He marr. (cont. 23rd Sept. 1616), Katherine,
sister of Robert Hamilton. — [Glasg. Presb.
Beg. ; Ayr. Sess. Reg. ; Bannatyne Miscell.,
iii. ; Ayr Sas., ii., 187 ; Beg. of Deeds, cccli.
231, cccxcii. 25.]
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE, born 1597,
eldest son of Adam M. of Macbie-
hill, Ayrshire ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1618); adm. to Kinnaird
in 1622 ; trans, and adm. 1636 ; died Nov.
1641. He marr. (1) (cont. 16th May 1616),
Jean, daugh. of Sir James Lockhart of Lee :
1604
1636
VOL. III.
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ST QUIVOX
[ PRESB. OF
1683
1685
(2) Janet, daugh. of Alexander Hamilton
of Grange ; she survived him, and had issue
— Theodore of Pressbank and Lantoun in
Barmore ; Hew of Auchenhude, died July
1669 ; Robert ; Anna j and Agnes.— [Ayr
Sess. Reg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; G. R. Sas., xxi.,
340 ; Ayr Sas., iii., 475.]
WILLIAM FULLARTON, M.A. ; adm.
10th May 1642; deprived by the
1642 Privy Council 8th April 1669, but
had an indulgence at Coylton in 1672.
ALEXANDER GREGORIE, M.A. ;
min. of Dreghorn before 1669 ; trans.
1669 here before 31st May that year;
trans, to Ayr before 4th June 1683.
JAMES LAMMIE, a native of Angus ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (13th July 1675) ; adm.
before 4th April 1683 ; died unmarr. Aug.
1684, aged about 29.— [Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN HERIOTT, M.A. (Edinburgh
1673) ; adm. about 1685 ; deserted
his charge in 1689. He had issue —
Jean (marr. 12th June 1734, John Paterson,
tailor, Edinburgh).
JAMES RICHMOND, M.A. (Glasgow
1665); called Oct. 1687; ord. 27th
March 1688 ; died before 13th March
1700. He marr. Anna Wilson, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — James ; Anna.
— [Ayr Sher. Court Books, 8th April 1700.]
ALEXANDER ORR, M.A. (Glasgow,
1700 13tl1 July 1671); adm- t0 Beifcn
between 2nd April and 1st Oct.
1689 ; called 6th May, and adm. 31st July
1700 ; died 28th Sept. 1710, aged about 60.
He marr. Barbara (buried 28th Dec. 1699),
daugh. of David Crauford of Auchenames,
and had issue — Archibald, born 24th July
1691 ; Alexander, min. of Muirkirk ; Ann
(marr. Samuel Lockhart, min. of Ochiltree).
— [Woclrow's Anal, and Corresp. ; Duncan's
Mem. of Duncan.]
ROBERT MILLER, bapt. 3rd June
1664, son of Robert M., min. of
Ochiltree ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
14th July 1708; called 12th April, and
ord. 20th Sept. 1711; died April 1732.
He marr. Nov. 1724, Helen, daugh. of David
1688
Meldrum, min. at Tibbermore, and had issue
— an only son, Robert, served heir, 22nd
June 1738.— [Nisbet's Her., ii. App., 42 ;
Ochiltree Sess. Reg. ; Glasg. Tests.]
GEORGE REID, M.A. (Edinburgh, 11th
1732 ^une i?18) > licen- by Presb. of
Dalkeith 5th April 1720; ord. to
Symington, Ayrshire, 20th March 1723;
called 10th Aug., and adm. 23rd Nov. 1732 ;
Moderator of the General Assembly 22nd
May 1755 ; died 21st March 1763, aged 70.
He marr. 23rd April 1745, Janet, daugh. of
Ninian Ballantine of Gardrum, and widow
of Thomas Paterson, merchant, Ayr, and
had issue.
WILLIAM M'QUHAE, born 1st May
1764 1737> son °f David M., magistrate
of Wigtown ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 24th
March 1762 ; became assistant in the parish ;
pres. by James Murray of Broughton Aug.
1763; ord. 1st March 1764; D.D. (St
Andrews, 2nd June 1794) ; was proposed as
Moderator of the General Assembly in 1806,
but declined. He died Father of the
Synod 1st March 1823. A learned and
able man of business. His cheerful and
happy temper, his rich fund of anecdote
and flow of wit, rendered him an agreeable
and pleasant companion. He marr. (1)
11th Nov. 1765, Elizabeth (died 7th Jan.
1780), daugh. of William Park of Barkip,
physician, and had issue — Richard, born 21st
Dec. 1766, died in Jamaica, 9th March 1805;
Sarah, born 30th Jan. 1769, died 29th Dec.
1778 ; Margaret, born 31st Dec. 1770, died
20th May 1836 ; David, born 21st Jan. 1773,
died 3rd April 1775 ; Elizabeth, born 22nd
Sept. 1774, died 23rd March 1778; Glencairn
(daugh.), born 15th Sept. 1776, died 16th
July 1802 ; Charles (daugh.), born 28th July
1778 : (2) 3rd June 1782, Mary Lawrie, who
died 22nd Oct. 1824, and had issue — Mary,
born 26th Aug. 1783 (marr. John Stirling,
D.D., min. of Craigie); Elizabeth, born
22 nd Aug. 1784; Lydia Wills, born 22nd
Sept. 1785 (marr. 14th Jan. 1805, Thomas
Ainsworth, Blackburn, Lanes.); William,
major in army, born 15th June 1787 ;
Patrick, born 6th Sept. 1788 ; James, born
24th Feb. 1790, died 10th Jan. 1819 ; Stair
aye]
ST QUIVOX— SORN
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Park, his successor in the parish ; Laura
Macrae, born 22nd July 1798, died 9th
Sept. 1802. Publications — The Difficulties
which attend, the Practice of Religion no
just Argument against it, a discourse
(Edinburgh, 1785); Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.). —[Tombst.]
STAIR PARK M'QUHAE, born 27th
March 1795, youngest son of preced-
ing ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 26th March 1817 ;
pres. by George Oswald of Auchencruive
3rd Sept. 1818 ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 2nd March 1820; D.D. (Glasgow,
23rd March 1840) ; retired from bad health
in 1859 ; died at St Croix, Rownhams,
Hants, 8th March 1872. He marr. (1) 16th
Feb. 1835, Margaret Logan (died 8th Jan.
1841), only child of Lieut. Lewis Mac-
kenzie of the family of Scatwell, and had
issue— William, born 22nd April 1838 : (2)
2nd May 1843, Louise Georgina (died 12th
Jan. 1894), daugh. of John Mackenzie, and
had issue— Caroline, born 6th June 1844 ;
Mary Lawrie, born 15th Nov. 1845 ; John
Mackenzie, Commander R.N., born 8th
June 1847 ; Louise Georgina, born 27th
Dec. 1848. Publication— Account of the
Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, v.).
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON
1858 CHARTERIS, M.A. ; pres. by Alex-
ander Haldane Oswald of Auchen-
cruive ; ord. (assistant and successor) 27th
June 1858 ; trans, to New Abbey 21st July
1859.
JAMES WILSON, born Leven, Fife,
1859 18th March 1832, son of Peter W.
and Helen Elder; educated at
Scoonie Parish School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 1st
July 1857 ; assistant at Belhaven Chapel ;
pres. by Alexander Haldane Oswald of
Auchencruive ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 10th Nov. 1859 ; clerk of Presb. of
Ayr, 1866-1901 ; died 8th May 1906. He
marr. 9th July 1867, Mary Fleeming (died
13th Nov. 1888), daugh. of William Mont-
gomerie Walker, min. of Ochiltree, and had
issue— Jane Barr, born 22nd April 1868,
died 31st July 1878; James Peter, his
successor in this parish ; Helen Elder,
born 4th May 1871, died 27th May 1919 ;
William Montgomery Walker, born 26th
Sept. 1872 ; Mary Anne, born 18th June
1875, died 13th Aug. 1878; Margaret
Frances, born 23rd April 1878.— [Life of
Archibald Hamilton Charteris, 38, 75, 84].
JAMES PETER WILSON, born 8th
1906 ^ov* 1869> ^dest son of preceding ;
educated at Kelvinside Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1890), B.D.
(1893); licen. by Presb. of Ayr 3rd May
1893; assistant at Dalserf ; ord. to Dal-
beattie 25th Feb. 1899 ; trans, and adm.
23rd Aug. 1906. Publication — Introductory
Paper on the Book of Job (Scottish Woman's
Bible Study Association, 1914-15).
SORN, formerly DALGAIN.
[The lands forming this parish were dis-
joined from Mauchline in 1656, but the new
parish of Dalgain was not erected till 1692.
Its church was built in 1658 on the lands
of Dalgain, very near Sorn Castle. There
was of old a chapel on the Water of Greenock
within what is now the parish of Sorn.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1653) ; adm. about 1658 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ;
was summoned to appear before a com-
mittee of the Diocesan Synod, 28th April
1664, for nonconformity ; returned in 1672.
ANDREW DALRYMPLE, M.A. (Glas-
1669 gow 1646)^ a(^m- t0 Auchinleck 22nd
Jan. 1651 ; deprived 11th June 1662 ;
became min. here under indulgence 2nd
Sept. 1669 ; was fined by the Privy Council
8th July 1673 in half of his stipend for
that crop for not keeping the 29th May,
the anniversary of the Restoration ; died
June 1676, aged about 50. He marr.
Elizabeth Ross, who survived him, and
had issue — Margaret, served heir, 2nd Oct.
1688 (marr. Adam Aird, jun., of Catrine).
— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 123 ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Inq. Ret. Ayr, 653.]
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SORN
[ PRESB. OF
JOHN CAMPBELL, above mentioned ;
1672 had an indulgence along with the
preceding, from the Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1672, but having preached* at
conventicles in 1678, was accused of treason
before the Lords of Justiciary, and remitted
by them to the Privy Council 19th Dec.
1683. Admitting he had broken his con-
finement, officiated in private families, and
had not read the Proclamation for the
thanksgiving, his indulgence was revoked
3rd Jan. 1684, and he was imprisoned on
failure to find caution in 5000 merks that
he would not frequent conventicles, baptize,
or marry. But on his petition that he
could not possibly find such caution, he was
liberated on undertaking not to transgress
in these matters, 24th Jan. 1684. He was
at the first meeting of Presb. after the
Toleration, 3rd Aug. 1687, and is styled
min. of Dalgain 4th June 1690, but prob-
ably went to Craigie (q.v.) after that year.
— [Wodrow's Hist., Hi. 468, iv. 37.]
WILLIAM BLAIR, M.A. ; pres. before
1684 lst ^U^V' £°* a testimonial for ordina-
tion 5th Aug., and adm. before 31st
Aug. 1684 ; trans, to Symington, Ayrshire,
1685.
1686
FRANCIS FORDYCE, had right to
stipend for crop in 1686 ; trans, to
Old Cumnock before 3rd Nov. 1686.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, a native of
Moray ; M.A. (King's College, Aber-
deen, 24th Aug. 1680) ; adm. about
1686 ; outed in 1689. A small pass in the
River Ayr near the castle, over which he
took in his flight, is still called the Curate's
Steps. He died Aug. 1690, aged about 30.
The Faculty of Glasgow University having
intromitted with the stipend, granted on
3rd June 1691, 250 merks to pay his debts.
1692
MUNGO LINDSAY, born 1666; was a
teacher in the Grammar School of
Glasgow 30th Aug. 1690; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 29th April 1691 ; called
unanimously in June, and ord. 30th Nov.
1692; died March 1738. He marr. Christian
Beg, in Corsebogue, who survived him, but
had no issue. He left 200 merks to the
poor of the parish. His tombstone has this
inscription : —
" So long he lived in this secure retreat,
Neither affecting to be known nor great —
Humble and painful taught the great concern,
Which yet he thought he never enough could learn :
Skill'd in the tongues of heavenly truth,
The only language of Jehovah's mouth,
He led his flock through the delicious fields
(Heaven's gentle dews and rain it yields).
Shuning law-suits by deeds he used to write,
He sav'd their purse and clear'd their doubtful right ;
And with rare bounty gratify'd the poor
From the rich treasure of his blessed store,
Which, by the laws of God and man, descends
To his long, dear, and valuable friends."
— [Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst. ; Privy Seal Beg.,
viii., 233 ; Steven's Sorn, 11, 28.]
WILLIAM STEELE, licen. by Presb.
1739 of Ayr 27th April 1737 ; called 25th
April, and ord. 29th Aug. 1739. He
was chosen by the General Assembly in
1751 as one of its commissioners for apply-
ing to Government for a general augmen-
tation of the stipends of mins., but the
application was unsuccessful owing to the
opposition of the landed interest. Dis-
appointed by the non- success of the pro-
posal, he accepted an invitation to be min.
of the Scots congregation at Founders'
Hall, London, and dem. his charge Oct.
1751 ; died of consumption in April 1752.
He collected subscriptions for building the
bridge near the church across the River
Ayr. He marr. 7th June 1744, Janet
Brownlee, and had issue — John ; Thomas,
born 4th July 1746 ; John. Publication
— Speech in the General Assembly, 1749
(Collection of Papers for augmenting the
stipends of the Established Church). —
[Wilson's Dissent. Churches, ii.]
JAMES CONNELL, son of James C,
merchant, Dunbarton ; M.A. (Glas-
gow 1740) ; licen. by Presb. of Dun-
barton 12th Aug. 1746; called 2nd July,
and ord. 26th Oct. 1752; died 14th July
1789, aged 67. He marr. 12th June 1755,
Anne (died at Edinburgh, 7th Dec. 1809),
daugh. of James Farquhar, merchant,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Katherine,
born 25th March 1756; Agnes, born 30th
June 1758, died 18th Aug. 1786 ; Elizabeth,
born 9th Oct. 1760, died 3rd Jan. 1841 ;
James, born 27th Feb. 1762 ; George, born
ayk]
SORN— STAIR
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8th Aug. 1765, apprenticed to a W.S. in
1782; Jean, born 18th Nov. 1767, died
5th Aug. 1845 ; Alexander, born 9th Nov.
1770, died 4th June 1841 ; Arthur, surgeon
H.E.I.C.S., Hyderabad, born 24th Dec.
1773, died Dec. 1819.— [Tombst., erected by
James Connell of Conheath in testimony
of duty, affection, and respect.]
GEORGE GORDON, licen. by Presb.
17go of Edinburgh 28th July 1779; pres.
by William Tennant of Sorn Nov.
1789 ; ord. 13th May 1790; D.D. (Glasgow,
Nov. 1804); died 25th Dec. 1805. He
marr. (1) Elizabeth Carruthers, who died
13th March 1799 : (2) 14th Feb. 1800, Ann
(died at Liverpool, 12th Nov. 1834), daugh.
of George Lawrie, D.D., min. of Loudoun,
and had issue — George Lawrie, captain
H.E.I.C.S., born 25th March 1801, died
at Manipur, 30th Dec. 1844 ; Louisa, born
23rd July 1802 (marr. 6th Oct. 1833, Dr
Charles Bryce) ; Archibald Campbell, M.D.,
H.E.I.C.S., born 29th May 1804, died at
Jallundur, 30th Nov. 1849. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xx.).
LEWIS BALFOUR, pres. by William
Somervell of Hamilton's Farm 22nd
Jan., and ord. 28th Aug. 1806 ; trans,
to Colinton 28th Aug. 1823.
1806
JOHN STEWART, M.A. ; trans, from
1824 Oldham Street Church, Liverpool ;
pres. by Miss Agnes Somervell of
Hamilton's Farm 22nd Sept. 1823 ; adm.
11th March 1824 ; trans, to Liberton 28th
Sept. 1843.
JOHN RANKINE, born 28th Dec. 1816,
1843 son °^ J°nn R- °f Knockdon, Ayr-
shire, and Marion Sloan ; educated
at Maybole, Ayr Academy, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 14th
Sept. 1842 ; assistant at Lauder ; pres. by
Miss Somervell of Sorn ; ord. 30th Nov.
1843; D.D. (Edinburgh 1880); Moderator
of General Assembly 24th May 1883 ; died
30th April 1885. He marr. 29th April
1845, Jane (died 21st Dec. 1879), daugh. of
Charles Simson of Threepwood, Roxburgh-
shire, and had issue — John of Threepwood,
K.C., LL.D., advocate, Professor of Scots
Law, Edinburgh, born 18th Feb. 1846;
Charles Simson of Threepwood, W.S., who
assumed the name of Simson, born 15th
Oct. 1847, died 19th Nov. 1911 ; Margaret
Romanes, born 25th May 1849 (marr.
John Brown, D.D., min. of Bellahouston,
Moderator in 1916) ; Adam George, mer-
chant, Liverpool, born 17th April 1852;
Marion Elizabeth, born 4th April 1854
(marr. Archibald Scott, D.D., min. of St
George's, Edinburgh, Moderator in 1896) ;
James, Liverpool, born 23rd Dec. 1855 ;
Janet Simson, born 29th July 1858 (marr.
George Milligan, D.D., Professor of
Divinity, Glasgow Univ.), died 16th Dec.
1898 ; Graham Somervell, born 27th and
died 30th March 1861 ; Jane Tait, born
1st Jan., died 18th Sept. 1863. Publication
— Address at Close of General Assembly,
1883.
RICHARD SPENSER RITCHIE, ord.
18__ 21st July 1885; trans, to Mains and
Strathmartine 21st Nov. 1888.
HENRY CUNNINGHAM BEGG, born
1st Dec. 1856, son of William B.,
D.D., min. of Falkirk ; educated at
Falkirk Grammar School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
May 1884 ; assistant at Sorn and Maxwell
Parish, Glasgow ; ord. 21st Feb. 1889; died
unmarr. 11th Feb. 1919.
1919
DAVID FYFE M'MATH, born Forfar,
24th Oct. 1889, son of Robert M.
and Jessie Fyfe ; educated at Forfar
Academy and Univ. of St Andrews, M.A.
(1911), B.D. (1914); licen. by Presb. of
Forfar 1914 ; served in European War as
Captain R.F.A., 1914-19, awarded M.C.
1917 ; assistant at Galston ; ord. 18th June
1919. Marr. 6th Aug. 1915, Christina J.,
daugh. of Alexander Cargill, and has issue
— Ian Forbes, born 3rd July 1917 ; Ronald
Alexander Cargill, born 27th Sept. 1919.
STAIR.
[The parish of Stair was disjoined from
Ochiltree by the Commissioners of Teinds
9th July 1673. Its erection was ratified
by Act of Parliament 22nd July 1690,
70
STAIR
[PRESB. OF
and a second time in 1709. Stair church
was rebuilt in 1864.]
GEORGE CAMPBELL, trans, from
171 Kilmadock ; called 25th March
1708; adm. 7th June 1710; trans,
to High Church, Glasgow, 12th May 1715.
JOHN BURNET, educated at Univ. of
1717 Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow 8th Dec. 1715 ; was tutor in the
family of Montgomery of Coilsfield ; called
20th Sept. 1716; ord. 13th March 1717;
died between 22nd Nov. 1732 and 1st Aug.
1733. He marr. (cont. 22nd May 1728),
Jean, third daugh. of Hugh Montgomery
of Coilsfield (she marr. secondly, John
M'Dermeit, min. of Second Charge, Ayr),
and had issue — John ; Jean.
JOHN STEELE, son of John S., min.
17 g of Old Cumnock ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 29th May 1734 ; called 24th
April, and ord. 14th Aug. 1735. Having
been present at the theatre when Home's
tragedy of Douglas was acted, he was called
before the Presb. and had to express regret.
He died Father of the Church, 13th
April 1804, aged 93. He marr. (1) cont.
6th June 1748, Mary (died 14th Oct. 1761),
eldest daugh. of John Chalmers of Gad-
girth, but had no issue : (2) 10th Aug.
1762, Christian (died at Edinburgh, 21st
April 1814, aged 85), daugh. of John Steuart
of Dalguise, and had issue — Julia (marr.
1796, Francis Redfearn, H.E.I.C.S., of
Langton Lodge, Yorks), died 22nd Aug.
1851 ; Margaret (marr. 1800, Lieut.-Col.
Joseph Burnett, H.E.I.C.S.). Publications
— Sermons (Edinburgh, 1778); Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.).—
[Paterson's Ayr, i., 237; Tombst.; Scots
Mag., xix.]
ALEXANDER SMALL, pres. by John,
1805 Earl of Stair, 27th Aug., and ord.
18th April 1805; trans, to Second
Charge, Stirling, 21st Jan. 1818.
WILLIAM RORISON, studied at Univ.
1818 of Edinburgh; tutor in the family
of Sir William Miller, Lord Glenlee ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 7th Jan.
1818; pres. by John, Earl of Stair, 20th
Feb., and ord. 24th Sept. 1818 ; died 29th
May 1862. He marr. 7th June 1819, Mary
(died 19th June 1868), fifth daugh. of
William Peebles, D.D., min. of Newton -
upon-Ayr, and had issue— Jane, born 8th
June 1820 (marr. Robert Inglis, min. of
Craigie) ; Margaret Ann, born 22nd Aug.
1822, died 10th May 1847; William Peebles,
D.D., min. of Dalserf, born 30th Oct. 1826 ;
Mary, born 16th July 1832. Publication-
Account of the Parish {Neio Stat. Ace, v.).
WILLIAM M'CAA KER, born 2nd Nov.
1862 182^, eldest son of John K., banker,
Stranraer ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; ord. to New Luce 8th Feb. 1855 ;
trans, and adm. 23rd Oct. 1862; died 9th
March 1881. He marr. 20th Feb. 1861,
Jessie (died 28th Feb. 1912), daugh. of
John Allan, writer, Glasgow, and had issue
—John, born 19th Feb. 1862, died 9th Aug.
1877 ; Helen Alexandra, born 10th March
1863, died 7 th Aug. 1912 ; Francis Walter,
Glasgow, born 18th June 1864; Georgina
Margaret, born 24th Feb. 1866, died 21st
June 1870 ; William Albert, Glasgow, born
10th March 1869; David Stevenson, mer-
chant, Glasgow, born 10th Sept. 1872 ; Lydia
Morland Murray, born 17th April 1876.
JAMES KING HEWISON, M.A., B.D. ;
1881 orc*- 15t^ Sept. 1881 ; trans, to
Rothesay 8th Jan. 1884.
CHARLES STEWART RUSSELL,
1884 ^cen- by Presb. of Greenock 18th
Oct. 1876; ord. to Patna 3rd May
1880; trans, and adm. 3rd July 1884, died
unmarr. 29th Aug. 1889.
1890
ROBERT BARR DICKSON, born 10th
Jan. 1859, son of John Inches D.,
min. of Kirkbean ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to Holytown
25th Jan. 1883; trans, and adm. 20th
March 1890; res. 5th July 1899. Marr.
15th Sept, 1885, Flora (died 29th Sept.
1886), daugh. of Alexander Macdonald,
min. of Kildonan, and has issue — George
Arthur Macdonald, min. of Fordyce, born
22nd Sept. 1886.
aye]
STAIR— STRAITON
71
WILLIAM HENRY SHANNON, born
1899 Glasg°w> 18tl1 JaU> 1868, SOn 0i
James S. and Ellen Dunn ; edu-
cated at Mearns Street Public School,
Avenue Park Collegiate School, Greenock,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Greenock 24th April 1894 ; assistant at
Inversnaid, Thornwood, and Riccarton
(Kilmarnock); ord. 7th Dec. 1899. Marr.
2nd June 1908, Hilda, daugh. of John
Meikle of Barskimming and Lochlibo, and
has issue — Hilda Helen Elizabeth, born
20th June 1909 ; Constance Eileen, born
31st Aug. 1910; Agnes Meikle, born 26th
Dec. 1913 ; James, born 29th Jan. 1916.
STRAITON.
[The church of Straiton was dedicated to
St Cuthbert. It belonged to the Abbey of
Crossregal. A stone in the churchyard here
records the memory of Thomas MacHaffie,
who, in 1686, was raised from a sick bed,
and required to take the Oath of Ab-
juration. Failing to do so, he was shot
forthwith. At the foot of Trostan Hill
in the parish, there was a chapel of St
Drostan.]
1568
JOHN M'QUORNE, formerly exhorter ;
entered at Beltein in 1568. In 1574
he had also Maybole, Kirkbryde, and
Kirkmichael under his charge ; was on a
committee nominated by the Privy Council
6th March 1589, for the preservation of
true religion in the sheriffdom of Carrick ;
still min. in 1597, and died previous to
30th May 1598.— [Reg. Min. ; Calderwood's
Hist., iv., 570.]
JOHN M'QUORNE, M.A. (Glasgow
1598 1589) ; adm. to Dalmellington in
1591 ; trans, to Maybole in 1595 ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 30th
May 1598 ; was enjoined by the Presb. 27th
June 1642, to get "ane helper in respect
of the laichnes and infirmitie of his voyce " ;
was dep. 26th Nov. 1645, as he "usuallie
frequents the aill-house, drinking indiffir-
entlie with all sorts of persons from morning
to night, except a little in the midst of the
day, when he goes home to take a sleep.1'
He marr. Jean M'Quhirtour, widow of
James Chalmers. She died July 1635, and
had issue — James ; Samuel ; Jean ; Eliza-
beth (marr., cont. 23rd Nov. 1636, Thomas
M'Blane in Camragen). — [Eeg. Assig. ; Ayr
Sess. Reg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Booke of the
Kirk ; Calderwood's Hist., vii., 385 ; Reg.
of Deeds, dxiv., 318.]
HEW ECCLES, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1644 2<^ "^y 1638) ; called unanim-
ously, and adm. (colleague) 28th
Aug. 1644 ; pres. to the vicarage by Charles
I. March 1647; died March 1662, aged
about 44. He marr. Anna, daugh. of
William Cockburn, min. of Kirkmichael,
she survived him, and had issue — William,
served heir, 19th Feb. 1663; Anna.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 4677, Ayr, 622.]
DAVID M'QUORNE, adm. to Alloway
1662 Def°re !636 ; pres. by Charles II.
11th Sept. 1662 ; still min. 7th April
1664. He marr. Margaret Annand, who
survived him, and had issue — a daugh.
(marr. Adam Blair) ; a daugh. (marr. John
Rankine of Blook) ; Sara (marr. David
M'Querne, min. of Kirkmabreck). — [Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Ayr Sheriff-Court Books, 20th
Oct. 1682.]
GEORGE MEIK, educated at St Sal-
1683 vators College ; M.A. (St Andrews,
23rd July 1672) ; passed trials before
the Presb. there, and had a testimonial for
licence 18th Aug. 1675 ; was an expectant
31st Aug. 1679 ; adm. min. of Coylton
before 12th Dec. 1682 ; trans, here in
1683; deserted his charge in 1689.— [Ket-
tins Sess. Reg. ; Ayr Sheriff-Court Books,
30th Jan. 1683.]
ALEXANDER KENNEDY, born 1663,
1691 son of John K. of Dalmorton ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 27th April 1688;
called July 1689 ; ord. 27th Jan. 1691 ;
he was immediately commissioned to the
North, and acted a conspicuous part in
supplying the church of Foveran, under
the auspices of the Presb. of Aberdeen,
and the protection of Alexander Udny of
Udny's servants, and armed dragoons. He
died before 16th March 1737. He acquired
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STRAITON— SYMINGTON
[PKESB. OF
the estate of Knockgray, Kirkcudbright.
He marr. (1) 13th Jan. 1691, Elizabeth
Chalmers of Bonnington, who died 1710,
and had issue — John of Knockgray ; Adam,
licentiate, died in 1738 : (2) Jean Crawford,
who died 17th Sept. 1763, and had issue —
Anna. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Spalding Club
Miss., ii.]
ROBERT WALKER, called unanimously
17 8th June, and ord. 14th Sept. 1738 ;
trans, to Second Charge, South Leith,
20th Nov. 1746.
JOHN M'DERMEIT [FERGUSS-
ll74g HILL], born 1724, son of John M.,
min. of Ayr ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1746) ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 21st Dec. 1748 ; called 23rd Feb., and
ord. 3rd Aug. 1749 ; he assumed the name
of Fergusshill ; died 13th Sept. 1793. He
marr. 11th Jan. 1762, Agnes (died at Largs,
20th June 1818, aged 81),daugh. of William
M'Jerrow of Altanalbany, and had issue —
John, born 24th April 1763 ; William, born
12th Dec. 1764; Giles, born 25th Dec.
1766; Janet, born 27th Feb. 1769 (marr.
27th March 1796, Andrew Wilson, mer-
chant, Renfrew) ; Agnes, born 29th Jan.
1771 (marr. William Crawford, D.D., min.
of this parish) ; Jean, born 12th Jan. 1773 ;
Robert, born 17th Sept. 1775 ; Helen,
born 23rd May 1778, died 7th March 1828.
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, probably
fourth son of William C, farmer,
New Cumnock; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
24th April 1787 ; pres. by George III. 9th
Nov. 1790 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
21st April 1791 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 3rd
Feb. 1810) ; res. 2nd Oct. 1816, on appoint-
ment as Professor of Moral Philosophy, St
Andrews ; died 23rd Sept. 1822, aged 60.
He marr. 6th Feb. 1792, Agnes, daugh. of
John M'Dermeit, min. of this parish, and
had issue — William, born 23rd Oct. 1793 ;
Agnes, born 21st March 1795 ; John
M'Dermeit, born 4th Dec. 1796; Andrew,
born 29th May 1798; Elizabeth, born 6th
Aug. 1799, died 30th Dec. 1813; Robert,
born 13th Feb. 1802 ; George (twin), born
13th Feb. 1802; Alexander, born 29th
1791
Oct. 1804 ; Thomas Jackson, D.D., Professor
of Divinity, Edinburgh, born 13th Feb. 1812.
Publication — Sermons (Edinburgh, 1815).
JOHN PAUL, pres. by George, Prince
lgl7 Regent, 6th Nov. 1816 ; ord. 1st
May 1817; trans, to Maybole 4th
Sept. 1823.
ROBERT PATON, pres. by George IV.
1824 15th Sept. 1823; ord. 22nd April
1824; trans, to St David's Parish,
Glasgow, 11th April 1844.
v JOHN BLAIR, born 30th Jan. 1821, son
1844 °^ Thomas B., min. of Colmonell ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A.
(1839); licen. by Presb. of Stranraer;
pres. by Queen Victoria ; ord. 25th July
1844; died 21st Oct. 1898. He marr. 7th
April 1847, Jean (died 20th Feb. 1916),
daugh. of Quintin Macadam, Dalmorton,
Ayrshire, and had issue — Margaret Eliza-
beth, born 13th March 1848 ; Thomas, born
14th Oct. 1849; Quintin, born 28th Oct
1851; Anna M'Fadzean, born 19th July
1853; John Henry, born 23rd May 1855
Jane Macadam, born 11th June 1857
Catherine Jane, born 25th Aug. 1859
James Andrew, born 24th Jan. 1862
Henrietta Ritchie (twin), born 24th Jan.
1862, died 9th Feb. 1890.
WELLWOOD MAXWELL LANDALE,
1899 Dorn 24^U June 1870, son of David
L., min. of Applegarth ; educated at
Fettes College and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1892) ; licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben
1896; assistant at St Giles, Edinburgh,
1897; ord. 20th April 1899. Marr. 16th
July 1902, Agnes Frances, daugh. of John
Macvicar Anderson, architect, London.
SYMINGTON.
[The church of Symington belonged
to the Ministry of the Red Friars of Fail,
and is an ancient Norman building It
was restored in 1919.]
Sir JOHN MILLAR, vicar in 1566.—
1566 [Treas. Ace, xi., 487.]
THOMAS CARRINGTON, reader in
1567 1567.
ayk]
SYMINGTON
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JOHN MILLAR (probably same as
above), reader, 1574 to 1586 ; died
1574 previous to 27th May 1598.
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE, formerly
min. of Stirling and Archbishop of
Glasgow ; adm. in Feb. 1587 ; trans,
to Stewarton about 1589.
WILLIAM WALLACE, M.A. (Glasgow
1595) ; pres. to the vicarage by
1598 James VI. 27th May 1598, and again
by him as tutor-at-law of Henry, Duke of
Rothesay, 2nd Dec. 1601 ; still min. 16th
Feb. 1626. He marr. Jane Cathcart, and
had issue— Agnes (marr. William, eldest son
of John Wallace in Scheilles). — [Ayr Sas.,
iii., 575.]
1636
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE, M.A. (Glas-
gow 1617) ; adm. in 1636 ; deprived
before April 1642.— [Syn. Boll, 1642.]
JOHN GEMMILL, M.A. (Glasgow 1637) ;
reader and schoolmaster of Mauch-
1642 line; adm. 6th July 1642; refused
to conform to Episcopacy in 1662 ; dep.
by Diocesan Synod ; was accused of preach-
ing and baptizing irregularly, and confined
to his parish March 1669 ; returned that
year.
JAMES WHYTE, adm. about 1667;
1667 trans, to Strichen 4th July 1669.
1669
JOHN GEMMILL [in Wodroiv,
GEMBLE], above mentioned ; had
an indulgence by the Privy Council
3rd Aug. 1669; was sent for Aug. 1670,
together with other Presbyterian mins.,
by His Majesty's Commissioner, to consult
in order to an Accommodation ; returned
to the parish in 1687.
1685
WILLIAM BLAIR, son of Thomas B.,
schoolmaster, Monifietb ; M.A. (St
Andrews, 25th July 1676) ; passed
trials before the Presb. of Meigle ; was
recommended for licence 9th Jan. 1683 :
adm. to Sorn before 31st Aug. 1684 ; trans,
in 1685 ; outed in 1689 ; deprived by Act
of Parliament restoring Presbyterian mins.,
25th April 1690.— [Kettins Sess. Reg.']
1687
JOHN GEMMILL, above mentioned ;
returned under the Toleration ; was
at the Presb. 3rd Aug. 1687 ; re-
stored by Act of Parliament, 25th April
1690 ; died Father of the Church be-
tween 3rd Jan. and 7th Feb. 1705, aged
about 88. He marr., and had issue —
William of Tourlands ; John ; Marion. —
[Wodrow's Hist., ii., 296 ; Ayr Sheriff-Court
Books, 4th July 1698.]
WILLIAM WALLACE, chaplain to
Lady Sinclair of Longformacus ;
Keen, by Presb. of Dunbar 24th
Sept. 1701 ; called (to be colleague) Dec.
1704 ; ord. 28th March 1705 ; died between
23rd April and 3rd Sept. 1706. He marr.
Mary Bankhead, and had issue — Anna. —
[Ayr Sheriff-Court Books, 31st May 1707.]
GEORGE CRAWFORD, called 21st Oct.
1708 ; ord. 4th May 1709 ; trans, to
1705
1709
Stoneykirk 2nd Jan. 1712.
172
1733
JOHN COCHRANE, called 15th April,
and ord. 10th Sept. 1712 ; died be-
1712 tween 7th March and 25th April
1722. He marr., and had issue — Elizabeth
(marr. George Boyle of Mote) ; Jean ;
Margaret.
GEORGE REID, M.A. ; called 30th Aug.
1722; ord. 20th March 1723; trans.
to St Quivox 23rd Nov. 1732.
RICHARD CUNNINGHAM, born 1704,
second son of Alexander C, min. of
Dreghorn ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; chaplain in the family of
Lord President Dalrymple ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 27th Oct. 1730; called 19th
April, and ord. 6th Sept. 1733 ; died 4th
Nov. 1760. He marr. 20th March 1734,
Ann, daugh. of John Murray, merchant,
Edinburgh, to whom it is said he appeared
in a dream after his decease and told her
" she had yet fifteen years to live," and so
it nearly happened, as she died 24th Oct.
1775. He had issue— Elizabeth, born 2nd
Sept. 1735 (marr. George Bannatyne, min.
of St George's Church, Glasgow); Alex-
ander, min. of this parish ; Robert, born
13th Dec. 1739, went abroad. — [North
Berwick Sess. Beg. ; Scots Mag., xxii. ;
Robertson's Ayrsh. Fam., i., 315.]
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SYMINGTON
[PRESB. OF
1761
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, born
15th April 1737, eldest son of
preceding ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 28th
Nov. 1759 ; pres. to Monkton by Thomas,
Earl of Dundonald, 4th Nov. 1760. The
presentation being disputed, was upheld
by Court of Session, 31st Jan. 1761. C.
then res. and was pres. by Commissioner
for Alexander, Earl of Eglinton, March,
and ord. 3rd. Sept. 1761 ; libelled 18th
Dec. 1765 for "leaving the parish in 1762,
taking up his residence in Edinburgh till
Dec. last, attending the theatre, obscene
conversation, tippling, drinking to excess,
etc.," but the prosecution was withdrawn ;
died 10th Dec. 1783. Publications— Two
single Discourses or Sermons (Glasgow,
1763-9); Poems on the British Authors
(Glasgow, 1779). — [Robertson's Ayrsh.
Fam., i., 315.]
WILLIAM LOGAN, eldest son of
1784 "William L. of Camlarg, Ayrshire ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th Jan. 1782;
pres. by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, in May,
and ord. 16th Sept. 1784; died 4th Oct.
1801. He marr. 20th March 1787, Ann
Baird, who died 10th Feb. 1843, and had
issue — Katherine, born 22nd April 1788 ;
John, captain in Madras army, born 26th
Sept. 1789; Euphemia, born 10th Nov.
1791 ; Anne, born 5th Nov. 1794 ; Eliza-
beth, born 2nd Sept. 1796 ; Helen, born
12th June 1800. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.).
1802
ALEXANDER FLOCKHART, licen. by
Presb. of Fordoun 4th Sept. 1793 ;
pres. by tutors of Mary, Lady
Montgomerie, 20th, 22nd, and 25th March,
and ord. 16th Sept. 1802 ; died unmarr.
2nd May 1808.
THOMAS SMITH WHARRIE [or
M'WHARRIE], born 19th June
1809 1776, son of Robert W., surgeon,
Pathhead, Douglas, and Elizabeth
Smith ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1795); licen. by Presb. of Lanark
1st Aug. 1804; pres. by Lord and Lady
Montgomerie 6th Oct. 1808 ; ord. 27th April
1809 ; died 27th Feb. 1844. He marr. 11th
March 1816, his cousin Elizabeth (died 17th
July 1867), daugh. of John Fraser, min. of
Libberton, and had issue — Jane, born 13th
March 1817, died unmarr. at Glasgow,
March 1895; Robert, M.D., Deputy In-
spector-General of Hospitals, born 28th
Oct. 1819, died at Toftcombs, Biggar, 28th
Aug. 1899 ; John, farmer in America, born
30th Sept. 1822, died unmarr. ; Eliza,
born 27th Jan. 1826, died at Glasgow July
1893 ; Thomas, C.E., Glasgow, born 30th
Aug. 1828, died 1916 or 1917.
GEORGE ORR, born 1814, third son of
James O., farmer, Dundonald; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine ; pres. by Mary, Lady
Montgomerie ; ord. (assistant and successor)
10th Sept. 1840. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of Symington Free Church,
1843-82; died at Edinburgh, 15th July
1882. He marr. 1850, Jessie Hamilton
Howe.
1840
1844
JOHN DAVIDSON, born 1798, youngest
son of James D., schoolmaster,
Lanarkshire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1832); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow; pres. by Mary, Lady Mont-
gomerie ; ord. (assistant and successor) 25th
Jan. 1844 ; died 17th April 1883. He marr.
1st Feb. 1844, Helen Thomson (died 3rd
Nov. 1881), and had issue — Jane, born
15th Feb. 1846 (marr. Matthew Meikle,
min. of Fintry).
1878
PETER CONSTABLE LYALL, born
Logie, Fife, 1853 ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 6th June 1876 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 14th Nov. 1878 ; died un-
marr., 19th July 1905.
v JOHN GAGE BOYD, born 19th Aug.
1906 1873, son of John B. and Margaret
Anderson ; educated at Coleraine
Academical Institution and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr (Original
Secession Church) ; ord. to Original Seces-
sion Church, Midlem, in 1899 ; adm. to
Church of Scotland in 1904 ; assistant at
Galashiels in 1905; adm. here 17th Jan.
1906. Marr. 5th Aug. 1902, Minnie, only
AYR]
TARBOLTON AND BARNWEIL
75
daugh. of Andrew Reid, Coleraine, and has
issue — Annie Elizabeth Gage, born 14th
March 1909.
TARBOLTON AND BARNWEIL.
[These two parishes were united in 1673.
The rectory of Tarbolton was a prebend of
Glasgow. Tarbolton Church was rebuilt in
1821.]
DAVID CURLE, reader from Nov.
1571 1571.
JOHN NISBET, son of John N. in
167g Rystubhill, East Lothian ; entered
1st May 1575, Barnweil, St Quivox,
Monkton, and Prestwick, being also in his
charge ; died Aug. 1610. He marr.
Margaret Dunbar, who survived him, and
had issue — William, his successor in this
parish; Adam, notary. — [Beg. Assig. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Regality of Torphichen
Minutes, 1614-15, p. 117 : Laing Charters,
1871.]
WILLIAM NISBET, eldest son of
iei4 Preceding ; adm. about 1614 ; was
still min. 4th Sept. 1650. He marr.
Jean Wallace, and had issue — Edward.
Publications — A Golden Chain of Time
(Edinburgh, 1650) ; Scripture Chronology
(London, 1655). — [Ayr Sess. Beg. ; Reg. of
Deeds, ccclxvii., 29 ; (Doivnie), dlxxi., 13th
Nov. 1652.]
JOHN GUTHRIE, youngest son of
1658 James G. of Pitforthie, Forfar-
shire; M.A. (Glasgow 1652); adm.
about 1658 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was accused of
turbulent and seditious conduct 14th July
1663 ; took part in the Pentland Rising in
1666, but was prevented from being present
at Rullion Green through illness. He was
indicted before the Justiciary Court 15th
Aug. 1667 and condemned to death, but
received the royal pardon 1st Oct. there-
after; died in 1669, aged about 37. He
was an excellent musician. He marr.
Mary Haldane, who survived him, and was
imprisoned at Edinburgh for attending a
conventicle 6th Nov. 1676. Publication —
A Sermon upon Breach of Covenant
(Howie's collection). — [Wodrow's Hist., ii.,
28, 73, 335; Guthrie's Christian's Great
Interest; Acts Pari., ix. ; Kirkton's Hist.]
WILLIAM NASMYTH, M.A. ; trans,
from Borgue in 1666 ; trans, to
Eckford 8th May 1678.
JAMES [Wodrow says, GEORGE]
1681 GILLESPIE, M.A. (Glasgow, 4th
July 1670) ; adm. about 1681 ; he
and his brother-in-law, James Gordon,
min. of Rosneath, having been assaulted
and wounded in his manse, the parishioners
were summoned before the Privy Council
2nd June 1681 ; outed at the Revolution,
he retired to Edinburgh, and was living
in Murray's Land at the Craig Well in
1701. He marr. Anne, daugh. of Archibald
Dennistoun of Dalquharn, min. of Campsie.
—[Wodrow's Hist., iii., 246; Rule's Sec.
Vindication ; P. C. Beg., 3rd ser., vii., 123,
187-8.]
GEORGE ANDREWS, called July
1689 1688; ord. 28th March 1689; trans,
to Prestonpans 10th Oct. 1694.
HENRY OSBORN, studied at Univ.
of Glasgow in 1680 ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 10th April, called June, and
ord. 11th Dec. 1695 ; died between 1st
June and 4th Aug. 1737. He marr. (cont.
12th March 1701), Janet, daugh. of Archi-
bald Dickson of Tourlands, and had issue
— Janet (marr. John Adams, min. of Dal-
rymple) ; Margaret (marr. Robert Fergus-
son, min. of Ayr). — [Ayr Sas.< vii., 243.]
PATRICK WODROW, born 8th March
1*738 i?13' second son of Robert W., min.
of Eastwood, the historian ; called
13th April, and pres. by Montgomerie of
Coilsfield; ord. 18th Aug. 1738; D.D.
(St Andrews, 28th June 1784); died 17th
April 1793. He marr. 18th June 1755,
Elizabeth (died at Mauchline, 19th March
1812, aged 98), daugh. of James Balfour of
Pilrig, and had issue — Robert of Viewfield,
born 8th May 1758. Publication — Copy of
a Printed Letter, signed John Gillies,
addressed to the Elders of the Synod of
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TARBOLTON AND BARN WEIL
[PRESB. OF
Glasgow and Air, with Observations Moral
and Theological (1784).— [Wodrow's Hist.,
i., xvii ; Life of J. Wodrow ; Tombst.]
JOHN M'MATH, eldest son of James M.,
17S2 in the parish of Galston ; MA.
(Glasgow 1772) ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 5th July 1779 ; called 20th Dec. 1781 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 16th May
1782 ; dem. 21st Dec. 1791, enlisted as a
private soldier ; died at Rossul in Mull,
10th Dec. 1825. He was a friend of Burns,
and erred in being too fond of convivial
society. One of the poet's rhyming Epistles
was addressed to him. — [Wallace's Burns,
i., 193.]
WILLIAM RITCHIE, pres. by Colonel
7 . Hugh Montgomerie of Coilsfield,
afterwards Earl of Eglinton 9th
Sept. 1793; ord. 24th April 1794; trans.
to Kilwinning 8th Nov. 1798.
JOHN RITCHIE, bapt. 2nd Nov. 1760,
1799 y°unSer son °f John R., wright,
Foulis Wester; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Chanonry
13th July 1790; ord. to Dunsyre 4th Sept.
1794 ; pres. by Hugh, Earl of Eglinton, in
March, trans, and adm. 27th June 1799;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 28th July 1827); died
17th May 1828. He marr. 30th April 1797,
Christian Stoddart, who died 3rd Oct. 1844,
and had issue — William, born 17th Jan.
1798 ; David, min. of this parish ; John,
born 4th Dec. 1801 ; James, born 30th
March 1804; George, D.D., min. of Jed-
burgh, born 22nd Sept. 1806; Elizabeth,
born 2nd Sept. 1808 ; Alexander, born
18th Sept. 1811, died 16th Feb. 1821;
Maurice Murray, born 17th Jan. 1815.
Publication — Accounts of Coupar - Angus
and Kettins (Sinclair's Stat. Ace).
DAVID RITCHIE, born 11th Nov. 1799,
1829 second son of preceding ; MA.
(Edinburgh, 4th Dec. 1824); licen.
by Presb. of Cupar 3rd June 1824 ; pres.
by Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton,
with consent of his curators 2nd, 6th,
7th, and 11th Aug. 1828; ord. 22nd Jan.
1829; died 4th July 1883. He marr. 6th
April 1848, Mary Kelso Ballantyne (died
4th Nov. 1832), daugh. of Robert Auld,
1883
min. of Ayr and widow of Alexander
Wilson, and had issue — Susan Alexis,
born 19th Jan. 1849 ; John William, min. of
Langside, born 15th Oct. 1851. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Netv Stat. Ace, v.).
JAMES CRAIG HIGGINS.born Irvine,
27th Sept. 1856, son of David H.
and Janet Craig ; educated at Irvine
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1880),
B.D. (1883) ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock in
1883 ; assistant at West Parish, Greenock ;
ord. 19th Sept. 1883. Marr. 3rd June 1879,
Mary Ann Macleod, daugh. of John Camp-
bell, farmer, Maybole. Publications — Life
of Robert Burns (Paisley, 1893) ; Patriotic
Pageant " Britannia 's Reception" (1914).
BARNWEIL.
[The church of Barnweil belonged to the
ministry of Fail within the parish. Of this
religious house, founded in 1252, there are
now but very scanty remains. It was the
chief Scottish convent of the Order of the
Red Friars, or Friars of the Holy Trinity ;
its superior, termed the Minister of Fail,
being provincial of the order in Scotland.
The ruins of Barnweil Church still stand
in the churchyard. The parish was sup-
pressed by the Commissioners of Teinds,
9th July 1673, and annexed to the parishes
of Tarbolton and Craigie.]
JOHN MILLAR, exhorter, Nov.
1566 1566.
1574 ROBERT GAW, reader in 1574.
JOHN NISBET, min. of Tarbolton;
1575 also had charge here.
DAVID ALANSON [ALISON], reader
1576 from 1576 to 1580.
ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, min. about
1580. He marr. Jean, daugh. of
Robert Hunter of Hunterston (she
survived him and marr. (2) before 1608,
Alexander Scrimgeour, min. of Irvine), and
had issue — Jean, heiress of Hunterston
(marr. Patrick, son to William Hunter, in
Binberrie Yairds) ; Catherine, died before
1613 (marr. Robert Cuninghame of Auchin-
harvie. — [Paterson's Ayr, iii., 347.]
AYR]
BARNWEIL— TROON
77
ROBERT SOMERVILLE, M.A. ; trans,
from Coulter ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. before 21st July 1615 ;
re-trans, to Coulter in 1616.
JOHN FERGUSSON, son of William
F., burgess of Glasgow ; pres. by
James VI. 21st July 1616 ; was
served nearest agnate to the children of
Robert F., commissary clerk of Lome, 4th
April 1634; still min. 4th Aug. 1639, but
died shortly afterwards. He had issue —
Alexander, student at Glasgow Univ. in
1647.— {Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Ayr Sess. Beg. ;
Inq. Ret. de Tut., 508, 509.]
ROBERT WALLACE, M.A. ; adm. in
1640; took the side of the Resolu-
tioners, and was promoted to the
bishopric of the Isles in 1662 (q.v.).
ROBERT KINCAID, probably son of
John K. of Auchenreoch and Agnes
Buchanan; M.A. (Glasgow 1658);
adm. about 1662 ; proposed to be trans, to
Kirkmahoe in 1672 ; deserted the charge
at the Revolution ; retired to Glasgow ;
died Aug. 1691, aged about 53.— [Wodrow's
Hist., ii., 232 ; Reg. Old Dec, i. ; Glasg.
Tests.]
ROBERT PATON, M.A. (Glasgow 1648);
, adm. to Terregles 17th July 1660;
deprived 11th June 1662 ; engaged
in the Rising at Pentland, but had an Act
of Indemnity 1st Oct. 1667 ; restored by
Act of Parliament, 25th April 1690, to his
charge ; called in July, and trans. 26th
Aug. 1691 ; died before 5th July 1699, aged
about 71. He marr. (1) Sarah, daugh. of
Robert Maitland of Eccles : (2) Elizabeth
Kae, who died 17th June 1709, and had
issue— Margaret (perhaps marr. John Lock-
hart in Ayr). — [Dumfries Reg. (Bapt. and
Bur.) ; Wodrow's Anal.]
TROON (Q.S.).
[There was of old at Troon a chapel of
St Medan. In 1836 a mission chapel was
built here, and the General Assembly
granted a constitution and assigned a dis-
trict to the chapel. The parish of Troon
was disjoined from Dundonald 18th March
1878.]
JAMES FLEMING, born Glasgow, 17th
1836 ^ec" ^92, eldest son of Archibald
F., Anderston, Glasgow, and Isabella
Maxwell of the Pollok family ; educated at
Burgh School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 16th Sept. 1824;
min. of chapel at Troon, 1824-36 ; ord. 15th
Dec. 1836 ; died 25th Oct. 1888. He marr.
15th Feb. 1830, Janet (died 9th June 1864),
daugh. of Andrew Hamilton, min. of High
Kirk, Kilmarnock, and had issue — Jessie,
born 16th Jan. 1831 (marr. John Neil
M'Leod, min. of Chryston) ; Archibald,
min. of St Paul's Church, Perth, born 14th
Feb. 1833 ; Isabella Wilson, born 12th July
1834 (marr. 1854, James Abercromby Taylor,
accountant, Glasgow) ; Andrew Hamilton,
warehouseman, Glasgow, born 18th April
1836, died 8th Sept. 1877 ; Jane Hamilton,
born 18th July 1838 ; James, D.D., min.
of Kettins, born 12th May 1842; Rebecca
Maxwell, born 27th June 1844. Publica-
tions— Numerous short memoirs, pamphlets,
and tracts.
ROBERT SMITH, born Uphall, 2nd
j 87 June 1858, son of Robert S. and
Catherine Drysdale ; educated at
Ecclesmachan School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1886 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 18th
May 1887. Marr. 4th June 1901, Janet,
daugh. of James Gilmore, Troon, and has
issue — Robert James, born 12th May 1902.
PRESBYTERY OF IRVINE
[In 1581 the General Assembly erected this Court, and called it the Presbytery of
Cunningham. Nevertheless, it has generally been styled, from its place of meeting, the
Presbytery of Irvine. Its Records are extant from 17th Aug. 1687, with a gap from 18th
April 1699 to 20th Sept. 1710.]
ARDROSSAN.
[The old churchyard lies open to the
wind on the Castle Hill of Ardrossan. The
church there was blown down by a violent
gale in 1695. A new church was then built
half a mile inland in a less exposed situa-
tion. In 1744 this latter site was ex-
changed for one at the rising town of
Saltcoats. The new building there fared
little better from the western blasts than
the old one at Ardrossan. In 1773 it was
so much damaged by a wild storm of
wind that it had to be rebuilt next year.
A handsome new church was erected in 1907.
At Saltcoats, in earlier times, there was a
chapel of St Medan. Two fairs in the year
were held at Saltcoats, one on St Laurence's
Day, 10th Aug., the other on the Nativity
of St Mary, 8th Sept.]
ALEXANDER HENDERSON, exhorter
1567 from Nov. 1567 to Lammas 1572.
7 THOMAS BOYD, reader from Lammas
1572 1572 to Beltein 1573.
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, reader at
1573 Beltein 1573.
7 GEORGE BOYD, reader, 1574 to
1574 1591.
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, M.A. ;
min. m 1591 ; trans, to Stevenston
1591
before 1603.
78
ALEXANDER DUNLOP, M.A. (Glas-
le2_ gow 1610) ; was on the Exercise
there 17th Jan. 1616 ; min. in 1623 ;
dep. before 20th Oct. 1646. He marr.
Elizabeth Hemes, and had issue —
William. — [Commiss. to Ass., 1638 ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Reg. of Deeds, ccclvii., 301.]
RALPH RODGER, called 18th, and
7 adm. 27th May 1647; he joined the
Protesting Party in the Church and
was called to Ayr, but declined ; trans, to
High Kirk, Glasgow, 5th June 1659.
JOHN BELL of Blook, adm. about
. 1659 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was
granted an indulgence by the Privy
Council 27th July 1669 ; was allowed by
the Council to visit his father who was
dying 22nd June 1671, and on 8th May
1685 his liberty Avas continued six months
longer under caution. He returned in
1687.
LUKE GREENSHIELDS of Swinstie ;
1687 M.A. (Edinburgh 1665); adm. to
Morton before 1684 ; trans, to this
parish before 24th April 1687, but outed
in 1689. He marr. Elizabeth Hamilton,
widow of Robert Row, min. of Abercorn.
— [G. R. Sas., lxiv., 444.]
PRESB. OF IRVINE]
ARDROSSAN
79
1687
1739
JOHN BELL, before noticed ; returned
and was at the meeting of Synod
30th Aug. 1687; dem. after 3rd
April 1688 ; adm. to Smailholm 12th Oct.
1691. He marr. Jean Murray.
THOMAS CLARK, chaplain to Lord
Montgomerie in 1688; ord. April
1691; died 20th Nov. 1737. He
marr. Grizel M'Neill, who survived him. —
[Glasg. Tests.]
ROBERT DOW, born Beith, 1707, son
of John D. and Margaret Stewart
MA. (Glasgow, 1st May 1724)
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 20th Aug. 1734
called 26th April, and ord. 23rd Aug,
1739 ; died 20th July 1787. He marr. 22nd
April 1743, Janet (died 20th June 1797),
daugh. of William Adie, and had issue —
William ; John, born 24th June 1 745, died
23rd Aug. 1746 ; Grizel, born 27th March
1747, died 29th Dec. 1820 ; Stewart, mer-
chant, Bermuda, born 9th Nov. 1748, died
18th July 1786; Janet, born 11th June
1750, died 14th Oct. 1812; Robert, born
12th Oct, 1751, died 24th Sept. 1752;
Robert, M.D., New Orleans, born 26th
May 1753; Margaret, born 18th Nov. 1754
(marr. Daniel Dow, merchant, Saltcoats) ;
William, born 21st April 1756, died 13th
April 1779 ; David, min. of Cathcart, born
1st Nov. 1757 ; John (secundtis), merchant,
Jamaica, born 3rd Jan. 1760 ; Alexander,
born 20th May 1761, died 17th Feb. 1768;
Mary ; Ann, born 6th April 1765 (marr.
Allan Ker, merchant, Greenock), died 25th
Jan. 1822.
JOHN DUNCAN, probably son of John
178g D., weaver, Kilmarnock ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; became rector
of the Grammar School of Kilmarnock ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 11th April 1787 ;
pres. by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, 28th
Dec. 1787 ; when sent to preach by the
Presb. he was stopped by a mob and turned
back 4th May 1788. The case subsequently
was referred to the Assembly and settle-
ment was appointed by the Commission,
and he was ord. at Irvine 28th Aug. 1789.
He died 31st Jan. 1819, aged 70. He marr.
(1) Christian Dow, who died 26th Feb.
1799 : (2) 23rd Dec. 1799, Helen Hart,
who died 28th May 1805, and had issue —
Catherine, born 15th Feb. 1801; Jane,
born 2nd Feb. 1805 : (3) 15th Nov. 1808,
Margaret Logan, Irvine. — [M'Kay's Hist, of
Kilmarnock, 159 ; Scots Mag., li. ; Report
on Church Patronage.]
JOHN HENDRY, second son of John
H., farmer, Baldernock ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; min. of Gourock
Chapel-of-Ease, 1789-96; assistant at Dairy;
app. by Hugh, Earl of Eglinton, in March,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 5th June
1810 ; died 10th Feb. 1835, aged 69. He
marr. 10th June 1805, Mary (died 1st March
1857), daugh. of John Adam, D.D., min. of
Middle Parish, Greenock, and had issue —
John Adam, student of medicine, 1825-6,
born 10th Dec. 1806, died April 1837.—
[Tonibst.]
" JOHN CAMPBELL BRYCE, born 1800,
eldest son of John B., farmer, Inner -
peffray ; educated at Parish Schools
of Madderty and Muthil, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 28th
Nov. 1826; assistant to preceding; pres.
by the trustees of Archibald William, Earl
of Eglinton, March, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 8th July 1830; died 14th May
1858. He marr. 27th Dec. 1830, Mary Ann
(died 20th March 1867), second daugh. of
Archibald Douglas, Burnbrae, and had
issue — Margaret, born 25th Sept. 1831,
died 3rd March 1844 ; Elizabeth, born
28th Dec. 1832 ; John, . born 18th April
1834, died 6th March 1858; Mary Ann,
born 27th Feb. 1835 ; Agnes Smith, born
24th May 1836 (marr. James Clow Bryce,
min. of Dalton) ; Archibald Douglas, born
3rd Oct. 1840. Publication— Account of
the Parish (New Stat. Ace, v.). — [Smith's
Scottish Clergy, iii., 181.]
DAVID EVAN M'NAB, born Crieff,
1858 11th Nov. 1834, fifth son of Alex-
ander M., weaver, and Jean Foster ;
educated at Crieff School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder
14th May 1858 ; assistant at Dairy, Ayr-
shire, June to Sept. 1858; pres. by
Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton, Aug.,
80
NEW PARISH, ARDROSSAN
PRESB. OF
and ord. 16th Sept. 1858 ; died 18th July
1888. He raarr. 26th July 1859, Matilda
(died 22nd July 1890), daugh. of Hugh
King Hagart, and had issue— Alexander,
born 29th Aug. 1860, licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 10th June 1884, died 6th June 1886 ;
Rosina Bein Hagart, born 24th Nov. 1861 ;
Mary Crawford, born 5th Feb. 1863 (marr.
22nd Oct. 1885, John Stirrat) ; Jane Foster,
born 14th May 1864 (marr. 4th Nov. 1910,
Thomas Bradshaw) ; David Evan, born
16th Aug. 1865, died Jan. 1913; Matilda
King Hagart, born 10th March 1867;
Rachel Bein Hagart, insurance inspector,
born 23rd Sept. 1868; Stevenson Wilson,
born 31st Dec. 1869, min. of Crichton ;
William Brown, licentiate of the Church of
Scotland, afterwards vicar of Hadley, Shrop-
shire, born 7th Jan. 1871 ; Margaret Bein,
D.C.S. missionary, Lomweland, born 5th
March 1872; George Ashley Herbert, born
17th Feb. 1873, died 26th July 1901;
Radstock Bein Hagart, born 21st Sept.
1874 ; Jessie Elizabeth, born 30th Dec.
1876 (marr. 23rd April 1904, Dr Strachan).
v WILLIAM ROSSIE BROWN, born
1888 Glasgow, 24th May 1857, son of
James B. and Elizabeth Dickson,
educated at High School and Univs. of
Glasgow and Edinburgh ; MA. (Glasgow
1883) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1884 ;
assistant at Portobello ; ord. min. of Brox-
burn chapel in 1887 ; trans, and adm. 13th
Dec. 1888; died 13th Aug. 1907. He
marr. 28th Oct. 1884, Mary Jane, daugh.
of Alexander Fullarton, and had issue —
James, MA. (Glasgow), born 10th July
1886 [licen. by Presb. of Irvine 2nd May
1911, app. chaplain to the Duke of
Hamilton and ord. by Presb. of Hamilton
29th July 1912, assistant at Peebles, adm.
min. of Murrayfield 13th April 1915, served in
European War, 1914-15] ; Mary Shaw, born
2nd Dec. 1888 ; Elizabeth Dickson Rossie,
born 19th Aug. 1892, died 10th Oct. 1907.
DAVID DANIEL REES, born Neath,
1908 Glamorgan, 29th March 1876, son of
Thomas R. and Catherine Phillips ;
educated at Aberavon Academy and Univ.
of Wales; licen. by Presb. of Glamorgan-
shire June 1903; ord. min. of Welsh Presby-
terian Church, Llantrisint, Aug. 1904 ;
adm. by General Assembly 30th May 1907 ;
assistant at . Peebles in 1907 ; adm. 6th
Feb. 1908. Marr. 3rd March 1908, Grace
Evelyn Emlyn, eldest daugh. of the Rev.
A. Emlyn Jones, Downend, Bristol, and has
issue— Catherine Grace, born 7th Dec.
1908. Publication — Souvenir of Ardrossan
Parish (Saltcoats, 1908) ; Christ and the
Crisis (London 1917).
NEW PARISH, ARDROSSAN
{Q.S.).
[A church was built here on a site
granted by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton
and Winton, and largely at his expense.
The parish was disjoined from Ardrossan
and West Kilbride, 5th March 1851, at
Lord Eglinton's instance.]
THOMAS CLARK WILSON, formerly
of Perth, Canada; pres. by the
subscribers to the new church on
6th May 1845; trans, to Dunkeld 27th
Aug. 1846.
JAMES MACKAY, pres. by the sub-
scribers 15th April 1851 ; ord. first
min. of parish 5th June 1851 ; trans,
to Inverkei thing 26th Jan. 1854.
JOHN DRENNAN M'CALL, born
1827, third son of David M., canal
manager, Falkirk ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow ; pres. by Archibald William,
Earl of Eglinton and Winton, 16th May,
ord. and adm. 29th June 1854; died at
Aberfeldy, 8th June 1907. He marr. 27th
March 1861, Mary Williamson, eldest daugh.
of William Blackwood, writer, Peebles,
and had issue — Elizabeth Buchanan, born
25th April 1862; David, born 30th July
1863 ; Margaret Mary Williamson, born
26th Aug. 1865.
JOHN KIRKLAND CAMERON, ord.
and adm. (assistant and successor)
29th Sept. 1904; trans, to Auchter-
house 18th Dec. 1912.
DUGALD MARTHUR, born Renton,
1st March 1886, son of John M. and
Joan Forbes ; educated at Renton
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1908),
1851
1854
1904
IRVINE]
NOKTH CHURCH, SALTCOATS— BEITH
81
B.D. (1911); licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton
2nd May 1911 ; assistant in Barony Parish,
Glasgow, 1911-3; ord. 13th May 1913;
served in European War as 2nd lieu-
tenant in Black Watch ; died from wounds,
21st April 1917. He marr. 22nd April
1916, Margaret Steedman Sweet.
ROBERT PAUL FAIRLIE, born 12th
lgi7 March 1888, son of Archibald F.,
headmaster, Paisley, and Christina
Miller ; educated at Paisley Grammar
School, High School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1908) ; student missionary at North
Knapdale and Kildalton ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 3rd May 1911 ; assistant at
North Parish, Paisley, and Dunbarton ;
ord. to Lerwick 4th Feb. 1914; trans,
and adm. 4th Oct. 1917. Marr. 29th
April 1916, Florence Annie Allan, youngest
daugh. of James Wilson, L.R.C.P., Ash-
ville, Dunbarton, and has issue — Alison
Anna Bowie, born 23rd May 1917.
NORTH CHURCH, SALT-
COATS (Q.S.).
[A church built here was constituted as
a Gaelic chapel by Act of Assembly, 9th
May 1837. From 1843 until 6th Aug. 1872
the chapel appears to have been closed.
The Presb. then sanctioned that it should
be reopened as an English charge. On 14th
Dec. 1906 it was disjoined from Ardrossan
and Stewarton.]
JOHN HAMILTON, born Arran, 1804,
1838 eldest son of James H., farmer ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh ; nominated Oct.
1837, but his appointment was opposed.
After certain proceedings, the General As-
sembly on 31st May 1838 declared H. to have
been duly elected, and directed the Presb.
to ordain him, which was done 30th Aug.
1838. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of the Free Gaelic Church, Saltcoats,
1843-5; Free Church, Lochranza, 1845-7;
-died 30th May 1847. He marr. 1840,
Margaret Kerr, who survived him.
[Vacant 1843-72.]
VOL. III.
JOHN GOULD SMITH, assistant at
Tolbooth, Edinburgh ; app. 7th Jan.
1873 ; res. in 1876, and went to
Scots Church, Pietermaritzburg ; died in
1914. He marr., and had issue — J
Lindsay.
ROBERT WILLIAM PRIMROSE,
187_ licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 8th Jan.
1873 ; assistant at Fenwick in 1875 ;
ord. 2nd June 1876 ; res. 13th April 1877.
JOHN CLARK, educated at Univ. of
1877 Glasgow ; M.A. (1872), B.D. (1875) ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; ord.
10th July 1877 ; died unmarr. 24th March
1878.
FRANCIS HALDEN, licen. by Presb.
187 of Paisley ; ord. 11th July 1878 ; res.
2nd March 1899.
JOHN ROBERT SPOTTISWOODE,
1899 k°rn Edinburgh, 28th June 1861,
son of Hugh S. and Catherine
M'Liskie ; educated at Innerwick and East
Barns Schools, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
engaged as missionary of St Leonard's
Parish, Edinburgh, before licence ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh May 1898 ; as-
sistant at Muirkirk; ord. 13th July 1899.
Marr. 6th June 1900, Annie Nicol, daugh.
of John Pears Hutton, Edinburgh.
BEITH.
[The church of Beith was dedicated to St
Inan. It belonged to the Abbey of Kil-
winning. At Cuff Hill in the parish is
St Inan's Chair, and near it St Inan's
Well. There was also within the bounds
a Well of St Bride. A yearly tryst named
St Inan's Fair used to be held at Beith
on St Inan's Day in Aug. Beith Church
was rebuilt in 1810.]
' THOMAS BOYD, reader, from 1574
1574 to 1580.
JOHN WALLACE, reader, from 1585
lg85 till he was " changit by the Commis-
sioners' advyce " 26th Nov. 1586.
ROBERT MAXWELL, reader, 1586 to
1586 1588.
82
BEITH
[PRESB. OF
JOHN YOUNG, brother of Andrew Y.,
1589 domestic servant of the king ; was
min. of North Berwick in 1567 ;
trans, to Duns Nov. 1568 ; trans, to Jed-
burgh Aug. 1569 ; trans, to Irvine May
1570 ; trans, and adm. in 1589 ; app. one of
the Visitors for Ayrshire by the Assembly
in 1593. He was called before the Privy
Council 15th Feb. 1610, for intercommun-
ing with his brother-in-law, "ane knowne
trafficquing priest " ; died before 13th Aug.
1622. He marr. (1) Jean Wallace: (2)
Margaret Campbell, who survived him, and
had issue — George, min. of Mauchline. —
[Beg. Assig. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Booke of the
Kirk ; Orig. Lett., i. ; Inq. Bet. Gen., 2781 ;
Forbes' Becords ; Calderwood's Hist., iii.
463, vi. 444 ; Books of Coun. and Sess., 7th
May 1580.]
JAMES FULLARTON, son of William
1624 ^*' mm" °^ Dreghorn ; M.A. (Glasgow
1618); declined presentation to Dreg-
horn by James VI. 14th June 1620 ; was
adm. here before 1624 ; clerk of Presb. 25th
Sept. 1638; died before 30th March 1640,
aged 42. He marr. Barbara Boyd, who sur-
vived him. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Edin. Bapt. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett.]
PATRICK COLVILLE, M.A. (Edin-
1645 burSn' 25tn Ju*y 1629) 5 ord- before
1645, when he was a member of As-
sembly ; app. by the Council of England
8th Aug. 1654, on a committee for authoris-
ing admissions to the ministry in the
province of Glasgow and Ayr, and elected
Moderator of the last Synod previous to
the establishment of Episcopacy 2nd April
1661 ; died May 1662, aged about 53. He
marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of Aulay (1 Walter)
Macaulay of Ardencaple, and had issue —
Walter. She survived him, and marr. (2)
William Maitland, min. of this parish. —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Bannatyne
Miscell., ii. ; Nicoll's Diary.']
ANDREW WALKER, M.A. ; trans, from
Auchtertool ; he had the stipend for
crop in 1666 ; trans, to Eaglesham
in 1667.
WILLIAM MAITLAND, born 1635,
1669 y°UDgest son of Robert M. of Eccles,
and Mary, daugh. of John Brown,
min. of Glencairn ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 23rd
May 1655); adm. min. of Whitern about
1660 ; deprived 11th June 1662 ; granted an
indulgence here by the Privy Council 27th
July 1669 ; was one of those selected by
the Presbyterians when terms of accom-
modation were proposed in 1670, to deliver
an unfavourable answer regarding it at
Edinburgh. Receiving no stipend for 1675
and 1676 he applied to the Privy Council,
who granted letters of horning for pay-
ment thereof ; died Oct. 1681. He marr.
(1) (died in Galloway, s.p.), a daugh.
of James Hamilton, min. of the Old
Kirk, Edinburgh : (2) (cont. 26th Sept.
1666), Elizabeth Macaulay, widow of
Patrick Colville, min. here in 1645, and
had issue — William, min. of Mauchline :
(3) 16th June 1674, Mary, eldest daugh.
and co-heir of John M'Michan of Barcaple,
min. of Dairy (she survived him, marr. (2)
Gilbert Crocket, merchant, Dumfries, and
died 13th Sept. 1735, aged 83), and had
issue — John, bapt. 19th Jan. 1676, ancestor
of the Fuller-Maitlands of Stansted, Essex ;
Alexander, min. of Tongland, born 19th
March 1677, ancestor of the Dundrennan
family ; James, bapt. 5th Jan. 1679. —
[Harrison's Family of Maitland ; Wodrow's
Hist., i., 327 ; Tombst. ; Fenwick Sess. Beg. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Barns Writs.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, son of John
1683 ^'' maltman, burgess of Glasgow ;
M.A. (Glasgow, 27th July 1676);
adm. before 7th April 1683; died March
1686, aged about 30.— [Glasg. Com. Deeds,
2nd July 1685, 20th Dec. 1684; Glasg.
Tests.]
THOMAS WILKIE, M.A. (Edinburgh
1668) ; passed trials before Presb. of
Jedburgh, and got a testimonial for
iicen. 1st March 1676 ; adm. to Abbotrule
28th Sept. 1676 ; trans, and adm. before
15th June 1687 ; the parish was vacant in
1689; died in Edinburgh, 8th Jan. 1733,
aged 82. He marr. perhaps (1) Anna
Ewart (buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
9th Dec. 1692), and (2) Janet Johnston, for
1687
IRVINE]
BEITH
83
whose funeral expenses he was allowed £40
Scots in 1700. — [Greyfriars Btir. ; Charity
Boll.]
ALEXANDER ORR, M.A. ; adm. be-
tween 2nd April and 1st Oct. 1689 ;
trans, to Alyth in 1699, but did
not accept, and was adm. to St Quivox 31st
July 1700.
ROBERT CAMERON, educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 1st Sept.
1701 ; died 16th Dec. 1735. He
marr. Rebecca (died 22nd June 1749),
daugh. of Robert Hunter, min. of West
Kilbride.
WILLIAM LEECHMAN, M.A. ■ called
27th May, and ord. 30th Sept. 1736 ;
dem. 3rd Jan. 1744, on appointment
as Professor of Divinity in Univ. of Glasgow
(q.v.).
JOHN WITHERSPOON, M.A. ; called
24th Jan., and ord. 11th April 1745 ;
trans, to Laigh Parish, Paisley, 16th
June 1757.
DAVID M'CLELLAN of Nettlehirst,
born 1723, son of James M., min.
of Kirkcowan ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
14th April 1743); licen. by Presb. of
Wigtown 16th June 1752 ; pres. by Com-
missioner for Alexander, Earl of Eglinton,
16th Dec. 1757 ; ord. 24th Aug. 1758 ; died
22nd Oct. 1796. He marr. (1) 11th March
1767, Jean, only daugh. of George Brown of
Knockmarloch : (2) 30th March 1778, Isa-
bella (died 26th April 1823), daugh. of John
Fullarton (irrimus), min. of Dairy, and had
issue — Katharine Fullarton, born 7 th May
1779, died 27th Oct. 1827. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
viii.). — [Tombst., Ayr Sheriff-Court Boohs,
2nd Nov. 1771.]
ROBERT M'VEY, born 1766, eldest son
1796 of William M., merchant, Kippen ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbarton 3rd Dec. 1782 ;
pres. by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, 1st
Jan., and ord. (assistant and successor) 25th
Feb. 1796; died 3rd July 1811. He marr.
11th Nov. 1806, Janet (died 17th March
1847), daugh. of John M'Vey, and had issue
— Jean, born 27th Sept. 1807 ; Robert, born
13th March 1809 ; John, born 7th Dec. 1810,
died 20th March 1819.
JAMES MUIR, born Carstairs, 1771,
1812 e^est son of Alexander M. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 3rd Sept. 1798 ; pres. by
Hugh, Earl of Eglinton, Dec. 1811 ; ord.
23rd April 1812; died 19th Jan. 1831.
He marr. (1) 21st Jan. 1814, Harriet (died
3rd Nov. 1828), daugh. of James Crawford,
W.S., and had issue — Janet Graham, born
4th Nov. 1814; James Brown Crawford,
born 25th Jan. 1817, died at South Pether-
ton, Australia, 23rd Dec. 1876 : (2) 6th
July 1829, Margaret Macgregor (died s.p.
13th June 1833), widow of Joseph M'Laren,
surgeon.
GEORGE COLVILLE, third son of
1831 J°nn C., farmer, Bardarroch, Ochil-
tree ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr ; ord. to
Kilwinning 23rd Sept. 1824 ; pres. by the
trustees of Archibald William, Earl of
Eglinton, and adm. 7th July 1831 ; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 7th Dec. 1845); died 13th
May 1852. He marr. 18th Oct. 1824,
Janet Maria (died 30th June 1870), daugh.
of Alexander Macdougal, and had issue —
George, min. of Canonbie, born 22nd Sept.
1825 ; Jane Margaret, born 22nd July 1827
(marr. 10th Dec. 1844, Francis Johnston
Wilson of Stroquhan) ; Helen, born 30th
April 1829 ; James, born 1st June 1832,
died 8th Jan. 1835 ; John, born 29th Sept.
1834, died 5th March 1839.
1852
ANDREW BROWN, born 1808, second
son of Andrew B., collector of taxes,
Hamilton ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; B.A. (1837); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton in 1841 ; assistant at Kilmaurs ;
ord. to Newton-upon-Ayr 31st Aug. 1843 ;
trans, to Irvine 9th Jan. 1845 ; pres. by
Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton, and
adm. 7th Oct. 1852; died at Edinburgh,
28th Sept. 1888. He marr. 30th Aug. 1849,
Jean Isabella (died 23rd July 1890), daugh.
of James Cumming, Upper Parliament
Street, Liverpool, and had issue — Archibald
84
BEITH— CROSSHOUSE— DALRY
[PRESB. OF
James, born 10th Feb., and died 17th June
1850 ; Elizabeth Barnet Cumming, born 6th
May 1851 ; William, born 22nd April 1854 ;
Andrew, born 24th May 1856 j Helen Mary,
born 26th Jan. 1858 ; Jane Isabel, born
14th Sept. 1860 ; Constance Margaret, born
24th June 1862.— [Smith's Scottish Clergy,
iii., 104.]
INNES GRANT SUTHERLAND,
1887 k°rn Invermark, 30th Aug. 1859;
son of James S., parochial school-
master, Lochlee ; M. A. (Edinburgh 1886) ;
assistant at Alloa and Tullibody in 1886 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 24th March
1887; died 15th March 1919. He marr.
26th Sept. 1888, Frances Harriet, daugh. of
Alexander Bryson, min. of Alloa, and has
issue — Rollo Russell Grant, min. of Ballan-
trae, born 5th Dec. 1890.
JOHN MURRAY WOODBURN, M.A.,
B.D., trans, from New Abbey (q-v.),
1919 and adm. 25th Sept. 1919.
CROSSHOUSE (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from Kilmaurs
and Dreghorn, 13th March 1882.]
JAMES WYSE, born Edinburgh, 1839,
son of James W., C.A. ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1871);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh; pres. by the
trustees 8th June, and ord. 3rd Aug. 1882 ;
died unmarr. 13th June 1894. Was clerk of
Presb. for a few months before his death.
1882
WILLIAM WHITE, born 1866, son of
18Q5 Matthew W., grain merchant, Partick ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1887); B.D. (1889); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow ; assistant at Motherwell; ord.
10th Jan. 1895.
DALRY.
[The vicarage of Dairy belonged to the
Abbey of Kilwinning. About a mile from
the church, on the east side of the Water
of Garnock and within this parish, there
was a chapel dedicated to St Margaret of
Antioch. On her day, the 31st of July old
style, a yearly fair was held at Dairy. There
was within the bounds a Well of St Finan.
Dairy Church was removed to a new site in
1608 ; and the church was again rebuilt in
1771. There are mission chapels in the
parish at Blair and Kersland.
JOHN HEPBURN, min. in 1564. He
1564 had issue — Margaret. — [Acts and
Dec, xxxi., 9.]
• GEORGE BOYD, reader, 1567 to
1567 1573.
JAMES GREIG, trans, to Colmonell in
1568 1568.— [Acts and Dec, xlii., 243, 405.]
ANDREW BLAIR, reader, 1574 to
1574 1591.
ROBERT MAXWELL, M.A. ; trans.
1591 from Percetown in 1591 ; trans, to
Carluke same year.
. ARCHIBALD BLACKBURN, M.A. ;
15gs trans, from Baldernock ; pres. by
James VI. Sept. 1593 ; trans, to
Aberdeen in 1601.
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, eldest son of
1604 J°nn C- of Baidland, and Margaret
Crawford; M.A. (Glasgow 1595);
adm. to Houston in 1599; trans, to Kill-
ellan before 30th Dec. 1602 ; adm. in 1604 ;
had a crown charter of Baidland 19th Dec.
1622 ; died April 1635, aged about 60. He
marr. (1) Jean (died March 1611), daugh. of
Thomas Fleming of Auchinvoll, and had
issue — John of Baidland : (2) Jean, daugh.
of ■ Ker of Triborne, and had issue
— Gabriel, burgess of Irvine ; Robert ;
James ; Lilias. — [Reg. Assig. ; Reg. of
Deeds, cxcv., 59, 13th Aug. 1604 ; Ayr Sas.,
v., 203 ; vii., 394 ; xiii., 395.]
ROBERT BELL, son of John B., min.
of Tron Parish, Glasgow; M.A.
(Glasgow 1628) ; proposed as assistant
to his father in the New Kirk, Glasgow,
26th Nov. 1634, but was adm. (in Glasgow) to
this parish 1st Sept. 1635 ; was again pro-
posed as assistant and successor to his
father in 1639. He was probably deprived
by Diocesan Synod about 1664 ; had an
indulgence, which he had been granted,
withdrawn 17th Jan. 1685 ; died before
IRVINE]
DALRY
85
2nd Oct. 1688. He marr. Agnes Inglis,
who died 8th Jan. 1680, and had issue
— John of Blook, min. of Ardrossan ; Bryce,
physician, Glasgow; James, chamberlain
to the Earl of Kilmarnock ; Jean (marr.
William Cunningham, merchant burgess,
Glasgow). — [Glasg. Presb. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Wodrow's Hist., ii., 340 ; Inq. Ret. Ayr,
652 ; Tombst. ; Glasg. Com. Deeds, 9th
March and 22nd May 1682.]
ANDREW SLIRIE, educated at King's
1682 College, Aberdeen; M.A. (9th July
1668) ; licen. by James, Archbishop
of St Andrews, 21st July 1674 ; ord. 1st
March 1682 ; outed at the Revolution.
He afterwards intruded at Falkirk, but
was inhibited by the General Assembly
25th Oct. 1690 ; opened a meeting-house at
Brotherton in the parish of Benholme from
July 1712 to March 1713. He was dep. by
the Presb. of Fordoun for intruding within
their bounds and for contumacy. — [Acts
and Hist. Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Rule's Sec.
Vindication ; Orig. Certif. Licen. and Ord.]
HUGH KILPATRICK, formerly min.
1689 °^ a Presbyterian congregation at
Lurgan, Ireland, which he held from
about 1686 ; officiated here from 1689 to
1691, when he was called to Old Cumnock.
JOHN KING, adm. before 19th March
16g^ 1696; app. to go to the colony of
Caledonia [Darien],butwas prevented
from doing so; died June 1713. He had
issue — John, . surgeon, Stewarton; Mary ;
Elison.— [Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN FULLARTON (primus), son of
1717 James F., min. of St Ninians ; M.A.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 1709) ;
studied divinity at Glasgow Univ. and
Leyden ; burgess of Irvine in 1712 ; tutor
to Sir Robert Menzies of Weem in 1715 ;
schoolmaster in Irvine 19th March 1715 ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 14th Aug. 1716;
pres. by William Blair, younger, of that
ilk, 20th Oct. 1716 ; ord. 25th April 1717 ;
died 17th April 1761. He marr. (1) a lady
whose name is unknown. She died 19th
Aug. 1728 : (2) 3rd Feb. 1733, Katharine
(died 22nd July 1775), fourth daugh. of
Gavin Ralston of that ilk, and had issue —
Anne, born 12th Sept. 1734 (marr. John
Monteith, min. of Houston) ; John, min.
of this parish ; Gavin, surgeon, Greenock,
born 20th June 1737, died 1795; Isabella,
born 22nd Aug. 1740 (marr. David
M'Clellan, min. of Beith) ; William,
merchant, Greenock, born 19th March
1745; James. — [Scot. Notes and Queries,
2nd ser., vol. i., 182.]
JOHN FULLARTON (secundus), born
y- „ 5th Sept. 1735, son of preceding;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine 20th March 1759 ; ord.
to Dunlop 25th Sept. 1760 ; pres. by Major
Blair of Blair 8th Oct. 1761 ; trans, and
adm. 1st April 1762 ; died 23rd Jan. 1802.
He marr. 14th April 1766, Helen (died 21st
Jan. 1800), fifth daugh. of Robert Donald,
merchant, Greenock, and had issue —
Christian, born 7th March 1767, died 6th
Nov. 1809 ; John of Kerelaw, born 14th
Nov. 1768, died 1844 ; Robert, born 25th
May 1770, died 15th Sept. 1785; Katharine,
born 17th Jan. 1772; Helen, born 18th Dec.
1773, died 18th Aug. 1798; James, born
19th July 1776, died 13th April 1792 ; Mary
born 9th Nov. 1778 (marr; John Thomson,
her father's successor) ; Isabella, born 18th
Jan. 1781, died 31st May 1793; Robert,
H.E.I.C.S., born 30th May 1785, died at
Prince Edward Island, 23rd April 1807;
Gavin of Kerelaw, born 1st Jan. 1788, died
Sept. 1876. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.). — [Tombst.;
Family Pajyers.]
JOHN THOMSON, youngest son of
1802 Archibald T., farmer, St Ninians,
Stirling ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling 3rd
Aug. 1791 ; ord. to Cambusnethan 11th July
1797 ; pres. by William Blair of Blair in
July, trans, and adm. 18th Nov. 1802 ; died
14th Oct. 1820. He marr. (1) 13th Dec.
1803, Mary Fullarton (died s.]?. 14th Oct.
1808), daugh. of preceding min. : (2) 15th
April 1811, Jean (died 4th March 1827),
only daugh. of Alexander Coulter, surgeon,
Kilwinning, and had issue — Ann, born 18th
July 1812, died 11th Aug. 1815; Agnes,
born 2nd Feb. 1814, died 25th Dec. 1824 ;
86
DALRY— WEST DALRY
[PRESB. OF
1821
William Murray, merchant, Glasgow, born
29th Oct. 1816 ; John, born 1st April 1818,
died 6th April 1827.
THOMAS JOHNSTONE, born 29th
July 1775; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Annan 22nd
April 1802 ; tutor successively in the families
of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart of Blackhall,
Bart., and of Robert Baird of Newbyth ;
assistant at Haddington ; ord. (by that
Presb.) min. of the Low Meeting, Berwick -
on-Tweed, 15th Sept. 1809 ; pres. to this
parish by William Blair of Blair in April,
trans, and adm. 28th June 1821 ; died 25th
Sept. 1843. He marr. (1) Jane Wilson,
Edinburgh, who died 22nd May 1836, and
had issue — Michael Shaw Stewart, min. of
Monigaff, born 14th May 1811 ; Ebenezer
Wilson, born 22nd Sept. 1813, died at
Skeldon, Canada, 26th Aug. 1839 ; Thomas,
min. of Anwoth, born 6th March 1815;
Francis Alexander Wilson of Croglin and
Stroquhan, born 18th Nov. 1820: (2) 2nd
Sept. 1839, Harriet (died 13th Sept. 1870),
daugh. of William Hamilton of Craighlaw
M.D. Publication — The History of Berwick-
upon-Tiveed and its Vicinity (Berwick, 181 7).
ROBERT STEVENSON, born 1807,
eldest son of Hugh S., weaver,
Bannockburn ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton
23rd Oct. 1823; ord. to North Church,
Paisley, 17th July 1835 ; trans, to Middle
Parish 3rd, and adm. 18th Feb. 1836 ; pres.
by William Fordyce Blair of that Ilk ;
trans, and adm. 28th March 1844; D.D.
(Edinburgh 1878) ; died unmarr., 11th Sept.
1890, aged 83. During his ministry large
and commodious mission halls were erected
in the parish, and he bequeathed handsome
endowments to the West Church and Kers-
land Barony mission.
JAMES LAMONT FYFE, born Cam-
buslang, 10th May 1859, son of
Gabriel F. and Elizabeth Lamont ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton in
1889; assistant at Dairy in 1888; ord.
23rd April 1891 ; died in church while cele-
brating Communion 14th Nov. 1915. He
marr. 5th June 1901, Margaret, daugh. of
William Smith Neil Patrick, Sheriff-clerk
of Ayrshire, and had issue — James Gabriel,
born 2nd June 1902 ; William Patrick, born
22nd Feb. 1905; Ann Crawford Lamont,
born 26th Nov. 1908; George Wardrop,
born 13th Oct. 1911.
ANDREW BALD THOMSON, born
1916 29th May 1880, son of George T.,
min. of Blackhill ; educated at Peter-
head Academy and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1902), B.D. (31st Oct. 1905);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 5th May
1908 ; assistant at Woodside in 1909 ;
ord. to Second Charge, Kilmarnock, 24th
March 1910 ; trans, and adm. 18th
May 1916. Marr. 16th July 1904, Mary
Isabella (born 3rd April 1881), daugh.
of Robert Henderson, Aberdeen, and
has issue — George, born 14th Dec.
1904 ; Robert Henderson, born 21st Feb.
1906 ; John Lyon, born 1st Sept. 1907 ;
Margaret Jane, born 6th Feb. 1909 ;
Andrew, born 10th Nov. 1910; Matthew
Osburne, born 28th March 1912; Mary
Isabella, born 23rd Nov. 1913 ; a daughter
born 4th Oct. 1919.
WEST DALRY (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from the
parishes of Dairy, Kilwinning, and
Ardrossan on 30th Oct. 1896.]
JOHN DALL GLASS, pres. by the
trustees 6th April, and ord. 13th May
1897 ; trans, to St James's Parish,
Glasgow, 23rd June 1910.
1910
JAMES JOHNSTON, born Corbally,
Co. Antrim, 15th May 1872, son of
James J. and Margaret MTnnes;
educated at Methodist College and Queen's
Univ., Belfast; B.A. (1896); licen. by
Presb. of Belfast 15th May 1900 ; assistant
at St Enoch's, Belfast ; ord. to First Pres-
byterian Church, Ray, Manor - Cunning-
ham, Co. Donegal, 23rd July 1903; adm.
13th Oct. 1910. Marr. 8th Nov. 1904,
Susan Crockett, daugh. of Andrew George
Ramsay, and has issue— May Elizabeth
Margretta, born 11th Sept. 1905; Annie
IRVINE]
DARVEL— DREGHORN
87
Fotheringham M'Innes, born 12th April
1908; Jessie, born 4th April 1910; Ian
Ramsay, born 18th Aug. 1913.
DARVEL (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from the
parishes of Loudoun and Galston on 7th
March 1892.]
JOHN WATSON JACK, born Hall of
1889 KyPe> 11th Dec. 1859, son of Robert
J. and Janet Watson ; educated at
St John's Grammar School, Hamilton,
Crosshill School, Strathaven, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
May 1886 ; assistant at Strachur and St
Matthew's, Glasgow ; ord. 31st Oct. 1889 ;
adm. first min. of the parish 1892.
DREGHORN, or LANGDREG-
GARNE AND PIERSTOUN,
oh PERCETOUN.
[These two parishes were united in 1688.
The church of Dreghorn belonged of old to
the Abbey of Kilwinning. It was rebuilt
in 1780. At Springside within the bounds
there is a mission chapel.]
GAVIN NAYSMITH, exhorter in
1567 ; styled min. Feb. 1572-3; vicar
12th Feb. 1574; he had charge of
Kilmaurs also from Nov. 1571, to which he
was trans, in 1574. — [Acts and Dec, xlviii.,
229 ; Feu Charters of Kirklands, ii., 210.]
LAURENCE LYNE, reader from 1574
1574 to 1589.
WILLIAM FULLARTON, son of John
1590 ^' °^ dreghorn and Janet Houston ;
min. of Largs in 1585 ; pres. to the
vicarage of Irvine 30th Nov. 1586; went
to Kilmaurs in 1589 ; adm. here in 1590 ;
was called before the Privy Council 5th
Feb. 1610 for intercommuning with a
trafficking priest ; died Jan. 1620. He
had issue — James, min. of Beith. — [Beg.
Assig. ; Glasg. Tests.]
WILLIAM LINDSAY, son of Gavin
L. of the family of Dunrod, and
Isabella, daugh. of John Shaw of
Greenock ; MA. (Glasgow 1614) ; was on
1567
the Exercise there 15th March 1620 ; adm.
in 1621 ; dep. 7th May 1650 for complicity
in " the Engagement " ; was banished to
Ireland, and in 1662 had a grant from
vacant stipends. He marr. Margaret
Cunningham. — [Crawfurd's Renfrew, 125 ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Acts of Pari., v. ; Laing
Charters, 2031 and 2161 ; P. C. Reg., 3rd
ser., i., 291-2.] •
ARCHIBALD FERGUSON, MA.
1652 ^ Andrews 1642) ; studied theology
at Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 29th Jan. 1645 ; ord. about April
1645 as min. of a Presbyterian congregation
in Antrim. He was commissioned to the
General Assembly in 1649, to ask its
influence with the Government for the
protection of the Irish Presbyterians. He
returned, but with several others was
obliged to leave Ireland in 1650 on account
of the persecution. He probably was adm.
here about 1652, but returned to his former
charge, and died Dec. 1654, aged about 33.
He marr. Janet Conyngham, who died June
1652. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 95,
215, 238.]
1656
JOHN SPALDING, MA. (St Andrews
1651); adm. 19th Nov. 1656; de-
prived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662 ; min. again in 1670.
1664
ALEXANDER GREGORIE, MA. ; pres.
by William, Earl of Glencairn, Lord
Chancellor, before 30th May 1664.
The heritors and whole inhabitants having
withdrawn themselves from the parish
church, the Privy Council on 23rd June
" ordain a party of soldiers to be forthwith
sent to quarter upon that parish with
power to uplift the penalty of 20 shillings
Scots from every person residing in said
parish, who shall withdraw from the said
Kirk." G. was adm. after 3rd July that
year, but so ill received was he, that he
threatened to remove 11th Aug. thereafter;
trans, to St Quivox before 1671.
1667
WILLIAM MAIR, styled min. 9th May
1667 and 4th June 1668. — [Glasg.
Com. Deeds.)
88
DREGHORN
[PRESB. OF
1674
1885
JOHN SPALDING, M.A., above men-
1670 ti°ned 5 was called before the Privy
Council at Edinburgh 6th April
1669, with others, for keeping conventicles,
or preaching in private houses, but dis-
missed two days after and indulged by the
Council 3rd March 1670, when he returned
to the parish on 20th of that month. He
was still min. in 1684. — [Wodrow;s Hist.,
ii., 123 ; Fenwick Sess. Reg.]
PATRICK ANDERSON, M.A., formerly
min. of Walston ; granted indulgence
in this parish [or at Kilbirnie] prior
to 22nd Oct. 1674. He returned to Walston
before 6th July 1689.
JOHN ROW, M.A. ; said to have been
■•coo trans, from Stoneykirk before 1682 ;
min. of Dalgety before 1686.
ALEXANDER MUSHET, son of Nicol
M., Carse of Cambus, Monteith ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(15th July 1673); tutor in Ellengreig's
family ; passed trials before Presb. of
Dunoon and recommended for licence 1st
Jan. 1679 ; adm. to Cumbrae that year ;
trans, and adm. before 26th Dec. 1685 ;
died before 12th Oct. 1686.— [Dunoon Presb.
Reg. ; Bail. Cunning. Deeds and Arrest-
ments.]
JAMES STEWART, M.A. (Glasgow,
13th July 1669) ; was in London
for twenty-two years ; returned to
Scotland and was adm. min. of Cumbrae
about 1683 ; trans, and adm. in 1688 ; died
after 18th April 1688. He marr. in London,
Mary Stewart, who survived him, and had
four children. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Charity
Papers, 1696.]
JOHN SPALDING, M.A., noticed
1688 a^ove 5 returned at the Toleration ;
app. to use the old church of Piers-
toun as his place of worship 15th Aug. 1687 ;
attended the first meeting of Synod 30th
Aug. 1688 ; trans, to Kirkcudbright in 1689.
— [Maitland Miscell., iv., 185; Sec. Off.
Reg., 1687-8.]
ROBERT YOUNG, adm. {interim) to
16g2 Eaglesham 21st Aug. 1689; adm.
6th Sept. 1692 ; died 16th Nov. 1693,
aged 51. He marr. (1) Grizel Stevenson, and
1688
had issue — Sarah (marr. William Morris),
died 18th Jan. 1700 : (2) Margaret Muir-
head (who survived him, and was recom-
mended to the Presbyteries by the General
Assembly for charitable supply 12th April
1694).— [Tombst. ; Acts of Ass., 1694.]
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, born
16g5 1665, fifth son of Richard C. of
Glengarnock ; ord. 17th Sept. 1695 ;
died Aug. 1712. He marr. Janet (buried
6th Feb. 1720), daugh. of John Aitken-
head of Jaw, and widow of James Boog,
min. of Dundonald, and had issue —
William ; Richard, min. of Symington,
Ayrshire ; Elizabeth (marr. 27th May 1739,
Andrew Hastie, schoolmaster, Kilwinning).
— [Robertson's Ayrshire Fam., i., 315.]
JAMES SEMPILL, son of Robert S. of
171 Kirkhouse of Bonhill ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton 4th Aug. 1713; called 5th
Dec. 1717; ord. 7th May 1718; died 9th
Feb. 1752. He marr. (1) 9th July 1719,
Dorothea (died June 1720), daugh. of John
Edminston, merchant, Glasgow, and had
issue — Robert, served heir 4th Feb. 1761 :
(2) 23rd April 1722, Margaret (died 23rd
Aug. 1758), daugh. of William Gemmil of
Towerlands, and had issue — Janet, died
29th Dec. 1747; John, M.A. (Glasgow 1744);
Dorothy, buried in Ramshorn Churchyard,
Glasgow, 29th Nov. 1754 ; James, born 18th
May 1730 ; George, born 27th Sept. 1737 ;
Elizabeth, born 26th March 1743.— [Glasg.
Marr. Reg. ; Glasg. 'Pests.]
1753
ANDREW M'VEY, born Logie, Bridge
of Allan, 1720, son of John M. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; tutor to
the son of Dr Colin Campbell of Daling ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunoon 18th Sept. 1744.
He served as a volunteer at the Battle of
Falkirk, where he was taken prisoner by
the Highland army and carried to the
Castle of Doune, but made his escape in
the disguise of a woman carrying a kettle ;
called 8th March, and ord. 10th May 1753;
died 4th July 1769. He marr. 18th Oct.
1763, Janet Hunter, who died 4th May
1768, and had issue — John, born 5th Aug.
IRVINE
DREGHORN
89
1764, died 6th July 1769; Robert, born
25th May 1766; Andrew, born 28th May
1767. — [Cochrane Corresp. ; Tombst.]
MICHAEL TOD, born Kilmarnock,
1770 1740, eldest son of James T. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 16th Sept. 1764 ; pres. by
Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, 7th Dec. 1769 ;
ord. 5th April 1770 ; died 15th Aug. 1801.
He marr. 18th Aug. 1778, Margaret (died
27th Nov. 1828), daugh. of John Monteath,
min. of Houston, and had issue — Michael,
born 18th July 1779 ; Margaret, born 8th
Dec. 1780; Mary, born 11th Oct. 1782, died
14th Jan. 1787 ; Jean, born 30th Aug.
1784 (marr. 20th Aug. 1816, John Parker,
merchant, Glasgow) ; Agnes, born 5th June
1786 (marr. 23rd Sept. 1805, Alexander
Murdoch, writer, Ayr); Mary Anne, born
born 24th Feb. 1788; John, born 25th
April 1790; Elizabeth, born 19th June
1792 ; Janet, born 6th Feb. 1794, died 6th
Jan. 1820; Isabella, born 23rd Aug. 1796
(marr. 12th July 1819, Thomas M'Clelland,
agent, Bank of Scotland, Ayr). Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, iv.). — [Tombst.]
ANDREW HALDANE, born 29th Jan.
1802 ^76, son of Bernard H., min. of
Glenholm ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Biggar
10th June 1800 ; pres. by the Trustees and
Commissioner of Mary, Lady Montgomerie,
in Feb. and ord. 13th May 1802 ; died 22nd
Jan. 1820. He marr. 18th April 1808, Mar-
garet (died 23rd Jan. 1854), daugh. of
Alexander Campbell of Greenfield, and had
issue — John Campbell, surgeon, Ayr, born
3rd Feb. 1809 ; Bernard, physician, Preston
born 19th March 1811 ; Alexander, born
29th Jan. 1814.— [Tombst.]
ROBERT SMITH, pres. by the Commis-
1821 si°ners °f Mary, Lady Montgomerie,
andCharlesMontolieuBurges[Lamb],
July 1820 ; ord. 22nd Feb. 1821 ; trans, to
Tester 1st Oct. 1829.
WILLIAM WODROW, born 1795, son
1831 °^ R°kert W., Mauchline ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr in 1820 ; ord. by the Scots Presb.
London, 20th April 1826, as min. of
Swallow Street Chapel there ; pres. to this
parish by Mary, Lady Montgomerie, and
Sir Charles Lamb in Sept., and adm. 3rd
Nov. 1831 ; died unmarr. 24th Jan. 1834.
Publication — Charge to the People at the
Ordination of the Rev. Hugh B. Maclean
(London, 1827). — [The Scots Churches in
England, 224 ; Tombst.]
JOHN CAMPBELL JAMIESON, born
Greenock, 4th Jan. 1796; eldest son
of William J.,' teacher, Kilmarnock,
and Ann Campbell ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 17th
Nov. 1821 ; pres. by Mary, Lady Mont-
gomerie, and Sir Charles Lamb in Feb. 1834.
Objections having been taken to his settle-
ment, judgment was given against him by
a majority of one vote in the General As-
sembly 28th May 1835. In consequence
of irregularity in the voting the case was
continued to next Assembly, who re-
mitted to the Presb. to proceed ; he was
therefore ord. 28th July 1 836 ; died at
Irvine, 16th Sept. 1864. He marr. 30th
Aug. 1836, Mary (born 7th March 1802,
died 11th Oct. 1868), daugh. of William
Young, merchant, West Indies, and Anne
Allan, and had issue — William Allan, born
7th Nov. 1837, died 5th Aug. 1838; William
Allan, M.D., LL.D., President of Royal
College of Physicians, Edinburgh, born 1st
April 1839, died 21st April 1916 ; Mary
Anne Kerr, born 16th March 1841 (marr.
Thomas Reid), died at Victoria, B.C., 1st
Jan. 1900. Publication — Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, v.).— [Acts of Ass.,
1834-6 ; Edinburgh Medical Journal, June
1916.]
JAMES MILROY, born Borgue about
1855 1830; B.A. (Edinburgh 1848), M.A.
(Edinburgh 1850) ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh; assistant at Stewarton in 1854;
ord. (assistant and successor) 23rd Aug.
1855 ; died unmarr. at Kirkcudbright, 23rd
March 1890.
WILLIAM HORNE, born Dunfermline,
1888 1844 ' educated at Univ. of St
Andrews M.A., (1869) and Congrega-
tional Theological Hall, Edinburgh ; min.
90
DREGHORN— PIERSTON— DUNLOP
[PRESB. OF
1889
of Lindsay Street Congregational Church,
Dundee, 1877-82 ; examiner in Philosophy
in Univ. of St Andrews in 1880; adm. as
an ordained min. by General Assembly in
1882 ; ord. assistant in this parish 31st
March 1885 ; adm. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 19th May 1888; died at Scar-
borough, 1st Aug. 1888. Publications —
Reason and Revelation, being an Examina-
tion into the Nature and Contents of
Scripture Revelation, as Comjiared with
other Forms of Truth (London, 1877) ;
Religious Life and Thought (London, 1880).
WILLIAM YOUNG LINDSAY, born
1862, second son of John Cowan
L., F.E.I.S., Eector of Grammar
School,' Kilmarnock ; M.A. (Glasgow 1886) ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 12th June 1888 ;
assistant at Lady Glenorchy's Parish, Edin-
burgh, 1888-9 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
16th May 1889 ; died at Stafford, 1st Oct.
1913. He marr. 2nd March 1897, Bessie
Anderson, daugh. of David Russell Cowan,
min. of Presbyterian Church of England,
Walsall, and had issue — David Russell
Cowan, born 21st April 1902.
WILLIAM JAMES JAMIESON, born
1914 Coatbridge, 12th Jan. 1880, son of
John J. and Margaret Brown ; edu-
cated at Gartsherrie Academy, High School,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1901) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1905 ; assistant at
Kinghorn in 1905 ; ord. to Logie, Fife,
11th April 1907 ; trans, and adm. 15th May
1914.
PIERSTON on PERCETOUN.
FRANCIS ADAMSON, reader at
1570 Candlemas 1570.
DAVID WHYTE, reader, Nov. 1572
1572 to 1589.
ROBERT MAXWELL, min. in 1590;
1590 trans, to Dairy in 1591.
JOHN BELL, M.A. ; inst. to the vicar-
age pensionary on presentation by
1613 James VI. 28th Jan. 1613; trans,
to Stevenson in 1613. — [Prot. Book of
Robert Broivn.~\
1613
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, son of
William C, burgess of Glasgow ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1600) ; pres. to Duns-
core 22nd June 1609 ; trans, in 1613 ; was
a member of the Court of High Commission
15th June 1619 ; still min. Oct. 1631. He
marr. June 1619, Janet (died about Oct.
1631), daugh. of John Campbell, shipmaster,
Irvine, and widow of John Young, mer-
chant, burgess of Irvine. Probably residing
in Irvine in 1648 and then married to
Catherine Crawford. — [Reg. of Deeds,
ccclxxxvii., 327 ; Downie, dlxxxiv., 10th
June 1653 ; Prot. Book of Robert Brown ;
Glasg. Tests.]
HEW MACKAILE, min. in 1633 ; trans.
1633 to Irvine about 1642.
ROBERT URIE, entered student at
Univ. of Glasgow 24th Feb. 1626 ;
1642 min. in 1642 ; still min., and clerk of
Presb. 2nd July 1650.— [Synod Roll, 1642.]
WILLIAM NASMYTH, adm. before
1667 11th July 1661.— [Glasg. Comm.
Deeds.]
DUNLOP.
[The vicarage of Dunlop belonged to the
Abbey of Kilwinning. Near it there was a
chapel of St Mary. The stepping-stones
across the Water of Glasert leading to the
village of Dunlop were called Our Lady's
Steps. From 1518 to 1523 John Major
was Vicar of Dunlop. The Parish Church
was rebuilt in 1835.]
JOHN [or HANS] HAMILTON, born
1563 1536' a natural son °f Archibald H.
of Raploch ; promoted to the vicar-
age in 1563; probably John H, who was
reader and exhorter in 1567, and reader in
1574. In 1606, being unable to serve the
cure, another was presented ; died 30th
May 1608. He marr. Janet (died 30th
Jan. 1628), daugh. of James Denham of
Westshields, and had issue — James, school-
master at Dublin in 1587, tutor to Arch-
bishop Ussher, created Viscount Claneboye
in 1622, and Earl of Clanbrassill in 1647,
died 20th June 1659 ; Archibald of Hal-
craig, ancestor of Killyleagh family ; Gavin
IRVINE
DUNLOP
91
of Ballygalley, merchant, Coleraine ; John
of Tullimore ; William of Bangor, Co.
Down ; Patrick ; Jean (marr. William
Mure of Gland erston). — [Anderson's House
of Hamilton ; Reg. Min. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Reid's Ireland, i., 59 ; M'Crie's Melville,
ii. ; Ind. Reg. Deeds ; Burke's Landed
Gentry, Ireland; Tombst.]
JAMES HAMILTON, vicar.— [Beg. of
1593 Deeds, xlviii., 103, 22nd Jan. 1593.]
JAMES SCHEWAN, min. before 5th
1596 Aug. 1596. — [Reg. Mag. Sig., vi.,
2033.]
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, M.A. ; trans.
160_ from Inchcaillioch ; pres. by James
VI. 14th Oct. 1606; trans, to Cum-
nock 1607.
1607
JAMES MONTGOMERY, third son of
Sir Neil M. of Lainshaw and Mar-
garet Cunningham ; M.A. (Glasgow
1599) ; was on the Exercise 13th Nov. 1602 ;
pres. to Kirkmichael 25th May 1606 ; trans,
after 2nd Feb. 1607 ; died May 1613. He
marr. 1605, Elizabeth, daugh. of Robert
Montgomerie, min. of Stewarton ; she sur-
vived him, and had issue — Robert ; James,
colonel in Sweden. — [Reg. Assig. ; Reg. Sec.
Sig. ; Glasg. Tests.]
HUGH EGLINTON, son of Archibald
1615 E., to whom he was served heir in
certain lands in the parish of Mearns
26th July 1634 ; M.A. (Glasgow 1610) j on
the Exercise there 30th Dec. 1612. He got
a testimonial to the Presb. of Irvine 4th
Jan. 1615 ; pres. to the vicarage by James
VI. 26th May 1615 ; had a protection from
the Marquess of Montrose after the battle
of Kilsyth in 1645 ; died March 1647, aged
about 57. He marr. (1) Janet Maxwell,
who died 30th Jan. 1628, and had issue-
Archibald : (2) Marion Hamilton, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — Hew, merchant,
Glasgow, died 1649 ; George, apprenticed to
Patrick Maxwell, W.S., 28th Nov. 1632;
John ; Jean ; Elspeth. — [Inq. Ret. Renfrew,
91 ; Reg. Old Dec, ii. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Glasg. Presb. and Bapt. Regs. ; Glasg,
Tests. ; Mem. of Montrose, ii. ; Baillie's
Lett.']
GABRIEL CUNNINGHAM, M.A.
1648 (Glasgow 1642) ; pres. by the laird
of Dunlop in Aug., and adm. 1st
Dec. 1648 ; deprived in 1664, for not con-
forming to Episcopacy.
WILLIAM TORRIE, M.A. (King's
1668 College, Aberdeen, 12th July 1660) ;
adm. before 2nd July 1668. — [Bail.
Cunningham Decreets.]
GABRIEL CUNNINGHAM, M.A.,
1672 ab°ve mentioned ; indulged by the
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672, but
did not then return to the parish. In June
1674 orders were given for his appre-
hension as a preacher at conventicles. On
8th March 1683 the Privy Council in-
structed the Lord Advocate to prosecute
him for harbouring rebels. He returned
in 1687. — [Privy Counc. Reg., 3rd ser.,
viii., 87.]
JOHN HAY, M.A., formerly of Yester ;
1680 adm. after 1680 ; trans, to New
Monkland about 1682.
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, M.A. (King's
1685 College, Aberdeen, 14th July 1674) ;
adm. before 4th Oct. 1685; still
min. 6th Aug. 1687. — [Corshill Baron
Court Book ; Ayr and Wigtown Arch, and
Hist. Collections.]
GABRIEL CUNNINGHAM, M.A.,
1687 already noticed ; returned in 1687
after the Toleration was granted ;
was restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690. Having been Moderator at a
previous meeting of Presbyterian mins. he
preached at the opening of the first General
Assembly after the Revolution 16th Oct.
1690 ; was on the commission for visiting
schools and colleges for that year ; died
May 1691, aged about 69. — [Maitland
Miscell., iv. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 7158, 7175 ; Acts
of Pari., iv.]
WILLIAM RO BIS ON, adm. before
1688 1688 > deprived by Act of Parliament
25th April 1690, restoring Presby-
terian mins.
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DUNLOP
[PRESB. OF
JOHN JAMIESON, licen. by Presb. of
1692 Paisley lltn ^OV. 1691 > ord- 21st
Sept. 1692; died in 1708. He was
a poet " of no mean pretension." He marr.
Joan Cunningham, and had issue — Doro-
thea ; William, min. of Rerrick. Publica-
tion— Zion's Traveller (Paisley, 1786).
JAMES ROWAT, M.A.; ord. May 1709 ;
1709 trans, to Jedburgh 20th Sept. 1732.
He marr. Agnes Muir, who died in
Ireland in 1763 [vide vol. ii., 127].
ROBERT BAIRD in Kilmarnock ; M.A.
1734 (Glasgow, 1st May 1724); licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 14th Sept. 1731 ;
pies, by the tutors for Alexander, Earl of
Eglinton, 8th March 1733 ; ord. 28th March
1734; died 27th March 1756. He marr.
(1) 10th June 1735, Helen (died 3rd Jan.
1750), daugh. of Henry Beveridge, mer-
chant, Dysart, and had issue — William,
merchant, Glasgow, born 4th May 1736 ;
Robert, born 16th Aug. 1740 ; Ebenezer,
born 1st May 1742 ; Marion, born 14th
April 1744, died 14th May 1746; Helen,
born 1st April, and died 2nd June 1746;
Henry (twin), born 1st April, and died 26th
May 1746; Helen, born 19th Oct. 1747;
Elizabeth, born 14th Feb. 1749 : (2) 9th
May 1753, Agnes Cunningham, who died
30th June 1780, and had issue — George,
born 6th Dec. 1755, died 28th Nov. 1756.
JAMES WODROW, M.A. ; pres. by
Alexander, Earl of Eglinton, Sept.
1756 ; ord. 1st Sept. 1757 ; trans,
to Stevenston 18th Oct. 1759.
1757
JOHN FULLARTON, pres. by the
Commissioner for Alexander, Earl
of Eglinton, and ord. 25th Sept.
1760 ; trans, to Dairy 1st April 1762.
1760
JOHN GRAHAM, M.A. ; pres. by Alex-
ander, Earl of Eglinton, 7th Sept.
1762; ord. 12th May 1763; trans,
to Kirkinner 30th June 1779.
1763
THOMAS BRISBANE, born 1743,
second son of William B. in Govan ;
1 educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; pres.
by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, 16th Oct.
1779 ; ord. 27th April 1780 ; died 9th May
1837. He marr. 28th Sept. 1783, Catherine
(died 28th March 1813), daugh. of George
Cunningham of Monkredding, and had
issue— Janet, born 16th May 1785 ; George
Cunningham, born 11th Oct. 1786, died
10th Feb. 1787; Thomas, of Lylestone,
M.D., born 11th March 1790, died 4th May
1855 ; Fairlie,born 15th Feb. 1792 ; George
Cunningham, born 22nd Jan. 1794, died
3rd Jan. 1864; William, born 22nd Feb.
1797, died 9th Jan. 1798 ; John Campbell,
born 1799, died 6th July 1868. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, ix.).
1834
MATTHEW DICKIE, born 1800, sixth
son of Matthew D., Kilmarnock ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine 6th Aug., and ord. by
Presb. of Paisley 4th Nov. 1828, assistant
and successor to a Presbyterian min. at
Limerick, where he remained five years ;
pres. by the Trustees of Archibald William,
Earl of Eglinton, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 8th May 1834. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Free Church,
Beith, 1843-63 ; died at Invercloy, Arran,
from the result of an accident, 28th Sept.
1863. He marr. 30th June 1835, Agnes Ann
Steven, who died 14th June 1877, and had
issue— Janet Barbour, born 2nd April 1836;
Harriet Dunlop, born 1st Oct. 1837 ; Agnes
Ann, born 27th April 1839. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, v.).
1843
WILLIAM GEBBIE, born Kilmarnock,
1810, third son of Alexander G. ;
educated at Kilmarnock Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine in 1837 ; assistant at Dairy in 1842 ;
pres. by Archibald William, Earl of Eglin-
ton, 14th July, and ord. 22nd Aug. 1843 ;
died 2nd Aug. 1883. He marr. 17th Sept.
1844, Catherine Campbell, Bowfield, Loch-
winnoch (died 11th Feb. 1889), and had
issue — Elizabeth Campbell, born 6th Aug.
1845 ; Catherine, born 16th Oct. 1846, died
26th April 1872; Marion, born 12th Oct.
1850. Publications — Many Gospel Tracts
and Short Sermons. — [Lawson's Persons
who have Influenced my Life, 112.]
IEVINEl
DUNLOP— FENWICK
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1884
ROBERT GRAHAM, born Hoddam,
5th Oct. 1841, son of James G. and
Agnes Laidlaw ; educated at Hoddam
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Greenock in 1872 ; assistant at
High Kirk, Edinburgh ; ord. to St David's
Parish, Kirkintilloch, 4th June 1874 ; trans.
and adm. 28th Feb. 1884 ; died 4th July
1886. He man. 21st July 1874, Georgina
Agnes, daugh. of John Grieve, and had
issue — James, M.D., Edinburgh, lieut.
R.A.M.C., born 2nd July 1875; John
Grieve, C.E., born 6th May 1877, died at
Regina, Saskatchewan, 1911 ; Margaretta
Maria Lothian, born 23rd Feb. 1879 (marr.
T. T. Rutherford, architect, .C.P.R.) ; Agnes
Laidlaw, born 29th Dec. 1881 (marr. Ernest
P. Titterton, L.R.C.P., capt. R.A.M.C.,
Saltash, Cornwall) ; Euphemia Garvin,
born 14th July 1883 (marr. John T. Titter-
ton, M.B., C.M., South Mimms, lieut.
R.A.M.C.).
JAMES SYMON, born Dufftown, 10th
June 1853, son of John S. and Jane
Anderson ; educated at Dufftown
School and Univ. of Glasgow j licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 14th June 1882 ; ord.
to Hogganfield 21st Dec. 1882 ; trans, and
adm. 16th Dec. 1886 ; died 2nd April 1915.
He marr. 14th Aug. 1901, Mary, youngest
daugh. of Robert Wilson of Burnhouse,
and had issue — Mary Robertson, born 7th
June 1902.
1915
JAMES M'CARDEL, born Rutherglen,
19th Sept. 1887, son of James M.
and Elizabeth Allingham ; educated
at Glasgow Pupil Teachers' Institute and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1909), B.D.
(1914) ; student assistant at Townhead
Parish, 1911-12 ; student assistant at
Barony Parish, 1912-13 ; locum tenens at
Alvie in 1913 ; student assistant at Blyths-
wood Parish, 1913-14 ; assistant at Barony
Parish April 1914 ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow May 1914; ord. 9th Sept. 1915;
Chaplain to the Forces in 1916. Marr. 4th
April 1916, Agnes, daugh. of Philip Mackie.
FENWICK, sometime NEW
KILMARNOCK.
[At the desire of the General Assembly
the parish of Fen wick was disjoined from
Kilmarnock, and erected by Parliament
9th Oct. 1641. The parish was annexed
by the Synod to the Presb. of Glasgow 17th
Oct. 1677, but was retransferred to that
of Irvine in 1689. Fenwick Church, built
in 1643, contains interesting old woodwork
and a characteristic ancient pulpit with an
hourglass. The parish jougs also remain.
John Howie, author of the Scots Worthies,
was born at the farmhouse of Lochgoin in
1735.]
WILLIAM GUTHRIE, born 1620,
eldest son of James G. of Pitforthie,
Forfarshire, by a daugh. of Lyon of
Easter-Ogle, in Tanadice parish. He be-
came an apt scholar, and on 5th June
1638 he graduated M.A. at the Univ. of
St Andrews, where his studies had been
directed by his cousin, James Guthrie
the martyr, then a regent in philosophy.
He studied divinity under Samuel Ruther-
ford. To free himself from what he con-
sidered purely worldly affairs, he made
over Pitforthie to one of his brothers. He
was licen. by the Presb. of St Andrews in
Aug. 1642, and became tutor to the eldest
son of John Campbell, first Earl of
Loudoun, the Lord High Chancellor of
Scotland. Some persons from Fenwick
having heard him preach at a Fast-day
service in Galston Kirk, they desired him
to be called as the first min. of their newly
created parish. That was done, and he
was ord. 7th Nov. 1644. Soon afterwards
the General Assembly appointed him an
army chaplain, and he was present at the
engagement which took place at Mauchline
Moor in June 1648. He joined the Pro-
testers in 1651. On 8th Aug. 1654 he was
appointed by the English Council on a
committee for supervising admissions to
the ministry within the bounds of his own
Synod. Refusing to submit to Episcopacy,
he was deprived 24th July 1664. He went
to Pitforthie, which had again come into
his hands through the death of his brother,
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FENWICK
[PRESB. OF
and following a period of ill-health, he
died in the manse of his brother-in-law
Laurence Skinner, min. of Brechin, 10th
Oct. 1665, and was buried in the Cathedral
there. He was a man of ready wit, who
moved freely amongst his people, lived
simply, and spent a great part of his leisure
in such sports as fishing and fowling.
When he preached his church was crowded,
and his pastoral work was performed with
undiminished fervour and success through-
out all his ministry. He refused calls to
Renfrew, Linlithgow, Stirling, Glasgow,
and Edinburgh. Dr John Owen describes
him as " one of the greatest divines
that ever wrote." Guthrie's book, The
Christian's Great Interest (which has been
translated into several foreign tongues),
was published to vindicate himself against
a volume purporting to contain a series
of his sermons on Isaiah lv. This appeared
at Aberdeen about 1657 as A Clear, Attrac-
tive, Warming Beam of Light. In 1680
another work professing to be his was
issued, with the title The Heads of some
Sermons j)reached at Finnick in August
1662, but this also was disclaimed by his
widow in a public advertisement. Most
of his papers were seized in 1682, when
Mrs Guthrie's house was raided by a party
of soldiers instigated by the bishops. He
marr. Aug. 1645, Agnes, daugh. of David
Campbell of Skeldon, parish of Dalrymple,
and had issue — Agnes, born 1652 (marr.
Matthew Miller of Glenlee) ; Mary, born
1654 (marr. Patrick Warner, min. of Irvine) ;
Elizabeth ; Margaret, John, and William,
who all died young. Publications — The
Christian's Great Interest (probably 1658 ;
numerous editions) ; Two Sermons (Glas-
gow, 1701) ; A Collection of Lectures and
Sermons preached mostly in the Time of
the late Persecution, edited by J[ohn]
H[owie] (Glasgow, 1779 ; reprinted as
Sermons delivered in Times of Persecution
[with biographical notices by James Kerr,
min. of the Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Greenock] (Edinburgh, 1880) ; Crumbs of
Comfort : or Grace in its various Degrees,
and yet Oneness in Kind (n.p., 1681). —
[Wodrow's Anal., i., 47, 169, 243; iii., 69;
A true and exact Copy of Letters of Horn-
ier
ing, or formal Excommunication past by
Mr William Guthrie (n.p., 1681) ; Ing.
Pet. Gen., 5001 ; Acts of Ass. ; Acts
of Pari., vi., pt. 2, 138 ; Muir's Memoir
and Original Letters (1827) ; The Scots
Worthies ; Carslaw's Guthrie of Fenvnck
(Paisley, 1900) ; Thomson's Martyr Graves
of Scotland, 102 ; Johnston's Treasury of
the Scottish Covenant, 324 ; Hewison's
Covenanters, ii., 184 ; Black's Brechin ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
JAMES OGILVIE, only son of William
O., portioner of Blairmaud, Banff-
shire ; M.A. (King's College, Aber-
deen, 17th July 1662); schoolmaster at
Cullen 1663-5; passed trials before Presb. of
Fordyce, and got a testimonial for licence
5th July 1665 ; though settled, 24th Aug.
1666, he was kept out of the manse ; is
said to have deserted his charge May
1671.— [Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 28th Jan.
1670 ; Cullen Sess.; Cramond's Cullen, 131.]
THOMAS WYLLIE of Barclay ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 20th July 1638); ord.
to Borgue in 1642 ; trans, to Mauch-
line 16th July 1646 ; was engaged in
opposition to the royal forces at Mauchline
Moor June 1648 ; joined the Protesting
Party in the Church in 1651 ; trans, to
Kirkcudbright in 1655 ; deprived by Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662, and ordered to
remove north of the Tay. He obtained
charge of a Presbyterian congregation at
Coleraine, Ireland, about 1669 ; was in-
dulged here (on a call from the people) by
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672; died 20th
July 1676, aged about 58. He marr. Mar-
garet (died Feb. 1690), daugh. of John
Gordon, factor at Lochinvar, and had
issue — Ann, born 1673 ; Robert, min. of
Hamilton. Publications — "Letter to Sir
William Mure" (Mure's House of Roiv-
allan) ; Ane Catechism of the Christian
Religion [printed for the first time in
Professor Mitchell's The Catechisms of the
Second Reformation'] (Edinburgh, 1886).
He also, in conjunction with Alexander
Wedderburn, min. of Kilmarnock, drew up
Grievances in the Indulgence, straitening
the Presbyterian Ministers so that they
cannot accept it. — [Wodrow's Hist., i., 326 ;
IRVINE]
FENWICK
95
1680
Glasg. Tests. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 407 ;
Calderwood's Hist., App., 5, 6 ; P. C. Reg.,
3rd ser., v., 91 ; Henderson's Borgue, 27-30.]
JOHN WILSON, only son of John W.,
merchant, Glasgow ; M.A. (Glasgow,
18th July 1672); pres. by William,
Earl of Kilmarnock, June, and inst. 26th
Sept. 1677; dep. May 1680 for adultery;
went to Barbados ; died before 18th June
1694, when his sister Grizel, wife of Robert
Rowat, merchant, Glasgow, was served heir
to his property in the Saltmarket. — [Glasg.
Presb. Peg.]
JAMES MAIN, M.A. ; pres. by William,
Earl of Kilmarnock ; passed trials
and got a testimonial 23rd June
1680 for ordination. He is believed to
have instigated the arrest of Captain
John Paton of Meadowhead, who was
ultimately executed ; trans, to Old Monk-
land after 25th March 1684. — [M'Kay's
Hist, of Kilmarnock, 62.]
ANDREW CRAWFORD, M.A. (Glas-
gow, 13th July 1669) ; passed trials
1685 before the Presb. there and got a
testimonial 18th July 1677 for licence;
adm. about 1685 ; deserted his charge in
1689, and is said to have been a " scandal-
ous drunkard.3'
ANDREW FAULLS [FAULDS], edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; been, by
Presb. of Paisley 22nd Aug. 1689;
ord. 18th March 1691 ; died, probably un-
marr., after 5 th July 1699.
WILLIAM SIMSON, educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
18th March 1702 ; ord. in 1703 ; died
between 16th April and 7th May 1718. He
marr. Julian Stewart, who died at Glasgow,
17th Jan. 1765, aged 82, and had issue —
Juliana, buried 1st June 1777, aged 60.
JOHN CHRISTIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1719 22nd April 1708); studied theology
at Univ. of Glasgow ; became tutor
to Richard Carsewell ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 23rd May 1716; called 24th Sept.
1718; ord. 18th March 1719; died 22nd
March 1740. He marr. Agnes Weir, who
survived him, and had issue — William. —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's Corresj).]
1691
1703
JAMES HALKET, licen. by Presb. of
1741 Dunkeld 1st Oct. 1734; called 31st
Dec. 1740 ; ord. 15th April 1741 ; died
16th April 1779, aged 72. He marr. 26th
July 1741, Alison (died 4th June 1777),
daugh. of Robert Chalmers, merchant,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Katherine,
born 22nd April 1745 ; John, born 22nd
June 1747, died 28th April 1775; Jasper,
born 25th Oct. 1751, died 11th March 1771.
" WILLIAM BOYD, born 1748, eldest son
1782 °^ Adam B-, carpenter, Lochwinnoch ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1768); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 28th
Jan. 1774 ; pres. by the Commissioners of
George, Earl of Glasgow, 20th and 21st
Sept. 1780. Great opposition was made
by the parishioners, who barricaded the
church door and filled the lock with stones
to prevent his access, while the beadle
refused to ring the bell. The case coming
before the Assemblies of 1781 and 1782,
they ordered the settlement. He was ord.
at Irvine 25th June 1782 ; died 17th Oct.
1828. He marr. 31st Aug. 1784, Elizabeth
Barr, who died 6th April 1834, and had
issue — Elizabeth, born 8th Aug. 1785, died
23rd April 1832 ; William, M.A. (Glasgow
1804), student of divinity, born 1st April
1787, died 9th June 1813 ; John, born 1st
June 1789, died 31st July 1808; Adam,
M.A. (Glasgow 1809), born 24th July 1791,
died 7th March 1822; Ann, born 26th
June 1793, died 31st March 1833; James,
secretary, Dublin, born 21st May 1795;
Margaret, born 30th Sept. 1797; Elliotta,
born 4th June 1800 ; George, born 23rd
Dec. 1803, died 8th April 1829 ; Janet, born
12th Oct. 1805 (marr. James Glen, min. of
Benholm). Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiv.).
JOHN GEDDES CROSBIE, eldest son
1829 °^ Andrew C., Dumfries ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; called to the
Scots Church, Birmingham, 30th Nov. 1824 ;
ord. by Presb. of Glasgow 8th June 1825 ;
res. 9th Oct. 1826 ; pres. by George, Earl of
Glasgow, Jan., and adm. 19th March 1829 ;
his demission (on conscientious grounds)
was accepted 5th April 1836, when he was
declared to be no longer a min. of the
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FENWICK— FERGUSHILL— HURLFORD
[ PRESB. OF
1836
Church ; died 16th June 1838. He marr.
31st Aug. 1831, Mary Lloyd, Birmingham,
who died 25th Dec. 1876, and had issue —
Robert Lloyd, born 25th Sept. 1832 ; John.
ROBERT FERGUSON, M.A. ; pres. by
George, Earl of Glasgow, May, and
ord. 25th Aug. 1836; trans, to St
David's, Edinburgh, 16th May 1843.
JAMES GRAHAM, trans, from North
Church, Paisley ; pres. by James,
Earl of Glasgow, 17th Aug., and
adm. 21st Sept. 1843 ; trans, to Penpont
21st Feb. 1845.
DAVID DICKIE, born 1804, youngest
son of George D., farmer, Monkton,
Ayr ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. assistant 7th Nov. 1837 ; adm. (assist-
ant and successor) at Terregles 3rd June
1841;. pres. by James, Earl of Glasgow, 6th
March, and adm. 8th May 1845; died 16th
June 1880. He marr. (1) Sarah Ann
M'Naught, who died 7th Jan. 1854, and
had issue — John Stott, shipowner, Glas-
gow, born 19th July 1842 ; David James,
born 1843, died 14th Oct. 1866; George
Boyd, shipbroker, Greenock, born 18th
Oct. 1845 ; Sarah Ann M'Naught, born
25th March 1848; William M'Naught,
born 2nd Sept. 1850 ; Jessie Mary Eliza-
beth, born 2nd Jan. 1854 (marr. Andrew
Graham Service, merchant, Glasgow, and
Collector of Trades' House) : (2) 3rd July
1855, Anna M'Millan Crichton, who died
s.p. at Lenzie, 14th May 1886.
JOHN HALL, eldest son of William H.,
1879 blacksmith, Eaglesham ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; assistant in
Arran ; ord. (assistant and successor) 11th
Dec. 1879 ; res. 2nd June 1887, and went
abroad.
' ANDREW BURNS, born Kirklands,
n Dreghorn, 19th Sept. 1858, second
son of William B., engine-keeper,
and Agnes Hunter ; was in business in
Glasgow, 1876-8 ; educated at Univs. of
Glasgow and St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 5th May 1886;
assistant at Gartsherrie, 1886-7 ; ord. 15th
Dec. 1887 ; app. clerk of Presb. of Irvine
16th Oct. 1900. Marr. (1) 27th Feb. 1890,
Agnes (died 29th June 1904), daugh. of
John N. Shaw, Garreyhorn, Maybole, and
Agnes M'Fadzean, and has issue — Agnes
M'Fadzean Hunter, born 17th Dec. 1890
(marr. 5th July 1916, William Archibald,
C.E., Glasgow) ; Bella, born 19th Dec.
1892, died 5th July 1894; Andrew Shaw,
born 11th June 1898 : (2) 3rd July 1906,
Mary, third daugh. of George Retson,
Gardrum, Fenwick, and Mary M'Manus.
FERGUSHILL (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1880. The
parish was disjoined from Kilwinning,
Irvine, and Stewarton, 15th March 1886.]
WILLIAM M'ALPINE, born Edin-
1880 burgh, !9th Nov. 1838, son of George
M. and Elizabeth Fort ; educated
at Dalkeith High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer
in 1866; assistant at Ballantrae, Tron
(Glasgow), Forfar, Markinch, Alexandria ;
ord. 29th Jan. 1880. Marr. 14th Sept,
1887, Blanche, daugh. of James Stephen
Tripp, and has issue — William Herbert,
born 20th March 1891 ; Francis Helen
Blanche, born 24th Jan. 1893 ; Rosa
Margaret Adela, born 5th March 1896 ;
Amy Elizabeth Antonia, born 13th May
1899 (marr. 10th Sept. 1919, Carrington
Nunn Ayles).
HURLFORD (Q.S.)
[The parish was disjoined from Kilmar-
nock, Galston, and Riccarton, by the Court
of Teinds, 9th March 1874, and, by Act of
Assembly, annexed to Presb. of Irvine.
The church was built in 1875.]
ALEXANDER MARSHALL, M.A. ;
74 pres. by the Trustees of the parish
17th Aug., and ord. 5th Nov. 1874 ;
trans, to Callander 13th Sept. 1877.
THOMAS PEARSON, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
7th March 1878 ; trans, to Second
1878
Charge, Cupar, 7th Jan. 1880.
GEORGE GARDINER, M.A.,B.D. ; ord.
8th July 1880 ; trans, to Kirknewton
11th June 1889. He had the following
children in addition to those given under
IRVINE]
HURLFORD— IRVINE
Kirknewton — Euphemia Forgan, born 5th
Oct. 1881, died 7th June 1882; Annie
Dow, born 10th Oct. 1883 ; David Forgan
Lindsay, born 21st Aug. 1885, died 22nd
Sept. 1888.
ALEXANDER CAMERON, licen. by
1890 Presb. of Kintyre 11th May 1887;
ord. 9th Jan. 1890; died unrnarr.
at Glasgow, 31st Aug. 1906.
JAMES BRYCE JAMIESON, M.A.,
1907 B-D-' ord' 7th Feb' 1907; trans-
to Greyfriars, Dumfries, 3rd Feb.
1911.
JAMES WILSON MUGGOCH, born
20th Nov. 1880, son of James Wilson
M., Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1905); B.D. (1909);
engaged as a teacher ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 5th May 1909 ; assistant at Black-
friars' Parish, Glasgow, 1909-11 ; ord. 29th
June 1911 ; Chaplain to Forces in Egypt,
1916-17. Marr. 23rd April 1912, Jane
Helen, daugh. of James Glen, Cora Linn,
Uddingston, and has issue — Helen Milne
Lawson, born 9th June 1915 ; James Wilson,
born 16th May 1918.
IRVINE.
[The church of Irvine belonged to the
Abbey of Kilwinning. In early times it
was dedicated to St Inan, but there was
a later dedication to St Mary. There were
two chapels in the parish, St Mary's on the
Water of Irvine near the church, and the
other at Bourtriehill. The parish church
contained at least nine dedications besides
that of the high altar. Two of these were
in honour of St Ninian. The others bore
the names of St Salvator, St Conal, St
Thomas the Martyr, St Sebastian, St
Christopher, St John the Baptist, and St
Stephen. Close to the churchyard stood
the priory of the White Friars of Irvine
founded in the fourteenth century by one
of the Fullartons of that ilk. Irvine
church was rebuilt on a new site in 1774.
Two fairs in the year were held at Irvine
in honour of St Mary, the one on the 15th
VOL. III.
of Aug., the feast of her Assumption, and
the other on the 8th of Sept., the day of
her Nativity.]
JOHN LYND, min. in 1565; it was
1565 declared by the Assembly, 26th June
that year, " that he was unsufficient
for the charge." — [Booke of the Kirk ;
Keith's Hist.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, probably son of
1567 Robert H. of Preston, adm. to Ochil-
tree about 1562 ; trans, before 27th
June 1567; died in 1578. He marr., and
had issue — Robert in Prestonpans ; Jona-
than, student at St Andrews Nov. 1582,
died before 4th March 1588-9 ; Andrew ;
Janet ; Magdalen. — [Reg. Min. ; Booke of
the Kirk ; Calderwood's Hist., ii., 370 ; Reg.
Sec. Sig., xlix., 34 ; Reg. of Heeds, xviii.
160.]
JOHN YOUNG, trans, from Jedburgh,
157o entered at Beltein, 1570 ; was a
member of the Convention in 1571 ;
of the Assemblies March 1572, March 1573,
April 1576, July and Oct. 1580, and April
1581. In 1574 Pierstoun was in his
charge ; was app. Commissioner of Kyle
and Cunninghame July 1579, to which
Carrick was added afterward ; was still
min. Oct. 1582, and was afterwards at
Beith. He had decree for half of stipend
for crop and year 1588; styled min. 13th
May 1589. — [Ayr Homings, 11th April
1590.]
WILLIAM STRANG, adm. to Kirk-
1583 ^s*on M-av 15^9 ; trans, (probably
as colleague) before Aug. 1583 ; died
2nd Aug. 1588, in his 42nd year. The
history which he gave of himself is worthy
of preservation. "The Lord that is riche
in mercie, and infinite in gudnes vouch-
safed to oppin eyis and lycht in my hart
with the knawledge of his treuth ewin in
my childheid, being bot xij zeiris of aige
quhill the dark bonds of Ignorance did
couer the haill land for the maist part,
and from that tyme that he callit me to
the knawledge of his eternal treuthe it
has pleisit him to grant to me all meanis
that mycht further me in the fayth, as
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IRVINE
[PRESB. OF
the vse of gude buikis, the heiring of
godlie and leirnit sermones maid be his
faythfull seruandis, the first restoreris of
the Evangell in this countrie, besyd the
continual inspirationes of his Spreit,
kendling in my hart ane lufe and desyre
to proffeit in the trew knawledge of
saluatioun, be exercising myself continuallie
in reiding the Scriptures from my youth,
and the meditationes of godlie men that
hes writtin vpoun the same, be the quhilk
menis it pleisit him to prepair me afoir the
hand to the ministrie, quhairunto he had
appointit me be his mercifull Providence.
Lykeas he callit me thairvnto being ane
zoung man xxiij zeiris of aige or thairby,
and of the lyke mercie he hes vouchsaved
to vse the seruice of me his unproffitabill
seruand in the preiching of his Evangell
now by the space of xviij zeiris, first in the
congregatioun of Kirklistoun be the space
of xiiij zeiris, and now in the kirk of Irwin
be the space of iiij zeiris or thairby." S.
left to the "pure of the Town x merks."
He marr. Agnes, sister of Alexander
Borthwick, portioner of Nether Leneyher.
She survived her husband (marr. (2) Robert
Wilkie, min. of Kilmarnock), and had issue
— William, min. of Johnstone ; John, D.D.,
Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow ; Barbara
(marr. John Blackader, father of B. the
Covenanter) ; Dorothy ; Margaret. — [Reg.
Assig. ; Edin. Tests. ; Crichton's Life of
Blackader; M'Ure's Glasg.]
ALEXANDER SCRIMGEOUR, a native
of Dundee ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. ; regent in the
Univ. of Edinburgh, 1586-8 ; on the
Exercise there, and recommended to the
Merse 27th Feb. 1588; adm. after 27th
May 1589 ; he was nominated by the Privy
Council 6th March following one of the
Commission for the maintenance of the
Protestant religion in Cunningham. After
1595 he was a member of five Assemblies,
and in that of 1606 named constant
Moderator of this Presb., which was
charged by the Privy Council 17th Jan.
1607 to receive him as such within twenty-
four hours after notice. He was called,
with four others, before the Privy Council
15th Feb. 1610, for intercommuning with
papists ; died before 12th July 1617. He
marr. (1) Agnes, daugh. of Hew Campbell :
(2) Jean (died before 1608), daugh. of
Robert Hunter of Hunterston and widow
of Robert Cunningham, min. of Barnweil,
and had issue — Henry. — [Reg. Assig. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Grant's Univ. of Edin., i.
146, ii. 278; Ayr Sas. Sec. Reg., I, 239:
iv., 184.]
DAVID DICKSON, M.A.; adm. 31st
March 1618 ; proposed for Edin-
burgh Oct. 1620; deprived by the
Court of High Commission 10th Jan.
1622, and confined to Turriff, for opposing
the Articles of Perth and declining the
authority of the Court, but was permitted
to return in July 1623. In the discharge
of his official duty he was unwearied and
indefatigable, and was universally esteemed
by his parishioners. During the visitation
of religious zeal in 1630, known as "the
Stewarton Sickness," his prudence was
notable, and the interests of practical
religion were maintained. For employing
in 1637 two of his countrymen, who were
under the ban of Episcopal authority in
Ireland, he was again called before the
High Commission. As its authority, how-
ever, was then on the decline, he was no
further troubled. In the same year an
attempt was made to enforce the Service-
Book, which he and his Presb. moderately
but firmly opposed. He was a member of
Assembly of 1638, and distinguished him-
self by his activity and determination
during its memorable proceedings. An
attempt to have him translated to Glasgow
was at that time successfully opposed. In
1639 he was appointed chaplain to the newly
raised Ayrshire regiment, who were shortly
afterwards disbanded. On 12th Aug. that
year he was elected Moderator of the
Assembly, an honour well deserved, and
he discharged its duties with judgment
and moderation ; trans, to the Professor-
ship of Divinity in the Univ. of Glasgow
30th Jan. 1640; afterwards min. of St
Giles, Edinburgh.
IRVINE]
IRVINE
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HEW MACKAILE, min. of Percetoun
in 1633 ; trans, and adm. about 1642 ;
was app. one of the Commissioners
for visiting the Univ. of Glasgow 19th Aug.
1643 ; was a member of the Commissions
of Assembly 1645, 1647, 1649; trans, to
Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, after 12th Oct.
1649.
ALEXANDEK NESBITT of Knock,
1660 M.A. (Edinburgh, July 1643) ; trans.
from Second Charge ; nominated by
the Provost and Bailies of Irvine, and ap-
proved by the Presb. 1st Jan. 1650 ; died
11th March 1669, aged about 46. He marr.
Agnes Walkinshaw, who survived him,
and had issue — John, of Knock ; James,
entered apprentice to James Nisbet, M.D.,
surgeon - apothecary, Edinburgh, 5th June
1678, afterwards merchant, Irvine, died
2nd Sept. 1745 ; Elizabeth. Publications
— Exposition of the First and Second
■ Epistles of Peter (London, 1658) ; Exposi-
tion of Ecclesiastes (Edinburgh, 1694). —
[Edin. Guild Reg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Inq.
Ret. Ayr, 567 ; Reg. Old Dec, ii. ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Kirkton's Hist. ; M'Ure's Glasg.,
Reg. of Deeds, Dal., 5th Nov. 1686, 10th
March 1687.]
GEORGE HUTCHISON [HUTCHE-
1669 SON], M.A. (Edinburgh, 20th July
1638) ; adm. to Colmonell about
1642 ; trans, to Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh,
4th April 1649 ; deprived by Parliament 7th
Aug. 1 662 ; indulged here by the Privy
Council 27th July 1669 ; in the following
year he was invited, with four others, to
consider proposals for compromise with the
existing ecclesiastical government, which
were rejected. He was fined in a half-
year's stipend, 8th July 1673, for not observ-
ing the anniversary of the Restoration.
He died, after an illness of two hours, 1st
March 1674, aged 58. He was "a great
preacher." Possessing much ability and
considerable influence among his brethren,
he took a lead in advocating the cause of
the Resolutioners against that of the Pro-
testers. He marr. (1) Catherine Kinin-
mont, and had issue — John ; Anna ; Jean
(marr. John Wallace, min. of Largs) : (2)
19th Jan. 1672, Rachael, daugh. of George
Baillie of Jerviswood, and widow of
Andrew Gray, one of the mins. of Glasgow.
She was alive 13th June 1696. Publica-
tions — Exposition of Obadiah, Jonah,
Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah
(London, 1654) ; Exposition of Haggai,
Zechariah, and Malaehi ,: (London, 1654) ;
Brief Exposition of the Twelve Minor
Prophets (London, 1655) ; Exposition of St
John (London, 1657) ; Exposition of the
Minor Prophets (1657) ; Review and
Examination of "Protesters no Sub-
verters " (London, 1659) ; Exposition of the
Book of Job (London, 1669) ; Forty-five
Sermons on the CXXX. Psalm (Edinburgh,
1691); with several papers against the
Protesters.— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 133, 178,
181-222, 278; Edin. Bapt. and Marr.
Regs.; Glasg. Tests. ; Kirkton's Hist. ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 5725 ; Middleton's Appendix ;
M'Ure's Glasg. ; Brodie's Diary.]
JOHN STIRLING, M.A. (St Andrews
1676 1641); ord. to Bara 10th March
1647 ; trans, to Tron Parish, Edin-
burgh, 12th April 1650; trans, to Lady
Yester's Chapel, Edinburgh, in 1655 ;
deprived by Privy Council in 1662; in-
dulged at Hounam 30th Sept. 1669, and
here 3rd Aug. 1676 ; died Feb. 1683, aged
about 62. He marr. Christian, daugh. of
Sir Arthur Forbes, Bart., of Castle Forbes,
in Ireland, and had issue — John, bapt. 16th
Feb. 1653; Jean, bapt. 18th July 1654
(marr. Andrew Ker, writer, Edinburgh) ;
Marion, bapt. 17th June 1656; James,
bapt. 8th May 1659 ; Arthur, bapt. 8th
Sept. 1661 ; Mary.— [Brown's Hist, of the
Indulgence ; Edin. Tests. ; Edin. Reg.
Bapt. ; Min. - book Reg. Privy Seal ;
Lumsden's House of Forbes.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.A., formerly
1688 °^ Penicuik ; adm. before 1688 ;
trans, to Kirknewton in 1689.
PATRICK WARNER of Ardeer, born
1688 1640, son of John W., Irvine, and
brother of Thomas, min. of Balmac-
lellan ; studied at Univs. of St Andrews
and Glasgow ; M.A. (1661) ; licen. after
1666, went to England soon after, and was
ord. by Dissenters in London in 1669. He
went to India and officiated at Fort St
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IRVINE
[presb. or
George, on the Coromandel coast, for three
years. He returned in 1677 and preached
occasionally for the indulged ministers, as
well as for their opposing brethren. After
the battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679, he
went to Holland, where he remained till
1681. Having returned to Scotland, he
was arrested in Feb. 1682, and imprisoned
in Edinburgh on 7th June, but was released
on undertaking to leave the kingdom. He
then went to Tweedmouth and Newcastle,
but at the latter place he was again im-
prisoned for eight weeks for not taking the
Oath of Allegiance. On submission he was
released and went to Rotterdam, whence
he returned at the Toleration. He at-
tended the general meeting of ministers
on 6th July 1687, received a call to this
parish 9th Feb., and adm. 24th March 1688.
While in Holland he had an interview with
the Prince of Orange, who assured him he
would establish Presbyterian Church govern-
ment in Scotland. He dem. his charge, 28th
July 1702, but the parish was not declared
vacant until Feb. 1708; died 19th April
1724. He acquired the estate of Ardeer in
1707. He marr. Dec. 1681, Mary, daugh.
of William Guthrie, min. of Fenwick, and
had issue — William of Ardeer; Patrick;
Margaret (marr. (1) Ebenezer Veitch, min.
of Ayr : (2) Robert Wodrow, the church his-
torian).— [Wodrow's Hist., iii. 394 passim,
iv. 436 ; Maitland's Miscell., iv. ; Howie's
Collect, and Lives ; Lothian Syn. Reg.]
WILLIAM M'KNIGHT, born Lisburn,
170Q Ireland, 3rd Aug. 1685; licen. by
Presb. of Stirling 3rd July 1706;
ord. 4th April 1709; he preached at
Cambuslang during the revival Aug. 1742,
and died 13th April 1750. He marr. 13th
Feb. 1716, Elizabeth (died 6th April 1753),
daugh. of John Gemmell of Dalraith, and
had issue — John of Dalraith ; William ;
James, D.D., min. of Old Kirk Parish,
Edinburgh, born 17th Sept. 1721 ; Mary,
born 1723 ; Elizabeth, born 1726 ; Margaret,
born 12th Aug. 1730; Thomas, of Ratho,
distinguished for his loyalty during the
American War, born 24th July 1735,
died 19th April 1811— [Macfarlan's Revivals;
Wodrow's Corresp.']
J CHARLES BANNATYNE, born 1715,
7 son of Dugald B., min. of Kilmory ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 31st Aug.
1739 ; ord. (assistant and successor) to
Kilmory 25th April 1743 ; pres. by Alex-
ander, Earl of Eglinton, 29th April 1750 ;
adm. 8th Aug. 1751, the settlement having
been delayed by a difference of opinion
regarding a clause in the presentation
" reserving the tithes " The presentation
was sustained by the General Assembly.
He died 27th April 1773. He marr. 17th
April 1758, Barbara (died 10th May 1785),
daugh. of Alexander Cunningham of Bridge-
house, and had issue — Barbara, born 1st
Feb. 1759 (marr. (1) 25th Aug. 1777, John
Mutrie, min. of Kilmarnock : (2) James
Steven, min. of Kilwinning) ; Dugald, born
26th Feb. 1760, died in Jamaica ; Alex-
ander, born 9th Aug. 1761, went to India ;
Margaret, born 1st March 1763, died 4th
Dec. 1765 ; John, merchant, London, born
2nd Jan. 1765; Margaret, born 31st Oct.
1766 (marr. 14th April 1800, Daniel
Mackenzie, merchant, Glasgow) ; Katherine,
born 9th Sept. 1768, died 15th Aug. 1769 ;
Jean Dunmoor, born 16th Sept. 1770 ; Neil,
born 25th June 1772 (marr. her cousin,
John Bannatyne, merchant, Glasgow). —
[Tombst. ; Morren's Ann., i.]
JAMES RICHMOND, born 1744, second
-M _4 son of John R., farmer, New Mills ;
tutor in the family of Cunningham
of Carmelbank ; after studying divinity at
Univ. of Glasgow, was licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 12th Sept. 1769 ; pres. by Archibald,
Earl of Eglinton, at the desire of the
parishioners, 7th Oct. 1773; ord. 15th
March 1774; D.D. (Glasgow, Feb. 1800);
died 16th July 1804. He marr. 6th Sept.
1779, Margaret Cunningham, who died
10th April 1820, and had issue— William,
born 16th July 1780, died in Jamaica, 25th
June 1796; Helen, born 27th Oct. 1781;
Margaret, born 8th May 1783 ; John, min.
of Southdean, born 21st Aug. 1784 ; Jane,
born 2nd July 1786 ; Elizabeth, born 25th
Feb. 1788, died 2nd Dec. 1789; Sarah,
born 1st March 1790; James, surgeon
H.E.I.C.S., born 25th Nov. 1791; Mari-
IRVINE]
IRVINE— KILBIRNIE
101
anne, born 14th June 1793, died 20th
March 1797. Publication— Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Tombst.]
JAMES HENDERSON, perhaps son of
Andrew H., schoolmaster, Methven ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1781); pres. by Hugh,
Earl of Eglinton, Jan., and ord. 2nd May
1805 ; died 3rd Feb. 1820. He marr. 11th
July 1804, Eleanora Forbes, who died 23rd
Sept. 1833, and had issue — James, born 15th
Sept. 1805, died 6th June 1809 ; Mary Ann,
born 1st Jan. 1807; George, born 24th July
1808 ; Eleanora, born 1st May 1810; James,
born 10th Nov. 1812 ; Augusta Hay, born
2nd July 1816 ; Margaret, born 25th Feb.
1818 ; Jane Montgomery, born 31st Dec.
1819.
JOHN WILSON, pres. by the Trustees
of Archibald William, Earl of Eglin-
ton, May, and adm. 22nd June 1820;
trans, to Stirling 22nd Aug. 1844.
1820
1845
^ANDREW BROWN, trans. from
Newton-upon-Ayr ; pres. by Archi-
bald William, Earl of Eglinton,
12th Sept. 1844; adm. 9th Jan. 1845;
trans, to Beith 7th Oct. 1852.
JAMES SOMMERVILLE, born Glas-
1853 £ow' 12t^ April I828) eldest son of
James S., merchant, and Margaret
Scotland ; educated at James Allan's
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Greenock 5th May, and ord. to
Gourock 23rd June 1852 ; pres. by Archi-
bald William, Earl of Eglinton, 30th Nov.
1852; trans, and adm. 17th Feb. 1853;
D.D. (Glasgow, April 1887) ; died 29th Jan.
1893. He marr. 5th Aug. 1856, Mary (died
7th Oct. 1903), daugh. of Thomas Campbell
of Annfield, Provost of Irvine, and Ann
Rankin, and had issue — James, born 8th
June 1857, died 9th April 1863; Ann
Rankin, born 14th Sept. 1858, died 9th
Feb. 1891 ; Thomas Campbell, born 24th
June 1860, died 31st May 1886 ; Margaret,
born 24th Jan. 1862 ; Agnes Jamieson, born
27th July 1863, died 30th May 1873 ; Henry
John, writer, Glasgow, born 27th June 1865 ;
James, born 17th May 1867, died 30th April
1871 ; John Campbell, born 26th July 1868,
died 20th April 1906; Robert Galbraith,
born 4th, and died 23rd March 1870 ; Mary,
born 27th April 1871 (marr. 4th Sept. 1901,
Francis Carr) ; Robert Galbraith, C.E.,
born 11th Oct. 1872 ; Norman, born 3rd
April, and died 9th July 1874; James,
born 31st Aug. 1875, died 2nd May 1889;
Catherine Campbell, born 4th June 1879,
died 3rd Feb. 1880. Publication— Twenty
Years, a sermon (Irvine, 1873). — [Memoir.]
HENRY RANKEN, born 8th Sept. 1852,
1891 son °^ Henry R. and Hannah Sher-
wood ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (1879), B.D. (1887) ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 13th May 1887; as-
sistant at Trinity Parish, Edinburgh ; ord.
to John Knox Church, Aberdeen, 16th May
1888 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 1st Oct. 1891. Marr. 10th Aug.
1882, Helen M'Cormick, daugh. of Mathew
Morton, and has issue — Harry Sherwood,
M.B., Ch.B.., Glasgow, M.R.C.P., London,
captain R.A.M.C, V.C., Chevalier of the
Legion of Honour, born 3rd Sept. 1883,
died at Braisne, France, 25th Sept. 1914,
from wounds received in action ; Alan
Rain, solicitor, born 7th April 1889. Publi-
cation— Reasons and Facts against Dis-
establishment (Irvine, 1893); St Athanasius
(Edinburgh, 1911).
Second, or Collegiate Charge.
ALEXANDER NESBITT, M.A. ; was
1646 Present at *ne beginning of the
register of the proceedings of Presb.
20th Oct. 1646; trans, to First Charge
about 1650.
JOHN GRANT, M.A. (Edinburgh, July
1662 1643) ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662— [Wodrow's
Hist., i., 327.]
KILBIRNIE.
[The church of Kilbirnie was dedicated to
St Breandan, and St Breandan s Well was
near. The church belonged to the Abbey
of Kilwinning. On St Breandan's Day, the
28th of May, a fair was held at Kilbirnie.
102
KILBIRNIE
[PRESB. OF
Of several dates carved upon the church,
the earliest is 1597. That, however,
evidently refers to an addition. The
main structure is in the style of a some-
what earlier time. There is, in one of the
transepts, a very elaborate gallery pew,
having on it much fine heraldic and sym-
bolic carving. This was erected in 1694
by John, first Viscount Garnock. In the
churchyard, a great feature is the mauso-
leum of the Crawfurds of Jordanhill, built
in 1594. In it are recumbent statues of
Thomas Crawfurd of Jordanhill, who
captured Dunbarton Castle in 1571, and
his wife.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, son of
- „,_ Robert H. of Dalserf ; exhorter and
vicar in 1567 ; was forfeited in 1571
for joining his clansmen on behalf of
Queen Mary. He appears as reader in
1574-80, and was again adm. to the
ministry before 1585 ; dem. before 28th
April, and died 7th Oct. 1586. He marr.
Jean Barclay (who survived him and
marr. (2) John Heriot, min. of this parish),
and had issue — Malcolm, pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 28th April 1586,
but not adm. ; he is styled min. in 1604.
— [Beg. Min. ; Ayr Sas. ; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
ii., 401.]
ROBERT CRAWFURD, succeeded on
16*71 ^e forfeiture of the preceding,
and was vicar and reader with the
whole vicarage in 1571. — [New Stat. Ace.,
Ayrshire, 720.]
JOHN HERIOT, M.A. (St Andrews,
21st March 1580); pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 21st Nov.
1586; died before 25th Nov. 1630, aged
about 70. He marr. Jean Barclay, widow
of Archibald Hamilton, his predecessor,
and had issue — Robert ; Alexander ;
David ; Jean (marr. Nov. 1615, Hugh,, son
of Alexander Montgomery, merchant,
Irvine). — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Reg. Assig. ;
Prot. Book of Robert Brown.]
WILLIAM RUSSELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1610) ; got a testimonial from the
Presb. of Glasgow 15th May 1616 ;
adm. before 1619 ; pres. to the vicarage by
Charles I. 25th Nov. 1630 ; was a member
of General Assembly in 1638 ; made a com-
plaint to the Presb. 15th June 1647, that
one of his parishioners had called his
doctrine "dust and grey meal." The
accused being summoned, confessed his
fault, and was ordered by the Presb. to
make -confession upon his knees, and also
before his own congregation in the place of
public repentance. R. was still min. 26th
Dec. 1661. He marr. Lucrece Scrimgeour,
who died 3rd Sept. 1637, and had issue —
Euphemia (marr., cont. 10th and 11th Nov.
1657, William M'Kerrell of Hillhouse).—
[Glasg. Presb. Reg. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Acts of Pari., v. ; Ayr Sas.,
iii. 642, ix. 279.]
FRANCIS BAILLIE, M.A. (Glasgow
1665 1653); min. in 1665.
WILLIAM TULLIDAFF, M.A. ;
1670 f°rmerly mm- °f Dunbog ; granted
indulgence here by Privy Council
1st Jan. 1670 ; fined half a year's stipend
on 8th July 1673 for not observing the
anniversary of the Restoration ; deprived
27th Nov. 1684 for failing to keep the
Council's instructions, and imprisoned 11th
Dec. following, for refusing to give bond
not to exercise his ministry in the kingdom.
He became min. of Wemyss in 1688.
PATRICK ANDERSON, granted in-
1672 dulgence nere together with preced-
ing in 1672.— [P. C. Reg., 3rd ser.,
iii., 587.]
ALEXANDER DUNCAN, probably son
1680 °^ William D., min. of New Kil-
patrick ; M.A. (Glasgow, 20th July
1675); adm. in 1680; recommended by
James, Marquess of Montrose, 7th May
1681, for the parish of Baldernock, which
did not then become vacant ; outed in
1688 ; probably assisted his father for a
time at New Kilpatrick, but settled in a
non-jurant Episcopal congregation at Glas-
gow in 1715. So keen were his political
feelings that he refused the Communion to
an English officer, because he would not
acknowledge his having held a commission
from King George to be a sin. He was
consecrated a bishop of non-jurants at
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KILBIRNIE
103
Edinburgh in 1724; died Jan. 1733, aged
78. He marr. a lady whose name has not
been ascertained, and had issue — Robert ;
Grizel. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Wodroiv MSS. ;
Stirling Papers ; Cleland's Anal. ; Rebuffer
Rebuffed.]
JOHN GLASGOW, M.A. (Glasgow,
1688 16th July 1674); ord. 16th Aug.
1688 ; died Dec. 1721, aged about 68.
He marr. (1) Jean, eldest daugh. of John
Cunningham of Wattieston, chamberlain
to the Laird of Kilbirnie, and had issue —
Robert of Puddockholme, ancestor of the
Montgreenan family : (2) Margaret Scott,
and had issue — James, min. of Edinburgh
Castle ; Margaret ; William ; Samuel ;
Janet, buried at Glasgow, 25th Dec. 1723 ;
Elizabeth ; Jean (marr., pro. 12th June
1763, John Sword, merchant, Edinburgh).
— [Robertson's Ayrshire Fam., i., 344 ;
Edin. Com. Deeds., xxxvi., 5th Jan. 1758.]
JAMES SMITH, M.A. (Glasgow, 16th
1723 June 1712) ', schoolmaster at Irvine ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 13th March
1722 ; called 5th Feb., and ord. 2nd May
1723 ; died 11th Feb. 1733, aged about 40.
He marr. Bethia (died 30th Jan. 1767),
daugh. of Hugh Barclay of the Pierston
family, and had issue — Robert, born 1727 ;
Elizabeth (marr. Robert Dallas of Kensing-
ton).— [Glasg. Tests.]
-MALCOLM BROWN, M.A. (Glasgow,
1734 30th April 1723) ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 10th Nov. 1 730 ; was chaplain
to Lord Boyle; called 26th Sept. 1732;
ord. 30th Jan. 1734 ; died Father of the
Church 21st Dec. 1794, aged 99. He
bequeathed £10 to the poor. He marr.
8th Dec. 1738, Anne (died 29th Nov. 1792),
daugh. of James Baine, min. of Bonhill,
but had no issue. — [Edin. Com. Deeds,
xxxvi., 18th April 1760.]
ROBERT URQUHART, born 1763, son
of Andrew U., Irvine ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 23rd Sept. 1788; pres. by Archi-
bald, Earl of Eglinton, 9th March, and ord.
6th Aug. 1795; died 22nd Sept. 1845. He
marr. 10th Sept. 1804, Elizabeth (died 13th
Dec. 1866), daugh. of Henry Hooks, and
1846
had issue — Andrew, min. of Port Patrick,
born 22nd July 1805 ; Janet Morrice, born
13th Jan. 1807, died 31st March 1889;
Agnes, born 7th Aug. 1808 (marr. John
Johnston, factor) ; Elizabeth Glasgow, born
29th Nov. 1812, died 28th Jan. 1861 ;
Jane Fulton, born 8th Dec. 1814, died 24th
Feb. 1846 ; Henry Ritchie, writer, Largs,
born 22nd March 1816; Mary, born 13th
Feb. 1818; Robina, born 7th Dec. 1820
(marr. Archibald Watson, D.D., min. of
St Mary's, Dundee) ; John, born 19th Oct.
1823, died 16th March 1860; Robert Morrice,
born 16th Nov. 1827, died 20th May 1843.
JOHN ORR, born 1811, third son of
William O., farmer, Dreghorn ; edu-
cated at Univs. of Glasgow, Edin-
burgh, and St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Irvine June 1844 ; assistant at Wig-
town and in this parish ; pres. by Archibald
William, Earl of Eglinton, 2nd Dec. 1845 ;
ord. 15th Jan. 1846 ; died 16th Sept. 1885.
He marr. 16th Sept. 1851, Jessie (died 9th
Dec. 1907), second daugh. of James Black-
wood of Leelaw, and had issue — Maine
Maggie, born 17th Sept. 1852; William
Alexander, born 5th March 1854 ; John,
born 27th Feb. 1856 ; Mary Blackwood,
born 17th Nov. 1861, died 16th Feb. 1864 ;
James Blackwood, born 15th, and died
30th Jan. 1864 ; Jessie Blackwood, born
17th April 1865 (marr. Henry Ritchie
Buchan, min. of this parish).
v HENRY RITCHIE BUCHAN, born
1886 Cameron, 12th Nov. 1857, son of
William B. and Euphemia M'Ewan ;
educated at Cameron School and Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews in 1882 ; assistant at Kilbirnie
in 1882; ord. 22nd June 1886; died 15th
April 1918. He marr. 28th Dec. 1886, Jessie
Blackwood Orr, daugh. of preceding min.,
and had issue — William Sutherland, min.
of Liff and Benvie, born 28th Feb. 1888;
John Orr, born 1st Oct. 1889; Henry
Ritchie, born 5th May 1892 ; Jessie Black-
wood, born 7th Aug. 1894 ; Euphemia,
born 26th July 1896; Marion, born 29th
May 1899 ; Ethel, born 5th May 1901 ;
Katherine Alexandra, born 10th Oct.
1903 ; Lionel Cecil, born 30th March 1907.
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KILBIRNIE— KILMARNOCK
[PRESB. OF
HUGH CLARKE M'COLL, born
1918 Glasgow, 29tll Oct- I885) son of
John M. and Isabella M'Dougall ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1908); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow in 1908 ; assistant at Milton
(Glasgow), Larbert, and Buccleuch (Edin-
burgh) ; ord. by Edinburgh Presb. to
Darjeeling, India, 16th Dec. 1908; adm. to
this parish 19th Sept. 1918. Marr. 6th
Oct. 1910, Janet, daugh. of John Taylor,
B.D., Indian Chaplain, and has issue — John
Hugo, born 31st Dec. 1911. Publications
— "On the Track of the Lepidoptera"
{Chambers's Journal, Edinburgh, 1911);
"Notes on Bible Lessons" (Indian C.E.
Year Book, 1915-16).
KILMARNOCK.
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St Marnoch, who was commemorated
also in the name of the stream called the
Water of Marnoch, but now generally
termed Kilmarnock Water. The church
was rebuilt in 1802, and enlarged in 1831.
It is now commonly known as the Laigh
Kirk. Its tower is a survival from the
older building, and is said to have been
built in the fifteenth century. A spring
near by was styled Our Lady's Well. Sir
William Mure of Rowallan, M.P., the poet
and historical writer, was an elder of this
parish. He undertook, among other
poetical works, a metrical version of the
Psalms, but did not live to complete it.
The churchyard of Kilmarnock has several
interesting memorials of Covenanting times.
One monument marks the place where are
buried the heads of John Ross and John
Shields, executed at Edinburgh on 27th
Dec. 1666. Their bodies were interred with
those of criminals in Edinburgh, but the
heads were long exposed for public warn-
ing at Kilmarnock, where the men were
well known. Another stone tells how five
men of the neighbourhood, Thomas Finlay,
John Cuthbertson, William Brown, Robert
Anderson, and James Anderson, taken at
Bothwell Bridge in 1679, were drowned at
sea, while being carried as convict prisoners
to the American plantations. A third
inscription records that John Finlay was
hanged at Edinburgh as a Covenanter on
15th Dec. 1682, while on another stone is
the name of John Nisbet of Hardhill, a
famous member of a notable Covenanting
family. He was executed at Kilmarnock
on 14th April 1683.]
JOHN MUIR, adm. about 1561 ; still
1561 min. 20th April 1565.
ROBERT WILKIE, min. of Loudoun
158_ in 1574 ; styled min. here 13th March
1580. Loudoun being still in his
charge; died 19th July 1601. He marr.
(1) Helen Lockhart, who died 2nd Sept.
1586, and had issue — Margaret; Helen;
Sara : (2) Agnes Borthwick, widow of
William Strang, min. of Irvine, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — Thomas, min.
of Crailing. — [Reg. Assig. ; Feu Charters
of Kirklands, ii., 193.]
HEW FULLARTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1601 15>78) > adm- to Dumfries in 1586 ;
pres. by James VI. 21st July 1601 ;
died between 29th July and 3rd Dec. 1608,
aged about 50. He had issue — Hector,
mentioned in 1631. — [Beg. Assig. ; Booke
of the Kirk ; Reg. of Deeds, cccclxvi., 481.]
WALTER WHITEFORD, M.A. ; pres.
1608 ky James VI. 3rd Dec. 1608 ; trans,
to Moffat in 1610.
1610
MICHAEL WALLACE, M.A. ; formerly
a regent in the Univ. of Glasgow ;
min. in 1610 ; was a member of
Assembly that year and 1618 ; signed the
Protestation for the Liberties of the Kirk
27th June 1617: was on the Commission
for Maintenance of Church Discipline 21st
Oct. 1634 ; died May 1641, aged about 60.
He marr. (1) Margaret Scott, sister of Robert
S., min. of Glasgow : (2) Margaret Mirrie,
who survived him, and had issue — Robert,
Bishop of the Isles. — [Booke of the Kirk;
Calderwood's Hist., vii., 106, 256, 318;
Glasg. and Stranraer Fresh. Regs. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Reg. Old Dec, iii. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
IRVINE]
KILMARNOCK
105
Acts of Pari., v. ; Maitland Miscell., ii. ;
Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ; Ayr Sas., 1620,
ii., 69.]'
MATTHEW MOWAT, son of (? John)
M. of Busbie ; M.A. (Glasgow 1624);
1641 pres. by James, Lord Boyd, 1641, but
the Presb. refused to admit him until they
had tried his qualification Nov. 1641. An
Act of Parliament was passed (16th Jan.
1649) pardoning him and others who had
opposed the royal forces at Mauchline Moor
in June 1648. He joined the Protesters in
1651, and was elected by them Moderator
of Synod in April. He was imprisoned
with others 28th May 1662, for refusing
to take the Oath of Allegiance, unless with
explanations, and with consent of Parlia-
ment he was deprived by Privy Council
16th Sept. following, and the church
declared vacant. On a charge of sedition,
he was summoned before the Privy Council
on 9th Dec. 1662. He died Dec. 1669, aged
about 66, and was probably unmarr. His
brother, John, bailie of Kilmarnock, was
his executor. — [Rutherfurd's and Baillie's
Letts.; Syn. Roll, 1642; Stranraer Pr-esb.
Reg. ; Fenivick Sess. Reg. ; Edin. Tests. ;
Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Livingston's
Charac. ; Young's Life of Welsh ; Kirk-
ton's Hist. ; P. C. Reg., 2nd ser., vii., 306.]
JAMES CARNEGY, M.A. ; adm. in
1663 1663j trans- t0 Arbroath 7th Oct.
1669.
1670
ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN, born
about 1620, son of James W., min.
of Moonzie ; M.A. (St Andrews
1642); adm. to Forgan 10th Feb. 1647;
suspended and confined to his parish by
Court of High Commission 5th April 1664 ;
deprived 6th April 1665 ; indulged here by
Privy Council 27th Jan. 1670. When terms
of accommodation were proposed to the
Presbyterians that year, he was one of
those who carried a refusal to Edinburgh,
and in 1672 was one of two who drew
up a paper on "Grievances as to the In-
dulgence." He died Nov. 1678, aged about
57, from the effects of a blow given by a
Highlander with the butt end of a musket,
while W. was in the act of expostulating
against the ravages the man's comrades were
committing in the town. He marr. June
1654, Helen (buried in Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, 29th Nov. 1696), daugh. of Thomas
Turnbull of Bogmill in the Carse of Gowrie,
and had issue — Robert, served heir 23rd
Dec. 1679 ; William, bapt. 4th May 1671 ;
Jean (twin) ; John ; Mary, edited her
father's sermons ; Janet ; Susanna ;
Margaret. Publications — Believers' Privi-
ledges and Duties in several Sermons,
Part first [no more published] (1682) ;
David's Testament, opened up, in forty
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1696) ; Our Lord's
Transfigxiration evangellically and practi-
cally improved, in ttventy-two discourses
(Edinburgh, 1696). — [Wodrow's Hist., ii.,
178, 429 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Lamont's Diary ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 6172; M'Kay's Kilmarnock,
50, 145; P. C. Decreta, 18th Sept. 1679,
10th Aug. 1680,9th March 1703; Wedder-
burn Book, 52.]
1682
GEORGE POLLOK, born 24th July
1649, son of James P., bailie of
Glasgow, and Elizabeth Marshall,
and grandson of David P., min. of Old
Luce; M.A. (Glasgow, 5th July 1666)
pres. to Ballantrae 6th June 1673 ; adm
in 1682 ; died April 1688. He marr. (cont
1st March 1681) his cousin Margaret
daugh. of Thomas Pollok, merchant
Glasgow, who survived him, and had issue
— David ; Thomas.
ROBERT BELL, bapt. 20th July 1666,
1687 y°unoest son °f Sir John B., Provost
of Glasgow, and Janet, daugh. of
Colin Campbell of Blythswood ; educated
at Univs. of Glasgow and Oxford ; M.A.
(22nd June 1686) ; adm. to Kilwinning in
1687 ; trans, and adm. in 1687 ; outed in
1689, when some of the people threatened
to throw him into the river, and at the
market cross prohibited him from preach-
ing any more. He went to France in 1692.
— [Rule's Sec. Vindication.]
1690
JAMES ROWAT, formerly in the Second
Charge ; attended first meeting of
Presb. after Toleration, 17th Aug.
1687 ; restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April, and attended the meeting of Synod
106
KILMARNOCK
[PRESB. OF
1711
7th Oct. 1690; died Feb. 1692. He left
100 merks to the poor of the parish.—
[Maitland MiscelL, iv. ; M'Kay's Kilmar-
nock, 144.]
FRANCIS FINLAYSON, studied
16gg divinity at the Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 29th
Nov. 1698; ord. 11th May 1699; died 6th
Feb. 1710. He marr. (cont. 17th Dec.
1703), Margaret (died 30th June 1757),
second daugh. of Hugh Hunter, surgeon
apothecary in Kilmarnock, and had issue
—Hugh, writer, Edinburgh. — [Wodrow's
Anal., and Corres}). ; M'Kay's Kilmarnock,
146; Ayr Sheriff-Court Book, 23rd May
1716.]
WILLIAM WRIGHT, son of Robert
W., bailie of Kilmarnock ; trans,
from Second Charge; adm. 23rd
Jan. 1711 ; died 4th July 1724. He marr.
(cont. 12th Sept. 1720) Charlotte Marie,
daugh. of John Gardiner, London (she
survived him and marr. (2) Laurence Hill,
min. of the Barony, Glasgow), and had
issue— William ; Lettice ; Elizabeth, who
were all dead before 1st May 1727. Publica-
tions— The Comic History of the Marriage
behveen Fergusia and Heptarchtis (1706) ;
The Jacobite Curse (Glasgow, 1714); and
other minor papers. — [Ayr Sheriff-Court
Book, 27th April 1725, and 10th March and
5th June 1727 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's
Anal, and Corresp. ; M'Kay's Kilmar-
nock, 146.]
PATRICK PAISLEY, born 1695, son
of John P., min. of Lochwinnoch ;
1 M.A. (Glasgow, 28th June 1716);
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 18th July 1722 ;
was assistant for several months to Thomas
Hoog, one of the mins. of Rotterdam ;
trans, from Second Charge and adm. after
4th July 1724 ; died 11th Dec. 1736. He
marr. 20th May 1731, Helen, daugh. of
John Glen of Assloss, merchant in Kilmar-
nock (she survived him and marr. (2) Hugh
Hamilton, min. of Girvan), and had issue
— Margaret ; Anne ; Janet ; the last two
served heirs to their father 22nd July 1740.
— [Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Steven's
Hist, of Scott. Church, Rotterdam, 152 ;
M'Kay's Kilmarnock, 146.]
LAURENCE HILL, M.A. ; trans, from
1739 Second Charge ; adm. 6th May 1739 ;
trans, to the Barony Parish, Glasgow,
8th March 1750.
JAMES LESLIE, born 1723, son of
1751 Alexander L. of Lachop ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1741);
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 23rd Feb.
1748; called 30th Aug. 1750; ord. 17th
Jan. 1751 ; died 19th May 1764. He marr.
6th Dec. 1757, Nicolas (died at Sanquhar,
1st Jan. 1821, aged 88), daugh. of James
Murray of Upper Ingliston, Glencairn, and
had issue — James, born 22nd Nov. 1758,
died 14th April 1762 ; Beatrix, born 14th
April 1760, died 20th June 1761 ; Alex-
ander, born 28th June 1761 ; Nicolas, born
15th March 1763.— [M'Kay's Kilmarnock,
146.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, born 1733, son
ltJ65 of John R., in the parish of Dunlop ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1753) ; pres. by William, Earl of Glencairn,
8th Oct. 1764; ord. 25th April 1765; died
5th June 1799. He marr. 31st March 1769,
Beatrix (died 31st May 1814), daugh. of
William Smith, min. of Cranstoun, and
had issue — Jane, born 21st June 1770 (marr.
William Scott, min. of Dalkeith); Henri-
etta, born 7th Oct. 1772 (marr. John Moodie,
min. of Riccarton); William, born 2nd June
1775, died 16th June 1776. Publications—
Sermon preached, 8th March 1798 (Ayr,
1798); Account of the Parish, Part II.
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.). — [Tombst. ; Somer-
ville's Life ; M'Kay's Kilmarnock, 146.]
DAVID RITCHIE, pres. by the Com-
missioner for Henrietta, Marchioness
of Titchfield, Sept. 1799; adm. 27th
Feb. 1800; trans, to St Andrew's Church,
Edinburgh, 2nd July 1801.
ANDREW GRANT, trans, from Port-
1802 moa^ > Pl*es- by the Commissioner
for Henrietta, Marchioness of Titch-
field, Dec. 1801; adm. 6th May 1802;
trans, to Canongate, 20th Oct. 1808.
JAMES MACKINLAY, trans, from
1809 Second Charge ; pres. by the Commis-
sioners for the Trustees of Henrietta,
Marchioness of Titchfield (in compliance
1800
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KILMARNOCK
107
with a petition from the inhabitants), 1st
Dec. 1808; adm. 12th Feb. 1809; D.D.
(Aberdeen, Dec. 1810) ; died 10th Feb. 1841,
aged 84. He marr. 17th April 1815, Eliza-
beth Dickie, his servant, who died 3rd July
1828, and had issue — Mary, born 17th
Dec. 1815 (marr. James Stevenson, min.
of Newton-upon-Ayr) ; James, min. of Well
Park Chapel, Glasgow, born 4th March
1817; Grizel, born 18th March 1818;
William. Publications — Sermons ; Account
of the Parish, Part I. (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
ii.).—[Tombst. ; Wallace's Burns, i., 298.]
DAVID STRONG, trans, from Second
1841 Charge ; pres. by Commissioners for
William, Marquess of Titchfield, 3rd
Aug., and adm. 2nd Sept. 1841 ; trans, to
Dailly 21st Sept. 1843.
JAMES BUCHANAN HAMILTON,
1843 k°rn Glasgow, 1801, eldest son of
James H., merchant, and Christian
Buchanan ; educ. at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; assistant at
Blantyre ; ord. by Presb. of Monaghan,
Ulster, to Clontibret, Presb. of Ballibay, 1st
Sept. 1836 ; pres. by Commissioners for
William, Marquess of Titchfield, 5th Oct.,
and adm. 9th Nov. 1843; died 16th Feb.
1881. He marr. Jessie Murdoch, and
had issue — Janet, born 26th Aug. 1828;
Sarah, born 22nd Dec. 1834 ; James
Buchanan, writer, Kilmarnock, born 8th
Sept. 1837 ; John George, born 15th Oct.
1839; William Gibson, born 20th July
1841; Agnes Logan, born 3rd Feb. 1844;
Mary Anne Dunlop, born 13th July 1846;
Patrick Clark, born 17th Nov. 1848.—
[Smith's Scottish Clergy, iii., 63.]
WILLIAM DUNNETT, born Edinburgh,
1881 30th Aug. 1848, son of William D.,
classical master, George Heriot's
Hospital, and Carrick Pursuivant, and
Christina Gunn ; educated at George
Heriot's Hospital and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1867) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
in 1872 ; assistant at Canongate ; ord. by
Presb. of North of England to Lowick
Aug. 1874 ; trans, to Second Charge, Kil-
marnock, 9th Oct. 1879; trans, and adm.
23rd June 1881 ; clerk of Presb., 1895-1901.
Marr. 29th Sept. 1874, Jane Farquhar
Whyte, daugh. of Alexander Inglis, LL.D.,
rector of Bathgate Academy, and has issue
— William Alexander, min. of Dalkeith,
born 14th Oct. 1875; James M'Donald,
Indian Civil Service, born 11th April 1877 ;
George Victor, min. of Grange, Edinburgh,
born 9th Dec. 1878 ; Hamilton David For-
rester, min. of Inveraven, born 20th July
1880 ; Arthur Henry, min. of Teviothead,
born 25th Feb. 1882 ; Charlotte Inglis, born
18th July 1883; Inglis, born 27th Jan.,
and died 9th Feb. 1885 ; Jane Christina
Georgina Cook, born 27th May 1889 ;
Florence, born 5th June 1892 (marr. 4th
Feb. 1918, Hugh Shirlaw, M.A., B.D.,
lieut. Royal Scots, min. of Fogo). Publica-
tion— Memorial Sermon on the Rev, John
Robertson (Newmilns, 1892).
Second Charge.
JAMES ROWAT, studied theology at
1649 Univ. of Glasgow ; called July 1647 ;
adm. 28th March 1649. Joined the
Protesting Party of the Church in 1651,
was imprisoned with five other niins. 28th
May 1662, and, with consent of Parliament,
deprived by Privy Council 16th Sept. 1663
for not taking the Oath of Allegiance to
His Majesty, unless with explanations. —
[Wodrow's Hist., i., 296 ; Baillie's Lett.]
JAMES OSBURNE, ord. 9th Aug. 1688 ;
1688 trans, to Aberdeen, 18th Dec. 1695.
WILLIAM WRIGHT, studied theology
1700 at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 26th Sept.
1700; trans, to First Charge 23rd
Jan. 1711.
GEORGE PEDEN, M.A. (Glasgow,
1711 1st April 1695); became chaplain to
Anne, Duchess of Hamilton ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 26th July 1709 ;
was subsequently chaplain in Provost
Hamilton's family ; called 6th Feb., and
ord. 3rd May 1711 ; died 23rd Dec. 1721.
He marr. (cont. 4th Nov. 1714) Katherine
Miller, who survived him, and had issue —
Grizel ; Jean ; Mary. — [Caldwell Papers,
i. ; MacKay's Kilmarnock, 146 ; Ayr Sheriff'
Court Book, 3rd May 1725.]
108
KILMARNOCK
[PRESB. OF
1724
PATRICK PAISLEY, MA.; ord. 6th
May 1724 ; trans, to First Charge
after 4th July 1724.
1739
LAURENCE HILL, ord. 6th May 1725;
1725 'rans- t0 First Charge 6th May
1739.
ROBERT HALL, son of Robert H. of
Fulbar, and Margaret Maxwell of
Dargarvel ; MA. (Glasgow, 2nd
May 1727) ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
23rd May 1733 ; called 22nd Nov. 1738 ;
ord. 11th April 1739; died 5th June 1762.
He marr. (1) 25th Dec. 1741, Margaret
(died 21st March 1752), daugh. of William
Smith, merchant, Kilmarnock, and had
issue — Mary, died young ; Margaret, born
6th Feb. 1744, died 18th Nov. 1747 ; Mary,
born 3rd Sept. 1746, died 30th May 1758 ;
Jean, born 26th June 1748 ; Margaret, born
6th April 1750, died 20th March 1754: (2)
7th May 1756, Margaret Tough, who died
8th Jan. 1768.— [M'Kay's Kilmarnock, 146.]
WILLIAM LINDSAY, MA. (Edin-
1764 burgh) 1"7t^ April 1745); licen. by
Presb. of Dunblane 9th Jan. 1750;
ord. to Cumbrae 13th May 1760 ; pres. by
William, Earl of Glencairn, 30th Nov.
1762. A refusal to sustain the call or to
grant translation caused the case to be
carried to the General Assemblies of 1763
and 1764, which sustained the call and
granted the translation. Owing to the
opposition of the parishioners, the admis-
sion was made in an inn, 12th July 1764.
Several persons were tried at the Circuit
Court at Ayr for raising a tumult and
sentenced to a month's imprisonment and
to be whipped through the streets of
Ayr. L. died 30th April 1774. He
marr. 27th June 1760, Margaret (died at
Edinburgh, 3rd Dec. 1817), daugh. of
Robert Lauder, writer, Dalkeith (about
whom Burns makes a jocular reference in
his poem of The Ordination, coupling her
name with an old ballad), and had issue —
Henrietta, born 23rd June 1761, died 29th
Nov. 1763; Helen, born 18th June 1762,
died 16th May 1763; Helen, born 20th
June, and died. 5th Nov. 1763 ; Robert,
born 6th Aug. 1764 ; Ann, born 7th Aug.
1765 (marr., pro. 3rd March 1785, Thomas
Henderson, merchant, Edinburgh) ; George,
born 22nd March 1770 ; Glencairn, born
21st June 1772. — [M'Kay's Kilmarnock,
132-142 ; Scots Mag., xxvi. ; Acts of Ass.,
1763, 1764; Caledonian Mercury, 28th
May and 21st July 1764 ; Wallace's Burns,
i., 299.]
JOHN MUTRIE, licen. by Presb. of
1775 Edinburgh, 29th Dec. 1773; pres.
by James, Earl of Glencairn, 30th
Sept. 1774; ord. 8th March 1775; died
2nd June 1785, aged 39. He marr. 25th
Aug. 1777, Barbara, daugh. of Charles
Bannatyne, min. of Irvine ; she survived
him, and marr. (2) 7th Dec. 1795, James
Steven, min. of Kilwinning. — [Tombst. ;
Wallace's Burns, i., 302.]
JAMES MACKINLAY, born Douglas,
17g6 Lanarkshire, 1756, third son of James
M., farmer ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 3rd July
1782 ; tutor in the family of Sir William
Cunningham of Windyhill ; pres. by James,
Earl of Glencairn, with consent of his
Trustee, Dec. 1785; ord. 6th April 1786.
This ceremony was the subject of Burns's
poem The Ordination ; trans, to First
Charge 12th Feb. 1809.
JOHN MACLEOD, D.D. ; trans, from
180g Kilmodan ; pres. by the Commis-
sioners for the Trustees of Henrietta,
Marchioness of Titchfield, 10th and 14th
June, and adm. 23rd Nov. 1809 ; trans,
to Dundonald 15th Feb. 1816.
ROBERT STIRLING, pres. by the
Commissioner for William, Duke of
Portland, May, and ord. 19th Sept.
1816 ; trans, to Galston 12th Feb. 1824.
GEORGE SMITH, M.A. ; pres. by the
Commissioner for the Trustees of
Henrietta, Duchess of Portland,
April, and ord. 16th Sept. 1824 ; trans.
to Penpont 9th May 1833.
DAVID STRONG, pres. by the Commis-
sioner for the Trustees of Henrietta,
Duchess of Portland, June, and ord.
29th Aug. 1833 ; trans, to First Charge at
the unanimous desire of the congregation
2nd Sept. 1841.
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109
DANIEL VERE THOMSON, fourth
1843 son °^ William T., Castle Yett,
Lanark ; educated at Lanark Gram-
mar School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Lanark ; tutor to John Alex-
ander Campbell of Dunstaffnage ; rector of
the Normal School. Edinburgh, till 1839 ;
thereafter schoolmaster in Edinburgh ;
pres. by the Commissioner for John, Mar-
quess of Titchfield, 5th Oct., and ord. 9th
Nov. 1843; died 13th June 1866. He
marr. Mary Thomson, who died 14th July
1864, and had issue — William, born 10th
May 1841 ; Daniel Adam Vere, born 21st
March 1849; Mary Helen Vere, born 9th
Jan. 1851 (marr. Alexander Maxwell
Adams, F.R.C.S.E.), died 20th Nov. 1918.
[Smith's Scottish Clergy, ii., 279.]
ALEXANDER WEBSTER, M.A. ; adm.
and ord. 9th Aug. 1866; trans, to
St David's Parish, Edinburgh, 1st
June 1876.
ROBERT PRYDE, M.A. ; trans, from
„6 Kininmonth ; adm. 25th Nov. 1876;
trans, to Townhead Parish, Glasgow,
19th May 1879.
WILLIAM DUNNETT, M.A. ; trans.
7 from Lowick ; adm. 9th Oct. 1879 ;
trans, to First Charge 23rd June
1881.
WALTER FORBES LOW, born 12th
1882 March 1856, son of Alexander L.,
min. of Keig ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1876), B.D. (1879) ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 7th May 1879;
ord. 5th Jan. 1882; clerk to Presb., 1885-93;
trans, to St Andrew's, Glasgow, 21st June
1893, but died unmarr. the day after that
fixed for his admission, 1st Sept. 1893.
JOHN CRAIG, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 19th
1894 ^U^ 1894; trans, to Lanark 23rd
Sept. 1898.
GEORGE SIMPSON YUILLE, M.A.,
lg99 B.D. ; ord. 30th March 1899 ; trans,
to Rutherglen 9th Sept. 1909.
ANDREW BALD THOMSON, M.A.,
1910 B.D. ; ord. 24th March 1910; trans,
to Dairy 18th May 1916.
DAVID PORTER HOWIE, born Glas-
1916 £ow' lst APr^ 1887, son of Robert
H., min. of Enzie ; educated at
Milne's Institution, Fochabers, and Univ.
of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1910) ; licen. by Presb.
of Fordyce in 1913 ; assistant at Huntly in
1913, and at St George's Parish, Edinburgh,
1914 ; ord. 7th Dec. 1916. Marr. 5th June
1917, Villne, younger daugh. of David
Christie, Aberdeen.
THE HIGH KIRK PARISH,
KILMARNOCK.
[A chapel was built here in 1732. The
High Kirk Parish, so named from the lofty
situation of its church, was disjoined from
Kilmarnock, 23rd July 1811.]
JAMES OLIPHANT, trans, from
i"764 Gorbals Chapel-of-Ease ; called Dec.
1763; ord. 17th May 1764; trans, to
Dunbarton 23rd Dec. 1773.
JOHN RUSSEL, ord. 30th March 1774 ;
1774 trans, to Second Charge, Stirling,
30th Jan. 1800.
GEORGE WRIGHT, called 3rd April,
and ord. 24th June 1800 ; trans, to
Markinch 7th May 1801.
DAVID DICKSON, called 25th Jan.,
and ord. 10th March 1802 ; trans, to
St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 16th May
1803.
ANDREW HAMILTON, born 1773,
1804 eldest son of William H., Eagles-
ham; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1798); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
3rd Aug. 1803 ; called 26th Dec. 1803 ; ord.
8th March 1804 ; pres. by the managers
22nd Aug., and adm. first min. of the
parish 5th Sept. 1811 ; died 11th June
1839. He marr. (1) 17th May 1799, Janet
(died 15th Sept. 1820), daugh. of John
Bachop, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue
— Jean, born 13th April 1800 ; Margaret,
born 8th Dec. 1802, died 31st Aug. 1828 ;
William, student of divinity, born 13th
March 1807 ; Janet, born 7th Jan. 1811
110
HIGH KIRK PARISH— HENDERSON CHAPEL [presb. of
(marr. 15th Feb. 1830, James Fleming, min.
of Troon): (2) 24th Aug. 1829, Elizabeth
Wilson, who died 6th Aug. 1846.
THOMAS MAIN, born 5th Jan. 1816,
,___ third son of Robert M., schoolmaster,
Slamannan ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
pres. by the managers 7th May, and ord.
8th Aug. 1839. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of Free Church, Kilmarnock,
1843-57; of Free St Mary's, Edinburgh,
1857-81 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 1880) ; Moderator
of Free Church Assembly 20th May 1880;
died at Edinburgh during the General
Assembly 28th May 1881. He marr. 16th
May 1850, Wilhelmina (died s.p. 21st Oct.
1887), daugh. of John Cuninghame of Craig-
ends. Publication — Memoir of Neil Russell,
Student, a sermon (Kilmarnock, 1850). —
[Memorials of the Life and Ministry of
Thomas Main, D.D., by his widow ; Smith's
Scottish Clergy, iii., 55.]
JAMES AITKEN, born Glasgow, 9th
Dec. 1802, son of James A., Ander-
ston ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
pres. by managers 30th June, and ord. 3rd
Aug. 1843 ; died unmarr. 9th Jan. 1881.
JOHN PATRICK, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
187_ (assistant and successor) 17th April
1879; trans, to Monkton and Prest-
wick 13th May 1880.
JAMES MACGEOCH, born Newton
1880 Stewart ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1876); licen. by
Presb. of Wigtown ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 14th Oct. 1880; died 11th Aug.
1895 unmarr., leaving no near relatives.
GORDON BEATTIE WATT, M.A. ;
1896 ord. 20th Feb. 1896; trans, to St
Paul's Parish, Glasgow, 6th June 1907.
JOHN STEWART ROBERTSON, M.A.,
1907 B.D. ; ord. 24th Oct. 1907 ; trans, to
Wallacetown, Dundee, 10th Feb.
1843
1911.
1911
ANDREW TAYLOR LAURENCE,
born Muthill, 26th July 1883, son of
William Scotland L. and Christina
Taylor ; educated at Muthill Public School,
Morrison's Academy, Crieff, and Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1905), B.D. (1909);
licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder 29th April
1908; assistant at Airdrie 1908-9, and
at Barony Parish, Glasgow, 1909-11 ; ord.
11th May 1911 ; trans, to St Mary's,
Edinburgh, 4th March 1915. Marr. 27th
April 1917, Anne Charlotte Munro, M.A.,
eldest daugh. of John Mackenzie, Lieurary,
Thurso.
DAVID CRAWFORD WATSON, born
Glasgow, 28th Nov. 1887, son of
David W., D.D., min. of St Clement's,
Glasgow ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1909); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 1st May 1912 ; assistant
at Queen's Park Church, Glasgow, 1912,
and Barony Parish in 1915 ; ord. 19th Aug.
1915. Marr. 14th March 1916, Grace Mary
Turnbull, and has issue — Lome Martin
Turnbull, born 16th Jan. 1917.
HENDERSON CHAPEL,
KILMARNOCK.
[Formerly an Original Secession Church,
was retained by the Free Church in 1843.]
PETER CAMPBELL, born 1793, fourth
son of Peter O, farmer, Cardross ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow and
Original Secession Divinity Hall ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 27th Dec. 1814 ; ord.
min. of Original Secession Church, Kil-
marnock, 22nd Nov. 1815. Joined the
Church of Scotland in 1839. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Henderson
Free Church, 1843-50; died unmarr. 19th
March 1850. At a meeting of Presb.
arrangements were being made for the
supply of a vacant pulpit. It was the
turn of a popular young minister but upon
his name being mentioned, he said, " I
can't go; I cannot preach to a handful."
C, then an old man, rose, and addressing
the Moderator, said, " Send me : like our
Master, I can preach to many and to few."
Publication — The N on- Intrusion Contro-
versy (1835). — [Scott's Annals of the
Original Secession Church, 488.]
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111
1842
ST ANDREW'S, KILMARNOCK.
(Q.S.)
[A new chapel called St Andrew's,
Netherton, with a district of its own in
the parish of Kilmarnock, was sanctioned
by the Presb. in 1842. The church and
district were erected a parish quoad sacra
by the Court of Teinds, 19th June 1867.]
^NEIL BRODIE, born 1813, eldest son of
Neil B., artificer, Campbeltown ; ord.
27th Jan. 1842. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Kilmarnock Free
Church 1843-4, of Shandon Free Church
1844-62, of Pollokshaws Free Church
1863-92; died at Rothesay 10th March
1892. He marr. 30th Aug. 1842, Martha,
daugh. of Alan Macarthur, H.M. Customs,
Glasgow.
DANIEL M'FEE, ord. 1st Aug. 1848;
1848 trans- t° Second Charge, Canongate,
Edinburgh, 15th Aug. 1850.
THOMAS MARTIN, second son of
1850 J°nn M., farmer, Mochrum, Wig-
townshire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 22nd
Sept. 1846 ; missionary at Toward Chapel ;
elected 24th July, and ord. 15th Oct. 1850 ;
clerk of Presb. 1854-84; adm. first min.
of parish in 1867 ; died unmarr. 18th Feb.
1885.
JAMES LINDSAY, elder son of John
1885 Cowan L., F.E.I. S., rector of
Grammar School, Kilmarnock ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1878),
B.Sc. (1879), B.D. (1882); licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 8th June 1882; ord. 25th June
1885; University Extension Lecturer
1886-7 ; Examiner to the Associated The-
ological Colleges of British and Colonial
Philosophy 1897-9, and member of many
British and Foreign Learned Societies ;
F.R.S.E. (1889); D.D. (Glasgow 1899,
Edinburgh 1899); Hugh Waddell Lecturer,
Queen's Univ., Canada, 1899-1900 ; dem.
9th June 1908. Marr. 17th March 1908,
Margaret Dykes, daugh. of James Cook,
Glasgow, and widow of Robert Barclay
Shaw of Annick Lodge, and Knockgerran,
Ayrshire. Publications — The Progressive-
ness of Modern Christian Thought (Edin-
burgh, 1892) ; Essays Literary and Philo-
sophical (Edinburgh, 1896); Significance of
the Old Testament for Modern Theology
(Edinburgh, 1896) ; Recent Advances in
Theistic Philosophy of Religion (Edin-
burgh, 1897) ; Canada, its Commerce, its
Colleges, and its Churches (London, 1900) ;
Momenta of Life (Edinburgh, 1901 ) ;
Studies in European Philosophy (Edin-
burgh, 1909) ; The Fundamental Problems
of Metaphysics (Edinburgh, 1910); The
Psychology of Belief (Edinburgh, 1910);
New Essays, Literary and Philosophical
(Edinburgh, 1912) ; Literary Essays
(Edinburgh, 1912); A Critical Essay on
European Literature (Edinburgh, 1913) ; A
Philosophical System of Theistic Ldealism
(Edinburgh, 1917) ; associate editor of
Bibliotheca Sacra, 1903-19 ; numerous con-
tributions to home and foreign magazines.
ROBERT ALEXANDER, ord. 26th Nov.
1908 ^^ » trans, to Second Charge,
Cupar-Fife, 11th May 1916.
WILLIAM MARSHALL, born Maybole,
6th April 1888, son of Matthew M.
and Mary Barton ; educated at Car-
luke Higher Grade School, and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1910), B.D. (1913); licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 7th May 1913 ; assistant
at St Matthew's Parish, Glasgow ; ord.
14th Sept. 1916.
ST MARNOCHTS, KILMAR-
NOCK (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1836. The
parish was disjoined from the parish of
Kilmarnock by the Court of Teinds on 16th
July 1862.]
CHARLES STEWART, ord. in 1858;
became first min. of the parish 16th
July 1862; trans, to Strichen 25th
Sept. 1862.
JOHN THOMSON, born 1830; third
son of Peter T., Glasgow ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow ; ord. to West Parish, Maybole,
19th Nov. 1857; trans, and adm. 6th March
1863 ; dem. the office of the Holy Ministry
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ST MARNOCITS, KILMARNOCK— KILMAURS [presb. of
Oth Jan. 1883 ; died at Corstorphine, 25th
July 1916. He marr. (1) 27th April 1864,
Catherine Wilson, who died 3rd Feb.
1878, and had issue— Catherine M'Gregor
Wilson, born 20th June 1865; Peter, born
20th Jan. 1867 ; Helen Anderson, born
9th May 1868; Robina, born 11th June
1869; John, born 18th Dec. 1871; Jessie,
born 28th Jan. 1875; a daugh., born 18th
Aug., and died 13th Oct. 1876 ; John Knox,
min. of Kilmaurs, born 27th Jan. 1878 :
(2) 8th Oct. 1879, Agnes Stewart : (3) 13th
Aug. 1895, Agnes Nisbett.
JAMES WRIGHT ARMSTRONG, born
1883 ^ Andrews, 1855, son of Robert
Armstrong, LL.D., Rector of Madras
College, St Andrews ; M.A. (St Andrews,
1876) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 5th
May 1880; assistant at Eastwood 1880-3;
ord. 28th June 1883 ; died unmarr., at
Dunblane, 8th Nov. 1916.
WILLIAM JAMES SMITH, born
Newcastle, Natal, S.A., 9th Aug.
1885, son of James S., min. of
Baldernock ; educated at Bellahoustoun
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1906); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 5th
May 1909 ; assistant at Eastwood, 1909-12 ;
•ord. (assistant and successor) 15th Feb.
1912. Marr. 14th Aug. 1913, Isabella,
daugh. of James Leggat, and has issue —
James Aikman, born 13th June 1914 ;
Jean Carswell, born 21st Sept. 1915.
KILMAURS.
[The church of Kilmaurs belonged to the
Abbey of Kelso. It was dedicated to St
Mora or Maura of Little Cumbrae. In
1403, Sir William Cunningham of Kilmaurs
endowed the church with a collegiate
foundation. In 1600, his descendant
James, seventh Earl of Glencairn, added
an aisle to the building. In this part of
the structure there is now a fine seven-
teenth century monument in memory of
William, ninth Earl of Glencairn, Lord
Chancellor of Scotland (died 1664), and
his countess, both of whom were buried
in St Giles, Edinburgh. Of two chapels
in the parish, one was dedicated to
St Mora. The other was at Busby.]
ARCHIBALD CRAUFURD, min. in
1567 1567 ; trans, to Stevenston in 1569.
GAVIN NASMYTH, formerly exhorter
lg(74 at Dreghorn and here ; pres. to the
vicarage of Dreghorn by James VI.
28th Nov. 1572 ; Dreghorn and Stewarton
were also in the charge in 1574 ; still min.
in 1588. He marr. Alison Brown, who
survived him.— [Reg. Min. ; Ayr Inhib.,
24th Nov. 1590.]
ALEXANDER HENDERSON, reader
1585 an<^ V^car m 1585. He had issue —
David, min. in 1598.
WILLIAM [called HEW in the testa-
ment of Agnes Howie, 1603]
FULLARTON, formerly min. of
Largs ; " buikit by a delyverance of the
Exchequer ;' 21st Jan. 1589 ; trans, to
Dreghorn in 1590.
DAVID HENDERSON, son of Alex-
ander H., reader and vicar in 1585 ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1591); pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 26th June
1598; was min. in 1626.
JAMES HANNAY, M.A., min. in 1620 ;
trans, to the Canongate, Edinburgh,
1620
in 1624.
DAVID HENDERSON, M.A., above
mentioned ; again appears as min. in
1626; dem. before 14th Feb. 1637.
He marr. Marion Cunningham, and had
issue — David; Frederick; Jean (marr. (1)
cont. 22nd Aug. 1628, John, son of
Archibald Osburne, burgess of Ayr ; (2)
William Bryane) ; Elizabeth (marr., cont.
19th Feb. 1626, Patrick, eldest son of
Archibald Cunningham of Kirkland) ;
Anna (marr., cont. 21st Oct. 1634, John
Cunningham of Hill). — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Wodrow's Anal., iii., 114; Baillie's Lett.;
Reg. of Deeds, dxvi. 392, dvi. 322; Ayr
Sas., iii., 577 ; M'Naught's Kilmaurs, 150.]
JAMES ALDERSTON, brother of
163t? Robert A., cooper, burgess of Glas-
gow ; pres. to Dairy, Galloway, 2nd
April 1635 ; pres. by Charles I. 14th Feb.
irtine]
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1637 ; he appears to have been outed in
the following year; died July 1642. He
marr. (1) Margaret, daugh. of Gavin
Hamilton, Bishop of Galloway, and widow
of James Dunlop of that ilk, and of John
Campbell, Bishop of Argyll, and had issue-
Agnes : (2) Jean Colquhoun, who survived
him.— [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Glasg. Tests, j Edin.
Reg. (Bapt.) ; Reg. of Deeds, dvi., 412.]
WILLIAM CROOKES, M.A. (Glasgow
1619) ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer
16 21st Dec. 1625 ; assistant at Leswalt
9th iNov. 1631 ; pres. by Charles I. 29th
Oct. 1641 ; res. 1653, owing to the desertion
and disorderly conduct of his parishioners
He went to Ireland, and was min. at
Ballykelly, from which place he was
obliged to remove for a time, and received
thirty shillings from the Kirk-session of
Torphichen 12th Sept. 1659, and also
charity from that of Newbattle 20th
June 1662. He died in 1699, aged over
90. In the Pres. Reg. (14th July 1647)
he is described as "not of robust con-
stitution, but in his life blameless." He
had issue — James. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; P. C.
Dec. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 352 ; Edin. Tests. ;
Baillie's Lett.]
GEORGE RAMSAY, M.A. (St Andrews
1649) ; adm. in 1655 ; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.
He is mentioned as min. 24th April 1665 ;
he was with a small party on the way
to join Colonel Wallace in the Pentland
Rising, Nov. 1666, when fortunately for
themselves they retired. Indulged by
Privy Council 3rd March 1670; again
3rd Nov. 1672, along with John Park ;
fined 8th July 1673 by Privy Council in
half a year's stipend for not observing
the anniversary of the Restoration ; died
28th Sept. 1677, aged about 49. He marr.
Janet Trail, who survived him, and had
issue — Catherine (marr. 11th Oct. 1713,
James Yorston, goldsmith, Edinburgh). —
[Wodrow's Hist., i. 327, ii. 28 ; Tombst. ;
P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., vi., 69.]
JAMES MILNE, adm. before 15th March
1664 1664.— [Glasg. Com. Decreets.]
VOL. III.
1672
JAMES PETRIE, min. in 1668] sued
for stipend for year, 24th Feb. 1669.
— [Glasg. Com. Decreets ; Bailiary
of Cunningham Deeds, 7th Oct. 1671.]
JOHN PARK, M.A. (Glasgow 1639);
adm. to Mochrurn in 1646 ; trans, to
Stranraer 7th Nov. 1649; deprived
by Parliament 11th June 1662; granted
indulgence there by Privy Council 27th
July 1669; licen. to preach here by Privy
Council 3rd Sept. 167^ ; failing to take
up his residence he was ordered to do
so 5th Sept. 1673 ; died at Glasgow, 25th
Nov. 1688, aged about 69. He was the
subject of several elegies. He marr. 29th
Oct. 1646, Barbara Mein, who died 21st
Dec. 1704, aged 85, and had issue —
Robert, advocate, town clerk of Glasgow,
and clerk to the General Assembly after
the Revolution ; who was murdered at
Glasgow about 1691 ; James. Publication
— The Rights and Liberties of the Church
asserted and vindicated against the
pretended Right of Patronage (Edinburgh,
1689). — [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 147 ; Stranraer
Sess. Reg.; Edin. Marr.; Greyfriars Bur.]
JOHN OCHTERLONIE, M.A. ; called
,00rt 13th, and inst. 21st May 1680 ; trans,
to Balmermo 1682.
GEORGE DUNBAR, adm. in 1682
1682 [not 1^85 aS ^n V0^ *-' ^^ » ^rans*
to Second Charge, Haddington,
before 12th Nov. 1685.
^GEORGE BROWN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1685 18t^ ^U^ 1^64), sometime school-
master at Fordyce ; adm. to
Stranraer before 15th Oct. 1684; pres. by
William Cuninghame of Caprington 10th
Sept., coll. 9th, and adm. 12th Oct. 1685.
He seems to have been outed at the
Revolution, as about 1700 he was charged
with performing clerical functions and
celebrating irregular marriages. The date
of his death is unknown. He marr.
Katherine Livingston. Publications — An
Account of the Rotula Arithmetica (Edin-
burgh, 1700) ; A Specie Book to turn any
Pure Number of Pieces of Silver, into
Pounds Scots, or Sterling (Edinburgh,
1700) ; A Compendious but a Compleat
System of Decimal Arithmetic (Edinburgh,
H
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KILMAURS
[PKESB. OF
1701); Toleration Defended (1703); Arith-
metica Infinita, or the Accurate Accomptani's
Best Companion (Edinburgh, 1718). — [Had-
dington Presb. Reg.; Assembly Pajiers ;
G. R. Homings, 27th March 1685, 3rd
March 1705; M'Naught's Kilmaurs, 153.]
PETER ORE, M.A. (Glasgow, 1665);
1688 0r<^' m*n" at Plough, Ireland, Jan.
1673 ; officiated here about 1688 ;
returned to Clough, where he died 27th Dec.
1706. Probably father of Alexander O.,
who succeeded him as min. at Clough. —
[Reid's Ireland, ii. 520.]
HUGH THOMSON, M.A. (Edinburgh
1691 1685) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 25th
Sept. 1688 ; called to Dunbarton,
but declined ; ord. 21st July 1691 ; dem.
12th Nov. 1712, because of the "difficulties
he met with from the people in carrying
on his work in the parish." He retired
to Hill of Kilmaurs, a small property
he possessed in the parish, and preached
there even after his successor was ap-
pointed, a proceeding which led to the
erection of the first dissenting meeting-
house in Ayrshire. He died 13th Feb.
1731, aged 66. He had a knowledge of
medicine, which he practised without pay-
ment. He had great muscular strength,
and on one occasion at Kilmarnock market,
it is said, when told the price of two horse-
shoes, he replied, " so much for these ! I
could twist them with my fingers."
"Twist them then," replied the smith,
"and you shall have the price of your
own making." Taking up one he did so,
and the smith considering his customer
as "no cannie," gave him the shoes on
his own terms, glad to get rid of him.
He marr. Barbara (died 8th March 1765),
daugh. of Robert Barr of Trearne, and
had issue — Barbara, born 1691 (marr. 1743,
David Smyton, min. of the Associate
Congregation, Kilmaurs) ; Robert ; James ;
Janet ; Marion ; Hugh ; Grizel ; Elizabeth,
buried 8th March 1729 ; Agnes, buried 8th
March 1729 ; Martha (marr. Robert Kerr,
merchant, Kilmarnock); Lilias (marr. Gavin
Bryce, merchant, Gorbals).— [Glasg. Tests. ;
Wodrow's Anal. ; Irving's Dunbarton ;
M'Naught's Kilmaurs, 153-55.]
JOHN MILLAR, licen. by Presb. of
171 Paisley 21st May 1712; called 2nd
July, and ord. 25th Sept. 1718 ; died
at Erskine (where he is buried) between
8th Aug. and llth Sept. 1721. He
marr. Christian, daugh. of John Shaw
of Bargarran ; her history is remarkable
for the strange story of supposed sorcery
and witchcraft connected with her younger
years. She is said to have been the means
of introducing the spinning and manu-
facture of linen thread into the west of
Scotland. She marr. (2) 20th Feb. 1737,
William Livingston, glover, Edinburgh. —
[M'Kay's Kilmarnock, 399; Hist, of the
Witches of Renfrewshire (Paisley, 1877) ;
Bargarran's Daughter in Roughead's The
Riddle of the Ruthvens and other Studies,
231-253.]
HUGH COCHRANE, chaplain in Sir
7 Alexander Maxwell's family; licen.
by Presb. of Wigtown 26th Oct. 1715 ;
pres. by William, Earl of Dundonald,
with consent of his curators, 14th Feb.
and 3rd March 1722 ; ord. 7th March 1723 ;
died 9th April 1733, aged 48. He marr.
Marion Smith, Avho died July 1771, and
had issue — Alexander ; Charles ; Mary. —
[Tombst. ; Wodrow's Anal., iv., 272.]
SAMUEL FERGUSON, M.A. (Glasgow,
1734 1st May 1724); licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 22nd April 1730; called 19th
Dec. 1733 ; ord. 27th March 1734 ; died in
1735, aged about 31, probably unmarr.
WILLIAM COATES [COATTS], resid-
1739 ing in Blantyre ; M.A. (Glasgow, 9th
Jan. 1725); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 27th Sept. 1726 ; became tutor in
the family of James Dunlop of Garnkirk ;
pres. by the curators for Alexander, Earl
of Eglintou, Oct. 1735, but owing to strong
opposition to his settlement he was not
ord. till 3rd May 1739 ; died 2nd May 1777.
He marr. 8th Nov. 1739, Christian Murray,
who died s.p. 3rd March 1758.
ALEXANDER GILLIES, third son of
1778 Alexander G., Glasgow ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Stranraer 1st Jan. 1766, though he signed the
Confession of Faith only erroribus exceptis ;
IRVINE]
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115
became tutor in the family of Provost
Hamilton of Irvine; pres. by Archibald,
Earl of Eglinton, 1st Oct. 1777; ord. 11th
March 1778; died 26th Nov. 1786. He
marr. 12th June 1780, Isabella (died 14th
July 1833), daugh. of John Dun, min. of
Auchinleck, and had issue— John Sundrum,
born 29th June 1781 ; Mary Montgomerie,
born 8th Jan., and died 5th Sept. 1784.
ALEXANDER MILLAR [or MILLER],
licen. by Presb. of Penpont 5th Aug.
1778 ; pres. by Archibald, Earl of
Eglinton, 9th April 1787. In consequence
of violent opposition, he was not ord. till
8th May 1788 ; died 22nd Dec. 1804. He
was the "Wee Millar" of Burns's Holy
Fair. He marr. 6th June 1793, Jane
Johnston, who died 14th July 1827, and
had issue — James Boswell, ironmonger,
Kilmarnock, born 24th April 1794. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, vs..). — {Report on Church Patron-
age ; Tombst. ; Wallace's Burns, i., 363.]
JOHN ROXBURGH, born 1780, third
son of Adam R., merchant, Hamilton
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen
by Presb. of Hamilton 26th March 1805
pres. by Lord and Mary, Lady Montgomerie
June 1805 ; ord. 20th March 1806 ; died
21st April 1840, " an eloquent preacher and
able man of affairs." He marr. 23rd March
1807, Margaret Bannatine (died 11th Feb.
1828, aged 42), daugh. of Robert Robertson,
Ayr, and had issue — Margaret Paterson,
born 7th Aug. 1808 (marr. David Strong,
rain, of Dailly) ; Adam, min. of the Scots
Church, Greenwich, born 9th Jan. 1810,
died 17th Oct. 1866; Robert, merchant,
Greenock, born 1st March 1812 ; John,
merchant, Glasgow, born 16th Jan. 1814,
died 2nd Feb. 1890 ; Jane, born 23rd Sept.
1815 ; Mary, born 6th Jan. 1818, died 23rd
March 1919; Barbara, born 11th Jan.
1820; Archibald, born 23rd Oct. 1823 —
[Tombst.]
WILLIAM SINCLAIR, pres. by Mary,
1840 Lady Montgomerie 4th Aug., and
ord. 24th Sept. 1840. Four years
afterwards an assistant and successor was
appointed, and for thirty-six years he
resisted all attempts to induce him to
return to his parish ; died at Wick, 8th
Oct. 1881. He marr. 3rd Sept. 1849,
Margaret Manson, Tansfield, Olrig, who
died 1st Oct. 1884, and had issue —
Margaret Anne, born 15th Oct. 1851 ;
Janet, born 18th Oct. 1853 ; Williamina,
born 5th Jan. 1856 ; David, born 12th April
1858 ; George, born 1st July 1860 ; James,
born 22nd Nov. 1862 ; John Cameron, born
13th April 1865 ; Henry Duncan Dundas,
born 8th Dec. 1867; Charles, born 27th
July 1874; Frederick (twin), born 27th
July 1874.
-WILLIAM BUCHANAN, born 1821,
1844 y°ungesfc son °f John B., merchant,
Paisley ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; BA. (1840) ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley in 1843 ; assistant at Kilbirnie
in 1844 ; pres. by Mary, Lady Montgomerie
5th Oct., and ord. (assistant and successor)
19th Dec. 1844 ; deposed by General As-
sembly for drunkenness 30th May 1850.
A man of marked literary ability, he
became editor of the Ayr Observer, Edin-
burgh Gourant, Dumfries Herald, and
again of the Ayr Observer ; died unmarr.
19th July 1866. Publications— The Kil-
maurs Case (Kilmarnock, 1847) ; The
Blessed Dead (Kilmarnock, 1849) ; Versesf
Serious, Humorous, and Satirical (Ayr,
1866).— [Brown's Paisley Poets, ii., 131 ;
The Poets of Ayrshire, 329 ; Modern
Scottish Poets, iii., 287.]
[Some delay was caused in the filling up
of the vacancy as the patron objected to
present another assistant and successor,,
and the Presb. requested Mr Sinclair to
return to his duties, but without success.]
ROBERT LOCKHART, born 1834;
1852 eldest son of Robert L., merchant,
Denny ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; MA. (1851) ; pres. by Archibald
William, Earl of Eglinton, 10th Aug., and
ord. (assistant and successor) 23rd Sept.
1852 ; died unmarr. 12th Aug. 1857.
ALEXANDER INGLIS, born St An-
drews 18th April 1830, son of
Alexander I. and Ann Peebles ;
educated at Madras College and Univ. of
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KILMAURS— KILWINNING AND DALGARVEN [presb. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews ; assistant at Largs ; pres. by
Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton, 24th
Nov. 1857 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
21st Jan. 1858 ; died at Kilmarnock 14th
Oct. 1904. He marr. 23rd Feb. 1858,
Isabella (died 27th Dec. 1913), eldest daugh.
of James Macfarlane, Largs, and had issue
— Alexander, born 11th June 1859, died
29th April 1901 ; James Macfarlane,
solicitor, Kilmarnock, born 13th Feb. 1865 ;
Daniel Macfarlane, Bombay, born 7th Jan.
1867 ; John, born 14th July 1869 ; Elizabeth
Kerr, born 12th March 1873.
JOHN KNOX THOMSON, born 27th
1903 ^an# 18^8> son °f J°nn T., min. of St
Marnoch's Parish, Kilmarnock ; edu-
cated at Royal High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
15th May 1901 ; assistant here, 1901-2; ord.
(assistant and successor) 26th Feb. 1903 ;
enlisted in 15th Royal Scots Nov. 1914;
lieutenant 18th Highland Light Infantry
May 1915, served in France ; res. his com-
mission in 1918. Marr. 6th Sept. 1906,
Marion Forrest, daugh. of John Risk,
Kilmaurs, and has issue — John Forrest,
born 14th Sept. 1908 ; James Douglas, born
1st Jan. 1910 ; Robert Charles Muirhead,
born 2nd May 1914.
KILWINNING AND DAL-
GARVEN.
{Kilwinning. — The church of Kilwinning
was dedicated to St Finan. It belonged to
the abbey of Kilwinning within the parish.
There was long held here a tryst called St
Finan 's Fair ; and a spring near the manse
is still known as St Winan's Well. St
Finan's Tyronensian Abbey of Kilwinning
was founded in 1140 by Hugh de Morville,
Lord of Cunningham, and constable of
Scotland. Part of the Abbey Church was
in use as the Parish Church until 1775,
when a separate church was built for
parochial worship. In 1814 the remaining
ruins of the monastery were greatly damaged
by the fall of its fine, lofty tower. This
tower was then rebuilt on a smaller scale to
1567
a height of 105 feet. At the same time
considerable restorations were made on the
choir of the Abbey Church and in parts of
the nave.
Dalgarven. — The church of Dalgarven
was dedicated to St Michael.]
WILLIAM K1RKPATRICK, min. in
1567; in 1574 Dunlop and Beith were
also under his care ; died July 1577.
He marr. Alison Campbell, who survived
him (marr. (2) Neill Montgomerie), and
had issue — William ; Martha. — [Reg. Min. ;
Edin. Tests. ; Reg. Sec. Sig., lii., 44.]
ALEXANDER WREITTOUN, min. in
1578 1578 ; died 12th Feb. 1605, and is
said to have been "eardit (buried)
with his mouth down that all the ill micht
ga to hell." He marr. Helen Pirrie, and
had issue — Alexander, schoolmaster, Kil-
winning, to whom he left his books and
a house in Kilwinning ; John ; David,
apprentice to Andrew Hart, librarian,
Edinburgh, 12th May 1613; Joshua.—
[Reg. Assig. ; Excheq. Buik ; Glasg. Presb.
Reg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Reg. Gen., 4328,
4329 ; Bannatyne Miscell., ii. ; Ayr Sas.
Sec. Reg., iii., 433 ; Ker's Kilwinning, 25.]
J DAVID BARCLAY, trans, from Dum-
fries about 1605 ; trans, to St An-
1605
drews in 1614.
JOHN GLASFORD, son of Patrick G.,
1614 kurSess °f Cupar-Fife, and Margaret
Lucklaw ; M.A. (St Andrews 1600) ;
adm. in 1614 ; died Dec. 1636, "an eminent,
learned, and pious man." He marr. Jean,
daugh. of Robert Blair of Lochwood, and
had issue — John, apprenticed to James
Stevenston, merchant, Edinburgh, 6th July
1642, served heir to his father in certain
lands in the parish 28th Feb. 1672 ; Jean ;
Margaret. — [Glasg. Presb. Reg.; Inq. Ret.
Ayr, 577 ; Fergusson's Refutat. ; G. R.
Inhib., 18th Feb. 1619; Ayr Sas., iii.,
32, 33.]
ROBERT BAILLIE, M.A.; formerly
1631 reSent in tne Umv- of Glasgow ;
pres. by Alexander, Earl of Eglin-
ton ; adm. at Glasgow 25th May 163] ;
was a prominent member of the General
Assembly of 1638; attended the army at
IRVINE]
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117
Duns Law June 1639; app. to Tron,
Glasgow, and the second Professorship of
Divinity in Univ. of Glasgow (q.v.) 30th
Jan. 1640, but the translation was not
carried out till 1642.
1643
JAMES FERGUSSON, of the family
of Kilkerran : M.A. (Glasgow 1638) j
pres. by Alexander, Earl of Eglinton ;
ord. June 1643; died 13th March 1667,
aged 46, " esteemed for his great piety and
learning as a most wise, gracious and able
man." He is said to have refused a
bishopric. He marr. Jean Inglis, who died
4th Jan. 1687, and had issue — James ; Hew ;
Mary (marr. Robert Cheislie, merchant,
Edinburgh). Publications — Exposition of
the Epistles to the Philippians and Colos-
sians (Edinburgh, 1656) ; A Brief Exposi-
tion of the Epistles to the Galatians and
Ephesians (Edinburgh, 1659) ; Exposition
of the Epistle to the Thessalonians (London
1674, Glasgow 1675); A Brief Refutation
of the Errors of Toleration, Erastianism,
Independency, and Separation (Edinburgh,
1692). He left in MS. An Essay on the
Singing of Psalms, but it was never pub-
lished.— [Edin. Marr. Beg. ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 100 ;
Mem. of Eglinton, ii. ; Tombst. ; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
RALPH RODGER [or ROGERS], M.A.,
1669 f°rmeily of the High Church, Glas-
gow ; was resident here 11th March
1667 ; had indulgence by Privy Council 7th
June 1669, being the first so favoured. He
was one of those who met at Paisley, 14th
Dec. 1670, with Archbishop Leighton, with
a view to an accommodation. He was fined,
with others of his indulged brethren, in the
half of his stipend, 8th July 1673, for not
observing the anniversary of the Restora-
tion. During 1676 he preached for some
time in Glasgow. On the removal of the
Indulgence, he was imprisoned in Edin-
burgh, 11th Dec. 1684, for refusing to give
a bond not to exercise his ministry in any
part of Scotland. He returned to his
former charge, the High Church, Glasgow,
in 1687.— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 180.]
1687
1688
ROBERT BELL, adm. 1687, through the
influence of the Archbishop of Glas-
gow ; is said to have preached only
one day, and was trans, to Kilmarnock.
GEORGE MELDRUM, M.A., formerly
min. of Aberdeen ; adm. before 21st
March 1688; trans, to Tron Parish,
Edinburgh, 11th Feb. 1692.
[In 1692 John Munro, and John Stirling,
min. of Inchinnan, were unanimously called
by the heritors and elders but both declined
acceptance, and a vacancy of more than
four years followed.]
GEORGE CHALMERS, licen. by the
1696 umted Presb. of Stirling and Dun-
blane 6th May 1695 ; ord. 2nd Sept.
1696; trans, to Principalship of King's
College, Aberdeen, 22nd Nov. 1717 (q.v.).
ALEXANDER FERGUSSON, born
1721 1689, eldest son of William F. of
Auchenblain, Sheriff Depute of
Ayrshire ; M.A. (Glasgow) ; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 31st March 1718 ; called 2nd
Nov. 1720 ; ord. 14th March 1721. Towards
the end of his life, being unable through
age and illness to perform his duties, he
was assisted by five probationers in succes-
sion, to whom he gave the whole stipend.
He was libelled by James Macconnell, the
town drummer of Beith, for holding opinions
known as the " New Light," but the charge
was dismissed 8th Aug. 1769. He died 16th
Feb. 1770. He marr. 22nd July 1725,
Katherine (died 2nd May 1766), eldest
daugh. of William Watson, writer, Edin-
burgh, and had issue — William, born 30th
March 1729, died 3rd April 1751. Publica-
tions — A Warning against all Divisive
Courses (1759) [which called forth An
Answer to the Warning, by David M'Lerie,
weaver in Paisley, but really by James
Elice or Alice, Secession minister there] ;
A Second Warning (1761) [also answered
by Elice (1761)] ; A Display of the Act and
Testimony published by Mr Ebenezer
Erskine and his Associates (Glasgow, 1761) ;
" Letter from One Clergyman to Another "
(Scots. Mag., xxix.) ; [Vide The Religious
Establishment in Scotland, A Tract
occasioned by the late persecution against
118
KILWINNING AND DALGARVEN
[PRESB. OF
the Rev. Alexander Fergusson [anon.]
(London, 1771) [the author was John
Mackenzie, D.D., min. of Portpatrick]. —
[Ker's Kilwinning, 55-83.]
THOMAS POLLOCK, born 1743; eldest
l7^n son of James P., Maybole; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 6th Feb. 1765 ; pres. by Archibald,
Earl of Eglinton, 7th April, and ord. 20th
Sept. 1770; died 4th May 1798. He marr.
18th Aug. 1777, Margaret (died at Irvine
19th July 1830), second daugh. of Alex-
ander Hamilton of Grange [now Kerelaw],
surgeon, Saltcoats, and had issue — Alex-
ander Hamilton, born 1st July 1778, died
4th June 1787; Montgomery, Cornet
H.E.I.C.S., born 31st May 1780, 'died 1803 ;
Archibald, born Llth March 1782, died 26th
March 1788 ; Rachel, born 9th Dec. 1783,
died 7th Jan. 1859 ; Robert, Lieut.
H.E.I.C.S., born 7th Jan. 1786, died
1806; Captain Alexander, born 13th Nov.
1787, died 27th July 1816; Elizabeth, born
27th May 1789 (marr., 21st March 1837,
Gilbert Cunningham of Carmelbank), died
1st May 1861 ; Margaret, born 9th April
1791 ; Hamilla, born 26th Dec. 1793, died
3rd Jan. 1847 ; Annabella, born 22nd
March 1795, died 2nd Aug. 1845; and
probably George, merchant, Paisley. Pub-
lication—Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xi.).— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM RITCHIE, D.D. ; trans, from
Tarbolton ; pres. by Hugh, Earl of
Eglinton, 1st Aug., and adm. 8th
Nov. 1798 ; trans, to St Andrew's Parish,
Glasgow, 1st Oct. 1802.
JAMES STEVEN, born June 1761, eldest
son of William S., Kilmarnock ;
studied at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Paisley 28th June 1786 ; assist-
ant at Ardrossan ; called to Crown Court
Church, London, 14th June, and ord. by
the Scots Presb. there 1st Nov. 1 787 ;
was one of the founders of the London
Missionary Society. He was pres. to this
parish by Hugh, Earl of Eglinton, Dec.
1802 ; adm. 24th March 1803 ; D.D. (Glas-
gow, April 1817) ; died of apoplexy, 15th
Feb. 1824, "having preached that day in
his usual eloquent manner." He was the
subject of Burns's satirical verses entitled
"The Calf," the poet having heard him
preach at Mauchline in 1786. He marr.
(1) 3rd Sept. 1788, Margaret Corse, Paisley
(died 30th Oct. 1791), and had issue-
William, born llth Oct. 1789, died a
student, 5th May 1808 ; Margaret, born
16th April 1791, died 15th April 1820 : (2)
2nd Dec. 1795, Barbara (died llth April
1825, aged 66), daugh. of Charles Banna-
tyne, min. of Irvine, and widow of John
Mutrie, min. of Kilmarnock, and had issue
— James, writer, Glasgow, born 26th Sept.
1796, died 9th Feb. 1849 ; Charles Banna-
tyne, min. of Stewarton, born 14th Oct.
1798 ; Barbara, born 7th March 1802 (marr.
27th April 1836, Captain James Patrick of
Drambuie, factor to the Marchioness of
Hastings); John, H.E.I.C.S., born 24th
March 1804, died at Bombay, May 1832.
Publications — The Unrivalled Felicity of
the British Empire (London, 1802) ; Two
other Sermons (London, 1796-1811). —
[Tonibst. ; Wilson's Diss. Church, iv. ;
Wallace's Burns, i. 397, iii. 178 ; Ker's
Kilwinning, 98-119.]
GEORGE COLVILLE, pres. by the
1824 trustees of Archibald William, Earl
of Eglinton, May, and ord. 23rd
Sept. 1824; trans, to Beith 7th July 1831.
ARCHIBALD BLAIR CAMPBELL,
1831 b°rn 14th N°V> 18°2' thir(i SOn °f
Thomas O, D.D., min. of Ancrum ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Jedburgh 8th June 1825 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) to Port Patrick
3rd April 1828 ; pres. by trustees of Archi-
bald William, Earl of Eglinton, July, and
adm. 22nd Sept. 1831 ; D.D. (St Andrews
1844) ; died at Kelton Manse, Castle
Douglas, unmarr., 7th March 1879. Pub-
lication— Account of the Parish {Neiv Stat.
Ace, v.).
JOHN SI ME, pres. by Archibald
William, Earl of Eglinton and
Winton, 3rd Nov. 1863; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 20th Jan. 1864 ; trans,
to Dundonald 17th May 1866.
IRVINE]
KILWINNING AND DALGARVEN— LOUDOUN
119
WILLIAM LEE KER, born Peebles,
6 29th Sept. 1834, son of James K.,
bailie, and Jane Lee; educated at
Peebles Burgh School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (1861); licen. by Presb. of
Peebles 20th July 1864 ; assistant at Kirk-
hope and Stow; pres. by Archibald
William, Earl of Eglinton and Winton,
20th May, and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 16th Aug. 1866; died 12th May
1902. He marr. 19th Jan. 1875, Janet,
daugh. of Findley Caldwell, and had issue
—Janet Latta, born 4th May 1876, died
12th May 1881 ; James Campbell, B.A.
(Cantab.), Indian Civil Service, born 2nd
Jan. 1878 ; Jane Lee, born 12th May 1879 ;
Alice Caldwell, born 18th Aug. 1881, died
9th March 1882 ; Ada Lee, born 24th Jan.
1883 (marr. 21st Oct. 1913, Dr Campbell
Kay Stevenson); Findley Caldwell, C.A.,
Glasgow, born 6th May 1884; Gertrude
Lee, born 11th Nov. 1885 (marr. 2nd Oct.
1911, Edgar Campbell Russell, B.A.). Pub-
lications— Kihvinning Abbey (Ardrossan,
1885); Mother Lodge, Kihvinning (Paisley,
1896); Short Studies on the Epistle to the
Philippians (Edinburgh, 1900) ; History of
Kilwinning (Kilwinning, 1900).
ARCHIBALD HUNTER, born Lam-
. lash, 16th Aug. 1871, son of Archibald
H. and Janet M'Bride ; educated at
Lamlash School and Glasgow Univ. ; M.A.
(1895), B.D. (1898); missionary at Drum-
chapel in 1896 ; licen. by Presb. of Kintyre
27th April 1898; ord. to West Cambus-
lang 20th April 1899 ; trans, and adm.
8th Jan. 1903. Marr. 12th May 1903,
Crissie, daugh. of Thomas MacNeish and
Mary Swan, Lamlash, and has issue —
Crissie Swan, born 28th March 1904;
Archibald M'Bride, born 16th Jan. 1906;
Janet Winning, born 19th March 1907.
LOUDOUN
[The church of Loudoun belonged to the
Abbey of Kilwinning. In 1738 the parish
church was transferred to a site at New-
milns. The ruins of the old church, stand-
ing in the churchyard at Loudoun, contain
the burial-place of the Earls of Loudoun.
A spring at Loudoun was long held in
honour as Our Lady's Well. At Newmilns
a fair was held on St Denys' Day, 9th
October.]
RANKEN DAVIDSON, exhorter in
1567 1567.
ROBERT WILKIE, min. in 1574, with
Kilmarnock and Riccarton also in
his charge ; continued in 1580,
when he was also min. of Kilmarnock.
JAMES LANDES or LANDLESS,
M.A. (Glasgow 1588); min. in 1594.
1574
1594
— [Beg. Assig.]
1597
JAMES GREIG, son of James G., min.
of Colmonell ; adm. about 1597 ; for
approving of the proceedings of the
Assembly at Aberdeen in 1605, was im-
prisoned in Dunbarton Castle 3rd Oct.
1605. On 24th of that month he, with
the other imprisoned mins., declined the
jurisdiction of the Privy Council on such
a question. On 24th Oct. 1606 he was
ordered to confine himself within the
bounds of Caithness. On his submission
and expression of regret he was liberated
2nd July 1607 ; still min. 20th July 1635.
He marr. Helen Wilkie, and had issue —
John, min. of Carrickfergus (1646-49) and
Newtonards in Ireland (1650-61), died 20th
July 1670; Margaret (marr. John Reid,
younger, of Ballochmyle) ; Isabella (marr.,
cont. 5th, 12th, and 13th Feb. 1628,
Matthew Campbell of Barcreochill). — [Beg.
Assig. ; Stranraer Presb. Beg. ; Livingston's
Charac. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 403 ; Melville's
Autob.; Calderwood's Hist., ii., 94; P. C.
Beg., 1st ser., vii., passim; Ayr Sas. ii. 504,
iii. 193, v. 8, viii. 49 ; The Clan Campbell,
v., 60.]
JOHN NEAVE or NEVAY, nephew of
Andrew Cant, min. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen,
1626); was tutor to George, Master of
Ramsay ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 14th
Oct. 1630 on the recommendation of that
of Alford, but left its bounds a fortnight
after ; adm. about 1637 ; app. in 1647 a
member of committee to revise the Psalter.
He was present at Mauchline Moor in
1637
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LOUDOUN
[PRESB. OF
opposition to the royal army June 1648,
but was pardoned by Parliament 16th Jan.
1649 ; was app. a commissioner by Parlia-
ment for visiting the Univ. of Aberdeen
31st July 1649 ; was active in raising the
western army in 1650, and in 1651 a
prominent supporter of the Protesters. In
1654 he was named by the Council of
England on a committee for authorising
admissions to the ministry in the province
of Glasgow and Ayr. On 23rd Dec. 1662
he was banished by the Privy Council
from His Majesty's dominions and went
to Holland, where he died in 1672, aged
about 66. He was a man of great zeal
though somewhat violent and did not
object to the execution of the Macdonald
prisoners taken at Dunaverty. He marr.
Ann Sharp, widow of Robert Halyburton,
merchant, Edinburgh ; she survived him,
and had issue — a son. Publications — The
Nature, Properties, Blessings, and Saving
Graces of the Covenant of Grace (Glasgow,
1748) ; Latin Stanzas on Isaiah ii. 1-5
(Vuftien Predicatien, door Jac. Borstius
(Utrecht, 1696).— [Rutherfurd's and Baillie's
Letts.; Wodrow's Hist., 317, 318-; Acts of
Ass. ; Acts of Pari., vi., vii. ; Nicoll's and
Brodie's Diaries ; Steven's Scott. Church,
Rotterdam, 36, 51, 54, 75 ; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., viii., 345 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; High-
land Papers, ii. (Scott. Hist. Socy.); Lang's
Hist, of Scotland, iii., 181, 247 ; Mathie-
son's Politics and Religion, ii., 71.]
WILLIAM HUME, pres. to Edrom
22nd May 1648 ; trans, to Ellem in
1664 1652; adm. to Ayton after 17th
March 1653; trans, and adm. 13th Oct.
1664 ; died Feb. 1666. He marr. Anna
Hume, who survived him, and had issue —
Patrick ; Thomas ; two other children,
who received six shillings from the Kirk-
session of Logie-Murdoch [Fife], 1st March
1672. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Edin. Sas., xviii.,
125 ; Logie Sess. Reg.]
HUGH CAMPBELL, M.A., formerly of
Muirkirk ; probably indulged here
1 in 1673. He had issue — Anna, who
had sasine of lands in the parish of Dalserf
1st Nov. 1673. — [Par. Reg. Sas., Lanark.]
1674
ANTHONY SHAW, M.A. (Edinburgh,
17th April 1639); licen. by Presb.
of Stranraer 12th March 1645 ; ord.
min. of a Presbyterian congregation at
Belfast Sept. 1646 ; adm. to Colmonell
Jan. 1650, but deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; granted indulgence
at Paisley 3rd Sept. 1672 ; trans, here about
1674 ; summoned before Court of Justiciary
2nd Aug. 1683, and imprisoned, but liber-
ated after a week's confinement. He dem.,
and had his indulgence declared void by
the Privy Council 10th Jan. 1684, but was
again imprisoned for refusing to find
caution to desist from preaching in future.
Being old and infirm he was released on
22nd Jan., caution having been found. He
died before 20th Sept. 1687, aged about
68. He marr. (1) Agnes, sister of Fergus
M'Cubbin of Knockdolian, and had issue —
Fergus, served heir to his father 20th Sept.
1687 ; Margaret (marr. Yuil) : (2) Janet
Taylor or Tillour (buried at Glasgow 13th
Jan. 1699), a lady "eminent for piety,
skill in physic, and long experience, who
died aged over 70."— [Wodrow's Hist., iii.
470, iv. 37 ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 6870 ; Reg.
Mag. Sig., 5th March 1662 ; Ayr Sas., ix.,
346 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 124 ;
P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., viii., 346.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, ord. Cairncastle,
Ireland, 2nd May 1677; adm. here
before 8th Oct. 1685 ; dem. in 1689 ;
was received into communion by the Presb.
7th Jan. 1690, and returned to his former
charge. He had calls from Largs but con-
tinued at Cairncastle till 1714 when he went
to Scotland. He marr. Agnes Cunningham,
and had issue.— [Hist, of Presb. Congr. in
Ireland, 74 ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 520.]
HUGH FAWSYDE, son of Hugh F.,
merchant burgess, Glasgow ; studied
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 17th April, and ord. 26th
Sept. 1695; died 10th Jan. 1752. He
marr. (1) 31st Jan. 1701, Lilias, only daugh.
of James Weir, surgeon, Glasgow, and had
issue — James ; Christian (marr. Nov. 1 730,
John Campbell, min. of Galston) ; Lilias,
died 28th Aug. 1750 : (2) Margaret Hamil-
1695
irvink]
LOUDOUN
121
ton, and had issue — Elizabeth. — [Glasg.
Marr. Reg. ; Lanark Sas., xiv., 85 ; Ayr
Sheriff- Court Books, 26th July 1745;
G. R. Sas., 26th Dec. 1716.]
ANDREW ROSS, pres. by John, Earl
of Loudoun, 4th July 1752 ; ord.
27th Sept. 1753 ; trans, to Inch 21st
Oct. 1762.
1753
1763
GEORGE LAWRIE, youngest son of
James L., min. of Kirkmichael ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 25th Nov.
1756 ; pres. by the Commissioners for John,
Earl of Loudoun, 31st March and 4th April,
and ord. 28th Sept. 1763 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
19th Jan. 1791); died 17th Oct. 1799, aged
77. Dr Lawrie was intimate with Robert
Burns, and it was his influence that changed
the poet's plans when he bad already
taken his passage as an emigrant for the
West Indies. Ere setting out he went to
pay a parting visit to the old manse of
Loudoun. His brother Gilbert has recorded
that it was then that Burns first heard the
spinet played and danced to its music
with his host and hostess and their
children. On going away next morning
he left in his bedroom the well-known
Verses addressed to the Almighty on behalf
of this min. and his family. L. marr. 21st
Nov. 1764, Mary (died at Glasgow 23rd
Jan. 1818, aged 88), daugh. of Archibald
Campbell, D.D., Professor of Divinity,
Univ. of St Andrews, and had issue —
James, born 30th Sept., and died 28th
Nov. 1765; Christina, born 11th Nov.
1766 (marr. 19th April 1787, Alexander
Wilson, bookseller, Glasgow) ; Ann (twin),
born 11th Nov. 1766 (marr. George Gordon,
min. of Sorn) ; Archibald, his successor in
the parish ; Mary (twin), born 30th May
1768 ; Louisa, born 31st Oct. 1769 ; Eliza-
beth, born 3rd Nov. 1772, died 1st Oct.
1773. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace. iii.). — [Wallace's Burns,
i. 412, 443, ii. 42, 187.]
ARCHIBALD LAWRIE of Hillhouse,
born 30th May 1768, son of preced-
ing ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 18th
Jan. 1791 ; pres. by Flora, Countess of
Loudoun, and her tutors 22nd and 29th
April and 21st May, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 1st Aug. 1793; D.D. (Glasgow,
14th March 1816) ; died 5th May 1837. He
marr. (1) 2nd April 1794, Anne M'Kitterick
Adair, who died 12th Feb. 1822, and had
issue — Anne Baxter, born 14th April 1795 ;
George James, D.D., min. of Monkton ;
Mary, born 18th May 1798, died 14th April
1813; Christina Wilson, born 16th July
1799 (marr. 5th Sept. 1820, Robert Balfour
Graham, D.D., min. of North Berwick) ;
James Adair, M.D., Professor of Surgery,
Glasgow Univ., born 25th June 1801, died
23rd Nov. 1859; Harriet, born 25th Aug.
1802 (marr. James Dalmahoy, surgeon,
H.E.I.C.S.) ; Barbara Adair, born 3rd Nov.
1803 ; Francis Rawdon Hastings, major in
army, born 21st Dec. 1804 ; Louisa Camp-
bell, born 3rd April 1806 ; Frances Wallace,
born 10th Aug. 1807 ; Harrietta Liston,
born 26th Feb. 1809 (marr. Feb. 1842,
Francis Valentine Woodhouse of the Inner
Temple, London) ; Archibald, born 8th
Sept. 1810, died 17th May 1811: (2) 12th
Jan. 1832, Mary (died s.p. 26th Jan.
1863), second daugh. of John Howison of
Holmfoot.
NORMAN MACLEOD, pres. by the
Commissioner for George, Marquess
of Hastings, Oct. 1837; ord. 15th
March 1838 ; trans, to Dalkeith 15th Dec.
1843.
1838
1845
JAMES ALLAN, born 1804, third son
of John A., farmer, Lesmahagow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; pres.
by the Presb. jure devoluio 12th Sept., and
call sustained 1st Oct. 1844, but objections
having been taken, the Presb. resolved not
to proceed, a decision which was reversed
by the General Assembly ; ord. 4th July
1845; died 1st June 1864. He marr. 8th
July 1839, Lucy (died 16th Nov. 1882),
daugh. of James Davidson, Alloa, and had
issue — James, chemical broker, Glasgow,
born 2nd Sept. 1840 ; William Davidson,
born 31st Jan. 1842, died 17th May 1860;
Lucy Isabella, born 8th July 1843; Jane
Templeton, born 22nd Dec. 1844, died 10th
Nov. 1848; Daniel, born 7th June 1846,
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LOUDOUN— STEVENSTON
[PRESB. OF
1891
died 11th Nov. 1848; John, born 26th
Sept. 1847; Marion, born 3rd June 1850,
died 2nd Oct. 1861.
JOHN ROBERTSON, born 1823, son of
1865 J°nn R-> merchant, Glasgow ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; pres.
by Henry, Marquess of Hastings, Aug.
1864; ord. 5th Jan. 1865; died unmarr.
11th Feb. 1896. Publication — Sermon
(Newmilns, 1892).
HAMILTON MOORE, born Connor,
Ireland, 12th June 1856, son of John
Hamilton M., D.D., and Eleanor
Allen ; educated at Royal Academical In-
stitution and Queen's Univ., Ireland ; B.A.
(1878), M.A. (1879); licen. by Presb. of
Ballymeria; ord. to Glenwherry, Ireland, 1st
Nov. 1881 ; adm. by General Assembly as
an ordained min. in 1886 ; assistant at St
Stephen's, Edinburgh ; adm. (assistant and
successor) 8th Oct. 1891. Marr. 6th Sept.
1883, Annie Kinnear, daugh. of John
Stephen, shipowner and agriculturist, Com-
mieston, Kincardineshire, and has issue —
John Hamilton, born 26th June, and died
11th Sept. 1884; Eleanor Allen, born 26th
July 1885 ; Hamilton, born 25th Aug. 1887,
died 11th Feb. 1888 ; Frederick James, born
25th Jan. 1889 ; Norman Denis, born 24th
Dec. 1890; Hamilton Stephen, born 25th
Jan. 1893 ; Annie Stephen, born 14th April
1895; William David, born 22nd June 1898.
STEVENSTON.
[The vicarage of Stevenston belonged to
the Abbey of Kilwinning. The church was
dedicated to St Monach. A fair was held
annually at Stevenston on St Monach 's Day,
30th October. The parish church was
rebuilt in 1833. There is a mission chapel
within the bounds at Ardeer.]
STEPHEN WILKINSON, vicar in
1560 1547; believed to have held office
in the Reformed Church in 1560.
JAMES WALKER, probably pre-Refor-
6„ mation vicar and who had con-
formed ; was a member of As-
sembly 29th June 1562; died before 28th
1569
July 1569.— [Boolce of the Kirk; Keith's
Hist. : Reg. Min.']
ARCHIBALD CRAUFURD, adm. to
Kilmaurs in 1567 ; entered at Bel-
tein ; pres. by JameB VI. 28th July
1569 ; Dairy and Kilbirnie also were under
his care in 1574; mentioned as min. in
1580 ; returned about 1585. — [Beg. Min.]
PATRICK WALKINSHAW, a
1581 member of Assembly April 1581 ;
trans, to Kilmaronock in 1583.
ARCHIBALD CRAUFURD, above
1585 mentioned, returned ; still min. in
1601, and dem. before 1603— [Reg.
Assig.]
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, M.A.
,.„ (Glasgow 1585); adm. to Ardrossan
in 1591 ; trans, before 1603 ; set a
lease of the teinds in 1606 ; was called
before the Privy Council with four others,
15th Feb. 1610, for intercommuning with
his brother-german John C, a Capuchin
friar, alias "Father Chrisostome, ane
knowne trafficquing priest " ; dem. before
28th Jan. 1613; died 6th Sept. 1615, aged
about 50. He marr. Elizabeth Smetoune
(who survived him, and marr. (2) Aug.
1616, Thomas Boyd of Carncogie, Provost
of Irvine), and had issue — Alexander ;
Hew ; Janet (marr. (1) 1621, James
Bryding (2) John Peebles, younger, of
Pethirland, Antrim, which marriage was
annulled in 1632) ; Margaret ; Marion ;
Annabell. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Prot. Book of
Robert Brown; Ayr and Wigtown Arch.
Socy. vii. 190, viii. 35 ; The Clan Campbell,
v., 78.]
JOHN BELL, M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th
1613 ^U^ !609); m^n- at Percetoun before
1613; coll. 28th Jan. 1613; pres. to
the Vicarage Pensionary by James VI.
10th Dec. 1613; died in 1641, aged about
52. He marr., and had a son — John, his
successor. — [Baillie's Lett. ; Tombst. ; Acts
of Pari., v. ; Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN BELL, son of preceding; M.A.
1641 (Glasgow 1632) ; adm. to Glasford
1st Jan. 1640 ; trans, in 1641 ; died
Oct. 1665, aged about 54. He marr. (1)
IRVINE]
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123
Jean Balcanquhall, who died Sept. 1652 :
(2) cont. 13th Oct. 1662, Janet, daugh. of
Thomas Craigingelt, servitor to the
Countess of Eglinton, who survived him
and marr. (2) Kalph Rodger, min. of Kil-
winning. (On a piece of oak behind the
manse pew are the initials of B. and his
first wife, "M. [Mr] I. B., I. B. 1641.")—
[Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Tombst.]
JOHN CRAMOND, M.A. (King's
1668 Colle?e» Aberdeen, 17th July 1662) ;
called 20th May, inst. 19th Oct. 1668 ;
remained till about 1680. — [Glasg. Comm.
Decreets, 2nd Nov. 1669, 28th Dec. 1679;
Bail. Cunn. Deeds, 28th May 1675.]
DAVID MITCHELL, M.A. ; inst. before
,QO, 1st June 1681 : trans, to Greenock
lbol , _ _
26th May 1683.
JOHN KEITH, M.A. (Marischal College,
1688 Aberdeen, 1673) ; mentioned as min.
1st Sept. 1688 ; probably outed in
the following year ; he applied +o the Presb.
of Aberdeen to be received into communion,
but was refused ; on a vacancy at Old Deer
in 1710, he intruded ; was dep. by the
Synod of Aberdeen 3rd April 1711 ; died
at Chancery Lane, London, Aug. 1735, aged
86. — [Aberdeen Synod ; Inq. Ret. de Tut., iv.]
ROBERT STIRLING, born 1635, son of
Alexander S., Stewarton ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1654) ; min. of Derry-
Keichan or Dervock in Ireland ; adm. in
1689 ; was recalled to his former charge in
1695 ; died 1699. He marr. Marian Camp-
bell, and had issue — Thomas, min. at
Dervock, ord. 22nd June 1703; died 20th
Nov. 1718. — [Wodrow's Anal.; Reid's
Ireland, ii., 520.
WILLIAM REID, called 10th April
17oo 1700 ; ord. soon afterwards ; died
26th Nov. 1742. He marr. 23rd
Oct. 1702, Sarah (died 1735), daugh. of
Thomas Bogle of Bogleshole, and had issue
— Alexander ; Mary ; William ; Anna ;
Thomas, merchant, Saltcoats ; John of
Seabank (marr. Anna, daugh. of Robert
Cunningham of Auchinharvie) ; Alexander ;
Robert, apprentice to a W.S. in 1734. —
[Tombst]
1689
ROBERT FINDLAY, called 29th March,
1744 and ord. 23rd Aug. 1744 ; trans, to
Galston 6th June 1745.
THOMAS M'KINDLAY, son of Patrick
1746 ^'' *n Par*sh °f Kilmaronock, Dun-
bartonshire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; became tutor in the family of
Sir Michael Stewart of Blackhall, Bart. ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunoon 9th July, and
called 17th Oct. 1745; ord. 24th April
1746 ; died 2nd May 1758. He marr. 4th
Dec. 1751, Jean Dickie, who died 16th July
1824, aged 93, and had issue — Jean, born
27th Nov. 1752 ; John, merchant, Montrose,
born 31st March 1754.— [Tombst.]
JAMES WODROW, born 21st March
175 1730, ninth son of Robert W., min.
of Eastwood ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow, where he was librarian 1750-5 ;
M.A. (1750) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 28th
Feb. 1753 ; ord. to Dunlop 1st Sept. 1757 ;
called 7th June, trans, and adm. 18th Oct.
1759; D.D. (Glasgow, 1786); died 17£hDec.
1810. He marr. 30th April 1759, Louisa,
daugh. of Gavin Hamilton, bookseller,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Robert, born
11th Jan. 1761, died 7th April 1762 ; Gavin,
M.A. (Glasgow, 1781), student of divinity,
born 19th Dec. 1761, died 29th May 1781 ;
Helen, born 23rd June 1763 ; Patrick, born
2nd Sept. 1765, died while a student, 30th
Aug. 1781 ; Margaret, born 20th May
1767; died 4th March 1845; William.
Publications — The Measures of Divine
Providence towards Men and Nations
suitable to their Behaviour, two sermons
(Edinburgh, 1794) ; Account of the Life
and Lectures of William Leechman, D.D.
(Leechman's Sermons i.) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Wod-
row's Mem.]
DAVID LANDSBOROUGH, born
Dairy, Galloway, 11th Aug. 1779 ;
son of John M'Landsborough and
Isabel Hugan ; educated at Dumfries
Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh ; tutor
in the family of Sir William Miller of
Glenlee, Bart. ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 24th Feb. 1808 ; pres. by Alexander
Hamilton of Grange in May, and ord. 26tb
124
STEVENSTON— STEWARTON
[PRESB. OF
Sept. 1811. Joined the Free Church in
1843; F.C. rain, of Saltcoats, 1843-54;
D.D. (U.S.A. 1849); died of cholera 12th
Sept. 1854. He was an Associate of the
Linnaean Society, an authority on sea-
weeds, and is said to have discovered
nearly seventy species of plants and
animals new to Scotland. He has been
termed "The Gilbert White of Scotland."
He marr. 18th March 1817, Margaret (died
9th Nov. 1834, aged 37), daugh. of James
M'Leish, shipowner, Port Glasgow, and
had issue — John, born 10th July 1818;
James, born 27th Nov. 1820, died at Port-
Denison, Queensland, 7th Jan. 1866 ;
Margaret Kerr, born 20th Aug. 1822 (marr.
10th Oct. 1848, Robert Mackenzie Stark,
seed merchant, Edinburgh); William,
Australian explorer, born 21st Feb. 1825,
died at Lochlamborough, near Brisbane,
May 1886 ; David, LL.D. min. of Grange
U.F. Church, Kilmarnock, born 19th Dec.
1826, died 22nd Nov. 1912 ; Isabella, born
28th May 1828 (marr. Arthur Thomson,
min. of the Free Church, Yester, and was
mother of John Arthur T., LL.D., the
biologist); Janet, born 20th Aug. 1834
(marr. 21st Jan. 1856, James Stoddart
Porteous, California). Publications —
Arran, a poem (Edinburgh, 1828);
Natural History of Arran ; Ayrshire
Sketches (1839); Excursions to Arran,
Ailsa Craig, and the Two Cumbraes
(1847; 2nd ser., 1852; 2nd ed., with
memoir, 1875); A Popular History of
British Zoophytes (1852); A Popular
History of British Seaweeds (London,
1849, 3rd ed., 1857); Biographical Notice
of Rev. John Hendry; Account of the
Parish (Nezo Stat. Ace, v.).—[Tombst.;
Story's Mem. ; Our Galloway Ancestors,
43-49; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
1843
JAMES CRUICKSHANK, born Peter-
head, son of John C. and Henrietta
Hay ; educated at Univ. of St An-
drews ; licen. by Presb. of Forfar ; ord. to
Manor 12th Sept. 1833 ; trans, and adm.
22nd Sept. 1843, died 17th Oct. 1880. He
marr. 3rd July 1839, Janet Ann Elizabeth
(born 6th Sept. 1807, died 16th June
1877), daugh. of James Burnett of Barns,
Peeblesshire, and had issue — Henrietta
Hay, born 24th June 1840, died 8th Oct.
1850; Christian Catherine, born 13th May
1844 (marr. 14th April 1869, James Smith,
LL.D., min. of Newhills) ; James Burnett,
born 26th Dec. 1845, died in Ceylon, 21st
Jan. 1877; John Robert Lee, born 18th
Aug. 1848, died in British Guiana, 14th
May 1901. Publication — Account of the
Parish of Manor (New Stat. Ace, iii.). —
[The Burnetts of Barns.]
JOHN FRASER GRAHAME, M.A.,
187r_ B.D. ; ord. (assistant and successor)
16th May 1877 ; trans, to Belmont
Chapel, Glasgow, 17th Feb. 1886.
ROBERT JOSEPH KYD, son of David
1886 ^'5 Dundee, and Margaret Anderson ;
educated at Evangelical Union
Theological Hall, 1876 ; min. of the Evan-
gelical Union Church at Airdrie and West-
hill, Aberdeenshire ; adm. as a licentiate by
General Assembly in 1885 ; assistant at
Dairy in 1885 ; ord. 9th Nov. 1886. Marr.
22nd Nov. 1886, Mary Georgina (died 14th
June 1902), daugh. of George Forrest,
Falkirk, and has issue — Robert ; Mary
Winifred, died 1st Feb. 1909: (2) 2nd
June 1914, Susan Frances Rea, widow of
Dr Alister, Ibrox.
STEWARTON.
[The vicarage of Stewarton belonged to
the Abbey of Kilwinning. At the Chapel-
toun of Lainshaw in the parish there was
a chapel of St Mary. The church of
Stewarton was rebuilt in 1696.]
JAMES LUMMISDAILL [LUMS-
1567 DEN], reader in 1567.
ALEXANDER HENDERSON, exhorter
1572 at Lammas 1572.
WILLIAM MONTGOMERIE, elder,
1574 rea<^er5 1574-88 ; called to St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 23rd Sept.
1586, but the translation was not carried
out. — [Reg. Assig.; St Cuthbert's Sess.
Beg.].
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE, third son
158g of Hugh M. of Hesselhead ; was
one of those thought " apt and able
to minister" by the first General Assembly
1KVINE]
STEWARTON
125
20th Dec. 1560, and was settled, perhaps, at
Cupar-Fife, in 1562. He was trans, to
Dunblane in 1567, and to Stirling before
Lammas 1572 ; promoted to archbishopric
of Glasgow in 1581, but dep. before 28th
April 1582 by General Assembly, who was
however interdicted by the Privy Council
from proceeding to carry this sentence out,
27th June 1582. The sentence was removed
Feb. 1587, and he was adm. to Symington,
Ayrshire, that year ; trans, about 1589 ;
was archdeacon of Argyll ; dem. in 1607
in favour of his son-in-law ; died after
25th March 1609 and before April 1611.
He marr. Beatrice Jamieson, and had issue
— John of Sevenakers; Robert, to whom
his father granted the stipend of Stirling,
a gift which was revoked by the Privy
Council 29th Oct. 1583; Elizabeth (marr.
James Montgomery, min. of Dunlop ;
another (marr. William Castlelaw, min.
of this parish. — [Bannatyne Miscell., ii. ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Reg. of
Deeds, clxxx. 16, cxcvi. 27 ; Diet. Nat.
Biog., xiii., 756.]
WILLIAM CASTLELAW, educated at
1607 Univ. of Glasgow ; adm. as min. on
demission of his father-in-law in 1607.
During his ministry the religious revival
known as the " Stewarton Sickness " took
place, 1625 to 1630. He died July 1642.
He marr. (1) a daugh. of Robert Mont-
gomerie, his predecessor, and had issue —
WiJJiani, probably his successor ; Thomas ;
Eupham ; Ann ; a daugh. (marr. Adam
Stewart of Fairlie Ardoch Mill) : (2) 13th
Jan. 1629, Marion Geddes. — [Edin. and
Canongate Marr. Beg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Old
Dec., ii. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Blair's Autob. ;
Stevenson's Hist. ; Stirling Sas., viii., 373 ;
G. R. Inhib., 20th Nov. 1665; Reg. of
Deeds, 18th June 1641.]
WILLIAM CASTLELAW, probably
1645 eldest son of preceding ; M.A.
(Glasgow, 22nd July 1632) ; adm.
before 11th May 1645 ; not conforming to
Episcopacy, he was confined to his parish
in 1662 ; indulged in 1672.
ANDREW HUCHESON (M.A. Edin-
1647 kurgh, Ju^ 1642) I studied theology
at Glasgow ; called 27th April, and
was adm. (colleague) 10th May 1647 ; not
conforming to Episcopacy he was confined
to the parish in 1662 ; indulged in 1672.
ALEXANDER OGILVIE, son of John
1664 ®"> bailie of Cullen ; educated at
King's College, Aberdeen ; became
schoolmaster of Cullen and of Fordyce July
1659 ; licen. by Presb. of Fordyce 9th May
1660 ; got a testimonial for ordination 31st
March 1663 ; was at the Synod April 1664 ;
adm. to Riccarton in 1663 ; trans, about
1664 ; he agreed with the parishioners to
leave his charge, at which the Privy Council
expressed its displeasure 29th Dec. 1669.
He was in the Presb. of Fordyce unemployed
20th Dec. 1671.— [Jedburgh Presb. ; Banff
Homings, iv., 346 ; Cramond's Cidlen.]
WILLIAM CASTLELAW, MA., above
1672 mentioned ; granted an indulgence
by the Privy Council 3rd Sept.
1672 ; died Sept. 1675. He marr. Jean
Niven, who survived him, and had issue —
Eupham; Elizabeth (marr. (1) Francis
Scott ; (2) Robert Hunter, maltman, burgess
of Culross). — [Glasg. Com. Dec, 21st May
1676 ; Bail. Cunn. Dec, 22nd Jan. 1691 ;
Bannatyne Miscell., ii. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Wodrow's Hist., ii., 204 ; Reg. Old Dec, ii. ;
P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., vi., 65.]
ANDREW HUCHESON, M.A., noticed
1672 Def°re > granted an indulgence with
the preceding by the Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1672 ; died June 1683, aged about
61.— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 204 ; Glasg. Tests.]
ALEXANDER LAING [or LANG], a
le native of Buchan ; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 23rd July 1674) ;
adm. to Dalmellington about 1680; trans,
here in 1685 ; having been very serviceable
to Lieut. Dundas at Dalmellington in
pointing out persecuted people Dec. 1684,
he was outed in 1689. — [Wodrow's Hist.,
iv., 171 ; Rule's Sec Vindication.]
ALEXANDER FORBES, ord. 9th May
1690 1690 ; trans, to Dyke 4th Feb. 1692.
126
STEWARTON
[PRESB. OF
1699
JAMES ARBUCKLE, was a student at
the fourth class in the Univ. of
Glasgow in 1684 ; adm. about 1699 ;
dem. before 1704. He marr. Margaret
Hamilton. — [Beg. Old Dec, ii. ; Lanark
Sas., xi., 135.]
ROBERT PAISLEY, studied theology
1704 at ^e Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 27th May 1702;
ord. in 1704 ; died 7th Nov. 1711. He
marr. Agnes, daugh. of William Wallace,
maltman in Paisley, who survived him. —
[Wodrow's Anal. ; Glasg. Com. Deeds, 15th
July 1712.]
JOHN MONTGOMERIE, licen. by
17 Presb. of Edinburgh 1st Oct. 1712 ;
pres. by the Commissioners for Sir
James Cunningham of Milncraig 8th Dec.
1712; ord. 9th Sept. 1713; died 27th Sept.
1757. He marr. (1) Jean Cran, and had
issue— Jean, born 1714 : (2) 29th Aug. 1726,
Christian (died Nov. 1730), daugh. of James
Marshall, writer, Edinburgh, and widow of
Samuel Brown, min. of Makerstoun, and
had issue — James, died 19th Nov. 1754 ;
Margaret, died 26th April 1748 ; Elizabeth,
born 9th Nov. 1730 (marr. Colin Campbell,
min. of Eaglesham). — [Glasg. Tests. ; Reg.
Old Dec, ii. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Caldwell
Papers, i.]
THOMAS MAXWELL, second son of
175 Patrick M., min. of Inchinnan ;
educated at Univ . of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton ; pres. by
James Montgomerie of Lainshaw in March,
and ord. 28th Sept. 1758 ; died 13th March
1796. He marr. 10th Sept. 1770, Elizabeth
(died 3rd May 1794), daugh. of Robert
Brown, shipmaster, Saltcoats, and had
issue — Patrick, writer, Irvine, born 8th
Sept. 1771 ; Robert, born 23rd April 1773,
died 1st Oct. 1774 ; John, surgeon, West
Indies, born 1st July 1774, died 13th July
1805 ; Thomas, born 19th Dec. 1775, died
at Tobago, 26th Nov. 1802; Robert, born
9th Feb. 1777, died at Tobago, 21st Jan.
1804 ; Jean Montgomerie Maxwell, born
16th Oct. 1778, died 5th March 1782;
Janet, born 15th Dec. 1779, died 14th
March 1780 ; George, born 8th Aug. 1781,
died 25th Sept. 1826. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, ix.). — [Hamilton's Descrij). ; Tombst. ;
Pollok Papers.']
JAMES DOUGLAS, born Cambus-
7 „ nethan, son of James D. ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 1st Aug. 1792 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 30th May 1793 ;
pres. by William Cuninghame of Lainshaw
24th June 1796 ; died 11th April 1825. He
marr. (1) a lady, whose name is unknown :
(2) 12th Jan. 1795, Annabella (died 18th
July 1847), daugh. of William Tod, mer-
chant, Glasgow, and had issue — James,
writer, Glasgow, born 10th Jan. 1796 ;
William, merchant, Jamaica, born 17th
March 1798 ; Robert, surgeon, Tobago, born
20th Jan. 1800 ; Janet, born 16th Feb. 1802
(marr. (1) 4th Oct. 1819, John Torrance,
surgeon, Kilmarnock : (2) John Duncan,
LL.D., min. of Milton Parish, Glasgow) ;
Lilias, born 1st March 1804 (marr. James
Monteith, Glasgow) ; Henry, born 27th
Jan. 1806, died young ; Annabella, born
16th Dec. 1807 ; Mary Wallace, born 18th
Jan. 1810 (marr. 2nd April 1838, Adam
Monteith, writer, Glasgow), died 22nd
Dec. 1839 ; Henry, min. of Kilsyth, born
31st Aug. 1811 ; John, merchant, London,
born 7th April 1814 ; Alexander, born 25th
Feb. 1816.
CHARLES BANNATYNE STEVEN,
born 14th Oct. 1798, son of James
S., D.D., min. of Kilwinning ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine 6th May 1823; pres.
by William Cuninghame of Lainshaw, and
ord. 22nd Sept. 1825, died suddenly at
Glasgow, 14th May 1865. He marr. (1)
24th Dec. 1827, Marianne (born 28th April
1804, died 23rd Dec. 1856), daugh. of
Colonel Stewart Murray Fullarton of that
Ilk, and had issue— James, in Smyrna, born
27th Sept. 1828; Rozetta Fullarton, born
11th Feb. 1830 (marr. David Marshall
Lang); Stewart Murray, born 4th Sept.
1831 ; Charles Bannatyne, writer, Edin-
burgh, born 17th March 1833, died 30th
June 1894; John, born 17th Sept. 1834,
died 8th April 1840 ; William Cuninghame,
born 4th Aug. 1836, died 27th Jan. 1837 ;
irvine] STEWARTON— NEW CHAPEL— WEST KILBRIDE 127
I860
Alexander, born 15th Sept. 1838, died 13th
Jan. 1840 ; William John, min. of Melville,
Montrose, born 19th July 1841 : (2) 1st Feb.
1859, Mary Hamilton, widow of Henry
Lepper, who died 1st Nov. 1905.
NEIL MAXWELL MACNAUGHTON,
trans, from Kelvinhaugh, Glasgow ;
adm. (assistant and successor) 15th
March 1860 ; trans, to Kinclaven 20th Aug.
1863.
ALEXANDER KENNEDY, MA. ; pres.
by John Cuninghame of Lainshaw
and Duchrae 3rd Nov. 1863 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 14th Jan. 1864 ;
trans, to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, 13th
May 1879.
JAMES CORNWALL BROWN, born
187g 13th Jan. 1855, son of Benjamin B.,
min. of Airdrie ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton ;
ord. 18th Dec. 1879; died at Kilmacolm,
27th Jan. 1909. He marr. 5th Aug.
1880, Elizabeth Christian Stirling Napier,
second daugh. of John Glegg, Milliken,
Renfrewshire.
WILLIAM FALCONER OGILVIE,
1908 b0rn Pertn 20tn May 1881> son of
William Falconer O. and Eliza
Stirton Tilley ; educated at Balhousie
Public School, Perth Academy, and Univ.
of St Andrews ; MA. (1902), B.D. (1907) ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth 15th May 1906 ;
assistant at Dunblane, 1906-8 ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 2nd July 1908 ; enlisted
in Black Watch in 1914, 2nd lieut. 1916.
Marr. 3rd July 1912, Catherine Margaret,
daugh. of William Grant Methven Brown,
St Andrews, and has issue — Lorna Falconer,
born 22nd Oct. 1913; Katharine Falconer,
born 1st April 1915 ; Sheila Falconer, born
4th Jan. 1917.
NEW CHAPEL, STEWARTON.
[The church belonged to the Original
Secession. In 1839 the congregation
united with the Church of Scotland and
a district was assigned by the General
Assembly. Objection was taken to this
procedure by John Cuninghame of Lain-
shaw, one of the heritors, who appealed to
the Court of Session. This controversy,
subsequently well known as the Stewarton
Case, and which involved the question
whether or not the Church of Scotland
had freedom in regulating its ecclesiastical
affairs, became one of the grounds which
led to the Secession of 1843. The building
was retained by the Free Church.]
JAMES CLELAND, born Carluke 1804,
1839 son °^ Thomas C, farmer ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow and Associate
Theological Hall ; ord. to Stewarton
Original Secession Church 26th Oct. 1830.
Joined the Church of Scotland in 1839 ;
afterwards min. at Bolton, in Isle of Man,
and Risley, Warrington ; died at The
Folly, Warrington, 29th Jan. 1888.—
[Scott's Annals of the Original Secession
Church, 507.]
DAVID ARTHUR, born 1812, third
1842 son °^ James A., farmer, New
Cumnock; ord. 14th July 1842 by
Commission of Assembly in face of an
interdict by Court of Session. Joined the
Free Church and was min. of Free Church,
Stewarton, 1843-51, and of Belize, British
Honduras, 1851-76 ; died in London, 18th
March 1888. He marr. 7th Jan. 1845,
Agnes Morris.
WEST KILBRIDE.
[St Bride's Parish Church here belonged
to the Abbey of Kilwinning. A yearly
tryst called Bridesday Fair was held at
Kilbride on St Bride's Day, 1st Feb.
Within the parish there were several
chapels, St Inan's at Southannan, St Bey's
on the island of Little Cumbrae, and
another at Chapelton. The church of
West Kilbride was rebuilt in 1873.]
Sir JOHN MAXWELL, exhorter and
1567 min. in 1567.— [Reg. of Deeds, ix. 97.]
JOHN MAXWELL, probably the same,
1574 reader 1574 to 1580.
GABRIEL CUNNINGHAME, min. in
1585 1585.
128
WEST KILBRIDE
[PRESB. OF
HEW BOYD, min. from 1588 to
1588 1591.
JOHN HARPER, M.A. (Glasgow 1594) ;
. adm. that year ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 30th June 1601 ;
called before the Privy Council 15th Feb.
1610, with others, for harbouring papists ;
died 28th or 29th Aug. 1630. He marr. (1)
Barbara, daugh. of Archibald Boyd of
Portincross : (2) cont. dated 13th July
1621, Mary, daugh. of John Hamilton of
Stonehouse, and had issue — Hugh ; John :
(3) cont. 4th Aug. 1624, Elizabeth, daugh.
of John Lindsay, min. of Carstairs, and
widow of James Harper, surgeon, and of
William Birnie, min. of Ayr. — [Reg. Assig. ;
Memoir of James Mitchell ; Ayr Sas., ii.
205, iii. 596 ; Reg. of Deeds, dxx., 102.]
GEORGE CRAUFURD, eldest son of
Andrew C. of Drings, and Marion
Cathcart; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (25th July 1618); min. in 1632;
dep. 14th March 1648, for general conduct
unbefitting his profession ; died before 23rd
Dec. 1663. He marr. Margaret, daugh. of
John Montgomerie of Bngend, and had
issue — Robert of Balsarroch, ancestor of
the Craufurds of Kilbirnie, Baronets, died
Feb. 1682 ; William ; John in Maybole ;
Robert ; Jean (marr. Simon Fergusson,
brother to Kilkerran) ; Mary (marr. Duncan
Craufurd in Knockshinnoch) ; another
(marr. Dr Robert Craufurd, Nethermains).
— [Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Burke's
Peerage ; Ayr Sas., 3rd ser., i., 431 ; G. R.
Sas., xlix., 453 ; Reg. of Deeds, 3rd March
1663.]
WILLIAM RODGER, M.A. (Glasgow
1643) ; called in Jan., and adm. 18th
Oct. 1649 ; still min. 2nd July 1650.
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, son of
Alexander C. of Collellan ; min. in
1658 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662; died Jan. 1669, aged 40. He
marr. Eupham, daugh. of John Cunning-
ham of Baidland, who survived him, and
marr. (2) Hugh Craufurd of Garrive, min.
of New Cumnock. His nephew, Alexander
C. of Cherrielands, was served heir to him
1665
22nd June 1686.— [Fountainhall's Dec, ii. ;
Wodrow's Hist., i., 32 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Ayr
Mornings, 9th April 1662; Inq. Ret. Gen.
6743.]
ANDREW LOUTHIAN [LOTHIAN],
adm. about Oct. 1665 ; still min. in
1670. — [Bailiary of Cunningham
Deeds, 19th June 1671.]
v ROBERT BOYD, M.A., of Cranberrie-
1672 moss> formerly of Linton in Teviot-
dale ; granted an indulgence by the
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ; he was
called before the Justiciary Court 2nd
Aug. 1683, but the diet was deserted,
the Court finding that he was "known
to have been notoriously loyal and had
refused to read the rebel's declaration."
He returned to Linton in 1690.
GILBERT HAMILTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1R|_2 1643); adm. to Crawford 15th Jan.
1651 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662; granted an indulgence here
with the preceding by the Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1672 ; he was cited before the
Privy Council for not obeying its orders
11th Aug. 1677.— [Wodrow's Hist., i. 327 ;
Family of Birnie of Broomhill, 55.]
ALEXANDER IRVINE of Lenturk,
son of Alexander I., min. of Long-
side ; adm. to Old Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, 12th Dec. 1672; dem. Whitsunday
1674 ; probably became min. at Logie
Buchan before 11th July 1681 ; adm. here
about 1688 (not in 1669 as stated in Vol. I.,
p. 45, and in Hew Scott) ; outed in 1689 ;
died after 23rd Dec. 1697 and before 8th
April 1705. He marr. 20th Dec. 1672,
Grisell (died 1735), daugh. of Captain
Thomas Ramsay of the Abbotshall family,
and had issue — Andrew, bapt. 8th Jan.
1674; Alexander; John, bapt. 14th Dec.
1684 ; Jean (marr. 8th April 1705, James
Millar, servitor to Sir Hew Dalrymple
of North Berwick) ; probably also Anne,
died 1729 ; Mary (marr. Aitchison,
glover, Edinburgh). — [Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 30th Aug. 1687; Edin. Bapt.
and Marr. ; Aberdeen Sas., 8th Aug.
1682 ; Gen. Reg. Sas., 7th Jan. 1685 ;
IRVINE]
WEST KILBRIDE
129
Edin. Tests.; Aberdeen Tests.; Ex inform
D. A. Boyd.]
ROBERT HUNTER of Kirkland, born
1621, son of Robert H. of Hunterston,
and Elizabeth Craufurd of Auchen-
ames family; M.A. (Glasgow 1643); adm.
under the Toleration 28th April 1688 ; dem.
3rd May 1698 ; died about 1710. He marr.
(cont. 29th July 1675) Margaret, daugh. of
John Hamilton of Grange, and had issue —
Robert of Kirkland ; Margaret (marr. 1713,
William Castlelaw); Rebecca (marr. Robert
Cameron, min. of Beith) ; Elizabeth (marr.
1720, John Montgomerie of Barradger).—
[Robertson's Cunninghame.']
GEORGE RENNIE, M.A. ; teacher in
Borrowstounness ; master of the
Scottish School, Rotterdam, March
1692 to Aug. 1697; studied divinity at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
15th Nov. 1698 ; ord. 12th May 1699 ; died
Jan. 1713. He marr. Agnes Williamson,
widow of David Dick, skipper in Bo'ness,
who survived him, and had issue — Robert.
— [Steven's Scottish Church, Rotterdam,
349; Edin. Sas., 22nd May 1705.]
JOHN ADAM, probably a native of
1699
1716
Kilmarnock ; schoolmaster at Dun-
donald ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 10th
Aug. 1714; called 24th Aug. 1715; ord.
15th Feb. 1716; died 29th Sept. 1763.
He marr. 8th Nov. 1716, Janet (died 21st
Sept. 1755), daugh. of John Campbell,
min. of Craigie, and had issue— Elizabeth ;
Matthew ; Mary ; John, min. of this
parish ; Andrew ; Jean, died 8th Sept.
1745; Robert, born 4th May 1731 ; Janet,
born 27th Dec. 1737.
JOHN ADAM, son of preceding ; called
29th Nov. 1750 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 28th March 1751 ; trans.
to Middle or New Parish, Greenock, 12th
July 1769.
ARTHUR OUGHTERSON, born Ayr,
August 1736, son of John O., min.
of Cumbernauld ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 7th
May 1766 ; pres. by Archibald, Earl of
Eglinton, 25th May 1770; ord. 28th Feb.
VOL. III.
1751
1771
1771 ; died 14th Sept. 1822. He marr.
1st Sept. 1760, Ann Fergusson, who died
29th Nov. 1809, and had issue — Clementina,
born 14th June 1761, died 6th Aug. 1809 ;
Arthur, merchant, Greenock, born 5th
June 1762, died 26th Sept. 1816 ; Eglinton,
born 19th April 1769 (marr. (1) Nov. 1795,
George Muir : (2) Dr Hendrie : (3) 14th
Dec. 1812, John Newbigging, Kilmarnock) ;
John Steel, min. of Monkton, born 3rd
Dec. 1770 ; James, merchant, Greenock,
born 21st Jan. 1773 ; Ann, born 31st Jan.
1776 (marr. 27th Oct. 1795, James Francis
Grant, of the Monymusk family, rector of
Wrabness, Essex, and Mersten, Sussex).—
[Kay's Portraits, ii.]
JOHN STEEL OUGHTERSON, M.A.,
son of preceding; nominated by
Hugh, Earl of Eglinton in Jan., and,
ord. (assistant and successor) 3rd July 1805 ;
trans, to Monkton 24th Sept. 1812.
WILLIAM VASSIE, M.A., of the
Mansionhouse Academy, Camber-
well, London ; ord. by Presb. of
North Northumberland 16th April 1813,
as min. of a Presbyterian congregation
at Thropton ; pres. by the trustees of
Archibald William, Earl of Eglinton, in
Jan., and adm. 20th March 1823 ; died
28th April 1834, aged 67. He marr. Anna
(died s.p. 20th March 1858), daugh. of
Adam Fife, Woolwich Arsenal. Publica-
tion— The Necessity of Religion and Virtue
to National Happiness and Prosperity, a
sermon (London, 1809).
THOMAS FINDLAY, born Westlin-
1832 bank, Strathaven, Nov. 1801, fourth
son of Francis F., farmer, Avendale ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 26th Nov. 1826; pres.
by trustees of Archibald William, Earl of
Eglinton, in July, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 11th Oct. 1832. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, West Kilbride, 1843-75 ; died 13th
June 1875. He marr. 21st Nov. 1832,
Isabella Smith, who died 3rd July 1880,
and had issue — Francis Muirhead, born
28th April 1834, died 19th March 1865;
John Smith, born 14th April 1836, died
130
WEST KILBRIDE
[PRESB. OF IRVINE
June 1893; Isabella Donaldson, born 10th
May 1838 (marr. Robert Brown, merchant,
Glasgow); Thomas William, in Natal, born
12th July 1839, died 6th May 1869; Eleanor,
born May 1843 ; Robert Daniel, born 1846,
died at Malacca, Sept. 1880 ; David Lands-
borough, born 1848, died at Pietermaritz-
burg, March 1892.
ALEXANDER KING, born 1818,
1843 y°un&est son °f Alexander K.,
Stewarton ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 29th
March 1842 ; pres. by Archibald William,
Earl of Eglinton, 17th Oct., and ord. 10th
Nov. 1843 ; died 25th Feb. 1882. He marr.
11th March 1845, Helen Dow, who died
9th Feb. 1881, and had issue — Alexander,
merchant, Manchester, born 22nd Jan.
1846, died 24th Feb. 1903 ; Andrew Dow,
in Griqualand East, born 8th May 1847 ;
Mary Craig, born 19th March 1849 ; John
Gavin, in Griqualand East, born 7th May
1851; Anne Blair, born 6th March 1854
(marr. Anderson) ; Helen Jane, born
20th April 1856 (marr. Theophilus Paton
of Swinlees), died 16th Sept. 1915 ; Agnes
Josephine, born 7th Nov. 1858 (marr.
William Brown), died 1916 ; Georgina
Sarah, born 26th March 1862, died 4th
Jan. 1872 ; and Christian Hunter (twin),
born 26th March 1862 (marr. Matthew
Brown).
JOHN LAMB, born North Berwick, 4th
1881 "^e^- 184^> son of John L. and Agnes
Currie ; educated at Cauvin's In-
stitution, Duddingston, and Edinburgh
Univ. ; M.A. (1872), B.D. (1879) ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 16th May 1879;
assistant at Greenside and St George's,
Edinburgh, 1879-81 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 28th April 1881 ; died 28th Oct.
1913. He marr. 1st June 1882, Jessie (died
23rd Dec. 1919), daugh. of James Taylor,
Inverleith Gardens, Edinburgh, and had
issue— Jessie Fletcher, born 27th Oct. 1883
(marr. Arthur Henry Dunnett, min. of
Teviothead) ; John, min. of Fyvie, born
31st Jan. 1886 ; Agnes Currie, born 7th
Sept. 1890. Publications — Annals of an
Ayrshire Parish [West Kilbride] (Glasgow,
1896) ; West Kilbride and Neighbourhood
(Ardrossan, 1899).
1914
ANDREW FORRET SCOTT
PEARSON, born Tayport, 25th
Dec. 1886, son of John P. and Agnes
Forret ; educated at Tayport Higher Grade
School and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1906), B.D. (1910), D.Th. (Heidelberg
1911); licen. by Presb. of Dundee 4th May
1910 ; assistant at St Mary's College
1910-12 ; at First Charge, Cupar-Fife,
1912 ; at First Charge, Hamilton, 1912-14 ;
ord. 19th March 1914 ; Chaplain to Forces,
1918-20. Marr. 28th Nov. 1916, Jean, daugh.
of James Kerr Love, M.D., Glasgow, and
granddaughter of Joseph Corbett, D.D.,,
min. of Camphill U.F. Church, Glasgow,
and has issue — Ian Forret Scott, born 20th
Oct. 1917 ; James Kerr Love, born 11th
March 1919. Publications — Prayer (Dundee
1912) ; Der Aelteste Englische Presbyterian-
ismus (Edinburgh 1912).
PRESBYTERY OF PAISLEY.
[This court was severed from the Presbytery of Dunbarton in 1590. It appears on
record as in operation at 8th April 1593. The existing Presbytery Register, however,
does not begin till 16th Sept. 1602. There are blanks in the records from Dec. 1607 to
20th April 1626, and 20th June 1660 to 29th Oct. 1663.]
BARRHEAD (Q.S.).
[On 28th May 1838 a constitution was
granted to a chapel here. The parish was
disjoined from Neilston by the Court of
Teinds, 15th July 1868.]
ALEXANDER SALMON, born 1802,
1841 younSest; son of John S., artificer,
Cambuslang ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; schoolmaster of Kilsyth in 1823 ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 30th March
1836 ; ord. to South Parish, Paisley, 19th
Aug. 1836 ; trans, and adm. 13th May 1841.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
Barrhead Free Church 1843-9 ; adm. min.
of St Stephen's Presbyterian Church,
Sydney, New South Wales, 10th Oct. 1849 ;
returned in bad health in 1860 ; died un-
marr. at Alderney, Channel Islands, 6th
Aug. 1864. — [Centenary History of the
Presbyterian Church in New South Wales
(Sydney, 1905).]
[Vacant 1843-50.]
JAMES IRELAND, ord. 26th Feb.
1R50 1850 ; trans, to St James's Chapel,
Forfar, 1852.
ALEXANDER WATSON, ord. 25th
1853 Aug. 1853 ; died 21st Feb. 1854.
1854
WILLIAM MUNGALL, ord. 19th Oct.
1854 ; trans, to Barr, Ayrshire, 13th
Jan. 1859.
THOMAS BUCHANAN, born Glasgow,
1859 1830, third son of Alexander B. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
12th May 1859; adm. first min. of the
parish 17th July 1868 ; died unmarr. 19th
March 1906.
DUNCAN CAMERON, M.A., B.D. ;
1 trans, from Logie, Fife ; adm. 3rd
Oct. 1906 ; trans, to St Paul's, Leith,
19th March 1914.
JAMES CHARLES CONN, born
Hamilton, 10th March 1887, son of
Thomas C. and Agnes Kirkland ;
educated at Hamilton Academy and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1909), B.D. (1912);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1912 ;
assistant at Partick ; ord. 18th Sept. 1914.
Marr. 18th April 1916, Margaret Lilias,
daugh. of John Aitken.
BRIDGE OF WEIR (Q.S.).
[The parish of Bridge of Weir was dis-
joined from Kilbarchan and Houston by
the Court of Teinds, 14th March 1887.]
WILLIAM SCOTT HAY, born Paisley,
1839 !7!)<), eldest son of James H., mer-
chant ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow
and Divinity Hall of Associate Synod ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 9th Dec.
1818 ; ord. min. of the Original Secession
congregation at Burntshields, Kilbarchan,
132
BRIDGE OF WEIR— CALDWELL— CARDONALD [presb. of
20th March 1821. Joined the Church of
Scotland, and adm. here 4th Sept. 1839.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min. of
the Free Church, Bankhead (Midmar),
Aberdeenshire, 1845-51 ; died unmarr. 15th
Dec. 1851. — [Scott;s Annals of the Original
Secession Church, 492.]
1884
ROBERT TURNBULL, ord. 31st July
18,_g 1879; trans, to Barrowfield, Glas-
gow, 17 th Sept. 1883.
THOMAS DUNCAN, born Perth, 14th
April 1832, son of Thomas D. and
Marjorie Thomson ; educated at
Perth Grammar School and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Perth in
1855 ; assistant at St John's (East Parish),
Perth ; ord. to St James's (Church of
Scotland), Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Island, 23rd Oct. 1856; min. of St
Andrew's, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1876 ;
min. of North Merchiston Chapel [now
St Michael's Parish] Edinburgh, 1882-84;
adm. to this charge 16th July 1884 ;
first min. of the parish in 1887 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1896); died 4th May 1899. He
marr. 3rd Sept. 1857, Mary Ann (died at
Ottawa, 3rd Oct. 1916, aged 82), daugh. of
Robert Hyndman, and had issue — Marjorie,
born 31st July 1858 (marr. William Thomas
Herridge, D.D., min. of St Andrew's Pres-
byterian Church, Ottawa) ; Eliza, born
28th July 1859, died 6th Oct. 1860;
Margaret Edith, born 16th Dec. 1860
(marr. Henry Gibson Bauld, M.P.P., Hali-
fax, N.S.); William Frederick, born 19th
Oct. 1862, died 6th June 1869; Emilie
Elizabeth, born 23rd Aug. 1864; George
Gordon Dundas Stewart, D.D. (Queen's
Univ.. Canada, 1919), min. of St Andrew's
and St Paul's Presbyterian Church, Mon-
treal, Canada, formerly min. of St Cuth-
bert's, Edinburgh ; Charles Gordon, Vic-
toria, B.C., staff-captain, C.E.F., born 6th
May 1873.
ALEXANDER MASON SHAND, born
1899 Woodside, Aberdeen, 9th April 1864,
son of John S. and Margaret Robb ;
educated at Woodside School and Univs. of
Aberdeen and Glasgow ; M.A. (Aberdeen
1891) ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 4th May
1898 ; assistant to preceding min. 1898-9 ;
ord. 8th Sept. 1899.
CALDWELL (Q.S.).
[A church was built in 1888. The parish
was disjoined from Neilston and Beith by
the Court of Teinds, 10th March 1891.]
1891
DAVID STEWART, born 9th June
1852, son of Robert S. and Rebecca
M'Lure ; educated at Thornliebank
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 4th July 1888 ; assistant
at Neilston ; ord. 25th June 1889 ; adm.
first min. of the parish 10th March 1891.
Marr. 12th July 1875, Jane, daugh. of
Robert Kidney, and has issue — Elizabeth,
born 30th May 1877.
CARDONALD (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from the
Abbey parish of Paisley and Govan by the
Court of Teinds, 14th July 1890.]
WILLIAM ALEXANDER LISTON,
born 25th Aug. 1840, son of
William L., min. of Redgorton ;
educated at Redgorton and Perth Schools,
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Perth ; assistant at St Paul's, Perth,
and St John's, Glasgow ; ord. assistant
chaplain, St Andrew's Church, Madras,
1866 ; retired as senior chaplain in the
Madras Presidency, 1886; app. to this
charge 17th Feb. 1889 ; adm. first min. of
the parish 1st Aug. 1890; died 12th April
1915. He marr. 30th Nov. 1871, Patricia,
daugh. of Peter Napier, D.D., min. of Black-
friars Parish, Glasgow, and had issue —
Major William Glen, M.D., CLE., born 30th
July 1873 ; Margaret Constance Isabella,
born 5th Nov. 1874, died 23rd Dec. 1890 ;
Mary Forbes, M.B., Ch.B., Merryflats,
Govan, born 1st Nov. 1876; Patricia
Napier, born 10th Aug. 1879 (marr. 16th
Oct. 1902, Major George Lamb, I.M.S.).—
[In Memoriam, by A. L., 1915.]
paisley]
CARDONALD— EASTWOOD
133
DUNCAN FINDLAY M'LEAN, born
lgl5 Tarrymill, St Vigean's, 28th Sept.
1882, son of Duncan M. and Mary
Ann Findlay ; educated at Arbroath Schools
and Univ. of St Andrews; MA. (1905),
B.D. (1909) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
17th May 1909 ; assistant at Northesk ;
ord. to West Parish, May bole, 16th March
1912 ; trans, and adm. 16th Sept. 1915.
Marr. 4th Sept. 1912, May Isobel, daugh.
of John Cooper, London.
EASTWOOD or POLLOK.
[The vicarage of Pollok belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. Its church was dedicated
to St Conal, and in the Old Glebe at Pollok
is St Conal's Well. Near the site of the
ancient church stands also St Conal's
Dowry, a walled enclosure having a ruined
building within it. In the old church at
Pollok there was an altar of St Ninian.
The parish church was removed from
Pollok to Eastwood in the seventeenth
century. In 1781 Eastwood Church was
rebuilt on a new site. A new church, the
gift of Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, Bart.,
was built in 1863.]
JAMES CARRUTHERS, exhorter in
1567 1567 ; dep. Nov. 1569.
THOMAS KNOX, reader and exhorter
1569 in 1569.
THOMAS JACK, sometime preceptor
1570 ^° R°bert Rollock, Principal of the
Univ. of Edinburgh ; Master of the
Grammar School of Glasgow ; pres. by
James VI. 1st Sept. 1570, Rutherglen and
Cathcart being also in the charge. In
1573 Robert, Lord Semple, made an in-
effectual attempt to deprive him of his
benefice in favour of John Hamilton "a
papist priest." He was Quaestor [collector
of revenues] of the Univ. of Glasgow in
1577, in which year he presented to its
Library the works of St Ambrose and St
Gregory. He was a member of Assembly,
1581, 1582, 1590, and a commissioner
appointed by the Privy Council, 6th March
1589, for the preservation of true religion
within the bounds of Lennox and Glasgow.
He died in 1598, bequeathing some of
his books to the Presb. of Paisley. He
marr. Eupham Wylie, who died in 1608,
and had issue — Elizabeth (marr. (1) Walter
Maxwell of Cowglen : (2) Patrick Sharp,
Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow). [For
a curious attempt to force Elizabeth Jack
into a marriage with Ninian Stewart, kins-
man of the laird of Minto, see the Pollok
Papers, edited by Sir William Fraser.]
Publication — Onomasticon Poeticum : sive
Propriorum quibus in suis Monumentis
usi sunt veteres Poetae, brevis descriptio
poetica Thoma lacchaeo Caledonio Author e
(Edinburgh, 1592) [150 pages quarto, printed
by Robert Waldegrave]. — [Reg. Assig. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's Collections, i.,
179, 529 ; M'Crie's Life of Melville, 1824,
i. 444, ii. 365, 478 ; Reg. Sec. Sig., ii., pp.
229-30 ; Arch, and Hist. Coll. relating to
the County of Renfrew, ii., p. 110; Ecclesi-
astical Antiquities of Eastwood, 39 ;
Tanner's Bibliog. Brit. 426 ; Lownde's
Bibliographer's Manual, 1175; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
JOHN GIBSON, MA. ; Regent in the
1599 Univ. of Glasgow ; adm. here after
3rd May 1599 ; he was pres. to
Eckford before 22nd Dec. that year, but
the translation does not seem to have been
proceeded with. He marr., and had issue
— Henry. — [Reg. Assig.]
WILLIAM WALLACE, born about 1577,
son of William W. of Johnstone ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1599); declined a
call to Lenzie [Kirkintilloch] 8th Jan.
1600 ; min. here in 1606 ; died Dec. 1617.
He marr. (cont. 24th Jan. 1605), Isobel,
daugh. of James Greig, min. of Colmonell.
She survived him (and marr. (2) Andrew
Hamilton, brother of Sir Robert H. of
Silver tonhill), and had issue — Margaret,
who, at the age of 85, and reduced to great
helplessness, was strongly recommended
for charity ; William ; Isobel ; Jean ;
Agnes; Grizel. — [Glasg. Tests.; Reg. of
Deeds, exxvi., 416, 8th Jan. 1607 ; Hamil-
ton Com. Dec, 28th June 1625.]
JOHN MAXWELL of Auldhouse;
1620 ^■,A* » m"1' *n 162° » trans- t0 $t
Mungo's, Glasgow, 1629. He was
again min. here in 1645.
1606
134
EASTWOOD
[PRESB. OF
HEW BLAIR, M.A. ; pres. by James,
1630 "^ar^ °^ Abercorn, aQd ord. at Glas-
gow 1st April 1630 ; trans, to Tron
Parish, Glasgow, Jan. 1644.
JOHN MAXWELL of Auldhouse, eldest
1645 son °^ George M. of Auldhouse, min.
of Mearns ; M.A. (Glasgow 1609) ;
min. here in 1620 ; trans, to St Mungo's,
Glasgow, 1629. He was a member of the
Commission for the maintenance of Church
Discipline in 1634 ; Dean of Faculty of
the Univ., 1634-5, and Lord Rector in
1636; dep. 1st May 1639 for declining
jurisdiction of the Glasgow Assembly in
1638. He officiated sometime at Killy-
leagh in Ireland, but returned to Paisley,
where he preached and dispensed the
sacraments " in the absence of and without
invitation from the minister." He was
re-adm. here between 2nd Jan. and 20th
Feb. 1645 ; dem. after 10th Jan. 1651 ; died
after 9th Aug. 1666, aged about 77. He
marr. (cont. 8th Jan. 1621), Elizabeth,
(died June 1662), second daugh. of James
Stewart, tutor of Blackhall, and had issue
—Sir George, ancestor of the Maxwells of
Pollok, took orders in the Episcopal Church
of Ireland, died 1677; Zacharias of
Blawarthill, died April 1698 ; John, M.D.,
Jamaica ; Walter ; Thomas, at Strabane ;
William ; Jean (marr. cont. 27th Sept.
1653, Thomas, son of Cornelius Crawfurd
of Jordanhill); Grizel (marr. (1) cont. 5th
Jan. 1643, Robert Hucheson, alias Pollok of
Auchengray, (2), cont. 8th Feb. 1661, Alex-
ander Jameson, min. of Govan) ; Elizabeth.
— [LochwinnochPajiers, ii., 110 ; G. R. Sas.,
lii. 317 ; P, C. Reg., ii., 229 ; Campbell's
Eastwood, 55 ; Maxwells of Pollock, i., 58
435.]
HUGH SMITH, probably a native of
1652 the county> younger brother of
William S., min. of Largs; M.A.
(Glasgow 1647); licen. by Presb. of Paisley
19th Feb., and ord. 27th May 1652 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. On 18th Aug. 1663, he was ordered
to obey the Act of the Privy Council
against taking part in conventicles. He
opposed the granting of Indulgences to
1679
1681
1679
mins. who had been deprived, continued
to carry on his ministerial and pastoral
work in the immediate neighbourhood, and
was denounced rebel for not compearing
before the Committee of Privy Council, 6th
April 1676. He died before January 1679.
— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Pollok Papers ;
Crawfurd's Hist, of Renfrewshire.]
ROBERT HUME, brother of James H.,
merchant, Edinburgh; passed trials
before the Presb. and was recom-
mended for ordination 8th Dec. 1664 ; died
March 1679.— [Glasg. Tests.; Reg. Old
Dec, i.]
HECTOR M'LAINE, M.A. ; trans, from
Morven, and inst. in 1679. He
became Bishop of Argyll next
year (q.v.).
WILLIAM FISHER, M.A. ; trans, from
Dunoon, and inst. before 6th April
1681; probably outed in 1689;
intruded at Aberfoyle in 1696.
MATTHEW CRAUFURD, born in
Greenock about 1640, of the family
of Craufurd, or Crawford, of Kerse ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 31st July 1662) ; studied
also at Utrecht, where he was a friend of
William (afterwards Principal) Carstares ;
licen. at Glasgow at a meeting (held, for
fear of penalties, in private) in 1671. In
Oct. 1674 he was complained against to
the Diocesan Synod for attending conven-
ticles, and on 6th April 1676 he was de-
nounced rebel by the Glasgow Committee
of the Privy Council, but though eagerly
sought for, was not apprehended. Being
called by the parishioners of Eastwood,
with the consent of Sir John Maxwell, he
was privately ord. at Paisley in 1679. He
attended the first meeting of Synod after
the Toleration 30th Aug. 1687 ; was a
member of Assembly in 1690, and took a
somewhat prominent part in arranging and
settling the affairs of the Church at the
critical period when Presbyterianism was
re-established. He died Dec. 1700. He
marr. (1) a lady whose name has not been
ascertained : (2) Margaret (died Feb 1727),
daugh. of John Houston of that ilk, and
had issue — Matthew, Professor of Ecclesi-
astical History in the Univ. of Edinburgh
paisley]
EASTWOOD
135
(q.v.) ; Margaret, born 1683, died 26th Feb.
1773; Bethia, buried 24th Aug. 1722.
Publications — Exercitatio Apolegetica pro
Doctrina ab Ecclesiis Reformatio com-
muniter recepta de perpetua obligatione
quarti Prcece]iti de Sabbato (Utrecht,
1669); Disputatio theologica, de origine,
et primceva obligatione Sabbathi (Utrecht,
1669) ; Disputatio theologia de prin-
cipiis fidei objectivo et effectivo (Utrecht,
1669) ; A Brief Discourse of the Bloody
and Treasonable Practices of the Papists,
1672 [subjoined to Popery Anatomised],
being Welsh's Reply to Brown (2nd ed.,
Glasgow 1672). He left in manuscript a
History of the Church of Scotland from the
Introduction of Christianity to the end of
1680, 2 vols, folio (1400 pages) [this was
lost for some time, but was discovered by-
Principal John Lee, and is now in the
Library of the Church of Scotland]. —
[Wodrow's Corresp., i. 98-103, 112-13, ii.
311 ; Pollok Papers, i. ; Glasg. 'Tests. ;
Maitland MiscelL, iv. ; Crawfurd's Hist. ;
Edinburgh Christian Instructor, xxv. ;
Campbell's Eastwood, 95-105.]
ROBERT WODROW, youngest son of
.,_os James W., Professor of Divinity,
Univ. of Glasgow, was born in the
Trongate there, April (or Sept.) 1679. At
the very hour of his birth, soldiers under
warrant of the Privy Council, were search-
ing the house to seize his father, but the
latter, having exchanged clothes with the
physician's man - servant, succeeded in
escaping. Wodrow entered the Univ. of
Glasgow in 1691, and graduated M.A. 18th
Jan. 1697. He served as chaplain in the
house of his kinsman, Sir John Maxwell
of Pollok, and for several years he was
librarian to the Univ. of Glasgow. On
6th Jan. 1703, he was licen.by the Presb.
of Paisley, and ord. to this charge 28th
Oct. of that year. In 1707 he was one of
a Committee of Presb. appointed to consult
and act with the Commission in Edinburgh
as to the best means of averting the evils
with which the Union of the Kingdoms
seemed to threaten the church and people
of Scotland. On the accession of George I.
in 1714, he was principal correspondent
and adviser of the five ministers sent by
the Assembly to London to plead the
rights of the Church, and particularly to
petition for the abolition of patronage.
He assisted Principal Hadow in drawing
up the Act of Assembly (1731) for the
filling up of vacant parishes, the passing of
which in the following year gave rise to
the Associate Presbytery. He declined
calls to Glasgow in 1712, to Stirling in
1717, and again in 1726. He died 21st
March 1734. An enthusiastic collector
of information on the history and personal
ministry of the Church, he left behind him
a vast accumulation of interesting and
illuminative MSS. many of which were
printed by the Wodrow Society (1841-50),
the Maitland and other Clubs. The
Wodrow MSS. are preserved in the Ad-
vocates' Library, and the Library of the
Univ. of Glasgow. He marr. Nov. 1708,
Margaret (died 27th Jan. 1758), widow of
Ebenezer Veitch, min. of Ayr, and daugh.
of Patrick Warner of Ardeer, min. of
Irvine, and had issue — Janet, born 1710,
buried 5th April 1773 ["Her days and
nights were devoted to the poor, to whom
she gave her personal but unostentatious
attendance " ] ; Robert, his successor in this
parish ; Patrick, min. of Tarbolton ; James,
min. of Stevenston ; Alexander, settled in
America, had an estate there, and died
about the end of the first American War ;
Mary, died unmarr. ; Margaret (marr.
Matthew Biggar, min. of Kirkoswald) ;
Marion, died unmarr. ; Martha, and six
others died early. Publications— The Oath
of Abjuration considered in a Letter to a
Friend (1712) ; The History of the Suffer-
ings of the Church of Scotland from the
Restoration to the Revolution, 2 vols. (Edin-
burgh, 1721-2 ; 2nd ed. [edited by Robert
Burns, D.D., min. of St George's, Paisley,
with Memoir of the author], 4 vols., Glas-
gow, 1828-31); Life of James Wodrow,
A.M., Professor of Divinity (Edinburgh,
1828); Collections upon the Lives of the
Reformers and most Eminent Ministers of
the Church of Scotland [Maitland Club],
2 vols. (Glasgow, 1834-45); Analecta : or
Materials for a History of Remarkable
Providences, mostly relating to Scotch
136
EASTWOOD
[PRESB. OF
Ministers and Christians, edited for the
Maitland Club by Thomas Leishman, D.D.,
4 vols. (Edinburgh, 1842-3); The Corres-
pondence of the Rev. Robert Wodrow, edited
for the Wodrow Society by Thomas M'Crie,
D.D., 3 vols. (Edinburgh, 1842-3) ; Proposals
for printing by subscription the History
of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland
[n.p., n.d.]; Private Letters [to Robert
Wodrow] now first printed from the
Original Manuscripts, 1694-1732 (Edin-
burgh, 1829). — [Memoir prefixed to History ;
Anderson's Scottish Nation, iii., 667 ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.}
ROBERT WODROW, born 21st Dec.
1?S5 1711, son of preceding; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 19th Dec. 1733 ; called 18th Nov.
1734 ; ord. 20th Feb. 1735 ; dem. on ac-
count of ill-health 26th Oct. 1757 ; died in
Little Cumbrae, 13th May 1784. He marr.
(1) 10th Oct. 1743, Mary Craig, who died
2nd Aug. 1754, and had issue — Robert, born
8th Nov. 1744, died 8th March 1758 ; Mary,
born 26th July 1746; Margaret, bora 9th
Nov. 1751 ; Andrew, born 14th Nov. 1752,
went to U.S.A. : (2) 30th Dec. 1755, Anne
(died at Glasgow, 1st April 1814, aged 95),
daugh. of John Ruthven, music master and
burgess of Glasgow, and had issue — Patrick,
born 30th Dec. 1756 ; Marion and Anne
(twins), born 6th July 1758, died 5th and
6th Oct. 1760 ; John (daughter), born 12th
Sept. 1760, died 17th April 1774; Ann,
born 28th June 1762 (marr. Mr Archibald),
died 4th July 1790. Publication — Account
of the Life and Writings of Hugh Binning,
prefixed to his Sermons (Glasgow, 1760).
— [Burns's Memoir of Robert Wodrow ;
Campbell's Eastivood, 193 ; Lamb's West
Kilbride. 131.]
JAMES SIMSON, licen. by Presb. of
1?58 Paisley 28th Oct. 1736 ; in 1744 he
was adm. to the eldership at East-
wood and was then probably chaplain
at Pollok ; pres. by Sir John Maxwell of
Pollok, Bart., and ord. 28th Sept. 1758;
died 28th Feb. 1790. He marr. 5th June
1759, Mary Maclea, who died 16th May
1797, and had issue — a daugh., bora and
died 22nd May 1760 ; Mary, born 25th Aug.
1761 ; Ann, born 28th July 1763 (marr.
William Lyon, merchant, Halifax, Nova
Scotia) ; Rebecca, born 13th May 1765 ;
John, born 27th Feb. 1769.
JOHN M'CAIG, born 1755, eldest son
1786 °^ James M., weaver in Calton ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1775); licen. by Presb. of Stirling
14th June 1780 ; called 18th Aug., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 26th Oct. 1786 ;
died unmarr. at Pollokshaws, 25th Jan.
1791— [Tombst.]
STEVENSON MACGILL, pres. by Sir
1*791 J°nn Maxwell of Pollok, Bart., and
ord. 8th Sept. 1791 ; trans, to Tron
Parish, Glasgow, 12th Oct. 1797.
ROBERT ANDERSON, trans, from
1798 Symington, Lanarkshire ; pres. by
Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, Bart.,
and adm. 5th July 1798 ; trans, to Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, 16th July 1802.
GEORGE LOGAN, born 1759, eldest
1802 son °^ Thomas L., carpenter in
Calton ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 6th Dec.
1760; ord. (by Presb. of Perth) min. of
High Bridge Presbyterian congregation,
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 27th April 1785 ; adm.
to Ardoch Chapel-of-Ease 18th July 1793 ;
pres. by Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, Bart. ;
trans, and adm. 23rd Sept. 1802 ; died 2nd
July 1843. He was a distinguished classi-
cal scholar and could repeat from memory
much of the Greek New Testament. He
desired to join the Free Church, but on the
day of the meeting of Assembly he was
confined to bed. He wrote a letter of
adherence, and begged that a copy of the
Deed of Demission should be sent for his
signature. Before that could be done he
had passed away. He marr. 31st Oct. 1785,
Ann Scott, who died 25th March 1838, and
had issue — Janet, bora 25th Aug. 1787
(marr. Allan Foulds, merchant, Glasgow),
died 2nd April 1821 ; Margaret, born 19th
March 1789, died 8th July 1804; Thomas,
merchant, Glasgow, born 14th June 1790 ;
Ann, born 19th Sept. 1791, died 5th Oct.
1791; Jean, born 16th Sept. 1792 (marr.
5th June 1820, William Moffat, surgeon,
paisley]
EASTWOOD— ELDERSLIE
137
Glasgow) ; Alexander, rector of Perth
Academy 1831-46, author of a Commentary
on Virgil's Georgics (Edinburgh, 1853), and
The Creative Week (Edinburgh, 1856), born
27th Sept. 1793, died 6th Sept. 1869 ; Mary,
born 14th Oct. 1794 ; Helen, born 20th Oct.
1795 (marr. 1st Sept. 1819, Wood Sinclair,
Leith) ; Ann, born 17th Jan. 1797 ; James,
licentiate of the Church of Scotland, born
21st June 1798, died 23rd March 1886;
Agnes, born 27th Sept. 1800; Barbara
Maxwell, born 21st July 1803 (marr. 30th
Dec. 1828, Robert Carsewell, manufacturer,
Paisley) ; Robert Balfour, licentiate, born
17th March 1805, died 13th June 1895.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Neiv
Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Life and Times of
Robert Burns, D.D.]
DUNCAN MACINTYRE, eldest son of
1843 Archibald M., schoolmaster of the
parish ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (1819) ; ord. min. of a Presby-
terian congregation at Stamfordham,
Northumberland, 24th Sept. 1838; adm.
to this charge 7th Dec. 1843; died 25th
June 1853. He marr. 26th Sept. 1844,
Isabella Kaye Cumming, who died s.p.
30th April 1850.
GEORGE CAMPBELL, born 9th Sept.
1853 1827, son of James Campbell, min.
of Traquair; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles 7th
May 1852 ; assistant at Rosneath ; ord.
17th Nov. 1853; one of the Founders of
the Church Service Society, 31st Jan.
1865; clerk of Presbytery, 1868-88; died
30th April 1904. He marr. 27th Dec. 1853,
Euphemia Harriet (died 14th March 1896),
daugh. of William Graham, LL.D., of the
Scottish Naval and Military Academy,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Christina
Drummond, born 3rd Feb. 1855 (marr.
William Smith, min. of St Paul's, Dundee) ;
Alice Mary, born 31st Aug. 1856; Matilda
Maxwell, born 14th April 1858, died 18th
May 1872 ; James Montgomery, min. of
Dumfries ; William Graham, born 11th
May 1861 ; Euphemia Jane, born 16th May,
and died 2nd Aug. 1862; Margaret Jane,
born 9th June 1863 ; George Douglas, born
16th June 1864, died 3rd June 1865 ; Edith
Graham, born 1st March 1866 ; John
Maxwell, born 23rd Sept. 1867; Henry
Wallace (twin), born 23rd Sept. 1867, died
22nd Jan. 1869; George Henry, born
1st July 1869, died 19th Feb. 1885.
Publication — Eastwood : Notes on the
Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Parish
(Paisley, 1902). — [Kerr's The Renascence of
Worshi]), 6, 46, 128.]
JAMES MACKIE, born Tyrie, 16th Dec.
1904 1853> son °f Donald M. ; educated
at Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1880) ;
ord. to Advie, Morayshire, 1882 ; dem. and
became assistant at Eastwood 17th Oct.
1888 ; adm. min. of the parish 24th Aug.
1904 ; died unmarr. 2nd Dec. 1908.
FREDERICK DAVID LANGLANDS,
1909 born Downfield, Dundee, 8th March
1880, son of Peter L. and Jessie
Peters ; educated at Dundee High School
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1901),
B.D. (1904) ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee 4th
May 1904; assistant at Morningside, Edin-
burgh, 1904-5 ; ord. to Aberlemno 2nd Nov.
1905; trans, and adm. 31st May 1909.
Marr. 9th April 1908, Ruby, daugh. of
Robert Scott, Dowanhill, Glasgow, and has
issue — Robert Scott, born 27th Aug. 1910 ;
Frederick Peters, born 4th Aug. 1914, died
in infancy.
ELDERSLIE (Q.S.).
[The General Assembly granted a con-
stitution to a chapel here on 27th May
1839. The parish was disjoined from that
of Abbey of Paisley by the Court of Teinds,
17th Dec. 1862.]
ALEXANDER STEWART, ord. 8th
1841 June 1841 > trans- to Kilarrow, Islay,
13th July 1843.
- JAMES BLAIR, third son of Robert B.,
1844 farmer> Kilmaronock ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton 31st March 1829; elected to
Buchlyvie 17th Nov. 1836, but found
"unqualified" by Presb. and Commission
of Assembly in 1837 ; sometime min. of
a Church of Scotland congregation at
138
GIFFNOCK— GREENBANK— HOUSTON
[PRESB. OF
Hexham ; adm. here 19th Jan. 1844 ; dem.
27th July 1847 j died at Bakehouse,
Buchanan.
DAVID RESTON, born Glasgow, 1794,
1850 eldest son °f George R., farmer,
and Margaret Gardiner ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. min. (colleague)
of the Relief Church, CouparAngus, 15th
March 1826 ; res. 21st March 1848. Joined
the Church of Scotland, and adm. to this
charge, 25th Feb. 1850 ; became first min.
of parish in 1862 ; died 17th April 1877.
He marr. Jane Gray, who predeceased
him, and had issue — George, Union Bank,
Glasgow.
JOHN SMITH, born Glasgow, Aug.
1877 1844, son of James S. and Ann
Brown ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; ord. to Calderbank in 1872 ; trans,
and adm. 27th Sept. 1877 ; died unmarr.
1st Dec. 1908.
JOHN MACDOUGALL HAY, born
1909 Tarbert, Loch Fyne, 23rd Oct. 1880,
son of George H. and Mary Mac-
dougall ; educated at Tarbert School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1900) ; sometime
headmaster of Lionel Public School, Storn-
oway i student missionary at Morven ; licen.
by Presb. of Inveraray in 1908 ; assistant
atGovan; ord. 12th May 1909; died 10th
Dec. 1919. A college friend wrote of him
as " one of the most attractive personalities
I have ever met. It is difficult to describe the
influence he exerted on his fellow students."
Marr. 28th Oct. 1909, Catherine, daugh. of
Duncan Campbell, and had issue — Sheena,
born 19th Oct. 1911 ; George Campbell,
born 8th Dec. 1915. Publications— Gillespie
(London, 1914) ; Barnacles (London, 1916) ;
Their Dead Sons [a Poem] (London, 1918).
He was a frequent contributor to newspaper
and magazine literature [Glasgow Herald,
11th Dec. 1919].
GIFFNOCK {Q.S.).
[Disjoined from Eastwood, Mearns, and
Thornliebank, 10th Jan. 1919.]
JOHN M'DOUGALL, M.A., B.D. ; app.
1914 *n 1914; 0I"d- t0 Cross and Burness
21st July 1915.
1919
JOHN WILL, M.A., B.D. ; trans, from
1915 Aberfeldy. and adm. 2nd June 1915 ;
trans, to Rothiemurchus, 11th Dec.
1917.
ALBERT M'CLUGGAGE, born Larne,
Co. Antrim, 29th Oct. 1879, son of
David M. and Annie Montgomery ;
educated at the Model Schools of Belfast and
Newtonards and Univs. of Dublin (Trinity
College), BA. (1912), and Edinburgh, M.A.
(1917) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th
Dec. 1918; assistant at South Leith ; ord.
13th May 1919. Marr. 5th Oct. 1906,
Hetrice, daugh. of James Peden Barbour
and Elizabeth Christie Elliot.
GREENBANK (Q.&).
[A church was built here in 1885. The
parish was disjoined from Cathcart, East-
wood, and Mearns by the Court of Teinds,
25th Feb. 1889.]
JAMES FRASER, born Glasgow, 1st
lass "^ay 1856, son of Alexander F.
and Mary M'Dougall ; educated at
Dennistoun Academy and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1883 ;
assistant at Rutherglen ; ord. to Greenbank
Chapel 20th Nov. 1883 ; adm. first min. of
the parish 3rd April 1889. Marr. 1st July
1884, Mary Scott, daugh. of Thomas Loch-
head, and has issue — Isabella Simpson,
born 10th June 1885 (marr. 26th April
1918, Gordon Moore, min. of Cromarty);
Alexander, born 10th Oct. 1887; Thomas
Lochhead, born 30th Jan. 1889 ; Mary
M'Dougall, born 25th Aug. 1891 ; Angus
M'Intyre, born 20th Nov. 1892 ; James
(twin), born 20th Nov. 1892, died 28th
Aug. 1893 ; James Valentine, born 14th
Feb. 1900.
HOUSTON AND KILLELLAN.
[Houston and Killellan. — These two
parishes were united by the Commissioners
for the Plantation of Kirks on 28th Feb.
and 27th June 1759.
Houston or Kilpeter. — The vicarage of
Houston belonged to the Abbey of Paisley.
Its church, dedicated to St Peter, has been
paisley]
HOUSTON AND KILLELLAN
139
rebuilt in modern times ; but within it
are two recumbent memorial effigies that
belonged to an earlier building. One of
these, a knightly figure in armour, repre-
sents Patrick Houston of that ilk, who died
in 1450. The other statue is that of a lady,
most likely of the same family. It is dated
1456. Near the church are St Peter's Well
and St Peter's Burn. On St Peter's day,
the 29th June, Petermas Fair was held at
Houston. The Parish Church at Houston
was rebuilt in 1874 by Mrs Ellice of Inver-
garry in memory of her son, Captain
Archibald Alexander Speirs of Elderslie,
M.P.]
ROBERT COOK, exhorter in 1572. See
1572 Killellan.
1574 DAVID HALL, reader in 1574.
JOHN ALLISON [ALISON], min. in
1584 1584.— [Acts and Bee, xcix., 96.]
GEORGE SEMPILL [SEMPLE], min.
. 5 in 1585. He left after 1591, and is
said to have been " licensed to preach
at Leith," 23rd Oct. 1593 ; min. of Killellan
in 1600. — [Reg. Assig. ; Booke of the Kirk.']
ARCHIBALD LOGAN, M.A. (Glasgow
15Q5 1595) ; adm. here that year ; still in
the charge in 1597. — [Reg. Assig.]
JOHN CUNNINGHAME, M.A., min.
1599 in 1599 ; trans, to Killellan in 1602.
THOMAS HAMILTON, was on the
16M Exercise in this Presb. 16th Sept.
1602, and on trials for ordination
18th May 1603. The Presb. was ordered
by the Synod, 27th March 1604, to proceed
with his admission to this charge. Objec-
tion was taken to him as being "Yung
baith in doctrine and manners," on 13th
Sept. following, but he was adm. soon
afterwards and was still min. 5th Sept.
1605.— [Glasg. Presb. Reg.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A. ;
1606 Pres' ky James, Lord Abercorn, 9th
April 1606; ord. 31st July 1606;
trans, to Lochwinnoch before 1611.
1617
JAMES HUTCHESON, M.A. ; min. in
1617 ; trans, to Carmunnock 18th
Dec. 1633.
' ROBERT BIRNIE, M.A. ; trans, from
1634 Shotts • pres. by the Commissioner
for James, Earl of Abercorn, 3rd
Nov. 1633 ; coll. in 1634 ; trans, to Lanark
Feb. 1643.
JAMES HOUSTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1644 1633) > min> °f Glasford about 1642 ;
dep. for immorality that year. On
petitioning the Presb. of Paisley, 2nd Feb.
1643, he was reponed, and was app. chaplain
to an Irish regiment. The parishioners at
Glasford craved his return as their min. ;
this the Presb. refused, the General
Assembly sustaining that decision 19th
Aug. 1643. He was pres. to this charge by
John, Earl of Lauderdale, 8th Dec. follow-
ing, and adm. 30th May 1644. He was again
dep. 15th July 1647.
HENRY MAIN, probably born in Lin-
1650 lithgow about 1625; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 15th April 1645) ; ord. min. of
a Presbyterian Church at Island-Magee,
Ireland, July 1649, but was obliged to leave
on account of persecution, having been
imprisoned at Carrickfergus in 1650 ; adm.
here (temporarily) 10th Sept. 1650; died
Oct. 1651. leaving a widow. — [Linlithgow
Presb. Reg. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 214.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 25th July 1635) ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcaldy 24th March
1642; ord. 28th March 1655; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of the Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 —
[Wodrow's Hist, i., 327.]
1665
JOHN HOUSTON, adm. before 31st
Aug. 1665 ; trans, to Eaglesham
before 17th June 1685.
JOHN NISBET, M.A. (Edinburgh
1675) ; inst. at Crawfordjohn 21st
Sept. 1682 ; trans, and adm. between
1st Sept and 3rd Nov. 1686 ; probably
outed at the Revolution.
1695
ROBERT
1695;
1701.
TAYLOR, ord.
trans, to Currie
6 th
13th
Nov.
Nov.
140
HOUSTON AND KILLELLAN
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM FLEMING, licen. by Presb.
1703 of Paisley 17th June 1701 ; called
13th April 1702; ord. 18th Aug.
1703; died 24th Aug. 1717, aged 43. He
marr., and had issue — John, min. of Kil-
raacolm. — [ Tombst.]
EOBERT CARRICK, born 1681 ; edu-
1720 cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbarton 3rd Feb.
1713; tutor in the family of Andrew
Buchanan of Drumpellier, Lord Provost
of Glasgow; called 30th Nov. 1719; ord.
31st March 1720; died 1st May 1771.
He marr. (1) a daugh. of John Simson,
Professor of Divinity, Glasgow Univ. :
(2) 13th Jan. 1724, Margaret Paisley, who
died 23rd Nov. 1775, aged 80, and had
issue — John, physician, Lecturer on
Chemistry and Materia Medica, Glasgow,
born 1724, died 1750; Agnes, born 1726,
died 11th March 1758; Patrick, merchant,
Glasgow, born 1729, died 19th March 1790 ;
James, born 1731, student at Glasgow in
1747; Anne, born 8th Feb. 1734, died 9th
Oct. 1760; Robert of Braco, banker, Glas-
gow, commonly known as " Robin " Carrick,
one of the bailies of the city in 1796, and
Dean of Guild 1802-3, born 3rd March 1737
died 20th June 1821.— [Tombst.]
JOHN MONTEATH, born 1716, son of
17?1 John M. of Kippen ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1733);
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 17th Sept. 1741 ;
ord. to Killellan 11th Feb. 1748; removed
to Houston in 1771 in terms of the De-
creet of Union; died 6th Nov. 1796. He
marr. (1) 27th Nov. 1749, Margaret Baine,
who died 20th Jan. 1754, and had issue —
James, surgeon, Glasgow, born 12th Oct.
1750 ; John, his successor here ; Margaret,
born 21st Dec. 1753 (marr. Michael Tod,
min. of Dreghorn): (2) 12th Jan. 1762, Anne
(died 14th Jan. 1820, aged 86), daugh. of
John Fullarton (primus), min. of Dairy,
and had issue — Gavin, born 13th July
1763; Catherine, born 17th May 1765, died
16th Jan. 1782; Malcolm, born 9th July
1767; William, surgeon, born 5th Nov.
1769, died at St Vincent, 16th Aug. 1793 ;
Anne, born 1st Nov. 1772 (marr. James
Thomson of Woodfoot). Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, i.). — [Crawfurd's Hist.]
JOHN MONTEATH, born 18th Feb.
1781 1752, son of preceding; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1770);
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 8th May 1776 ;
ord. (by said Presb.) to Dunfermline Chapel-
of-Ease 16th Feb. 1780 ; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 13th June 1781 ;
trans, to Neilston 18th March 1785 ; pres.
by Archibald Speirs of Elderslie ; trans, and
re-adm. here, 1st Sept. 1797. [The presenta-
tion was disputed by Malcolm Fleming of
Barrochan, the next patron, who maintained
that Speirs having presented M. once,
could not do so a second time ; but the
Court of Session decided unanimously in
S.'s favour] ; D.D. (Glasgow, 1st Aug.
1820) ; died Father of the Church 18th
Jan. 1843. He marr. 28th Aug. 1786, Ann
(died 2nd Aug. 1848, aged 86), daugh. and
heiress of George Cunningham of Mcnk-
redding, and had issue — John, M.A., M.D.,
HE.I.C.S., born 15th June 1787, died at
Aurungabad, India, 1st July 1815 ; George
Cunningham, M.A., M.D., distinguished
oculist, author of a Manual of the Diseases
of the Human Eye (2 vols. 1821), born 4th
Dec. 1788, died 25th Jan. 1828; James,
M.A., writer, Glasgow, born 31st Aug.
1790, died 5th July 1857; Janet, born 8th
Sept. 1792 (marr. Robert Douglas, min. of
Kilbarchan) ; Margaret, born 23rd May
1794, died 26th April 1836 ; Ann, born 14th
Aug. 1796 (marr. James Thomson, Wood-
foot); Agnes born 5th Feb. 1801, died 11th
Feb. 1807. Publications — The Divine Pre-
cepts and Promises with the Dispensations
of Providence, the Continual Source of In-
struction and Comfort to the Church, a
sermon (Glasgow, 1785) ; Accounts of
Neilston, and of Houston and Killellan
(Sinclair's Ace, ii., and Nev) Stat. Ace, vii.).
— [Chambers's Biog. Diet., iv. ; Crawfurd's
Hist.]
PETER DALE, born 1808 ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to Miln-
gavie 2nd Dec. 1841 ; trans, and adm.
5th Sept. 1843; died 11th Dec. 1856. He
marr. 26th Oct. 1843, Margaret Hay, who
1843
paisleyI
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141
died 18th Nov. 1895, and had issue— George
Hay, born 24th Aug. 1844 ; Jessie Walker,
born 10th April 1846 ; John William, born
30th Jan. 1849 ; Elizabeth Mary, born 10th
June 1851 ; Wilhelmina Fleming, born 23rd
Sept. 1852, died 1st Oct. 1853.
^GEORGE STEWART BURNS, trans.
.„_,_ from Newton-uponAyr, and adm.
16th July 1857; trans, to First
Charge, Montrose, 12th Feb. 1863.
1863
ALEXANDER M'LAREN, born
Stirkoke, Caithness, 28th Dec.
1830, son of James M. and Mary
Greenlaw ; educated at Reay School and
Univ. of St Andrews ; MA. (1849) ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 13th June 1853 ;
assistant at Bonhill and Selkirk ; ord. to
St Cuthbert's Chapel-of-Ease, Edinburgh,
[now Buccleuch Parish] 5th March 1857 ;
trans, and adm. 17th Sept. 1863 j D.D. (St
Andrews 1888); died 23rd March 1890.
He marr. 1st June 1858, Ann Taylor (died
4th Sept. 1892), daugh. of William Bell,
Ceres, and had issue — James, law clerk,
born 18th March 1859, died 20th April
1890; William Bell, bank clerk, born 6th
March 1860; Alexander, born 11th June
1862 ; Charles Lucius, min. of Eckford.
DANIEL KIRKWOOD, born Inkerman,
1890 19tl1 Jan" 1865, son of William K-
and Sarah Park ; educated at the
John Neilson Academy, Paisley, and Univ.
of Glasgow; MA. (1887), B.D. (1890);
licen. by Presb. of Paisley ; ord. 17th
Sept. 1890 ; took charge of the Dooars
Mission, India, 1903-4 ; died 7th Nov.
1916. He marr. 18th Aug. 1897, Christina
Dykes, third daugh. of James Fleming
Coates, Penicuik, and had issue — Jean
Vallance, born 5th Nov. 1898; William
Park, born 1st Oct. 1901.
GEORGE MUIR, M.A., B.D.; trans.
iqi7 from Bargrennan {q.v. vol. ii., 359),
and adm. 18th May 1917.
KILLELLAN.
[The church of Killellan, which now
stands ruined in the churchyard, was
dedicated to St Fillan. It belonged to
the Abbey of Paisley. Near it is the old
manse, a characteristic residence of the
seventeenth century. Not far off are St
Fillan's Well, and a large stone called St
Fillan's seat. Beside the church, in times
of old, St Fillan's Fair was held annually.]
ROBERT COOK, exhorter in 1567 ; had
1573 Houston also in his charge Nov.
1572 ; pres. to vicarage by James
VI. 11th Oct. 1573 ; trans, to Kilbarchan
in 1575.
ROBERT MAXWELL, app. reader at
15?5 Kilmacolm 1st May 1572; pres. to
vicarage by James VI. 24th Jan.
1575; MA. (Glasgow 1578); still min. in
1599. He marr., and had issue — Robert ;
Bartholomew. — [Reg. Assig.; G. R. Inhib.,
v., 199 ; Reg. of Deeds, clxxxiv., 153.]
GEORGE SEMPILL, formerly of Hous-
1600 t0Un ' PreS" 18t^ "^e0, 1599 ' acmi-
after 16th Sept. 1600, but discharged
by the Synod on account of opposition of
the parishioners. The Assembly on 16th
Sept. 1602 absolved him from all charges
made against him, but ordered him to
demit. On 17th May 1604, he was dep.
by the Presb. for " ryving thrie leives out
of the Presbytery book." He returned
before Sept. 1606, but was suspended
3rd Nov. 1613 by the Archbishop and
Commissioners of the Presb. for "his
slanderous lyfe, erroneus doctrine, selling
of the sacraments, tying of marriage and
baptism to the Sabbath and abuse of
discipline," which sentence was on 3rd
Nov. 1614 continued to a future day. He
died at Paisley, June 1632, leaving his
estate for decorating the kirk, helping
the almshouse, the widow and fatherless,
and to " end out Camrene burn brig." —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Hamilton's Descrip. ; Pont's
Ctmningham.]
W.
K1LLELLAN
[PKESB. OF
JOHN CUNN1NGHAME, M.A. ; trans.
from Houston ; had a manse and
glebe assigned to him by the Presb.
16th Feb. 1602 ; trans, to Dairy, Ayrshire,
after 21st June 1604.— [G. B. Inhib., v., 199.]
GEORGE SEMPILL, above men-
1606 tioned.
JOHN HAY, adm. in 1616; trans, to
1616 Paisley 21st May 1627.
MATTHEW BRISBANE, ord. in 1627 ;
1627 trans, to Erskine 8th Sept. 1642.
* ROBERT BRISBANE, M.A. (Glasgow,
1643 26tl1 July 1637); Pres- by Patrick
Fleming of Barrochan ; ord. 4th, and
inst. 16th May 1643 ; dep. about 1649.
JAMES HUTCHISON, M.A. (Glasgow
1649 1^45) ; became chaplain in the family
of Drummond of Riccarton ; called
unanimously ; ord. 13th Nov. 1649 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662 ; had an indulgence from Privy
Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ; accused of not
obeying its commands 22nd Oct. 1674 ;
the Council had his indulgence withdrawn
6th Oct. 1684 for not reading the procla-
mation regarding the Ryehouse Plot. He
returned in 1687 after the Toleration had
been granted ; was called in Aug., and
trans, to Eaglesham 2nd Oct. 1688, but
the trans, was declared void by the Synod
2nd April 1689 ; restored here by Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690; died 25th
Feb. 1706, aged 80. He marr. Margaret
Gilhagie, who died 15th Jan. 1710, and
had issue — Christian (marr. Alexander
Muir, min. of Rutherglen). — [Wodrow's
Hist., i., 327 ; Bass Bock ; Maitland's
Miscell. ; Tombst. ; Hamilton's Descrip.;
Crawfurd's Hist.]
GEORGE WILSON, adm. before 31st
Aug. 1665 ; adm. to Dundonald
before 28th Jan. 1667.
y GEORGE BIRNIE, a native of Banff;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen; M.A. (27th April 1659);
became schoolmaster of Culsalmond ; coll.
and ord. at Edinburgh 7th, and adm. 28th
1667
Jan. 1667 ; dep. by Alexander, Bishop of
Glasgow, Sept. 1670 ; restored to the
ministry before 9th April 1671 ; became
schoolmaster of Logie Durno previous to
2nd Jan. 1676, and of Kintore 28th Dec.
1678. — \0yne Sess. Bee. ; Wodrow's Hist.,
ii., 176.]
JAMES HUTCHISON, M.A. ; above
1672 mentioned.
THOMAS RUTHERFORD, M.A. (Glas-
1686 gow' 27tk ^U^ l6^); passed trials
before Presb. ; got a certificate for
ordination and was inst. 18th May 1686 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament restoring
Presbyterian mins. 25th April 1690.
JAMES HUTCHISON, M.A. ; above
1687 mentioned.
JOHN FORK, educated at Univ. of
1708 Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
13th Nov. 1706; called 29th Oct.
1707 ; ord. 6th May 1708 ; died 21st Nov.
1727, aged 56. He marr. July 1718, Janet
Davidson (who survived him, marr. (2)
Thomas Orr, writer, Glasgow, and died
9th Jan. 1741), and had issue — John,
buried 26th Nov. 1733 ; Janet, buried 14th
April 1729.— [Glasg. Tests.]
-PATRICK BRUCE, born 11th April
1729 1^92, son of James B., min. of Killy-
leagh, Ireland, and grandson of
Michael B., min. of Anwoth ; ord. min. of
a Presbyterian congregation at Drumbo,
Ireland, 12th June 1717 ; pres. by William
Fleming of Barrochan April 1728; adm.
15th Feb. 1729; trans, to Killyleagh 14th
Oct. 1730 ; died 9th April 1732. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of James Hamilton of
Ladyland, and had issue, three sons and
four daughs. — [Playfair's Baronet., ii. ;
Wodrow's Anal. ; Crawfurd's Hist.]
WILLIAM POLLOCK, M.A. (Glasgow,
29th April 1718); licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 15th Nov. 1727; called
5th July, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1731 ; died
15th March 1743, aged about 45. He marr.
Barbara Fleming, who survived him. —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst. ; Wodrow's Anal.]
paisley]
KILLELLAN— HOWWOOD— INCHINNAN
143
ALEXANDER SCOTT, called 18th Oct.
1744 1743> ord- 2Gt]l APril 1744' trans-
to Inverkip 18th Feb. 1747.
JOHN MONTEATH, pres. by William
1748 Fleming of Barrochan in 1747; ord.
11th Feb. 1748 ; removed to Houston
in 1771 in terms of Act of 1754 uniting
these parishes.
HOWWOOD (Q.S.).
[The General Assembly granted a con-
stitution to a chapel here called Elliotstoun
on 28th May 1838. It was rebuilt in 1858.
The parish was disjoined from Lochwinnoch
and Kilbarchan by the Court of Teinds,
15th July 1904.]
WILLIAM LYTTEIL [LITTLE], born
Millport, 9th June 1832, eldest son
of Neil L., shoemaker; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1856); licen. by
Presb. of Greenock in 1862 ; in charge
of Howwood Chapel, 1862-7 ; sometime
assistant at Fyvie, Spott, and Livingston ;
ord. to the Scots Kirk, Longtown, Cumber-
land, 23rd June 1880 ; dem. in 1887 ; went
to U.S.A., and was min. at Taymouth,
Michigan, 1887-92 ; retired and settled at
Stravannan, Brier Co., Michigan, U.S.A. ;
died in 1918. He marr. 1881, Isabella,
daugh. of Thomas Brown, tailor, Biggar,
and had issue — Reginald William, who died
in his 25th year. Publications — Landmarks
of Scottish Life and Language (Edinburgh,
1877) ; The Cumbraes (Carlisle, 1886) ;
Battling in the Bush (1909).— [The Scottish
American (26th May 1909).].
JOHN KAY, born Muthill, Perthshire,
son of Peter K., farmer ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Auchterarder 1st July 1867 ;
missionary at Howwood, 1867-8; ord. 31st
July 1868 ; res. 10th Sept. 1872 ; min.
successively at Port Austin, Michigan,
U.S.A. ; Milverton (Presb. of Stratford) ;
Ontario, Canada ; Toronto, Canada ;
Norwich, Ontario ; and again at Port
Austin ; retired about 1907. Marr. 1872,
Catherine Ogilvie, Glasgow, and has issue
— Edith ; Mary ; John, min. at Tara,
Canada.
1867
ROBERT NEILL RAE, M.A. ; ord.
1873 30t^ ^an' 18?3j trans, to Macleod
Parish, Glasgow, 1st May 1879.
ALEXANDER SINCLAIR NICOL,
187g ord. 20th Aug. 1879; trans, to
Cummertrees 10th Feb. 1881. [In
Vol. ii., p. 244, delete line 8—" died at
Bournemouth, 25th Nov. 1916," and add
"died 20th March 1920," and to line 11—
" Sybil, born 20th Feb. 1886."]
CHARLES FAWNS JACK, M.A. ; ord.
1881 25t^ ^U^ 1881 ' trans- t0 Robertson
Memorial Parish, Glasgow, 4th Jan.
1883.
WILLIAM CARRICK MILLER, ord.
188S 16th May 1883; trans, to St Mar-
garet's, Hawick, 3rd Nov. 1886.
JOHN GILBERT, born Wishaw, 15th
1887 ^ct' 1855' son °^ William G. and
Annie Kirk wood ; educated at
Wishaw Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1882), B.D. (1886); assistant at
Milton Parish, Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 24th Feb. 1887 ; ord. 8th March
1887 ; adm. first min. of the parish 16th
July 1904. Marr. 1st July 1905, Alice
Annie, daugh. of Henry Brook, s.p.
INCHINNAN, ok KILINNAN.
[The vicarage of Inchinnan belonged to
the Knights Templars, and, after the dis-
solution of the Order of the Temple, to
the Knights Hospitallers of St John. The
parish church was dedicated to St Conal,
but there was probably an earlier dedication
to St Inan. Of St Conal's Cross, an ancient
structure which stood near the church, the
base only now remains. A piece of land
called the Lady Acre, now held by the
minister, formed of old the endowment of
an Altar of St Mary in the church. Inch-
innan church was rebuilt in 1828, but the
structure then erected has given place to
a much finer parish church built by
Archibald, Lord Blythswood, in 1904.]
WILLIAM JACKSON, reader Nov.
1567 1567.
144
INCHINNAN
[PRESB. OF
BERNARD PEEBLES, vicar in 1568 ;
1574 reader, 1574 to 1579.
GABRIEL MAXWELL, son of John
M. of Pottarhill, and nephew of
Thomas Jack, min. of Eastwood ;
reader at Paisley, 1578-80, and in this parish,
1580-8 ; pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
9th Sept. 1580, and 18th Dec. 1583; died
April 1621. — [Beg. Assig.; Glasg. Tests.]
THOMAS LAW of Ballarnock, son of
James L., Archbishop of Glasgow ;
on the exercise of the Presb. there
19th April 1620 ; min. in 1626 ; dep. in 1648
"for malignancy and other scandals " ; died
May 1649. He marr. 24th April 1621,
Jean, fourth daugh. of Sir Robert Hamilton
of Goslington, who survived him, and had
issue — Robert, min. of New Kilpatrick,
served heir 4th Feb. 1657 ; John, min. of
Campsie ; Thomas ; James.
JAMES WALLACE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1649 ^U^ 1643) ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
24th Aug. 1648 ; ord. 10th May 1649 ;
not conforming to Episcopacy he was
deprived in 1663, and apparently again
16th July 1671 ; declined an indulgence
at Neilston 3rd Sept. 1672. He was
accused at the Synod 22nd Oct. 1674 of
holding conventicles in Killellan parish,
and of preaching at the house of Ferme.
He returned here about 30th July 1689,'
and probably dem. before 14th May 1690;
died in 1692, aged about 69. He marr.
Elizabeth, widow of John Baillie, min. of
Cambuslang, and daugh. of Henry Gibson,
town clerk of Glasgow, who, with her
husband, gave a renunciation of the lands
of Auchinkill to John, Earl of Wigtown, 1st
Jan. 1666.— [<?. R. Sas., xiii., 343; G. R.
Jnhib., 30th May 1670.]
JAMES FINDLAY or FINLAY, M.A. ;
1665 orc*- before 24th Aug. 1665 ; trans, to
Glasford after 28th Feb. 1667.
WILLIAM STEWART, son of John S.,
^ min. of Bonhill ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1657) ; had a
testimonial for ordination 15th Aug. 1667;
inst. before 24th Oct. that year. The Privy
Council proposed to settle him at Gretna
3rd Sept. 1672, but this was not carried
out. His name disappears from the Presb.
Register at 7th Sept. 1687. He was
deprived in 1689 ; died in 1691. He marr.
Janet (buried 17th Jan. 1721), daugh. of
James Taylor, min. of Mearns. — [Glasg.
Tests.; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 202.]
JAMES WALLACE, above men-
1689 tioned.
JOHN STIRLING, ord. 7th May 1691 ;
1691 trans, to Greenock in 1694.
ROBERT MACAULAY, ord. 9th Sept.
16gl7 1697 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Stirling, 3rd Oct. 1706.
MATTHEW CRAWFORD or CRAU-
1710 FURD, called 12th Aug. 1709 ; ord.
11th May 1710 ; app. Professor of
Ecclesiastical History in the Univ. of
Edinburgh (q.v.) 16th June, and dem. 11th
Oct. 1721.
PATRICK MAXWELL, born 1689, son
1722 °^ R°bert M., merchant, Glasgow ;
M.A. (Glasgow, 1st July 1710) ; pres.
by James, Duke of Montrose ; ord. 3rd May
1722 ; died 16th Jan. 1749. He marr. 1727,
Janet (died 22nd March 1772), daugh. of
Thomas Thomson, merchant, Glasgow, and
had issue — Robert, died Jan. 1737 ; Thomas,
min. of Stewarton ; Patrick, born 12th Jan.
1734, died 9th Jan. 1737 ; Margaret, born
1736 (marr. Thomas Allison, merchant,
Glasgow); Eupham, born 28th Sept. 1738
(marr. 18th Nov. 1765, Gilbert Lang, min.
of Largs) ; Robert, at Cape Coast Castle,
born 15th March 1741— [M'Ure's Glasg. ;
Pollok Papers, i. ; Tombst. ; Hector's
Judicial Records, iii.]
ARCHIBALD SMITH, possibly son of
7 Archibald S., writer, Edinburgh ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Paisley 3rd March 1748 ; pres.
by James Campbell of Blythswood, and
ord. 13th Feb. 1750; died unmarr. 28th
Aug. 1760.
ARCHIBALD DAVIDSON, trans, from
1761 Second Charge, Paisley Abbey ; pres.
by John Campbell of Blythswood
17th Dec. 1760 ; adm. 20th Oct. 1761 ; app.
Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow (q.v.)
dem. 25th Oct. 1786.
paisley]
INCHINNAN
145
1791
t THOMAS BURNS, pres. by Colonel
John Campbell of Blythswood, and
adm. 23rd March 1787 ; trans, to
Renfrew 5th Aug. 1790.
WILLIAM HARDIE, eldest son of
William H., farmer, Gargunnock ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
Keen, by Presb. of Glasgow 1st Oct. 1783 ;
pres. by the Commissioner for Colonel John
Campbell of Blythswood, and ord. 21st
Feb. 1791 ; died unmarr. 18th June 1792.
WILLIAM RICHARDSON, born Glas-
gow, second son of James R., tanner,
and nephew of William R., Professor
of Humanity in the Univ. of Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1785) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 25th
Aug. 1789 ; pres. by John Campbell of
Blythswood; ord. 5th April 1793; D.D.
(Glasgow, 14th March 1816) ; dem. 6th Feb.
1822 ; died unmarr. 10th Jan. 1845.
1822
LAURENCE LOCKHART of Milton-
Lockhart and Germiston, born 29th
Dec. 1795, third son of John L.,
D.D., min. of Blackfriars' Parish, Glasgow,
brother of John Gibson L., biographer of
Sir Walter Scott; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 2nd
Jan. 1822 ; pres. by Archibald Campbell of
Blythswood 13th April, and ord. 13th Aug.
1822; D.D. (Glasgow, 1st May 1849);
dem. 18th Oct. 1860; died 16th April
1876. He marr. (1) 16th Sept. 1825, Louisa
(died 16th Nov. 1847), only daugh. of David
Blair, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue —
John Somerville, born 9th Oct. 1826, died at
Madeira, 28th Feb. 1848 ; Janet Margaret,
born 22nd Feb. 1828, died 17th Feb. 1847 ;
Major-Gen. David Blair of Milton-Lockhart,
born 19th Aug. 1829, died s.p. 14th Jan.
1906 ; Lieut. -Col. Laurence William Max-
well, M.A. (Cantab.), served in the Crimean
War ; Times correspondent in Franco-
Prussian War in 1870 ; novelist, author of
Fair to See ; Doubles and Quits, etc., born
9th April 1831, died at Mentone, 23rd
March 1882 ; Elizabeth Catherine, born 5th
Jan. 1833, died unmarried 1898 ; Louisa
Matilda, born 31st July 1834 (marr. 9th
Oct. 1863, Thomas Rudd) ; Violet Sophia,
VOL. III.
born 3rd Dec. 1836 (marr. 1860, Thomas
Maxwell, M.D., Bengal Army), died 8th
Feb. 1914 ; Mary Veronica, born 17th Feb.
1839, died 17th April 1848; General Sir
William Stephen Alexander, G.C.B.,
K.C.S.I., Commander-in-Chief of the army
in India, 1895-1900, born 2nd Sept. 1841,
died 18th March 1900 ; Robert Thomas, born
19th Jan. 1846, died 25th Dec. 1855 : (2) 5th
Feb. 1849, Marion (died 22nd April 1902),
eldest daugh. of William Maxwell of Dar-
gavel, and had issue—Mary Nina Maxwell,
born 18th April 1850, died 28th March 1854 ;
James Somerville, born 18th Oct. 1851 ;
Alexander Francis Maxwell, born 12th
July 1854 ; Walter Somerville, born 12th
Aug. 1856, merchant, Rangoon, afterwards
Johannesburg. Publications — Tracts for
the Times (Paisley, 1843) ; Address to the
People of Inchinnan on the Present Troubles
of the Church (Paisley, 1843) ; Facts not
Falsehoods (Edinburgh, 1845) ; Answer to
the Protest of the Free Church (Edinburgh,
1846); Sermon X. [Church of Scotland
Pulpit, ii.]; Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, vii.).
ROBERT GILLAN, born 1st Oct. 1799,
1861 son °^ R°Dert; GKj min. of Hawick ;
educated at High School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk
7th July 1829 ; ord. min. of a Presbyterian
Church at Stamfordham, Northumberland,
27th Oct. 1830; trans, to South Shields in
1833; trans, to Holy town 26th Oct. 1837;
trans, to Wishaw 27th Dec. 1842 ; trans, to
Abbotshall 7th Sept. 1843; trans, to St
John's, Glasgow, 25th Feb. 1847; D.D.
(Glasgow, 1853) ; pres. by Archibald Camp-
bell of Blythswood 31st Oct. 1860; trans.
and adm. 10th Jan. 1861 ; Moderator of
Assembly 22nd May 1873; died 1st Nov.
1879. He marr. (1) 7th Oct. 1833, Anne
(died 23rd Jan. 1847), daugh. of George
Green, Staley, Hexham, and had issue —
George Green, D.D., min. of Carmunnock ;
Robert, born 30th June 1836 ; Campbell,
merchant, Glasgow, born 16th July 1838 ;
Mary Jane, born 9th June 1841 ; Hamilton
Belhaven, born 8th April 1844 (marr. W. W.
Farquharson) died 30th Nov. 1919; Anne
Green : (2) 13th June 1848, Laura Gillam
K
146
INC HINN AN— JOHNSTONE
[PRESB. OF
(died 6th Nov. 1885), daugh. of John
Buttery of Woodville. Publications — Four
Single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1852; Glasgow,
1855) ; The Decalogue, a Series of Dis-
courses on the Ten Commandments (Glasgow,
1856) ; Sermon II. (Church of Scot. Pidpit,
ii.).— [The Border Almanac, 1880.]
ROBERT M'CLELLAND, born Girvan,
1880 Ayrshire, 7th July 1849, son of
Charles M. and Mary Scott ; edu-
cated at parish schools of Maybole and
Barr, Church of Scotland Normal School,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton in 1878; ord. 5th March 1880;
chaplain to the Forces, South Africa 1900-2 ;
died 1st March 1919. Marr. 18th July
1882, Isabella Coutts (died 15th Feb. 1918),
daugh. of William Corson, min. of Girvan,
and has issue — William Corson, lieut., A.
and S. Highlanders, born 19 th July 1886 ;
Charles Steen, born 27th June 1889, killed
in action in the Dardanelles, 28th June
1915 ; Robert Scott, B.D., min. of Dollar,
born 9th Dec. 1890. Publications — Heroes
and Gentlemen : An Army Chaplain's
Experiences (Paisley, 1902) ; The Church
and Parish of Inchinnan (Paisley, 1905);
Bees in a Bar-Framed Hive (S.P.C.K., n.d.).
1919
FREDERICK ALEXANDER STEU-
ART, born at sea, 31st May 1885,
son of John A. S., novelist, and Annie
Maude, daughter of John Craig, Coleraine ;
educated at Univs. of London (B.A. 1908),
Glasgow (B.D., 1911), Berlin and Heidel-
berg; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow May
1911 ; ord. to Craigrownie 13th May 1913 ;
lecturer to Palestine Exploration Fund in
1915 ; trans, and adm. 10th Sept. 1919.
Marr. 2nd Sept. 1913, Marie Louise, only
daugh. of William Cole Dickenson,
Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
JOHNSTONE (Q.S.).
[A church built here in 1792, was greatly
renovated in 1877. On 31st May 1834 a
chapel constitution was granted to the
charge. The parish was disjoined from
that of Paisley by decree of the Court of
Teinds, 1st March 1865.]
1804
JAMES WEIR, eldest son of Walter W.,
17g7 farmer, Cumbernauld ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1787)
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 16th Oct. 1789
elected 3rd April 1795 ; ord. 1st June 1797
dem. 1st July 1801, and entered the Army
as a private soldier.
MATTHEW GRAHAM, ord. 20th Jan.
1802 1802 > adm. to Calton Chapel-of-Ease,
Glasgow, 19th Jan. 1804.
ANDREW HARLEY, born Paisley,
1764, eldest son of David H.,
weaver ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th Nov.
1799 ; ord. to Catrine Chapel 15th May
1800 ; adm. here 26th April 1804 ; died
unmarr. 30th July 1807. Publication —
Sermons (Glasgow, 1808). — [Religious Moni-
tor, vi.]
ALEXANDER TELFER, born Laming-
ton, 1782, fifth son of John T. ;
educated at High School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
26th Sept. 1804; elected 28th Sept., and
ord. 16th Dec. 1807 ; died 21st July 1840.
He marr. 7th Oct. 1808, Helen (died 7th
Sept. 1857), daugh. of Thomas Gray, min.
of Broughton.
1807
1841
JOHN REID, born 1800, son of John
R., farmer, The Burn, Tarbolton,
and Jean Ronald, celebrated by
Burns [in his verses " The Ronalds of the
Bennals"]; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh
and United Secession Divinity Hall there
ord. min. of the United Secession Congre
gation, Dairy (Galloway), 8th Oct. 1829
dem. his charge and had his name erased
from the Presb. Roll 8th July 1833
preached for a time in connection with
the United Christian Church, Heriot
Bridge, Edinburgh. Joined the Original
Burgher Synod 23rd Jan. 1838, and adm.
to Bathgate Feb. 1839. Joined the Church
of Scotland in 1839, and adm. here 22nd
April 1841 ; trans, to the Scots Church,
Oldham Street, Liverpool, 9th April 1845.
He went to Australia in 1852 ; was min.
at Essendon and North Melbourne ; also
sometime colleague to John Dunmore
Lang, D.D., of the Scots Church, Sydney^
paisley]
.JOHNSTONE— ST ANDREW'S
147
and latterly ruin, of the Mariners' Church,
Sydney. He died 18th June 1867, and
was buried at Rookwood. Dr Hamilton,
historian of the Presbyterian Church of
Victoria, says of him that "his gifts in
the pulpit were very attractive ; his
oratory was of a superior order, and he
was well qualified to take a prominent
position in the Church." He marr.
Marion Crybbrace (died 18th June 1885),
and had issue — John, shipping agent,
Newcastle, N.S.W. ; William Ferguson ;
Hugh Ronald, manager, Melbourne
Shipping Co., died in 1910 ; Mark Watt ;
Sir George Houston, G.C.B., K.C.M.G.,
D.C.L., LL.D., K.C., M.P., Prime Minister
of Australia 1904-5, born 25th Feb. 1845,
died 12th Sept. 1918 ; Mary Eliza ; Marion
Jane. — [Wallace's Burns, i., 61 ; Sir George
Reid's My Reminiscences ; Small's Hist, of
U.P. Congregations, i., 710 ; Cameron s
Centenary Hist, of Presbyterian Church in
New South Wales, i., 27 ; Hamilton's Hist,
of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria.']
1846
HUGH PARK, ord. 26th Jan. 1846;
trans, to Cumbernauld 16th Nov.
1848.
JOHN MEIN AUSTIN, ord. 2nd May
1849 ; trans, to St Mary's, Dumfries,
7th May 1852.
WILLIAM GAFF, born New Monkland,
1852 1825, son of James G. and Jane
Cunningham ; educated at New
Monkland School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Greenock in 1850 ;
assistant at Greenock ; ord. 1st Dec.
1852 ; adm. first min. of the parish 5th
April 1865; died 7th July 1872. He
marr. Margaret Leggat -or M'Gregor, who
died sj). three days after her husband.
JOHN FERGUSON, ord. nth Sept.
1873 18^3 ' trans, to Townhead Parish,
Glasgow, 21st Sept. 1876.
GEORGE CARRUTHERS, M.A., B.D. ;
1877 trans, from South Dalziel, and adm.
11th Jan. 1877; trans, to Falkirk
27th Sept. 1888.
WILLIAM MACLOY, born Garvagh,
1889 ^°' Londonderry, 25th Dec. 1838,
son of Robert M. and Isabella
M'Neary ; educated at Queen's College,
Belfast ; licen. by Presb. of Coleraine ; ord.
to Wellington Street Church, Ballymena,
Co. Antrim; 31st March 1863; dem. 9th
Aug. 1881 ; min. of Free Middle Church,
Paisley, 1881-82; adm. to New Parish,
Rothesay, 8th May 1882 ; min. of Rodney
Street Church. Liverpool, 18th May 1886;
adm. here 7th Feb. 1889; died 2nd April
1909. He marr. 4th Feb. 1885, Emily, daugh.
of Robert Robinson, and had issue — Amy,
born 29th Jan. 1886 (marr. James Hutchison
Cockburn, min. of Dunblane). Publications
— Bible Wine; Infant Baptism; sometime
editor of The Christian Banner (Ballymena,
Ireland).
JOHN ROLLAND M'NAB, M.A.; trans.
lg08 from St David's, Kirkintilloch;
adm. (assistant and successor) 7th
Oct. 1908; trans, to Bonhill 25th Oct.
1918.
JOHN LENNOX HOWAT, born
191g Airdrie, 3rd Jan. 1888, son of
William Prentice H. and Helen
Love ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
sometime a teacher ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow May 1914; ord. to Drymen 6th
April 1915 ; res. 1918 ; adm. here 16th June
1919. Marr. 5th Aug. 1915, Christina
Lennox Rennie, and has issue — William
Prentice, born 21st May 1916.
ST ANDREW'S, JOHN-
STONE (Q.S.).
[A chapel for the district of Laighcart-
side was built here in 1886. St Andrew's
Parish was disjoined from Johnstone, Kil-
barchan, and Elderslie, by decree of the
Court of Teinds, 1st Nov. 1901.]
ARCHIBALD HALLIDAY, born
Morningside, Lanarkshire, 18th July
1849, son of Robert H. and Lillias
Paterson ; educated at Morningside and
Coltness Schools, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 5th May 1886 ;
ord. to St Andrew's Chapel-of-Ease, 8th
148
JOHNSTONE— KILBARCHAN
[PRESB. OF
1917
March 1888; adm. first min. of the parish
4th Dec. 1901 ; died 12th March 1917. He
marr. 3rd March 1880, Grace, daugh. of
Archibald Beaumont, and had issue —
Mary Carson, born 5th July 1881.
WILLIAM PAUL MONTEATH, born
Ardrossan, 12th Aug. 1887, son of
Robert Park M. and Jemima Paul ;
educated at Annfield Academy and Univ.
of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
26th June 1912 ; assistant at Milton of
Campsie and Newton, Cambuslang ; ord.
to Carronshore 16th Feb. 1915 ; trans, and
adm. 30th July 1917. Marr. 8th June
1907, Elizabeth M'Naughton.
KILBARCHAN.
[The vicarage of Kilbarchan belonged to
the Abbey of Paisley. Its church was
dedicated to St Bearchan, and within it
was an altar of St Mary. In the church-
yard stood a chapel of St Katherine. At
Kenmuir in the parish there was a chapel
of St Bride, with St Bride's Burn running
by. At Auchendinan on that burn was
St Bride's Mill. In another part of the
parish, at Ranfurlie, there was a chapel
of St Mary, with the Priestoun beside it.
St Bearchan's yearly fair is held at Kil-
barchan in Dec]
JOHN MACQUEEN, M.A., last vicar
of Kilbarchan, "granted [about 1568]
in fee to Alexander Cunningham of
Craigends the church lands of the vicarage
of K., reserving a dwelling-house, garden,
and steading occupied by Master Adam
Watson, reader." — [Reg. Mag. Sig., iv.,
2412.]
WILLIAM WALLACE, called "of
1561 Johnstone," vicar in 1561.
ADAM WATSON, M.A., perhaps
1568 formerly a priest ; reader in 1568.
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, styled
1572 reader, 1572-4.
PATRICK ADAMSON, min. in 1574,
w with Mearns, Neilston, and Paisley,
also in his charge.
1576
ROBERT COOK, adm. in 1576, with
Houston and Killellan also in the
charge ; trans, to Kilmacolm in
1580.
ROBERT CRAWFORD, reader in
1577 1577.
JAMES FLEMING, M.A. (Glasgow);
1578 min. in 1578. — [Beg. Assig. ; Calder-
wood's Hist, iii., 528.]
PATRICK SHARPE, min. of Paisley,
1584 had charge here in 1584.
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, son of William
1585 C, "fourth of Craigans" [Craig-
ends] ; pres. to the vicarage 27th
March 1585. He was perhaps only a lay
vicar.
GAVIN HAMILTON, "placit" 15th
,co_ March 1586, continued to be vicar
for at least forty years. He was
still alive and in office in 1628, when,
with others, he signed a document
testifying that Marion Boyd, Countess of
Abercorn, who was suspected of Popish
sympathies, was through weakness and
infirmity unable to travel and answer for
herself before the Privy Council. He drew
the greater part of the stipend of Kil-
barchan. On the occasion of Andrew
Hamilton's admission as min. the Presb.
caused it to be recorded that " Gavin
Hamilton, vicar of K. is long before law-
fullie provydit and admittit by the kirk to
the vicarage of K., manse, gleib, and kirk-
lands thereof. Therefore, it is judicialie
concludit by Act of Presb., with the advyce
and consent of the said Andro Hamilton,
that the said Gavin sal possess, enjoy, and
bruke at his plesor the foresaid vicarage
and all pertinents thereof, with the houses
and yaird presentlie possest by him, and
twa ackeris of the gleib land, and that in-
during all the days and space of his lyftyme
without impediment or trouble of the said
Mr Andro, or any of his successors quhat-
samevir." — [Mackenzie's Kilbarchan, p. 54 ;
Reg. Sec. Sig., 2nd ser., ii., 344.]
JAMES LIVINGSTON, M.A. ; min. in
,.„, 1589; trans, to Neilston before
1589 „. '
1591.
paisley]
K1LBARCHAN
149
1591
JOHN BELL, M.A. ; min. in 1591;
became a regent in the Univ. of
Glasgow in 1593 ; trans, to Cardross
in 1594.
1593
ROBERT STIRLING, perhaps son of
Andrew S. of Portnallan and Law,
and Elizabeth Cunningham of Craig-
ends ; M.A. (Glasgow 1586) ; died or dem.
between 10th March and 14th April 1603.
He is described as a " pious young man,
whose heart was broken by the slighting
and carelessness of the people." He marr.
Margaret Graham in Craigends, who sur-
vived him. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's Ana-
lecta ; Mackenzie's Hist, of Kilbarchan ;
G. R. Inhib., vii., 11.]
ROBERT HENDERSON, min. in 1603 ;
trans, to Durisdeer in 1603. — [Acts
and Dec, ccclx., 187.]
ANDREW HAMILTON, son of Hamil-
lfi0_ ton of Millhouse, parish of Kilbride ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 28th July 1599);
pres. by James, Lord Abercorn, 12th Aug.
1604 ; ord. 3rd, and adm. 17th Jan. 1605 ;
died between 18th Jan. and 26th March
1646, aged about 67. Though he delated
several before the Presb. for desecrating
the Sabbath day, he is said to have " drunk
and debauched with his people, and to
have gone with them to the foot-ball on
the Sabbath after sermon." He marr. (1)
Elizabeth Boyd : (2) Katherine Thomson,
and had issue — Gavin ; Alexander, a
witness in 1643. — [Wodrow's Anal. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Acts and Dec, ccclx., 186 ;
Reg. of Deeds, ccccii., 94.]
JAMES GLENDINNING, M.A. (St
1647 Andrews) ; min. of Coole or Cam-
money (a parish between Belfast
and Carrickfergus) in 1621 ; lecturer at
Carrickfergus, from which he was obliged
to remove during the Rebellion to Old-
stone ; was settled temporarily here, 1647-8.
He signed the local copy of the Solemn
League and Covenant 19th Dec. 1648. He
served also at Largs in 1649, and at Row,
until his return to Ireland. — [Reid's Ireland,
i., 100, 432.]
JOHN STIRLING, born 1620, second
1649 son °^ Alexander S., farmer, Clerk-
land, Stewarton ; educated at Irvine
(at a school taught by William Smith, after-
wards min. of Largs) and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1645) ; was chaplain in the family of
Ramsay of Dalhousie, and in that of Sir
Arthur Erskine of Scotscraig ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 10th May 1649 ; ord. 12th
Dec. following. Joined the Protesters in
1651 ; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662; min. again in 1672.
1662
JAMES WALKINSHAW, min. of
Baldernock in 1659, but deprived in
1662 ; indulged min. here in 1662.—
[Wodrow's Hist., i., 372 ; Mackenzie's
Kilbarchan, 84.]
DAVID PIERSON, M.A. ; ord. before
13th Oct. 1664 ; trans, to Second
1664 Charge, Kirkcaldy, March 1670.
1672
JOHN STIRLING, M.A. ; min. in 1649 ;
adm. as an indulged min. here 3rd
Sept. 1672. On 8th July 1673 he
was fined in the amount of one half year's
stipend for failing to keep the anniversary
of the Restoration, and was again cited
before the Privy Council 11th Aug. 1677.
He died " of overflowing of the gall," 18th
July 1683. It was said of him that "he
had good natural parts, though not the
gift of eloquent speaking. What he said
was solid and scriptural, and was spoken
with great affection, fervency, and vehem-
ency. In the heat of harvest his kirk
would be full even to the very door when
he preached on a Friday ; the people left
the field for an hour and a half, heard with
greediness, and returned, and found their
day's work as complete as on any other
day of the week." But following his
" indulgence " it is stated that he " could
not then get people to attend a week-day
sermon in time of harvest." He was civil
to the soldiers who were quartered in his
parish, and had great influence in restraining
them from abuses. He marr. at Edinburgh
11th Oct. 1653, Jean Maxwell, who died
in 1708, and had issue — John, Principal of
150
KILBARCHAN
[PRESB. OF
Univ. of Glasgow, bapt. 18th Aug. 1654;
Elizabeth, born 7th Oct. 1655; James,
bapt. 1st May 1657, died young; Marie,
bapt. 20th May 1659 ; Elizabeth, bapt. 8th
June 1660 ; James, min. of Barony, bapt.
13th June 1662.— [Wodrow's Hist., i. 423,
ii. 183 ; Baillie's Lett. ; Law's Memorialls ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Crawfurd's Hist, of Renfrew-
shire^
ARCHIBALD WILSON, licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 26th Oct. 1668;
1683 inst. 11th Oct. 1683; adhering to
Episcopacy he was dep. (by Presb. of
Glasgow) after the Revolution. He after-
wards officiated in Glasgow, and was
imprisoned for celebrating clandestine
marriages. A collection to relieve his
necessity was made by the Presb. of
Glasgow in 1691. He marr. Annabella,
daugh. of Major Hamilton of Forehouse,
and had issue — Archibald, born 24th April
1674 ; Barbara, born 9th March 1679 ;
Margaret, born 3rd April 1681.— [Hector's
Judicial Records, ser. ii., 138-141 ; Reg.
Presb. Glasg., 2nd Feb. 1691.]
JAMES STIRLING, son of John S.,
above-mentioned ; ord. (in a meeting-
house) 8th June 1688 ; trans, to the
Barony Parish, Glasgow, 27th June 1699.
ROBERT JOHNSTON, born 1675, son
of James J., merchant, Greenock ;
bursar of Presb. of Dunfermline ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 22nd May 1700 ; ord. 16th
April 1701 ; app. clerk of Presb. in 1703 ;
died 27th Oct. 1738. He was buried at
the west door of the church, where a mural
tablet marks his grave. The inscription
concludes with a Latin sentence forbidding
any one to disturb his remains — " Ne
liceat nemini defodere hanc urnani." He
marr. Anne, youngest daugh. of Claud
Hamilton of Barnes, and had issue — an
only son James, major of the 61st Foot
[his daugh. Mary Anne marr. Francis,
Lord Gray of Kinfauns] ; Anna (marr.
1741, William Cullen, M.D., Professor of
Medicine in the Univ. of Glasgow), died
1786 [she was mother of Robert Cullen
(Lord Cullen), Scottish judge, 1742-1810] ;
Mary; Margaret. — [Dunfermline Sess. Reg.;
Family of Birnie of Broomhill ; Craw-
furd's Hist. ; G. R. lnhib., 18th Sept.
1708; Tombst.]
JOHN WARNER, born 28th Aug. 1713,
second son of William W. of Ardeer
1*739
and Janet Hamilton ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 30th Aug. 1737; ord. 13th Sept.
1739; died unmarr., 8th March 1786, "a
great farmer, an enlightened philosopher
and theologian." Publication — A Letter
to the West-Country Farmers concerning
the Difficulties and Management of a Bad
Harvest (Paisley, 1773). — [Love's Mem., i. ;
Mackenzie's Kilbarchan.]
PATRICK MAXWELL (MAXTON),
l787 born 1747, son of John M., farmer,
parish of Auchterarder ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1767); licen. by
Presb. of Dunbarton 26th Sept. 1776; pres.
by the Trustees of James Milliken of
Milliken (in whose family he had been tutor);
ord. (after appeal to the General Assembly)
5th July 1787 ; died 19th Dec. 1806. He
marr. (1) 27th Jan. 1789, Elizabeth Cochran,
who died s.j). 22nd Oct. 1803: (2) 24th
Dec. 1804, Charlotte Sprengell, who died
s.p. at Portobello, 22nd Nov. 1832. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xv.).
1802
ROBERT DOUGLAS, second son of
James D. of Barloch, Stirlingshire ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Paisley 22nd Oct. 1801 ; called
15th April, ord. (assistant and successor)
10th June 1802 ; died 17th April 1846. He
marr. 3rd July 1811, Janet (died 18th April
1873), daugh. of John Monteath, D.D.,
min. of Houston, and had issue — James,
M.A., surgeon, Glasgow, born 16th Nov.
1812, died 22nd Feb. 1844 ; Anne Cunning-
ham, born 27th Aug. 1815 (marr. 24th Aug.
1841, James Fergusson Murdoch, W.S.,
Procurator-Fiscal for Ayrshire) ; John Mon-
teath, solicitor, Cupar-Fife, afterwards
stockbroker in London, born 21st April
1819, died 26th Dec. 1899; Robert, engineer,
paisley]
KILBARCHAN— LEVERN
151
Kirkcaldy, born 8th March 1822 ; George
Cunningham Monteath, D.D., LL.D., rain,
of the Free Church, Bridge of Weir,
1852-7, Moderator of the Free Church
Assembly, 1894, Professor of Hebrew, and
Principal of the United Free Church
College, Glasgow, born 2nd March 1826,
died 24th May 1904 ; Campbell, architect,
Glasgow, born 14th June 1828, died 14th
April 1910 ; Carstairs, M.A., LL.D., mission-
ary of the English Presbyterian Church, to
China (1855-77), born 27th Dec. 1830, died
at Amoy 26th July 1877. Publication —
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, vii.).
ROBERT ARCHIBALD,.adm. (assistant
and successor) 14th March 1844 ;
trans, to New Monkland 12th Feb-
1846.
1844
1847
ROBERT GRAHAM, born Paisley, 13th
July 1820, eldest son of James G.
and Agnes Wallace ; educated at
Lochwinnoch School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1846) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
assistant at Campsie ; chaplain to Univ.
of Glasgow; ord. 19th Feb. 1847; D.D.
(Glasgow 1869) ; died 11th Nov. 1895. He
marr. 31st July 1861, Margaret Andrew,
daugh. of Archibald Glen, and had issue —
Henrietta, born 18th June 1862, died 19th
May 1869.
1895
ROBERT DUNBAR MACKENZIE,
born Grantown, 21st Dec. 1863, son of
Alexander M. and Elsie Dunbar ;
educated at the Grammar Schools of Gran-
town-on-Spey and Old Aberdeen, Univs.
of Aberdeen and St Andrews ; M.A.
(St Andrews 1887), B.D. (St Andrews
1889); licen. by Presb. of Abernethy in
1889 ; assistant at Dalkeith ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 15th Nov. 1892. Marr. 14th
Nov. 1917, Christina Martin, daugh. of
William Martin Scott, Paisley, and has
issue — Alexander, born 3rd Sept. 1918.
Publications — Kilbarchan : a Parish His-
tory (Paisley, 1902) ; A Description of the
Kilbarchan Copy of the Solemn League and
Covenant, being a Supplement to the History
of Kilbarchan (Paisley, n.d.)
LEVERN (Q.S.).
[A church was opened here on 23rd
March 1835. On 30th May 1836 a chapel
constitution was granted to it, and a
definite district given it. The parish of
Levern was disjoined from the parishes
of the Abbey of Paisley and Eastwood 17th
Jan. 1866.]
1836
ANDREW BORLAND PARKER, ord.
22nd July 1836 ; trans, to Lesmaha-
gow 28th Feb. 1839.
1839
THOMAS BRYDSON, ord. 6th Nov.
1839; trans, to Kilmacolm 29th
Aug. 1843.
1843
ANDREW M'EWEN, born Muthill;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; min.
of a Presbyterian Congregation at
Holywell, 1839-40, of the Scots Church,
Longtown, 1840-3 : adm. to this charge 5th
Oct. 1843 ; dep. by the General Assembly
in 1851 ; died at 173 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow, 9th April 1852.
v JAMES BURNS, ord. 15th Jan. 1852 ;
1852 trans, to Nairn 11th Sept. 1854.
1855
JAMES INGRAM, born Kilmarnock,
1830, second son of James I. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1850), B.D. (1870) ; ord. 25th Jan. 1855 ;
adm. first min. of the parish 7th Feb. 1866 ;
died unmarr., 24th Feb. 1894.
THOMAS COOK, born Gateside,
Paisley, 18th May 1869, son of
1894 Archibald C. and Jane Martin ;
educated at Paisley Grammar School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1890) ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley in 1893 ; assistant at
Penpont ; ord. 5th Sept. 1894. Marr. 28th
July 1896, Annie, daugh. of Robert Robson,
and has issue — Archibald Robson, born
21st July 1897 ; Thomas, born 18th April
1900. Publications — In a Far Country
(Paisley, 1896) ; In Memoriam : Colonel
Robert King, Levemholme (Glasgow).
152
LINWOOD— LOCHWINNOCH
[PRESB. OF
LINWOOD (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from Kil-
barchan and the Abbey Parish of Paisley
by the Court of Teinds on 19th Jan. 1880.]
JAMES WALLACE, born Lochwinnoch,
son of James W. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 14th June
1860 ; res. 18th Jan. 1867 ; died at Loch-
winnoch 16th April 1881.
JAMES DOUGLAS, ord. 27th June
1867 ; trans, to Kinning Park, Glas-
1860
1867
gow, in Feb. 1873.
1873
1880
WILLIAM MILNE, ord. 11th Sept.
1873 ; adm. first min. of the parish
in 1880; trans, to St Cyrus 18th
May 1880.
JOHN ADAMSON ABERNETHY,
born Parkhead, Glasgow, 24th March
1854, son of Peter A. and Marion
Adamson ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1877 ; assistant at Kingarth,
Bute, and Tron Parish, Glasgow j ord. 28th
Sept. 1880. Marr. 16th Sept. 1886, Mar-
garet Arneil, daugh. of William Gray, and
has issue — Peter Adamson, manager, Clyde
Iron Works, born 10th June 1887 ; William
Gray, C.A., born 7th April 1890 ; Margaret
Marion, born 6th Sept. 1892.
LOCHWINNOCH.
[The church of Lochwinnoch belonged
to the Abbey of Paisley. It was dedicated
to St Gwinoch. In 1504 John, first Lord
Sempill, built in this parish St Mary's
Collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch, now a
picturesque ruin. The founder fell at
Flodden in 1513. His body was then
brought home, and buried in St Mary's
beside the remains of his first wife,
Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Colvill
of Ochiltree. An elaborate and somewhat
florid mural monument over their grave
commemorates Lord and Lady Sempill.
On the wall of another part of the ruined
church is a simpler and finer memorial in
honour of their son Gabriel Sempill of
Cathcart, who died in 1587. Lochwinnoch
church was rebuilt in 1806.]
1574 NINIAN SEMPILL, reader in 1574.
WILLIAM CUMMING, min. from 1578
1578 to 1580.— [Reg. Assig.]
ANDREW KNOX, M.A. ; min. in 1581 ;
1581 trans, to Paisley about 1585.
[THOMAS YOUNGER, min. of Inverkip
1591 had charge of this parish in 1591.]
JOHN ROSS, M.A. (Glasgow 1581);
,^„„ mentioned as min. in 1593. — [Ren.
1593 . . \. j
Assig.j
PATRICK HAMILTON, M.A. ; min. in
1596 1596 ; trans, to Paisley in 1607.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, second
leu son °^ James H. of Torrance ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1599); ord. to Houston 31st July 1606;
trans, and adm. before 1611 ; died between
18th Jan. and 28th May 1646, aged about
67. He is said to have been "a naughty
man," but he was not "the father of the
good laird of Halcraig" as stated by
Wodrow. He marr. Ann Hamilton, and
had issue — James. — [Reg. of Deeds, ccxx.
77, dxv., 405 ; Glasg. and Edin. Tests. ;
Wodrow's Anal., iii., 22.]
HUGH PEEBLES of Mainshill; M.A.
1647 (Glasgow, 1634); pres. by John,
Earl of Lauderdale, 18th Feb., and
ord. 2nd June 1647. He was a member of
the Commissions of Assembly, 1648-9 ;
joined the Protesters in 1651 ; refused to
submit to Episcopacy ; was accused at the
Diocesan Synod, Oct. 1663, of continued
wilful absence from its meetings ; deprived
about 1665. In Jan. 1666 he was called
before the Privy Council for having
preached on a Sunday evening at his
house of Mainshill, and ordered to confine
himself to the burgh of Forfar. He was
allowed to return under caution, but on
18th Aug. 1670, refusing to come under
obligations, he was confined to Dunbarton
and a mile around. He was restored about
1676, but was again before the Privy
Council 11th Aug. 1677 for not keeping the
rules. He returned after the Toleration
paisley]
LOCHWINNOCH
153
and was present at the meeting of Synod
30th Aug. 1687 ; was restored under the
Act of Parliament 25th April 1690; died
May 1691, aged about 77. He marr.
Elizabeth, daugh. of Sir John Cunningham
of Glengarnock, and had issue — a daugh.
(marr. Matthew Hani mill of Roughwood).
— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Glasg. T'ests. ;
Metcalfe's Hist, of the County of Renfrew,
290.]
ROBERT AIRD, MA. (Glasgow 1628) ;
1666 was schoolmaster of Stranraer ; ord.
to Stranraer 9th Oct. 1633 ; dem.
27th June 1638 ; adm. to Cumbrae before
April 1642 ; trans, and inst. between 22nd
Feb. and 5th April 1666; still in the
charge 2nd Feb. 1669. He marr. Janet
Campbell, who died 1st June 1668. — [Isles
Tests. ; Tombst.]
1676 HUGH PEEBLES, M.A., see above.
1683
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, passed
trials before the Presb. of Dalkeith
and had a certificate for licence 3rd
Nov. 1681 ; pres. by William, Earl of Dun-
donald ; inst. 1st Aug. 1683 ; deprived in
1689.
1687 HUGH PEEBLES, M.A., see above.
JOHN PAISLEY, born Paisley, 1658,
,_ . son of Bailie P. and Elizabeth,
sister of Janet Ferguson in the
Wool ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
was chaplain to Sir James Maxwell of
Pollok, Bart. ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
25th March 1691 ; called 26th May, and
ord. 15th Sept. 1691 ; declined a call to
Foveran in 1693 ; died 18th April 1728. He
marr. Anna (died 2nd June 1760), daugh.
of Patrick Simson, min. of Renfrew, and
had issue — Patrick, min. of Kilmarnock ;
John, surgeon, Glasgow ; Margaret ; Jean,
died 29th March 1791.— [Glasg. Tests.; Acts
of Ass., 1698 ; Wodrow's Anal., v., 411.]
JOHN PINKERTON, MA. (Glasgow,
1723 4th May 1719); licen. by Presb. of
Paisley 16th Nov. 1726; chaplain to
Sir James Maxwell of Pollok, Lord Justice-
Clerk ; pres. by Thomas, Earl of Dun-
donald, and ord. 15th Dec. 1728 ; died 3rd
1788
Jan. 1750, aged about 50. He marr. Sarah
Martin, who died 17th Jan. 1770, and had
issue — William, born 1731.
JOHN COUPER, perhaps son of William
-,___ C, New Monkland, educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1739); licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 19th Oct. 1737 ; called 9th
Aug., and ord. 28th Sept. 1750 ; died 19th
Dec. 1787. He had considerable reputation
as a scholar. He marr. 22nd Oct. 1751, Sarah
Mackill, who died 12th March 1796, and had
issue — James, D.D., min. of Baldernock,
afterwards Professor of Astronomy in the
Univ. of Glasgow, born 9th Aug. 1752 ;
Elizabeth, born 14th March 1755 ; William,
M.D., surgeon, Glasgow, born 19th Feb.
1757, died 21st May 1843 ; John, born 24th
April 1759 , Sarah, born 11th March 1762
(marr. George Sym, D.D., min. of New Kil-
patrick) ; Alexander, born 2nd June 1766.
— [Crawfurd's Hist. ; Tombst.']
JAMES STEVEN, born Glasgow, eldest
son of Andrew S. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1776) ; ord. min.
of Albion Street Chapel-of-Ease, Glasgow,
9th July 1782 ; pres. by William MacDowall
of Garthland (on the unanimous requisition
of the parishioners) 17th May, and trans,
and adm. 15th Aug. 1788; died unmarr.
21st June 1801. He was an enthusiastic
Volunteer at the time of the threatened
French Invasion. Publications — The Neces-
sity of Arming at the Present Juncture, a
sermon (Glasgow, 1797) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xv.).
JAMES CRAWFURD, born Cadder,
1802 1^50> third son of William C. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 5th Sept. 1781 ;
ord. to Port - Glasgow Chapel - of - Ease
[Newark] 8th July 1785 ; pres. by William
MacDowall of Garthland ; trans, and adm.
4th Feb. 1802 ; died unmarr. 7th May 1814.
He had been incapacitated for duty from
January 1809, and the work of the parish
was carried on by a series of assistants.
ROBERT SMITH, born Grassmilnside,
1 Kilmaurs, 12th March 1787, second
son of Robert S., farmer, and
Margaret Smith ; educated at Univ. of
154
LOCHWINNOCH— MEARNS
[PRESB. OF
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 6th
Oct. 1812 ; pres. by the heritors Nov. 1814 ;
ord. 2nd March 1815. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Lochwinnoch
Free Church, 1843-65 ; D.D. (U.S.A., 1845) ;
died 22nd Jan. 1865. He marr. 28th March
1820, Marjory (died 8th May 1881), eldest
daugh. of Captain William Barr of Loch-
side, and had issue— Mary Barr, born 8th
Feb. 1821 ; Margaret, born 9th Oct. 1822 ;
Robert Barr, merchant, Adelaide, born 4th
Feb. 1824 ; Jane Skeoch, born 10th Oct.
1825 ; William Barr, born 21st April 1827,
died 19th July 1828 ; Marjory, born 17th
Feb. 1829; Janet, born 27th Jan. 1831;
William Caldwell, M.D. (Glasgow, 1854),
I.M.S., born 10th April 1833, died 21st
Sept. 1913 ; John Caldwell, born 5th Feb.
1836 ; James Dunlop, born 11th Jan. 1838,
died 26th Jan. 1839 ; James Hugh, died
15th June 1841. Publications — A Sermon
Preached in the Nexo Church of Greenock
(Greenock, 1836) ; " A Discourse preached
during the Prevalence of Influenza " (Scot-
tish Christian Herald, June 1837); "Letter
containing Remarks on the Present Posi-
tion of the Church of Scotland explained
and vindicated" (Edinburgh Christian
Instructor, New Ser., iii.) ; Memoir of
Agnes Hutton (1843) ; Piety in Hiimble
Life (1845) ; Tracts on the Roman Catholic
Controversy, iii. (Paisley, 1852) ; The Life
and Remains of Duncan J/' Parian, D.D,,
Renfrew (Paisley, 1856) ; The Testimony of
Scripture concerning Intoxicating Liquors ;
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace,
vii.). — [Robertson's Ayrshire, i., 156 ; The
Lochwinnoch Election (1814).]
WILLIAM GRAHAM, born Newhouse,
1843 Lesmahagow, nth May 1807, second
son of James G., farmer ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark ; ord. by Presb. of Lanark to South
Shields 26th June 1833; trans, to Cale-
donian Chapel, Newcastle ; adm. to this
charge 7th Sept. 1843 ; died 5th Nov. 1872.
He marr. 8th Sept. 1841, Mary Coxall
(born 15th Jan. 1807, died 3rd Jan. 1875),
daugh. of Thomas Thomson, M.D., and
had issue — James Thomas, min. of Dean
Park Parish, Govan, born 1st Oct. 1842 ;
Katherine Harrison, born 13th Sept. 1845
(marr. Dr Orr.)
ROBERT ZUILLE GILFILLAN, born
1873 Glasgow, 23rd April 1843, son of
Robert G. and Agnes M'Kellar ;
educated at Normal School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; MA. (1867), B.D. (1871) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1870 ; assistant at
Carluke ; ord. to North Parish, Paisley,
20th June 1872 ; trans, and adm. 26th
June 1873, died 23rd Dec. 1892. He marr.
28th Oct. 1873, Agnes Brodie Smith, born
9th March 1848, and had issue — Agnes
Brodie, born 28th Aug. 1874 ; Robert
M'Kellar, accountant, Chile, born 3rd Dec.
1875 ; Brodie Smith, min. of Inch, Wigtown-
shire ; George Zuille, shipper, Glasgow,
born 13th July 1879 ; Mary, born 8th May
1881 ; Jessie Laing Smith, born 25th May
1884; Isabella, born 21st March 1886;
Henrietta Alice Lee Harvey, born 9th
Dec. 1887.
WILLIAM SINCLAIR STEVENSON,
1893 born Johnstone, Renfrewshire, 8th
April 1865, son of William S. and
Jane Sinclair ; educated at Johnstone
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 8th June 1892 ; ord.
4th April 1893. Marr. 20th June 1893,
Isabella, daugh. of Hugh Black, Rothesay.
MEARNS.
[The vicarage of Mearns belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. In the parish church
there was an altar of St Bride. At Capelrig
in the parish stood a chapel belonging to
the Order of the Temple.]
JAMES DOBIE, reader, 1574 to
1574 1576.
ARCHIBALD EGLINTON, reader,
1576 1576 to 1580.
PATRICK ADAMSON, min. of Paisley,
1584 had charge here in 1584.
ANDREW NORMOND or NORMAN,
1585 reader in 1585.
1586 JOHN YOUNG, reader in 1586.
JOHN HAY, MA. ; min. in 1588 ; trans.
1588 to Renfrew after 15th Dec. 1592.
paisley]
M EARNS
155
ANDREW HAY, M.A., son of Andrew
H., min. of Renfrew ; min. at Erskine
in 1590; trans, to this charge in
1593. On 7th May 1594, the Presb. of
Glasgow complained to the Presb. of Paisley
as to H.'s conduct while resident within
their bounds, " he noways behaving himself
according to his calling." — [Beg. Assig. ;
Glasg. Presb. Reg.']
GEORGE MAXWELL of Auldhouse,
1594 son °^ J°nn M. of Auldhouse ; min.
of Neilston in 1593 ; trans, and adm.
in 1594. Apparently non-resident, he was
ordered by the Presb. 26th Aug. 1635, to
reside in the parish " that he may visit the
sick, and do the other incumbent duties.'"'
He died Nov. 1648. He marr. (1) Janet,
daugh. of John Millar of Newton, and had
issue — John, progenitor of the Maxwells of
Pollok and Keir, min. of Eastwood : (2)
Jean (died after 8th Jan. 1621), daugh. of
William Mure of Glanderston, and had
issue — William of Springkell, advocate ;
George, apprenticed to Patrick Forbes,
merchant, Edinburgh, 23rd Jan. 1622 ;
Alexander ; Patrick ; James, min. of Kirk-
gunzeon : (3) Janet Douglas of Waterside,
who survived him, and had issue — George ;
Hugh, ancestor of the Dalswinton family ;
Gabriel ; David ; Robert ; Jean (marr.
William Hamilton of Ruinemure). — [Beg.
Assig. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Caldwell Papers, i. ;
Inq. Bet. Gen., 8653 ; Playfair's Baronetage,
viii., 323 ; Maxwells of Pollok, i., 55.]
[HUGH CUNNINGHAM, MA. ; min.
1649 a^ -^ay' Ireland ; adm. here " until a
door be opened for return to his
own charge " 1st Nov. 1649 ; went to
Erskine in 1651.]
[DAVID GEMMILL, MA. (Glasgow
1650 1643) ; was min. of a Presbyterian
congregation in Ireland, which he
left on account of persecution ; adm. here
temporarily 10th Sept. 1650, apparently
as colleague; died July 1651, aged about
28. He marr. Elizabeth Montgomerie, who
survived him, and had issue — Peter, Bailie
of Glasgow, a pioneer of the sugar trade
there.— [Glasg. Tests. ; M'Ure's Glasgow.]
"[JOHN BURNETT, chaplain to Lord
Wemyss : was called to the parish in
1652, but probably did not accept. —
[ Wemyss Book, i., 263.] ]
WILLIAM THOMSON, MA. (Edin-
1653 burgh, 30th July 1646); ord. 11th
Aug. 1653 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He marr.
Christian Mercer, and had issue— Thomas.
— [Prot. Book of Alexander Forbes, 40.]
1665
JAMES TAYLOR, MA. (Glasgow 1627),
schoolmaster at Kilmarnock ; ord.
to Greenock 11th Feb. 1640. Joined
the Resolutioners in 1651 ; trans, and adm.
20th July 1665; died March 1668, aged
61. He marr. Jean Stewart, and had
issue — John, served heir 11th March 1669 ;
Margaret (marr. Robert Boyd, min. of Car-
munnock) ; Janet (marr. William Stewart,
min. of Inchinnan) ; Helen (marr. Archi-
bald M'Neil).— [Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Bet.
Ayr, 563 ; Beg. of Deeds, 2nd Feb. 1663 ;
G. B. Inhib., 2nd May 1670; Baillie's Lett.;
Bailiary of Cunningham Homings, 25th
June 1644.]
ROBERT FLEMING, M.A.; trans.- from
1669 M°mgaff) and inst. 7th Jan. 1669 ;
trans, to Kirkintilloch after 4th
May 1681.
JOHN TAYLOR, MA. ; trans, from
Libberton, Lanarkshire ; pres. by
Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackball,
Bart., 29th April, and inst. before 13th
July 1681 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Paisley, before 10th Nov. 1685.
1681
1686
JAMES INGLIS, inst. 22nd May 1686 ;
deprived at the Revolution [after-
wards min. of Muthill].
JOHN GLEN, educated at Univ. of
1688 Glasgow (bursar in 1676) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 9th Nov. 1687;
ord. 27th Feb. 1688; died between 8th
July and 15th Sept. 1691.
JAMES M'DOUGALL, licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 21st Jan. 1691 ; ord. 24th
1691 Sept. that year; died May 1712.
Wodrow speaks of him "as an honest,
156
MEARNS
[PRESB. OF
painful, gospel min." He niarr. Jan. 1692,
Grisell Stewart, and had issue— Susanna
(marr. Alexander Stevenson, writer, Irvine).
— [Glasg. Tests. ; Canongate Reg. {Marr.) ;
Crawford's Hist. ; Wodrow's Anal., i., 57.]
HENKY HUNTER, born 1681, son of
1713 Patrick H. of Hunterston, and
Marion Cunningham ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; pres. by John Stewart
of Blackhall, and ord. 28th April 1713;
died 29th Nov. 1731. He marr. 30th Sept.
1715, Margaret (died 13th Jan. I742),daugh.
of James Stewart of Lumloch, and had
issue —Patrick ; Annabella ; Marion (marr.
John Lyle, merchant, Glasgow). — [Glasg.
Beg. (Marr.); Glasg. I'ests.; Wodrow's
Anal.]
1733
GEORGE MACVEY [MACVIE], M.A.
(Glasgow, 27th Jan. 1707); was
chaplain to Mrs Stewart of Black-
hall ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 27th Aug.
1717; called 18th July 1732; ord. 25th
July 1733 ; died 23rd Oct. 1751, aged 63.
He marr. 28th Jan. 1737, Elizabeth Leckie,
who died 28th Dec. 1755, and had issue —
Stewart, born 26th April 1738; Janet,
born 8th Jan. 1741 ; George, born 17th
Oct. 1742.
ALEXANDER CRUICKSHANK, born
1752 Aberdeenshire, 1724, son of John O,
merchant ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1735-9, and Univ. of
Glasgow in 1742 ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 5th Jan. 1748 ; pres. by Sir
Michael Stewart of Blackhall, Bart., and
ord. 26th Sept. 1752 ; died 22nd Jan. 1791,
aged 67. He marr. 2nd April 1759, Jean
Alexander, who died before 1786, and had
issue — Mary, born 1st May 1760, died
young ; Stewart, born 22nd Feb. 1 762,
died at Bristol, 23rd July 1824; William,
born 24th July 1764, died young ; Jean,
born 19th May 1766, died young.
GEORGE M'LATCHIE of Humbie, in
1788 ^e Par^sn' b°rn Glasgow, 5th April
1757, eldest son of Robert M., school-
master ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1774) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
2nd Dec. 1778; called 7th Feb., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 11th April 1788 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1808); died unmarr., 13th
Aug. 1833. He was tutor to John Wilson,
" Christopher North," who resided with
him for some years. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvii.).
DONALD MACKELLAR, born Knap-
1834 dale, Argyllshire, second son of Neil
M., merchant; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Haddington
12th Dec. 1826 ; pres. by Sir Michael Shaw
Stewart of Ardgowan, Bart., and ord. 20th
Feb. 1834 ; Clerk of Presb., 1834-68 ; died
unmarr., 9th Jan. 1868.
MUNGO REID, born Glasgow, 23rd
March 1838, second son of Mungo
R. and Jessie Heron ; educated at
High School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1859); licen. by Presb. of Islay in 1863;
assistant at St Andrew's Parish, Glasgow ;
ord. to Lochgelly, May 1865 ; trans, and
adm. 30th July 1868; D.D. (Chicago,
U.S.A., 1884). Marr. 30th Aug. 1887,
Isabella Hamilton, daugh. of Adam Pear-
son, and has issue — Eric Pearson, born 19th
Feb. 1890, died 22nd Aug. 1890 ; Ada Mary
(marr. 10th Feb. 1917, Charles John
Paterson, son of Charles Alfred Paterson,
Principal of Church of Scotland College,
Madras).
JAMES HUTCHISON COCKBURN,
M.A., B.D. ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 9th Oct. 1908 ; trans, to
Battlefield Parish, Glasgow, 10th Nov.
1914.
DAVID SCOTT, born Broughty-Ferry,
4th April 1888, son of William S. and
Patricia Bowie Findlay ; educated at
High School, Dundee, and Univ. of St An-
drews ; M.A. (1910), B.D. (1913) ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 7th May 1913 ; assist-
ant at the Barony Parish, Glasgow ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 21st April 1915.
Marr. 14th March 1917, Janet Fergu-
son, second daugh. of Hugh Stevenson,
Glasgow.
paisley]
NEILSTON
157
NEILSTON.
[The vicarage of Neilston belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. In 1594, this parish was
annexed to the Presb. of Glasgow ; but it
was soon restored again to that of Paisley.
At Fereneze within the bounds there was a
chapel of St Conal, where also is St Conal's
Well.]
PATRICK ADAMSON, min. of Paisley,
1574 had charge in 1574.
ROBERT ARTHUR, reader, 1574 to
1574 1576.
1578 JAMES DAVIDSON, reader, 1578-79.
1580 JOHN RAMAGE, reader in 1580.
PATRICK SHARPE, min. of Paisley,
1584 had charge in 1584.
v JOHN BROWN, min. in 1589 j went to
1589 Blantyre in 1591.— [Beg. Assig.]
JAMES LIVINGSTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1585) ; min. of Kilbarchan in 1589 ;
trans, and adm. in 1591. He probably
left for some other charge. — [Beg. Assig."]
GEORGE MAXWELL of Auldhouse;
min. in 1593 ; trans, to Mearns in
1593
1594.
ANDREW LAW, son of John L. of
Spittal and Margaret Strang, and
brother of James L., Archbishop of
Glasgow; M.A. (Glasgow 1591); ord. to
Stonehouse in 1591 ; trans, to Glasford in
1593 ; trans, and adm. 15th July 1595 ;
died before 21st May 1639. He marr. (1)
Barbara Mure : (2) (cont. 15th Sept. 1624)
Elizabeth, daugh. of Robert Mure of Cald-
well, and widow of Gavin Hamilton of
Raploch, and had issue — John, his heir,
and successor in this parish ; Janet. —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Ret.., Renfrew, 109, and
Gen., 8630 ; Law's Memorialls ; G. R.
Inhib., 2 ser., ii., 387 ; Reg. of Deeds,
cccxcviii., 226.]
JOHN LAW of Waterfoot, son of pre-
ceding ; M.A. (Glasgow 1624) ; was
on the Exercise in Presb. of Paisley
8th May 1628 ; had a certificate for ordina-
tion 28th June 1632, and adm. here shortly
afterwards ; deprived for inefficiency April
1632
1649. On 14th Dec. 1659, the Presb. recom-
mended him to charity, and Parliament
granted him £100 sterling from vacant
stipends, 12th July 1661. The date of his
death is unknown. He marr. Agnes, daugh.
of John Shearer, Provost of Stirling, and
had issue — William of Lauriston, parish
of Cramond, goldsmith [a business which
then included money-lending and bank-
ing], Edinburgh, died 1684. [He was the
father of John of Lauriston, Controller-
general of French finance, the famous
speculator, who died in comparative
poverty at Venice, 21st March 1729] ;
John, apprenticed to Robert Gibson, gold-
smith, Edinburgh, 12th Dec. 1649 ; William,
apprenticed to Thomas Scott, goldsmith,
Edinburgh, 27th Feb. 1650.— [Inq. Ret.,
Renfrew, 109, and Gen., 8630; Acts of
Pari., vii. ; Pollok Papers, ii. ; Wood's
Hist, of Cramond; G. R. Inhib., 2 ser.,
ii., 387 ; Reg. of Deeds, cccxcviii. 226,
dxxxi. 121 ; Law's Memorialls ; Diet. Nat.
Biog. ; Orig. Sas. in Register House.]
WILLIAM SEMPLE, probably brother
of Robert S. of Nether- Walking-
shaw ; app. Regent in the Univ.
of Glasgow 26th Oct. 1645 ; M.A. (Glasgow
1645) ; ord. min. of a Presbyterian congre-
gation at Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland,
1647 ; being obliged " through the violence
and persecution of the malignants and
sectaries," to leave his charge there, he
was adm. here 1st Nov. 1649. He re-
mained till 18th Nov. 1653, when he
returned to Letterkenny, and died in that
charge, 19th Oct. 1674, aged about 50. A
scholarly, pious man, he was, says Wodrow,
"reckoned more eminent than any of the
others that came from Ireland to the Presb.
of Paisley."— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327 ; Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 130.]
HUGH WALKER, M.A. (Glasgow
1651); ord. 17th Dec. 1657; died
1657 March 1662, aged 31. He marr.
Eupbam Mure, who survived him. — [Glasg.
Tests.]
ALEXANDER KINNEAR, M.A. ; min.
„000 in 1663; trans, to Bothwell 6th
1663 T , _
July 1670.
158
NEILSTON
[PRESB. OF
ANDREW MILLAR, born about 1630,
son of Andrew M., min. of Girvan ;
educated at Irvine School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1650); adm. to Dailly
about 1660; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662; still mentioned as
min. 17th Dec. 1663. He was fined 2000
merks for baptizing the child of a neigh-
bouring min. On 3rd Sept. 1672, he was
adm. here as an "indulged" min. The
Privy Council cancelled his indulgence 6th
Oct. 1684, because he did not read the
Proclamation regarding the deliverance of
the King and the Duke of York from
the Rye House plot; he was imprisoned
in the Edinburgh Tolbooth and in Black-
ness Castle for refusing to bind himself
not to preach, but was liberated on 12th
March 1685. He died Jan. 1686. He
marr. Margaretta (alive 7th March 1693),
daugh. of John Montgomerie of Cockelbie,
and had issue — Katherine (marr. 1696,
Robert Graham of Kirkhill) ; Andrew, died
young ; Robert, min. of Paisley ; Margaret
(marr. Aird of Milton).— [Wodrow's
Hist, ii., 203; Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., 42;
Crawfurd's Hist. ; Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN KINNEAR, M.A. (Edinburgh
1681) ; passed trials before the
Presb. of Dalkeith, and had a testi-
monial for licence, 15th June 1686; inst.
13th May 1687; outed at the Revolution;
died in Edinburgh, 14th April 1702, aged
50. He marr. Janet (died 10th Feb. 1711),
sister of Robert Meldrum, min. of Yester,
and had issue— John ; James. — [Edinburgh
Tests. ; Edin. Reg. Bur. ; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 22nd March 1711.]
v DAVID BROWN, ord. 12th March
1688 ; trans, to Blackfriars Parish,
1688 Glasgow, 6th Feb. 1701.
JOHN MILLER, bapt. 30th Dec. 1677,
son of Robert M., min. of Ochiltree ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 26th Nov. 1701; called
16th Feb., and ord. 6th May 1703. He was
elected Dean of the Faculty of Divinity in
1703
the Univ. of Glasgow 26th June 1718, but
did not accept ; died 17th May 1732. He
marr. Janet, daugh. of James Adam of
Kirkton, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue
— an only child, Grizell, born 1708 (marr.
William Grant, Lord Prestongrange), died
30th Sept. 1792. [Her daughters, Janet,
Agnes, and Jean became the wives of John,
fourth Earl of Hyndford, Sir George Suttie
of Balgone, Bart., and Robert Dundas of
Arniston, Lord President of the Court of
Session.] — [Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., 42 ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Glasg. Com. Deeds, 20th Sept. 1707.].
ALEXANDER CLARK, born 1703, son
l7g3 of James C, min. of the Tron
Parish, Glasgow; M.A. (Glasgow,
17th Dec. 1727) ; held the office of Librarian
1727-31; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st
Sept. 1731 ; pres. by Thomas, Earl of Dun-
donald, and ord. 24th July 1733; died
unmarr. 8th Sept. 1736. It was said of
him that in his day there was "neither a
minister nor preacher so accomplished in
the West of Scotland." His sister, Lilias,
was his executor. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Caldivell
Papers, i. ; Acts of Assembly, 1733; Craig's
Life.]
HENRY MILLAR, son of Robert
7 ? M., min. of First Charge of Abbey,
Paisley ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 24th
April 1734; pres. by Thomas, Earl of
Dundonald, 19th Jan., and ord. 10th May
1737; died 13th Nov. 1771. He was a
man of much public spirit and enterprise.
Succeeding to the fortune of his brother
Andrew, the celebrated London book-
seller, he employed it, in conjunction
with his chief heritors, in setting up an
inkle [braid] manufactory in the parish,
thereby stimulating the introduction of a
number of other manufactures to which Neil-
ston owes its great modern prosperity. He
marr. 27th Aug. 1745, Robina (died 12th
Nov. 1754), daugh. of Alexander Cochrane
of Craigmuir, and had issue — Marion, born
27th July 1746 (marr. William Fulton,
manufacturer, Maxwelltown) ; Robert, born
21st May 1749, died 3rd Aug. 1763; Alex-
ander of Dalnair, advocate, born 20th Jan.
paisley]
NEILSTON
159
1751, died 30th June 1790 ; Elizabeth, born
25th Oct. 1754 (marr. Alexander Napier of
Blackston). — [Crawfurd's Hist, ; New Stat.
Ace, vii.]
JOHN WILSON, licen. by Presb. of
1772 Edinburgh 27th Feb. 1765 ; pres. by-
Alexander Wilson of Glanderston
11th Jan., and ord. 16th July 1772; died
26th April 1784. He marr. 19th April 1773,
Elizabeth Walker, who died 5th Feb. 1807,
and had issue — Susannah Alexis, born 5th
Feb. 1774 (marr. Robert Auld, D.D., min. of
Ayr) ; Alexander Philips, born 12th Sept.
1775 ; John Graham, born 13th June 1778 ;
Eliza Robina, born 27th May 1780, died
16th June 1781.
JOHN MONTEATH, M.A. j trans, from
Houston, elected by the parishioners
20th Sept. 1784 ; pres. by Archibald
Speirs of Elderslie, and adm. 18th March
1785 ; re-trans, to Houston 1st Sept. 1797.
WILLIAM HOOD, born 1772, eldest
son of William H., farmer, Tar-
bolton; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 26th Nov.
1794; elected 18th Sept. 1797; pres. by
Archibald Speirs of Elderslie, and ord. 22nd
Feb. 1798 ; died 26th Feb. 1804. He marr.
4th Feb. 1799, Janet (died 15th Jan. 1864),
daugh. of John Robinson [or Robertson],
and had issue — William, born 18th Dec.
1799 ; John, born 17th Feb. 1801 ; Catherine,
born 1st Oct. 1802 ; Agnes, born 11th Jan.
1804.
ALEXANDER FLEMING, born Kil-
1Rn4 marnock, 1760, youngest son of
Robert F., workman ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1797) ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 20th Jan. 1801 ; elected by
the parishioners in June ; pres. by Archibald
Speirs of Elderslie, and ord. 27th Sept.
1804 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 7th Nov. 1835) ;
died unmarr. 10th June 1844. In conse-
quence of his action in refusing to preach
in the church which had become too
small to hold the parishioners, and hold-
ing services in a tent in the churchyard,
the General Assembly, on complaint by the
heritors, ordered him, 28th May 1828 to
conduct service in the church. An action
raised against the heritors to compel them
to provide suitable accommodation being
decided both in the Court of Session and
House of Lords against that contention, led
to the formation of the General Assembly's
Committee for Church Extension. In 1833
the Assembly recorded its thanks to F.
for his zeal and labours in the case.
Publications — Tivo Letters to the Lord
Provost of Glasgow on the Subject of the
Organ introduced into St Andrew's Church
(Glasgow, 1808) ; Answers to a Statement of
the Proceedings of the Presbytery of Glas-
gow relative to the Use of an Organ
(Glasgow, 1808) ; Letter to a Young Friend
in Ayrshire, on a Question discussed in the
Synod of Glasgow ivhich involved the
Subjects of Liberty and Necessity (Glasgow,
1810) ; Full Statement of the Interesting
Cause before the Very Rev. the Synod
of Glasgow and Ayr from the Presb. of
Paisley (Paisley, 1812) ; Examination of
the Resolutions adopted by a Meeting of
Gentlemen after discussing the Merits of
a Pill to be brought into Parliament
anent Building and Endowing Churches in
the City of Glasgovj (Glasgow, 1814) ;
Answer of the Kirk-Session of Neilston to
the Heritors' Publication (Paisley, 1820) ;
Letters on Pluralities; Remarks on an
Assumed " Statement of Facts " put forth by
the Heritors of Neilston (Glasgow, 1827) ;
The Reviewer Reviewed, being a Criticism
on the Church of Scotland Magazine, which
attempted to impugn the Rev. Dr Cook's
Pamphlet on Calls (Glasgow, 1835); An
Historical Lecture on Teinds or Tithes
(Glasgow, 1835) ; Sermon delivered at the
Admission of the Rev. R. Stevenson, certified
under a Charge of Heresy (Glasgow, 1836) ;
Letter to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel,
Bart. (Glasgow, 1842) ; Strictures on the
Hypotheses of Ttvo Supreme Co-ordinate
Potvers with Reference to Patronage and
Non- Intrusion, by Gnimelf Rednaxela [i.e.
Alexander Fleming] ; Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Acts of
Assembly, 1823, 1827-35; Life, by his
relative, John Fleming, min. at Paisley.]
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NEILSTON— PAISLEY
[PRESB. OF
HUGH AIRD, born 15th Jan. 1813, son
of John A., shoemaker, and Helen
Fairbairn ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; ord. to Wishaw 7th March
1844 j trans, and adm. 17th April 1845 ;
died 4th Sept. 1872. He marr. 2nd April
1838, Agnes Anderson, born 5th April 1817,
died s.p. 5th May 1890.
THOMAS MILLER, born Ayr, 16th
March 1835, second son of Thomas
M. and Janet Bone ; educated at
Ayr Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 10th Aug. 1859 ; missionary
at Howwood ; ord. to Wandel and Laming-
ton 11th Aug. 1862 ; trans, to St Stephen's,
Glasgow, 28th April 1866 ; trans, and adm.
8th May 1873; died 21st Sept. 1878. He
marr. 11th June 1868, Christina Gladstone
(died 7th Sept. 1911), daugh. of James
Sommerville, manufacturer, Glasgow, and
had issue — Thomas, shipowner, Glasgow,
born 9th April 1869 ; William James
Sommerville, min. of West Coates, Edin-
burgh ; Agnes Sommerville, born 4th
June 1871 (marr. Andrew Boyd Scott,
min. of Lansdowne U.F. Church, Glas-
gow); Hugh, M.B., Ch.B., lieut. R.A.M.C.,
born 6th March 1877.
PETER MACLEOD, born Muckcroft,
1879 Gampsie, 1843, son of Peter M.
and Mary Macfarlane ; educated at
Cadder School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; assistant at
Neilston and Rothesay ; ord. to St Luke's,
Lochee, 17th Sept. 1874 ; trans, and adm.
29th April 1879 ; died s.p. 17th Dec. 1896.
He marr. 24tb July 1877, Mary, daugh.
of William Gray and Elizabeth Moffat.
She survived him, and marr. (2) 3rd April
1899, Colonel Robert James Bennett.
ROBERT BARR, born Bearsden, New
1895 Kilpatrick, 1st May 1863, son of
William B. and Hannah Kirk ; edu-
cated at New Kilpatrick School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1894); licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton in 1892 ; assistant at Martyrs'
Parish, Paisley ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 10th Jan. 1895.
PAISLEY.
[St Mirin! s or The Abbey Parish. — Where
the Abbey Church of Paisley now stands,
there was from a very early time a church
dedicated to St Mirin. It would appear
also that it was built over the saint's tomb.
Around that church this parish arose.
From the church, too, the place got its
name of Baisleac or Paisley, meaning a
large or notable church. This word bais-
leac, a Gaelic term of Greek origin, is not
of frequent occurrence, and may never have
been very commonly applied. But there
are other places so named in Scotland, and
several in Ireland. When the Monastery
of Paisley was founded as a Cluniac Priory
in 1169, the parish church of St Mirin was
granted to it. The pious founder, Walter,
first High Steward of Scotland, transferred
at that time to Paisley a monastic com-
munity which he had himself set up at
Renfrew in 1163. The monks thus settled,
first at Renfrew and then at Paisley, were
brought from an English Priory at Much
Wenlock in Shropshire, the High Steward's
native district. St Mirin, to whom the
place had long been dedicated, was retained
as patron of the new monastery, but in
its dedication there were joined with him
St Mary, St James, the patron of Renfrew,
and St Milburga of Wenlock. Many bene-
factions were bestowed upon the High
Steward's foundation by his descendants,
notably by his son and grandson, Alan
and Walter, the second and third High
Stewards. In 1219 Pope Honorius III.
raised Paisley to the rank of an abbey.
In 1307 it was burned by an English army
under Aylmer de Valence. A restoration
was speedily begun, and in 1334 Pope
Benedict XII. conferred on its Superior
the dignity of a Mitred Abbot. By 1459
the abbey buildings were complete again.
Embellishments and enlargements now
went steadily on, for the monastery was
very rich. In 1484 Abbot George Shaw
enclosed with lordly walls and gateways
the extensive precincts of the abbey. The
tower which rose from the crossing of the
church is said to have been of great height.
paisley]
PAISLEY
161
But it is very doubtful whether that tower
was ever completed until recent times.
The last addition of great importance was
the building of a new choir, without aisles,
about 125 feet long. When the work had
made some progress, the great central
tower fell. Its fall wrecked the north
transept, and did much damage to other
parts of the church, and to the conventual
buildings. But little had been done to-
wards repairing this disaster when the
abbey was suppressed in 1560. The Abbey
Church, such as it was, soon became the
parish church of Paisley. But only the
nave, crossing, and south transept were
habitable. The north transept was a roof-
less ruin ; most of the tower had fallen,
and the walls of the new choir were barely
half built. There does not seem to have
been any renovation undertaken till 1862,
when the nave was restored. Near the
end of the nineteenth century there was
carried out a further restoration of the
transepts, St Mirin:s Chapel, and the lower
part of the tower. In 1913 began a com-
plete restoring and finishing of the whole
church, with the tower, cloisters, and some
remains of the monastic buildings. The
cost of this, estimated at about £40,000, is
being borne by members of the well-known
Paisley family of Clark. The work is still
in progress under the hands of Patrick
MacGregor Chalmers, architect, Glasgow.
The total length of the church is over 260
feet. Within St Mirin's Church were
buried the founder and most, if not all,
of the High Stewards and their near
kindred. Among these was Walter, the
sixth of the line, who was knighted on the
battlefield of Bannockburn for notable
achievements done that day. Here, too,
lies his young wife, Marjorie, daughter of
King Kobert I., and mother of Robert II.
When Robert III. died at Rothesay Castle,
he also was buried in this church. At-
tached to the south transept is St Mirin's
Chapel, in which of old were the shrines of
St Mirin and St Columba. There were
also in the church, altars of St Mary, St
Ninian, St Nicholas, St Peter, St Katherine,
and St Anne. At the Broomlands, near
the town, was a Chapel of St Roque with
VOL. III.
seven roods of adjoining land belonging to
it. Beside the Lady Burn there was a
Chapel of St Mary. Another chapel stood
at Blackball, and at Cruickston there was
a hospital. In 1577 the Grammar School
of Paisley was founded by royal charter,
and was endowed with the revenues of a
number of the chapels and altars of the
abbey. Yearly fairs were held at Paisley
in honour of St Mirin, St James, and St
Marnoch. For a lengthy account of St
Mirin and his apostleship, see Brown's
History of Paisley, vol. i., chap. 2.]
First Charge.
WILLIAM MACFINGOUN, MA. ;
probably a pre-Reformation priest
who conformed and became reader
in 1572.
1572
PATRICK ADAMSON [or CON-
1572 STANT], formerly min. of Ceres,
and an advocate ; returned to the
ministry and was adm. to this charge Aug.
1572. In 1574, Kilbarchan, Mearns, and
Neilston were also under his care. He
resided in Glasgow, not being able to
obtain a lodging in Paisley, and was
sharply rebuked by the Assembly for not
"waiting on his cure." He became chap-
lain to the Regent, James, Earl of Morton,
and was afterwards Archbishop of St
Andrews (q.v.). — [Melville's Diary (Banna-
tyne Club), 42 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ANDREW POL WART [POLWARTH],
studied at Geneva, and was adm.
min. here at Martinmas 1574. He
was one of a committee appointed by the
Assembly for correcting an edition of the
English Bible then being printed by Alex-
ander Arbuthnot and Thomas Bassandyne
[the first Bible issued in Scotland]. He
experienced great difficulty in the per-
formance of his ministerial duties, being
hindered in every possible way, and his
life threatened if he remained. After
two years he was loosed from his charge
" that he may serve uther quhair it please
God to call him, because of the contempt
of discipline, thair manifest vices, minacing,
and boasting of him in doing his deutie, his
1574
162
PAISLEY
[PRESB. OF
1577
1585
labours cannot be profitable to them." He
became min. of Cadder in 1578. — [Beg.
Assig. j Reg. Min. ; Wodrow Miscell., L,
382; Calderwood's Hist., iii , 328, 350;
Knox's Works, vi. ; Melville's Autob. ; Book
of the Kirke, iii., 324, 342 ; Lees's Abbey of
Paisley, 240.]
THOMAS SMEATON, adm. in 1577 or
1578 ; app. Professor of Divinity and
Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow
[in succession to Andrew Melville] in 1580
(q.v.) and min. of Govan.
PATRICK SHARPE, min. at Paisley,
15a4 Neilston, and Kilbarchan in 1584. —
[Audit of Exchequer, 22nd July 1584.]
ANDREW KNOX, trans, from Loch-
winnoch, and adm. here in 1585 ;
became Bishop of the Isles (q.v.)
12th Feb. 1605. After visiting his See, he
wished to continue min. of Paisley, and
made overtures for the appointment of
a colleague, but neither the Presb. nor
the magistrates and inhabitants would
entertain his proposal. He did not actually
quit this charge until 12th Nov. 1607. —
[Metcalfe's Hist, of Paisley, 212 ; Scottish
Review, xx. ; Hatfield MSS., vii., 246.]
PATRICK HAMILTON, MA. ; elected
1607 fr°m a leet °f three 23rd April ;
trans, from Lochwinnoch and adm.
between 12th Nov. and 25th Dec. 1607.
He was not in the charge after 1610, but
was adm. to Cambuslang after 3rd July
1628.— [Brown's Hist, of Paisley, 81.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, born 1579,
son of Claud H. of Barnes, Dun-
bartonshire ; Regent in the Univ.
of Glasgow, of which he was D.D. ; was on
the leet with Andrew Boyd, min. of Eagles-
ham, and Patrick Hamilton, his predecessor,
27th March 1606; adm. before 8th June
1610. In 1612 he built a manse (now
demolished) for the mins. of the First
Charge of the Abbey Parish, and a stone
set over the entrance bore his own initials
with those of his wife. He was a member
of the Perth Assembly 25th Aug. 1618, and
of the Court of High Commission 15th
June 1619 ; was app. Bishop of Killala
1610
in Ireland 21st May, and consecrated in St
Peter's Church, Drogheda, 29th June 1623.
On 20th April 1630 he was made Arch-
bishop of Cashel and Emly. He incurred
the displeasure of Archbishop Laud for
having "upon his own authority com-
manded a fast once a week for eight weeks
together throughout his province," as well
as for being in possession of the tem-
poralities of no fewer than sixteen vicar-
ages. When required to explain matters
he pleaded inability to travel to Dublin,
owing to an acute attack of sciatica. Laud
wrote to the Earl of Strafford : " Do you
not think it would lame any man to carry
sixteen vicarages ? But surely that burden
will help him to a sciatica in his conscience
sooner than in his hips." Shortly after the
rebellion of 1641 he left Ireland and settled
in Sweden. He is said to have died at
Stockholm in 1659, but another account
gives Upsala in 1658. He marr. (1) a lady
whose initials, A.L., only are known : (2)
a daugh. of James Haig of Bemersyde and
Elizabeth, wet-nurse of Elizabeth, Queen
of Bohemia (daugh. of James VI.), daugh.
of Thomas M'Dowall of Stodrig, and had
issue. He is said to be the ancestor of
several Hamilton families in Sweden. —
[Row's Hist., 269 ; Glasg. Tests., 15th Jan.
1622 ; Notes and Queries, 3rd ser., vol. v. ;
Ware's Works, edited by Harris ; Records
of Town Council of Paisley ; Monumenta
Ullarakeriensia cum Uftsalia Nova Illus-
trata (Stockholm, 1719); Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, MA. ;
dem. either before the date fixed for
his settlement in 1625, or within a
few months thereafter.
1625
^ROBERT BOYD of Trochrig, Ayr-
shire, born Glasgow, 1578, eldest
son of James B., Archbishop of
Glasgow; educated at Ayr School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1594); went
to France and taught at Tours ; became
Professor of Philosophy (Arts) atMontauban,
1599-1604 ; min. at Verteuil, 1604-6 ; trans,
to Saumur in 1606 ; was Professor of
Divinity there in 1608 ; app. Principal of
Glasgow Univ. Jan. 1615 ; elected to
paisley]
PAISLEY
163
Greyfriars' Parish, Edinburgh, 18th Oct.
1622, with the Principalship of Edinburgh
Univ. in conjunction ; dem. in 1623 ; pres.
to this charge (at the earnest desire of the
parish) by James, Earl of Abercorn, 1625 ;
adm. 1st Jan. 1626; dem. in Aug. that
year, having been assaulted at the instance
of his relative, Marion Boyd, Countess
Dowager of Abercorn, who had become a
Komanist, and her son Charles. In B.'s
absence the doors of his house were
broken open, his books littered on the
floor, and his furniture thrown into the
street. This so affected him that on 14th
Sept. 1626 he sent a formal resignation of
his charge to the Presb. He retired to
Trochrig, and died in Edinburgh (where
he had gone for medical advice) of a
malignant growth in the throat, 5th Jan.
1627. He was a person of singular piety,
great learning and admirable eloquence in
French, Latin, and Greek. He marr. at
Saumur, May 1611, Anna, daugh. of Sir
Patrick Maliverne of Viniola, knight (she
survived him, marr. (2) 1629, Dr George
Sibbald, and died before 14th Dec. 1654),
and had issue — Robert ; John of Trochrig ;
Anne ; Margaret ; Janet. Publications —
Hecatombe ad Christum Servatorem (Edin-
burgh, 1627., 1825) ; A Spirituall Hymne,
or the Sacrifice of a Sinner, to be offered
upon the Altar of a Humbled Heart to
Christ our Redeemer, Inverted in English
Sajyphicks, from the Latin of that Revered,
Religious, and Learned Divine, Mr Robert
Boyd [by Sir William Mure, younger of
Rowallan] (Edinburgh, 1628) ; In Epistolam
Pauli Apostoli ad Ej)hesios Praelectiones
(London, 1652 ; Geneva, 1661) ; Monita de
filii sui primogenita institutione (Edin-
burgh, 1701); Ode, "D. Georgio Sibbaldo,
M.D." (Del.Poetar. Scot., A., 209); "Verses
to King James " {Muse's Welcome) ; Extracts
from Obituary {Bannatyne Miscell., i).
He left in MSS., Sermons, 3 vols. ; Apody-
terium ; Sermons in French, several vols. ;
Philotheca. — [Glasg. Reg. {Marr.) ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Wodrow Biog., ii. ; Baillie's Lett.,
iii., 226; Inq. Ret. Ayr, 99, 345, Gen.,
3973; Robertson's Ayr, iii., 307; P. C.
Reg., i., 309, 421, 422; Rivet's Life of
Boyd ; Diet. JYat. Biog. ; Reid's Divinity
Principals in the Univ. of Glasgow, 115
et seq.]
JOHN HAY, M.A. ; trans, from Killellan,
162*7 anc^ a<^m- 21st May 1(^27 ; trans, to
Renfrew 28th April 1628.
JOHN CRICHTON, cousin of Robert
lg2g Baillie, Principal of Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (St Andrews 1619) ; ord.
to Abercorn in 1622 ; trans, to Campsie
27th April 1623; pres. by James, Earl of
Abercorn ; coll. 28th Aug., and adm. 6th
Sept. 1629. On 26th July 1638, the
parishioners brought against him no fewer
than thirty -four charges on matters of
doctrine and conduct, and "having found
witnesses that he was ane professed
arminiane and popish champion, him the
Assemblie all in one voice deposed," 5th
Dec. 1638. He petitioned the Presb. 10th
May 1649, stating that as he was now
chaplain to James, Marquess of Ormond,
a chaplain-major in the army, and installed
in the Trinity Kirk of Dublin, he should
be reponed. The Presb. referred him to
the Assembly, which sent the matter back
to the Presb. What followed does not
appear. In 1655 he is styled Professor of
Physic in Glasgow, and in 1661 he had a
grant of vacant stipends. — [Baillie's Lett.,
i. 123, iii. 434 ; Balfour's Annals, ii., 308 ;
Lees's Paisley Abbey, 284-95 ; G. R. Inhib.,
10th Jan. 1656 ; P. C. Reg.. 1661.]
HENRY CALVERT [or CULWORT],
1M1 an Englishman by birth ; ord. by
Andrew, Bishop of Raphoe, as assist-
ant to Edward Brice, min. at Broadisland,
Co. Antrim, 4th May 1629; adm. to Old-
stone or Muckamore (now Killead) 17th June
1630 ; dep. by Henry, Bishop of Down, 1636,
for refusing to subscribe the Canons. On
27th May 1641 he was pres. to this parish
by James, Earl of Abercorn, and adm. 1st
July that year. In 1642, " considering the
charge an over-great burden to one," he
had a colleague appointed. He was seized
with gout in 1647, and "having been sud-
denly overtaken with a palsie" died after
22nd June 1653. "Of a fervent spirit and
vehement delivery in preaching, and withal
very diligent, he was a blessing to his
164
PAISLEY
[PRESB. OF
people." He marr. Barbara Boyd, who
died before 9th May 1679.— [Glasg. Tests. ;
Reid's Ireland, i., 115, 221 ; Baillie's Lett.,
iii., 43 ; Livingston's Charac. ; Blair's
Autob., 73.
JOHN DRYSDALE, M.A. (Glasgow,
26th July 1637). He had been
probably ord. to a charge in Ireland,
and was adm. here as colleague Oct.
1650 ; outed on the establishment of
Episcopacy in 1661. Being charged with
turbulent and seditious practices 9th Dec.
1662 he was ordered to be arrested
by the Privy Council. He fled and
perhaps returned to Ireland. — [Wodrow's
Hist., i., 327.]
ALEXANDER DUNLOP, born 1621,
son of Archibald D., son of Auchens-
keith ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1638); ord. to Second Charge 12th
Sept. 1644 ; sometime chaplain in the
army ; in 1651 he joined the Protesters ;
trans, to this charge, and adm. 28th Dec.
1653. In 1654 he was app. by the English
Privy Council on the committee for author-
ising admissions to the ministry in the
province of Glasgow and Ayr ; deprived on
the establishment of Episcopacy in 1661, and
ordered to quit the kingdom 6th Jan. 1662.
It was proposed to send him to Holland,
but Sir Robert Cunningham, the king's
physician, intervened, saying " that they
might as well execute him on the scaffold
as send him to the sea, for he could not be
twenty-four or forty-eight hours upon the
sea but it would be his death, for by his
extraordinary study and labour in Paisley
he had brought his strong body so low that
he could not live upon the sea for a very
short time." He appears to have retired
to Culross. After the hopes of the Cove-
nanters had been disappointed at Rullion
Green, he died, it is said, of a broken heart,
at Bo'ness, 13th March 1667. He marr.
(1) 1646, Jean Mure, who died July 1647 :
(2) Elizabeth, daugh. of William Mure of
Glanderston. The latter having attended
a conventicle in a private house, was im-
prisoned by order of the Privy Council 6th
Nov. 1676, until she found caution to remove
from Edinburgh and six miles around it.
He had issue — William, Principal of Glas-
gow Univ. (q.v.), born 1654, died March
1700 ; James, merchant, Rotterdam ;
Margaret (marr. James Stirling, min. of
Kilbarchan). Among his descendants were
Alexander Murray Dunlop of Corsock,
M.P., and Robert Herbert Story, D.D.,
Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow. —
[Edin. Reg. (Marr.) ; Edin. Tests. ; Wod-
row's Anal., iii. 21, iv. 19 ; Wodrow's
Hist., i., 318 ; Caldwell Papers, i. ; Feme's
Life of Carstairs ; Nicoll's Diary ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Birth Briefs, Lyon Office.]
WILLIAM PIERSON, M.A; trans.
1663 fr°m Kinnaird, and adm. before 29th
Oct. 1663 ; trans, to Dunfermline
17th Jan. 1666.
1667
JAMES CHALMERS, born about 1625,
second son of William C, min. of
Boyndie; M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 1645); adm. to New Machar
before 21st Oct. 1651 ; trans, to Cullen
after 20th April 1652; app. by Parliament
22nd Feb. 1662, one of the Visitors of the
Univ. of Aberdeen ; trans, to Dumfries
before 11th Dec. 1662; trans, and adm.
before 24th Oct. 1667 ; dem. after 4th April
1670 ; died that year. He marr. (1) a
daugh. of William Scroggie, Bishop of
Argyll : (2) Elspeth (buried in Greyfriars
13th March 1692), sister of Robert Petrie of
Portlethen, Provost of Aberdeen, and had
issue — James, min. of Kirkpatrick-Fleming ;
Charles, W.S., afterwards captain in the
Scots Guards ; Robert, born 26th March
1667; Elizabeth, buried in Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, 30th June 1692 ; Anna (marr.
(1) Elliot, merchant, London : (2)
Alexander Brown, periwig maker and
barber, Edinburgh, son of Gideon B., min.
of Smailholm) ; and two who died in
infancy. — [Edin. Bapt. Reg. ; St Andreiv's
Tests. ; Nisbet's Heraldry, i., 309 ; Reg.
Collat.; Consistorial Processes, No. 149
(Scot. Record Soc.).]
MATTHEW RAMSAY, son of a burgess
1669 of Glasgow; M.A. (Glasgow 1643);
adm. to Old Kilpatrick 28th Sept.
1648 ; confined to his parish on the estab-
lishment of episcopacy, and solicited to
paisley]
PAISLEY
165
accept the Archbishopric of Glasgow by
the Chancellor, but declined. Accused
30th July 1663 before Privy Council of
factious and seditious carriage, was ordered
10th Aug. to wait on and satisfy Lord
Middleton the Commissioner, but declin-
ing to join in the new Synods and Presby-
teries, was deposed Oct. 1665 ; he had an
indulgence here, 22nd Sept. 1669, became
infirm 16th Dec. 1669; died May 1671,
aged about 48. He is described as "a
person of most shining piety, stayed
gravity, greatest eminency of gifts, extra-
ordinary sweetness of temper, and most
peaceable behaviour." He marr. (1) Eliza-
beth, daugh. of John Lothian, min. of Old
Monkland, and had issue — Matthew ;
Thomas, min. of Cadder ; John ; Robert,
bursar at Edinburgh Univ., 14th Oct. 1668 ;
David, imprisoned for keeping conventicles
in 1679; Margaret (marr. Patrick Brock,
maltman, Glasgow) : (2) Mary Padie, who
survived him! — [Glasg. Bapt. Beg. ; Glasg.
Tests, ; Wodrow's Hist., L, 427 ; Crawford's
Hist. ; Burnet's History of his own Times ;
Law's Memorialls ; G. B. Inhib., 20th Sept.
1673.]
• JOHN BAIED [or BAIRDIE] of Sel-
1669 vactee ; M.A. (St Andrews 1648) ; on
the Exercise in that Presb. 5th May
1652 ; adm. to Innerwick 26th Jan. 1654 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ;
granted indulgence with the preceding by
the Privy Council 16th Dec. 1669 ; he was
fined in a half year's stipend by the Privy
Council 8th July 1673 for not observing the
anniversary of the Restoration ; dep. 10th
April 1684 for repeating the same offence ;
died Feb. or March 1685, aged about 57.
He was a man "of thin, small body, but
of great spirit, took little food and drank
much spring well water, eminent for piety,
gravity, and learning," and having " a rare
gift of neat, accurate, and well - studied
popular preaching." He marr. (cont. 21st
July 1658), Margaret (died at Inverkeithing
in the end of 1684), daugh. of James Bruce,
min. of Kingsbarns, and had issue — James,
surgeon, who was a source of great vexation
to his parents ; Sophia (marr. Robert
Alexander, principal clerk of Session) ;
Margaret. Publications — Violent the Re-
view ; Balm from Gilead, or the Differ-
ences about the Indulgence stated and
impleaded (London, 1681). He left a
MS. treatise Be Magistrate and another
On hearing Curates. — [Wodrow's Hist., ii.,
216 ; Fountainhall's Diary ; Crawford's
Hist, i G. B. Inhib., 21st April 1675 ; G. R.
Sas., xxv., 395.]
ANTHONY SHAW, M.A., formerly
1672 min. of Colmonell; granted indulg-
ence with the two preceding by the
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672 ; [afterwards
min. at Loudoun.]
JOHN FULLARTON of Greenhall,
1684 Argyll, born about 1645, son of
James M'Cloy of Ballochindryan and
Jean Stewart, probably grandson of Donald
M'Cloy F., min. of Kilmodan ; M.A. (Glas-
gow 1665) ; passed trials before Presb. of
Dunoon ; was recommended 9th Dec. 1668 ;
adm. to Kilmodan before 2nd June 1669 ;
trans, before 12th Nov. 1684 ; outed at the
Revolution ; consecrated a bishop of the
non-jurant church in Edinburgh 25th Jan.
1705 ; elected to the diocese of Edinburgh
in 1720 ; died at Greenhall, Glendaruel,
27th April 1727, aged about 82. He marr.
(1) Anna (died 28th July 1679), second
daugh. of George Haldane, W.S. : (2) before
1682, Barbara Hamilton, and had issue —
John of Greenhall ; Alexander ; William ;
Jean, Barbara (marr. cont. 29th Jan. 1718,
Patrick Lamont of Stronalbanich. — [Argyll
Tests.; Rule's Sec. Vindication; Keith's
Scottish Cat., 524 ; Tombst. ; Wodrow's
Anal., i., 309; Rebuffer Bebuffed ; G. B.
Sas., lxvii., 330 ; Inventory of Lamont
Bapers, No. 1152 (Scot. Bee. Soc).]
ANTHONY MURRAY, M.A.; trans.
1688 fr°m Coulter, Lanarkshire; adm.
2nd April 1688 ; returned to Coulter
after 27th. Feb. 1689.
WILLIAM LEGGAT [LEGATE], M.A.
1689 (GUasgow 1661) ; entered on trials for
licence in Ireland 29th July 1670 ;
min. at Dromore, Co. Down, which he left
and resided in Fenwick ; adm. to this
parish salvo jure ecclesios Hibernicos 22nd
166
PAISLEY
[PRESB. OF
Aug. 1689 ; member of Assembly in 1690 ;
returned to Dromore after 11th Nov. 1691 ;
died about 1697. — [Maitland Miscell., iv. ;
Reid's Ireland, ii., 465 ; Reg. Gen. Ass.,
1690 ; Mackie's Description.]
- THOMAS BLACKWELL, called 5th
16g4 April 1693; ord. 28th Aug. 1694;
trans, to Aberdeen 9th Oct. 1700.
THOMAS BROWN, a native of Glasgow,
1701 studied theology at the Univ. there ;
licen. by that Presb. 4th Aug. 1697 ;
ord. to Second Charge, Paisley, 4th May
1698 ; trans, and adm. 5th March 1701 ;
died in Nov. or Dec. 1708. He marr. 15th
Aug. 1698, Mary, daugh. of Archibald
Erskine, merchant burgess, Glasgow (alive
in 1749), and had issue — David, min. of
Port Glasgow ; George, writer, Edinburgh ;
William. — [Glasg. Marr. Beg. ; Edin. and
Glasg. Tests. ; Brown's Hist., 94.]
ROBERT MILLAR, born 1672, son of
7 Andrew M., min. of Dailly; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen.
by Presb. of Paisley 3rd Feb. 1697; ord.
to Port Glasgow 18th Aug. 1697 ; called
20th Oct., trans, and adm. 28th Dec. 1709 ;
died 16th Dec. 1752. He marr. 10th June
1702, Elizabeth (died 30th Sept. 1759),
daugh. of John Kelso of Kelsoland, and
had issue — Andrew, bookseller, London,
publisher of the first or folio edition of
Johnson's Dictionary : [Millar's patience
was sorely tried by Johnson's unpunctu-
ality, and when the last sheet was handed
to him he exclaimed, " Thank God I have
done with him ! " WTien this was reported
to Johnson he replied, with a smile, "I am
glad that he thanks God for anything"],
born 1707, died 8th June 1768 ; John, min.
of Old Kilpatrick ; Henry, min. of Neilston ;
Robert, M.D., went abroad ; William, of
Walkingshaw ; Archibald, captain H.M.S.
Lyon, died 7th Sept. 1766; Anna (marr.
Peter Scott, min. of Laigh Church, Paisley) ;
Elizabeth (marr. James Hamilton, min. of
this parish) ; and perhaps others. Publi-
cations— History of the Propagation of
Christianity and Overthrow of Paganism,
2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1723); History of the
Church under the Old Testament from the
Creation of the World (Edinburgh, 1730),
fol. reprinted in 8 vols. (Paisley, 1789). —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., 42 ;
Wodrow's Corresp). ; Boswell's Johnson ;
Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JAMES HAMILTON, born 19th Dec.
7 1721, eldest son of Robert H., min.
of Hamilton ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 23rd
Feb. 1748 ; ord. to Second Charge 24th April
1751 ; pres. by William, Earl of Dundonald ;
trans, and adm. 9th June 1753 ; died 14th
March 1782. He is described as "a man
of great knowledge, solid judgment, liberal
manners, and enlarged sentiments." He
marr. 3rd Aug. 1761, Elizabeth Millar (died
s.p. 25th Sept. 1798), daugh. of his pre-
decessor in this parish. — [Epitaphs ; Craw-
furd's Hist.]
v ROBERT BOOG, born Edinburgh, 13th
1782 ^ek* 1>746' son °^ R°Dert B., cutler
in Canongate, and Mary Orrock ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 28th Sept. 1772 ; ord.
to Second Charge, Paisley, 21st April 1774 ;
pres. by James, Earl of Abercorn ; trans,
and adm. 29th Aug. 1782 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
1st May 1812); died 24th July 1823.
Through his exertions the Paisley Medical
Dispensary and the Paisley House of
Recovery were erected. He marr. 26th
Feb. 1781, Mary (died 18th May 1827),
daugh. of Humphrey Fulton, silk manu-
facturer, Paisley, and had issue — Robert,
born 15th Dec. 1781, died 1816; William,
merchant, Rio de Janeiro, born 1st Dec.
1783; Andrew, born 3rd July 1785, died
24th Sept. 1789 ; Margaret, born 24th Jan.
1787; John, born 9th Nov. 1788; Mary,
born 8th Aug. 1790 (marr. 6th June 1841,
Lieut.-Col. John Dalziel, Madras Army) ;
Alexander, born 5th June 1792, died 13th
April 1793; James, born 12th May 1795.
Publications — Discourses selected from his
MSS. [edited by Professor Mylne] (Glas-
gow, 1824) ; Excursions through the Starry
Heavens (Paisley, n.d.) ; "Account of Queen
Bleary's Tomb " (Archceol. Scot., ii., 1822) ;
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
vii.). The MS. of his unpublished History
of the Abbey is in the Paisley Library. —
paisley]
PAISLEY
167
[Scots Mag., 1783 ; Weavers' Mag., Paisley,
ii., 92; Paisley Poets, i., 30; Brown's
Paisley, i., 95.]
ROBERT MACNAIR, born 10th Sept.
1824 1790!' son °^ James M., min. of
Slamannan ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1808) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 8th Dec. 1813; ord. to Ballantrae
11th May 1815 ; pres. by the tutor of James,
Marquess of Abercorn ; trans, and adm. 9th
April 1824; D.D. (Glasgow, 12th April
1842); died 22nd July 1851. He marr.
13th Oct. 1818, Jane (died at Leith, 1st
March 1871), second daugh. of George Hill,
D.D., Principal of Univ. of St Andrews
and had issue — Harriet Scott, born 20th
Aug. 1819, died 1st Nov. 1847 ; James, min.
of Canongate Parish, Edinburgh ; George
Hill, born 15th June 1823, died 23rd Dec.
1835; Agnes, born 18th Jan. 1826, died
1872 ; Robert, M.D., min. of Gourock ;
Alexander Hill, C.E., India, born 5th Aug.
1830, died 1897. Publications — An Address
to the Heritors, Parishioners, and Con-
gregation . . . shotoing the want of Church
Accommodation and Pastoral Superintend-
ence in the Paris]), and suggesting a Plan
by which the Evils thence arising may in
part be remedied (Paisley, 1836) ; Separation
between Paul and Barnabas, a discourse
(Paisley, 1843) ; Address to the Parishioners,
especially the Congregation of the Abbey,
on their Duty in the Present Circumstances
of the Church of Scotland (Paisley, 1843) ;
Account of the Town and Parishes of
Paisley [with Robert Burns, D.D.] {Neiv
Stat. Ace, vii.).
ANDREW WILSON, born Lauder, 26th
1852 Dec. 1816, son of John W., weaver,
and Mary Law ; educated at Lauder
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Lauder 5th June 1843 ; ord. to
Falkland 20th Sept. 1843 ; trans, and adm.
19th Aug. 1852 ; died 5th March 1865. He
marr. 15th May 1844, Sophia (died 24th
Jan. 1898), daugh. of Robert Rule, Guernsey,
surgeon, H.M. 86th Foot, and had issue-
Elizabeth Sophia, born 13th June 1845,
died 26th July 1861 ; John de Carteret,
born 14th Aug. 1846, died 4 th March 1854 ;
Maria Antonia, born 24th Feb. 1850;
Andrew de Carteret, born 12th Aug. 1854 ;
Robert Thomas, born 30th July 1858;
Louisa Margaret, born 3rd Jan. 1861. Pub-
lications— Three Sermons (Paisley, 1852) ;
Pamphlet on the Scottish Education Ques-
tion (Paisley, 1856). — [Brown's Hist, of
Paisley, i., 108.]
JAMES CAMERON LEES, D.D. ;
lg65 trans, from Second Charge 28th
June 1865 ; trans, to St Giles, Edin-
burgh, 19th Oct. 1877.
THOMAS GENTLES, born Falkirk,
1878 12th Feb. 1838, son of Adam G. ;
educated at Grammar School and
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1857); ord.
assistant at Alloa in 1872 ; trans, to Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, 18th April 1872 ; trans,
and adm. 20th Dec. 1878 ; D.D. (Aberdeen,
1891); died after service, 2nd May 1910.
He marr. 11th Oct. 1865, Cecilia Wernicke,
and had issue — Hemy Wernicke, M.D.,
in Chicago, U.S.A., born 15th Sept. 1866 ;
Thomas Adam, M.A., LL.B., advocate, born
26th Nov. 1867 ; Isabella Constance, born
9th Feb. 1869 (marr. 1st June 1898, William
Smith Lowson, Montreal) ; Emma Eliza,
born 30th Sept. 1871 (marr. 24th July 1902,
Alexander Munro MacRobert, M.A., advo-
cate) ; Norman, MA., B.L., Moosejaw,
Sask., Canada, born 3rd March 1873 ;
Frank, engineer, Washington, U.S.A., born
18th Aug. 1874 ; Robert Birnie, grain
merchant, New York, born 9th Jan. 1877 ;
David Alexander, born 9th Jan. 1879,
died 8th Aug. 1898. Publication— 4 Plea
for the Restoration of Paisley Abbey
(Paisley, n.d.).
ALEXANDER MILLER MACLEAN,
1910 k°rn Killiemore, Mull, Argyllshire,
27th June 1865, eldest son of Lachlan
M., min. of North Knapdale ; educated at
Ardnamurchan Parish School, High School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1884), B.D.
(1887); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1887 ; assistant at St Mark's, Dundee,
1887-9 ; inaugurated the mission which is
now Beach Parish, Broughty Ferry ; ord. to
Turriff 14th June 1889 ; trans, to Cramond
15th Oct. 1896 ; trans, to Peebles 9th May
1907 ; trans, and adm. 23rd Sept. 1910 ; pro-
168
PAISLEY
[PRESB. OP
moted scheme for the restoration of Paisley
Abbey Church in 1911 ; app. Chaplain -
in-Ordinary to the King in 1914 ; app.
Vice-Convener of Committee on Highlands
and Islands in 1914 ; served as chaplain in
France, 1914-15, 1917-19 ; mentioned in
despatches, and had C.M.G. in 1916 ; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 1919). Marr. 19th March 1890,
Mary, only child of Robert Brown, Edin-
burgh, and has issue — an only child, Alice
Mary Jeannie, born 18th June 1892 (marr.
25th Nov. 1914, Valentine Beardmore
Stewart, capt. H.L.I.). Publications —
Queen Victoria and Her Time (Edinburgh,
1901) ; Peace, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1902);
In Memoriam, the Right Rev. Theodore
Marshall, D.D. (Edinburgh, 1909) ; Paisley
Abbey Restoration (Paisley, 1913) ; With
the Gordons at Ypres (Paisley, 1916).
Second Charge.
[In 1641, a Second Charge was erected
for the Abbey Parish. Its endowment was
confirmed by Act of Parliament, 8th March
1645.]
ALEXANDER DUNLOP, MA. j called
1644 April, and orc*- 12th Sept. 1644;
trans, to First Charge, 28th Dec.
1653.
JAMES STIRLING, born 1631, fourth
1654 son °^ Alexander S., farmer, Clark-
land, Stewarton ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; MA. (1648) ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 18th Nov. 1653 ; ord. 12th June
1654; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662. He sailed from Leith for
Bombay to be min. at one of the planta-
tions, where he died from injuries sustained
in falling from his horse, in 1671 or 1672.
Publications — Joint-author [with Sir James
Steuart of Goodtrees] of Naphtali, or the
Wrestlings of the Clmrch of Scotland
(1667). He wrote several political skits
in reply to those of Francis Sempill of
Beltrees.— [Wodrow's Hist., L, 281, 327.]
WILLIAM ECCLES, formerly min. of
72 the Second Charge, Ayr ; granted an
indulgence here by the Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1672 ; fined by the Council, 8th
1698
July 1673, for not observing the anniversary
of the Restoration, and as he persisted in
the same conduct, his indulgence was with-
drawn 30th June 1684. He returned to
Ayr in 1687.
JOHN TAYLOR, MA. (Glasgow, 13th
July 1671); ord. to Libberton,
Lanarkshire, 27th Sept. 1677 ; trans,
to Mearns before 13th July 1681 ; trans,
and adm. before 10th Nov. 1685 ; outed at
the Revolution. He was residing in the
Castle of Doune, Nov. 1703, when the Privy
Council inhibited him from preaching as
he refused to take the Oath. — [Rule's Sec.
Vindication ; P. C. Acta ; Perth Homings,
9th March 1705.]
THOMAS BROWN, ord. 4th May 1698 ;
trans, to First Charge, 5th March
1701.
[From 1701 to 1722 the duties of both
charges were performed by the min. of the
First Charge.]
ROBERT MITCHELL, MA. ; pres. by
the tutors of William, fifth Earl of
Dundonald, and ord. 27th Sept.
1722; trans, to the Laigh Parish, Paisley,
21st March 1739.
WILLIAM FLEMING, educated at
1*740 Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 31st July 1733 ; ord. to
Kirkintilloch 1st July 1735 ; pres. by the
tutors of William, seventh Earl of Dun-
donald ; trans, and adm. 26th June 1740 ;
died s.p. 2nd Jan. 1747. He marr. Jean
Wallace, who survived him, and marr. (2)
11th July 1755.— [Glasg. Tests. ; Crawford's
Hist. ; Mackie's Descript.]
JAMES HAMILTON, pres. by William,
Earl of Dundonald, 11th Nov. 1750 ;
1 5 ord. 24th April 1751 ; trans, to First
Charge, 9th June 1753.
JOHN RAE, perhaps son of Robert R.,
Greenock ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; MA. (1737); licen. by
Presb. of Dunoon 6th May 1744; pres.
by William, Earl of Dundonald, and ord.
24th Jan. 1754 ; died unmarr., 4th Sept.
1757, aged 40.
paisley]
PAISLEY
169
ARCHIBALD DAVIDSON, pres. by
1?58 Commissioner for William, Earl of
Dundonald, and ord. 7th Sept. 1758 ;
trans, to Inchinnan 20th Oct. 1761 [after-
wards Principal of Univ. of Glasgow].
ALEXANDER KENNEDY, born Lead-
1762 hills, 1732, son of Thomas K., wright ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
10th June 1762 ; died 12th July 1773. He
marr. 30th April 1762, Janet (died at Edin-
burgh in 1S05), daugh. of William Russell
of Slipperfield, West Linton, merchant,
Leith, and had issue — Janet, born 27th
Jan. 1763 (marr., pro. 12th April 1787,
Charles Lamont, gentleman's servant, Edin-
burgh) ; Alexander, born 26th June 1764 ;
Jane, born 23rd Nov. 1765 ; Katherine, born
14th Aug., and died 29th Sept. 1767.
v ROBERT BOOG, pres. by James, Earl
1?74 of Abercorn, and ord. 21st April
1774; trans, to First Charge, 29th
Aug. 1782.
JAMES MYLNE, born 1756, son of
1783 James M., min. of Kinnaird ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Dundee 5th May 1779 ; ord.
(by that Presb.) deputy-chaplain of the
83rd Foot 1st Dec. 1779 ; pres. by James,
Earl of Abercorn, and adm. to this charge
27th March 1783. He became Professor of
Moral Philosophy in the Univ. of Glasgow,
and dem. 4th Oct. 1797 ; died 21st Sept.
1839. He marr. (1) 24th Aug. 1789, Grizel
Davidson, who died s.p. in 1790 : (2) 26th
June 1798, Agnes (died 1827), daugh. of
John Millar, advocate, Professor of Law,
Glasgow, and had issue — James William,
barrister, London, born 20th Aug. 1800,
died 24th Nov. 1855 ; Margaret, born 4th
March 1803 ; John Millar, W.S., born 5th
July -1804, died 30th Jan. 1880; William
Craig, born 13th Nov. 1805 ; Archibald,
born 13th Nov. 1806.
JAMES SMITH, born 1770; pres. by
1798 J°kn James, Marquess of Aber-
corn, and ord. 26th Jan. 1798; died
28th Jan. 1817. He marr. Mary Craw-
ford, who died 9th Jan. 1844, and had
issue — Janet, born 8th Aug. 1798 ; Mar-
garet, born 6th March 1800, died 21st Sept.
1814; Mary, born 25th Nov. 1801 (marr.
Patrick Brewster, min. of this parish) ;
James, D.D., min. of Cathcart, born 17th
Nov. 1803 ; Andrew, born 4th Dec. 1805 ;
Robert, born 5th June 1809, died 7th
Sept. 1810; William Keith, born 21st
Dec. 1811, died 23rd Dec. 1812; Elizabeth
Keir (twin), born 21st Dec. 1811, died 6th
May 1812. Publication — Evidences of a
special Divine Providence attending the
late Signal Successes obtained over the
Enemy, a sermon (Paisley, 1814).
y PATRICK BREWSTER, born Jed-
1818 kurgh> 20th -Dec. i?88) youngest son
of James B., rector of the Grammar
School there, and Margaret Key, and brother
of Sir David B. ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Fordoun 26th
March 1817 ; pres. by Lord Aberdeen, act-
ing on behalf of the representatives of
John James, Marquess of Abercorn, and
ord. 10th April 1818 ; died at Craigie
Linn, Paisley, 26th March 1859. He was
a notable pulpit orator, a polemic of great
pertinacity, whose whole life was a con-
tinuous succession of exciting disputes
upon public questions. He took a promi-
nent share in the Chartist movement, and
was a keen advocate of the abolition of the
slave trade, the repeal of the Corn Laws,
and Roman Catholic emancipation. In
1863 a monument was erected over his
grave at Paisley by public subscription.
He marr. (1) 19th Jan. 1820, Frances Anne
(died 7th June 1831, aged 30), daugh. of
Colonel Edward Stafford of Mayne, Ire-
land, and had issue — Mary Margaret, born
26th March 1821 ; Grizelda, born 28th
Dec. 1822; Frances Anne, born 7th Aug.
1824 ; James Edward, born 6th Sept. 1826,
died 16th June 1843; Patrick, born 4th
March 1829: (2) 4th Feb. 1834, Mary
Smith (died 1st May 1888), daugh. of his
predecessor in this parish, and had issue —
David, born 15th May 1835 ; Andrew Smith,
born 19th Feb. 1838; Janet Smith, born
29th July 1839; George James, born 3rd
Jan. 1841, died 6th Feb. 1916; James
Edward, born 14th Nov. 1843, died 2nd
April 1858 ; Margaret Mary Crawford,
born 8th July 1845 ; Horatio Ross, born
15th June, and died 21st Nov. 1846. Pub-
170
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PAISLEY
[PRESB. OF
lications — The Heroism of the Christian
Spirit (Edinburgh, 1833); The Claims of
the Church of Scotland on the Support and
Affection of the People (Paisley, 1835) ;
Reply to the A ttacks made on Mr Brewster
in the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr for
attending the O'Connell Dinner (Paisley,
1835); An Essay on Passive Obedience
(Paisley, 1836); Report of Speeches at
Soiree given in Mr Brewster's Honour
(Paisley, 1838) ; Duties of the Present
Crisis (Paisley, 1838); The Rights of the
Poor of Scotland vindicated against the
Misrepresentations of the Editor of the
" Glasgow Post and Reformer? 2 parts
(1843); The Seven Chartist and Military
Discourses libelled by the Marquis of Aber-
com and other Heritors of the Abbey
Parish, to which are added four others
formerly jntblished, with one or two more
as a Specimen of the Author's mode of
treating other Scripture topics (Paisley,
1843 ; Glasgow, 1910) ; Mr Brewster's State-
ments in the Assault Case (Paisley, 1851) ;
Wellington weighed in the Balance, or
War and Crime (Paisley, 1853) ; The Perils
and Duties of the War : European Freedom
and Popish Conspiracy (Paisley, 1854) ; Re-
port of the Speech at the Paisley Presb. in
the Case of Mr J. G. Wood (Paisley, 1856) ;
The Indian Revolt : its Duties and Dangers
(Paisley, 1857) ; The Plague of Patronage
(Paisley, 1858) ; " Description of a Fossil
Tree found in a Quarry at Nitshill " (Trans.
Royal Soc. Edin., ix.) ; Contributions to
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia [edited by
his brother, Sir David]. — [The Glasgoio
Herald, 28th March 1859; Home Life of
Sir David Brewster, 40 ; Brown's Hist, of
Paisley, 102-8 ; The Border Magazine, Oct.
1913 (portrait) ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
1859
JAMES CAMERON LEES, trans, from
Carnoch, and adra. 1st Sept. 1859 ;
trans, to First Charge 28th June
1865. Publications (cf. vol. i., p. 62)—
An Election Sermon (Paisley, 1868) ; Leaves
from My Log (Paisley, 1874). Delete
reference to Life there.
JAMES DODDS, trans, from St
Stephen's, Glasgow, and adm. 21st
Dec. 1865 ; trans, to St George's
1865
1878
Parish, Glasgow, 7th Jan. 1875. Publica-
tion (cf. vol. i., p. 9) — The Religious
Aspect of the Present Political Struggle
(Paisley, 1868).
JAMES ROBERT MITFORD
1875 MITCHELL, B.A. ; trans, from
Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire, and
adm. 16th Sept. 1875 ; trans, to West
Parish, Aberdeen, 22nd Feb. 1878.
JAMES BOATH DALGETY, born
Shandford, Fearn, 20th Sept. 1841,
son of John D., farmer, and Mar-
garet Sturrock ; educated at Fearn School,
Grammar School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Brechin 5th Dec. 1865 ;
assistant at Montrose; min. of St Andrew's,
British Guiana, 1865-9, of All Saints',
Berbice, 1869-76 ; adm. to Macleod Parish,
Glasgow, 6th July 1876 ; trans, and adm.
20th Dec. 1878 ; sometime clerk of Presb. ;
died 11th May 1908. He marr. 17th Jan.
1866, Jane Paterson, daugh. of William
Balfour, min. of the U.P. congregation,
Rosehearty, and had issue — William Bal-
four, banker, born 4th Feb. 1867; Mar-
garet Balfour, born 3rd June 1870, died
19th May 1883 ; Bethia Edghill, born 14th
Sept. 1872 (marr. 15th April 1896, Walter
Edward Lee, min. of the East Church,
Perth).
WILLIAM FULTON, M.A., B.D., B.Sc;
trans, from Wigtown, and adm. 21st
1909 July 1909 ; app. Professor of Syste-
matic Theology, Aberdeen Univ. (q.v.),
22nd Oct. 1915.
JOHN WALLACE, MA. ; trans, from
Tron Parish, Edinburgh, and adm.
4th May 1916 ; chaplain to the
Forces in Egypt, 1916-17; died at Edin-
burgh, 5th June 1918, and was buried at
Abercorn. Publication (cf. vol. i., p. 138) —
A Church Innovation (Edinburgh, 1916).
ALEXANDER RUTHERFORD
HOWELL, born Portobello, 28th
Aug. 1871, son of Edward H. and
Isabella Rutherford ; educated at High
School and Univs. of Glasgow, M.A.
(1893), and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 17th May 1895 ; assistant at
Buenos Aires in 1895, North Berwick in
1916
1918
paisley] PAISLEY— GREENLAW— HIGH KIRK PARISH
171
1897 ; ord. to St Stephen's Chapel, Inverness,
29th May 1900; trans, to Kincardine-in-
Menteith 7th Dec. 1904 ; trans, and adm.
28th Nov. 1918. Marr. 2nd Sept. 1908,
Anne Selby Burrell, daugh. of William
Logan, Madras Civil Service, Heathery-
haugh, Moffat, and has issue— Anne Selby
Burrell, born 29th Nov. 1909; Edward
Alexander, born 22nd March 1912 ; David
Logan, born 23rd March 1914; Isabella
Rutherford, born 3rd July 1917. Publica-
tion—Editor of The Church of Scotland
Prayer Roll (annually).
GREENLAW (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1889. The
parish was disjoined from Paisley Abbey
by the Court of Teinds 13th March 1896.]
WALTER EDWARD LEE, M. A. ; ord.
3rd May 1893; adm. first min. of
the parish 18th March 1896; trans.
to East (St John's) Parish, Perth, 11th Dec.
1901.
THOMAS WILKIE WILSON, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 24th April 1902 ; trans.
to Rosemount Parish, Aberdeen, 2nd
April 1907.
GEORGE NISBET DODS, born Cot-
hill, Polwarth, Berwickshire, 22nd
June 1875, son of John D., farmer,
and Alison Murray; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1895) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1899 ; assistant at St
Andrew's, Perth, 1899 ; ord. to Collace 21st
Aug. 1901 ; trans, and adm. 26th Sept.
1907; dem. 12th Dec. 1913, and became
min. of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church,
Perth, West Australia. Marr. 2nd April
1902, Isabella Cunningham, younger daugh.
of David Greig, Dunfermline, and has
issue— Christina Nisbet, born 7th March
1903 ; John Murray, born 12th April 1906.
JOHN CHAMBERS, born Ayr, 16th
Oct. 1874, son of William Dunn C.
and Janet Andrew; educated at
Ayr Grammar School and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 4th May
1904 ; assistant at Pollokshields, Spring-
burn, and Abbey Parish, Paisley; ord. to
1893
1902
1907
1756
Law 18th May 1908 ; trans, and adm. 23rd
April 1914. Marr. 10th June 1909, Jessie
Manson, daugh. of John Robertson, and
has issue — Janet Andrew Latta, born 10th
June 1910; Myra Helen, born 10th Oct.
1912.
HIGH KIRK PARISH.
[A church was built here in 1756. Being
placed upon rising ground, it was styled
the High Church, in contrast to the older
Laigh Kirk. The High Kirk parish was
disjoined from that of the Abbey of Paisley
by the Commissioners for the Plantation
of Kirks on 20th Feb. 1782.]
v JAMES BAINE, born 1710, eldest son
of James B., min. of Bonhill ; edu-
cated at the Grammar School of
Dunbarton and Univs. of Glasgow and
Edinburgh; M.A. (Glasgow, 4th May
1725) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 19th
Oct. 1731 ; pres. by James, Duke of Mon-
trose, and ord. to Killearn 26th May 1732 ;
called 22nd Jan., trans, and adm. 22nd
April 1756; dem. 10th Feb. 1766. Joined
the Relief Church, and adm. min. of College
Street Relief Church, Edinburgh, 13th Feb.
1766; Moderator of Relief Synod in 1773 ;
died 17th Jan. 1790. "An eloquent and
popular preacher, he zealously pleaded for
Thomas Gillespie of Carnock in the As-
sembly of 1752. His personal appearance
in the vigour of life was prepossessing ; his
manner and powers of elocution in the
pulpit were peculiarly attractive. Being
somewhat remarkable for the sweetness
of his voice, he was honoured with the
characteristic epithet of the ' Swan of the
West."' He marr. 22nd May 1740,
Margaret, only daugh. of Michael Potter,
D.D., Professor of Divinity in the Univ. of
Glasgow, and had issue — Michael, an officer
in army, served in Elliot's Light Dragoons,
born 28th March 1742, died at Amiens,
Nov. 1793; Grizel, born 8th March 1743
(marr. Oct. 1777, Alexander Kemp, writer,
Edinburgh) ; James, born 1748, licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh in 1772, took Episcopal
orders, and was incumbent of the Episcopal
Church, Alloa, LL.D. (Aberdeen 1815), suc-
ceeded to Easter Livilands, died 29th Sept.
172
HIGH KIRK PARISH
[PRESB. OF
1823 ; William of Easter Livilands, St
Ninians, Stirlingshire, born 1755, died 12th
Jan. 1837 ; Helen, born 1757 ; Anne, born
1761. Publications — Sermon [preached at
the translation of the Rev. John Wither-
spoon from Beith to Paisley] (Paisley,
1757) ; A Sermon preached before the
Society for the Reformation of Manners
(Glasgow, 1 767) ; Memoirs of Modern
Church Reformation, or the History of the
General Assembly, 1766, ivith a Brief
Account and Vindication of the Presby-
tery of Relief (Paisley, 1767); The
Theatre Licentious and Perverted [dedi-
cated to Samuel Foote, the actor] (Paisley,
1770); Sermon preached at Edinburgh, 22nd
Bee. 1770 (Paisley, 1770) ; Sermons (Paisley,
1778 ; 2nd ed. [edited by his son], 1829) ;
Select Sermons by Thomas Boston and James
Baine (Edinburgh, 1850). — [Struthers's Hist.
of the Relief Church, 199-209 ; Kay's Edin-
burgh Portraits, ii., 82 ; Anderson's Scottish
Nation; Small's Hist, of U.P. Congrega-
tions^., 706 ; Brown's Hist, of High Church,
Paisley, 7 ; Tombst. ; Scots Mag., xxviii. ;
Dkt. Nat. Biog.]
GEORGE MUIR [MURE], born Spott,
1766 Haddingtonshire, 1723 ; served in
the office of a "Writer to the Signet
in Edinburgh, but, coming under the influ-
ence of the Cambuslang Revival, he
studied for the ministry ; became school-
master of Carnock ; was licen. by Presb.
of Dumfermline 30th Oct. 1750; ord. to
Old Cumnock 30th Nov. 1752; trans, and
adm. 30th Oct. 1766; D.D. (Princeton
College, New Jersey, U.S.A., 1768). For
some years he suffered from a malignant
tumour in one of his feet. Ultimately
he became unable to walk, and for a con-
siderable period was carried to church
on Sundays, and conducted the services
sitting in the pulpit. As a last resource,
the foot was amputated, and the wound
healed. He died 20th July 1771. He
was much esteemed as a preacher.
He marr. 12th Sept. 1753, Isabella (died
2nd July 1772, aged 48), third daugh.
of James Wardlaw, min. of Dunferm-
line, and had issue — Crichton, born 5th
July 1754; Ann, born 13th April 1756,
died 21st Jan. 1757 ; James, min. of a
Presbyterian congregation at Alexandria,
Virginia, U.S.A., born 12th April 1757,
died 8th Aug. 1820 ; George, born 1st, and
died 8th Jan. 1759 ; George, born 21st
Dec. 1759 ; Ebenezer, born 12th Aug. 1761 ;
Jean, born 2nd April 1763. Publications —
Christ's Cross and Crown : an Essay (Edin-
burgh, 1759 ; Paisley, 1769) [said to be the
first book printed in Paisley] ; Two Sermons
on the Demise of George II. and Accession
of George III. (Glasgow, 1760); Sermon
at the Admission of the Rev. Alexander
Moodie to the Parish of Riccarton (Glasgow,
1762) ; The Conversion of the Gentiles [a
sermon on behalf of S.P.C.K.] (Edinburgh,
1766); Sermon preached at the Admission of
the Rev. Colin Campbell to the Church
and Parish of Renfreiv (Paisley, 1769) ; A
Sermon preached at the Oldening of the
Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, V&th Oct.
1769 ; The Parable of the Sower Illustrated
and Applied (Paisley, 1769); The Parable
of the Tares, in twenty-one Sermons, to
which are added two Sermons (Paisley,
1771); The Substance of Four Table Ser-
vices delivered in Tolbooth Church, Edin-
burgh, 16th March 1760 (Edinburgh, 1794) ;
" Letter to the Rev. William MacCulloch "
[of Cambuslang] (Edinburgh Christian
Instructor, new series, i.) ; he left a MS.
book containing Some Remarkable Provi-
dences that happened to Dr George Muir,
Minister of the Gospel in Paisley. — [Tombst. ;
The Christian Instructor, 1838 ; Brown's
Hist, of the High Church, Paisley, 10;
Hist, of Old Cumnock, 108.]
WILLIAM TAYLOR, pres. by the Town
Council 15th Jan., and ord. 2nd July
1772 ; trans, to St Mungo's Parish,
Glasgow, 15th Sept. 1780.
1772
JOHN FINDLAY, born Glasgow, 26th
Sept. 1751, eldest son of William F. ;
1*781
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1775); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 2nd
Aug. 1780; pres. by the Town Council
(at the unanimous wish of the congrega-
tion), and ord. 14th March 1781 ; D.L
(Edinburgh, 8th Feb. 1810); died 25th
March 1821. He was a zealous supporter
PAISLEY]
HIGH KIRK PARISH
173
1821
of missions and of the dissemination of the
Bible at home and abroad. He marr. (1)
9th March 1783, Margaret (died 19th Feb.
1794), daugh. of James Thomson, merchant,
Paisley, and had issue — Margaret, born
1st Jan. 1784 (marr. Brown) ; James.
merchant, Glasgow, born 7th Dec. 1785 ;
Marjory, born 26th July 1786 (marr. 7th
Oct. 1811, Matthew Urie, merchant, Glas-
gow) ; Jean, born 16th March, and died
26th July 1788; John, born 16th Nov.
1789; William, born 17th Aug. 1791, died
16th Jan. 1802 ; Janet, born 7th Jan. 1794 :
(2) 16th Nov. 1795, Margaret Carswell or
Duthie, who died s.p. 2nd Oct. 1823.
Publication — The Universal Diffusion of
Knoivledge with its Happy Effects : being
Sermons preached before the London Mis-
sionary Society (London, 1799). — [Memoir,
by Thomas Crichton, 1821 ; Edin. Christian
Instructor, xx. ; Tombst.]
JOHN GEDDES, app. by the Town
Council (on a petition in his favour
from the parishioners) 28th Oct.
1820 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 9th
Feb. 1821 ; trans, to St Andrew's Parish,
Glasgow, 18th Jan. 1832.
JOHN MACNAUGHTAN, born
1832 Greenock 1807, eldest son of Donald
M., merchant ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; MA. (1826) ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 4th Aug. 1830 ; ord. (by same
Presb.) min. of the Scots Church, Crown
Court, London, 21st July 1831 ; pres. by
the Town Council ; trans, and adm. 14th
May 1832. In 1837 he accepted a call to
St Paul's Chapel, Edinburgh, but the
Courts of the Church refused translation.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the
Free High Church, Paisley, 1843-9, of Rose-
mary Street Church (Irish Presbyterian),
Belfast, 25th Oct. 1849; died 27th May
1884. He marr. (1) 16th Aug. 1841, Jessie,
daugh. of James Buchanan of Northbar :
(2) 8th July 1868, Matilda Hanna (died 24th
Jan. 1909), eldest daugh. of Murray Suffern.
Publications — A Statement of the Actual
Income and Exj)enditure of the Established
Church in the Burgh of Paisley (Paisley,
1835) ; Letters to the Rev. John Bremner,
Pojrish Priest of Paisley (Paisley, 1836) ;
A Discourse preached in the High Church,
Paisley (Paisley, 1837); A Sketch of the
Life of William Perry, and Recollections of
Conversations tvith him during his Confine-
ment and tvhen under the Sentence of Death
(Paisley, 1837) ; Slanders against the Free
Church met and answered in a Speech
(Paisley, 1846); The Free Church and
American Slavery (Paisley, 1846) ; The
Interdicted Farewell Sermon (Paisley,
1849) ; Man a Responsible and Social
Being ; The Lord's Day, the Sabbath (Bel-
fast, 1859) ; A Sermon on Christianity and
Science (London, 1874) ; Tracts for the
Times—" Who are the Separatists ? " " Who
have broken their Ordination Vows ? "
Lecture XIII. [On Revival of Religion], and
X. [To Young Men, i.].— [Smith's Scottish
Clergy (1848), 215-222 ; Acts of Ass., 1838,
1843 ; Edinburgh Christian Instructor,
series iv., i.]
v CHARLES FORBES BUCHAN, trans,
from the Scots Church, North
Shields, and adm. 10th Jan. 1844 ;
trans, to Fordoun 14th Jan. 1846.
ANDREW JOHNSTONE, MA. ; trans,
from St John's, Dundee, and adm.
17th Sept. 1846; trans, to Kin-
glassie 9th March 1848.
JOHN INCHES DICKSON, trans,
from Wanlockhead, and adm. 4th
May 1848; trans, to Kirkbean 17th
May 1855.
JAMES MACGREGOR, ord. 8th Nov.
1855 ; trans, to Monimail 17th July
1862.
1844
1846
1848
1855
PETER SINCLAIR MENZIES, ord.
5th March 1863 ; trans, to St
George's-in-the-Fields, Glasgow, 9th
March 1865.
1863
JOHN MARTIN, ord. 7th Sept. 1865 ;
1865 trans, to Bonhill 24th Sept. 1874.
ANDREW MONTGOMERIE LANG,
1875 k°rn Glasgow, 19th July 1848,
son of Hugh L. and Elizabeth Stobo ;
educated at Collegiate School, Glasgow, and
Univs. of Heidelberg and Glasgow ; B.Sc.
(1874); licen. by Presb. of Greenock 3rd
Dec. 1873; ord. 4th March 1875; died
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HIGH KIRK PARISH— ST GEORGES
[PKESB. OF
1910
23rd Nov. 1909. He marr. 28th Dec. 1880,
Catherine Brown Dickson, who died 29th
Nov. 1911, and had issue — Hugh Mont-
gomerie, ship draughtsman, born 18th Sept.
1881 ; Catherine Suttie Purvis, born 8th
Oct. 1882; John Dickson, marine engineer,
born 21st Aug. 1884; James Stobo, com-
mission agent, born 2nd Oct. 1886, died
29th Feb. 1912 ; Andrew Montgomerie,
ship draughtsman, born 28th Jan. 1888 ;
Robert Forrester Graham, born 7th July
1890, died 7th July 1891 ; Elizabeth Stobo,
born 5th April 1895.
JOHN MUIR, born Glasgow, 6th July
1880, son of John M., min. of Govan-
hill ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1899), B.D. (1902) ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 7th May 1902 ; assistant at St
Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. to Kirkcowan 16th
March 1905 ; trans, and adm. 19th May
1910. Publications — War and Christian
Duty (Paisley 1916) ; Contributions to
Hastings' Dictionary of Christ and the
Gospels.
ST GEORGE'S, or THE LAIGH
KIRK PARISH, PAISLEY.
[A church built here in 1736 was called,
from its situation, the Laigh Kirk. On
7 th July 1738, the Laigh Kirk Parish was
disjoined by the Commissioners for the
Plantation of Kirks from the parish of the
Abbey of Paisley. In 1819 another church
was built for this parish on a new site. It
was named St George's Church, and, since
its erection, the Laigh Kirk Parish has
been known also as St George's.]
ROBERT MITCHELL, M.A. (Glasgow,
1?39 26th April 1712); licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton 2nd Feb. 1720; pres. by
the tutors of William, Earl of Dundonald,
and ord. to Second Charge, Paisley, 27th
Sept. 1722; called 12th Oct. 1738; trans.
and adm. 21st March 1739 ; died 9th
March 1746, aged 50. He marr. Katharine
Glassford, who died 3rd July 1781, and had
issue — Euphemia, born 1741. — \Glasg.
Tests. ; Crawford's Hist. ; Tombst.]
PETER SCOTT, bapt. 20th June 1695,
174^ son of John S., min. of the Outer
High Kirk Parish, Glasgow ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 6th Jan. 1731 ; app. by
the Town Council 21st April, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 27th June 1740 ;
adm. to the full charge 15th May 1746 ;
died 4th Aug. 1753. He marr. 9th Sept.
1741, Anna (died 9th April 1768), daugh.
of Robert Millar, min. of Paisley, and had
issue — Elizabeth, born 7th Oct. 1745 (marr.
Robert Fulton, manufacturer, Maxwell-
town) ; Grizel, born 15th Feb. 1748 (marr.
Archibald Davidson, min. of Inchinnan) ;
Peter, born 7th Aug., and died 10th Oct.
1752.— {Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.']
ROBERT FINDLAY, trans, from Gals-
17 . ton; called 6th Dec. 1753; adm.
21st March 1754 ; trans, to Ramshorn
or St David's, Glasgow, 29th Jan. 1756.
JOHN WITHERSPOON, born Yester,
1757 East Lothian, 5th Feb. 1723, eldest
son of James W., min. of that parish.
On his mother's side he claimed to be
descended from John Knox through the
Reformer's daugh., Eliza Knox, wife of
John Welsh of Ayr. He was educated at
Haddington Grammar School and Univ. of
Edinburgh. On 6th Sept. 1743 he was
licen. by the Presb. of Haddington ; was
sometime assistant to his father ; pres. by
Alexander, tenth Earl of Eglinton, and ord.
to Beith 11th April 1745. At the Rising
in that year he put himself at the head
of a body of volunteers and marched to
Glasgow. Though ordered to return, he
refused, went forward, and was taken
prisoner after the battle of Falkirk, in
which, however, he had no part. With
other prisoners he was confined in Doune
Castle until all of them managed to escape
by means of a rope of knotted blankets.
He was adm. to this charge 16th June
1757. He declined calls to Dublin and
the Scots Kirk, Rotterdam. On 9th May
1768 he dem., having accepted the Presi-
dentship of Princeton College, New Jersey,
U.S.A.; D.D. (St Andrews, 28th June
1769). During the Revolutionary War
he supported the cause of the Colonies
paisley]
ST GEORGE'S
175
with such decision and ardour that the
citizens of New Jersey elected him their
representative in Congress, a position he
held for seven years. He signed the Dec-
laration of Independence 4th July 1776,
and for some years afterwards was promi-
nently occupied with the secular politics of
America. In 1783 he resumed his academic
duties, and soon after revisited Scotland
with the object of procuring subscriptions
for Princeton, which had suffered severely
during the War. He was made LL.D. of
Yale Univ. in 1785, and died at Princeton
6th Nov. 1794, having been afflicted with
blindness for the last two years of his life.
As a min. of the Church of Scotland he
was considered the leader of the Evan-
gelical party. Pious, learned, grave, judi-
cious, he shaped the policy of that party
and moulded its views in such a manner
as to make the defeat of the Moderates
both certain and enduring. One day,
after he had carried in the General
Assembly some important points against
the Moderates, their leader, Robertson the
historian, said to Witherspoon in his quiet
way, " I think you have your men
better disciplined than formerly." "Yes,"
replied Witherspoon, "by urging your
politics too far you have compelled us
to beat you with your own weapons."
On Princeton he impressed his strong
individuality. He brought its system of
instruction into line with the Scottish
school, and himself took an active share
of lecturing, in which he greatly excelled.
He was brilliant in conversation, and is
said to have had a more imposing presence
than any American leader except Washing-
ton. A colossal statue was erected in
his honour in Fairmount Park, Phila-
delphia, 20th Oct. 1876. He marr. (1)
2nd Sept. 1748, Elizabeth, daugh. of
Robert Montgomery of Craighouse, and
had issue — Anne, born 3rd July 1749
(marr. Samuel Stanhope Smith, D.D.,
LL.D., President of Princeton College,
1794-1812); Christian, born 14th Aug.
1750, died 10th Dec. 1756 ; James, major in
U.S. Army, born 17th Nov. 1751, killed at
Brandywine, 1777 ; Robert, born 3rd April
1753, died 18th July 1754; Barbara, born
19th Feb. 1756, died 1st Aug. 1763 ; John,
army surgeon, born 29th July 1757;
Frances, born 16th Aug. 1759 (marr. as
his first wife, David Ramsay, M.D.,
American historian, Charlestown, South
Carolina) ; David, M.D., born 27th Sept.
1760; George, born 31st March, and died
27th July 1762 : (2) 1791, Anne, widow
of Dr Dill of York County, New York.
Publications — Ecclesiastical Characteristics,
or the Arcana of Church Policy, being an
Attempt to open up the Mystery of Modera-
tion (Glasgow, 1753 ; 5th ed., Edinburgh,
1763 [anon.]; and others); A Letter from
a Blacksmith on the Manner of Public
Worship in the Church of Scotland (Lon-
don, 1759; New York, 1764; Edinburgh,
1826) ; A Serious Apology for the " Char-
acteristics " (Edinburgh, 1763) ; Essay on
the Connection between the Doctrine of
Justification by the imputed Righteousness
of Christ and Holiness of Life (Glasgow,
1756 ; and other editions) ; A Serious
Enquiry into the Nature and Effect of
the Stage (Glasgow, 1757 ; Edinburgh,
1876) [reprinted at Edinburgh, 1842, as
the first of a series of "Reprints of
Scarce Tracts connected with the Church
of Scotland "] ; Sinners sitting in the Seat
of the Scornful : Seasonable Advice to
Young Persons (Edinburgh, 1762); The
History of a Corporation of Servants
discovered a fetv years ago in the Interior
Parts of South America (Glasgow, 1765) ;
A Practical Treatise on Regeneration
(London, 1764 ; and other editions) ; Essays
on Important Subjects, 2 vols. (London,
1764); Discourses on Practical Subjects
(Glasgow, 1768 ; Edinburgh, 1804) ; Practi-
cal Discourses on Leading Truths of the
Gospel (Edinburgh, 1768); Considerations
on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative
Authority of the P>7-itish Parliament (Phila-
delphia, 1774) [mistakenly attributed to
Benjamin Franklin] ; The Dominion of
Providence over the Passions of Men, a
sermon (Philadelphia, 1776 ; Glasgow,
1777); Address to the Natives of Scotland
(Philadelphia, 1778). Edited Sermons [of
James Muir of Alexandria, U.S.A.] (1787) ;
Sermons on Various Subjects (Edinburgh,
1798), besides numerous single sermons,
176
ST GEORGE'S
[PRESB. OF
lectures, and essays. A collective edition
of his Works, with a Memoir by his son-
in-law, S. S. Smith, was published at New
York in 4 vols, in 1802, and at Edinburgh,
1804-5, and 1815 in 9 vols. His Miscel-
laneous Works appeared at Philadelphia
in 1803, his Select Works at London in
1804 (2 vols.), and his Essays, Lectures,
and Sermons at Edinburgh in 1822 (6 vols.).
— {Life, prefixed to his Works, Edinburgh,
1804 ; The Princeton Book, 1879 ; Headley's
Chaplains and Clergy of the Revolution,
1864 ; Tyler's Literary Hist, of the
American Revolution, ii., 1897 ; Sanderson's
Signers of the Declaration of Independence,
1865 ; Collections of the Historical Society
of New Jersey, ii., iii. ; Carlyle's Autob.,
72; Notes and Queries, 3rd ser., xi. 25,
5th ser., viii. 16; Halkett and Laing's
Diet, of Anon, and Pseudon. Literature,
1885 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JAMES MOKPJSON, born Glasgow,
son of James M. ; educated at Univ.
69 of Glasgow ; M.A. (1749) ; licen. by
Presb. of .Wigtown 22nd July 1755 ; ord. to
Killearn 12th May 1757 ; trans, to Strath-
blane 22nd Oct. 1767 ; pres. by the Magis-
trates and Council 18th Nov. 1768; trans,
and adm. 29th June 1 769 ; died 28th March
1781. He was a man of talent, decidedly
evangelical, and a zealous advocate of a con-
gregation's right to choose its own minister.
He marr. 1st Dec. 1760, a lady name un-
known, and had issue — Janet, born 28th
March 1762; James, born 4th May 1765;
Marion, born 31st Dec. 1767; Mary, born
4th July 1770, died in infancy; (2) Mary
Harvie (widow of the Rev. James Craig of
Leddriegreen), who died 27th Jan. 1807,
Publication — Gospel -Preaching, illustrated
and recommended, a sermon (Glasgow, 1767).
COLIN GILLIES, born 2nd June 1748,
son of John G., D.D., min. of Black-
friars, Glasgow ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st
July 1772; became preacher in Shettleston
Chapel-of-Ease in 1772 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) to Greenock 12th May 1774;
elected by the Town Council 12th, pres.
31st Aug., trans, and adm. 19th Dec. 1781 ;
died 6th March 1810. "I passed the even-
1781
ing at the house of the truly affectionate
son of that truly apostolic man, the late Dr
Gillies. His house was filled with good
ministers of the different denominations,
all living in affectionate love and cordiality
with each other. This makes Paisley the
paradise of Scotland " {Journal of Row-
land Hill, 14th Aug. 1798). He marr. 16th
Oct. 1775, Isabella (died 13th Aug. 1833),
niece of John MAlpine, sugar refiner,
Greenock, and had issue— John, merchant,
Glasgow, born 26th Aug. 1776; Isabella,
born 19th Sept. 1778 (marr. Thomas
Lowndes, Paisley) ; Colin, born 5th July
1779, died 2nd April 1780; Robert, born
12th May 1781 ; Thomas, born 7th May
1783 ; Rebecca, born 17th April 1788 (marr.
11th March 1811, John Blackburn of
Killearn) ; Elizabeth, born 1792 ; Lilias,
born 3rd Aug. 1794, died young.
JOHN REID, licen. by Presb. of Glas-
1801 sow 27tl1 ^arcn i"799 > Pres- ky the
Town Council, and ord. (assistant
and successor) 17th Dec. 1801 ; died 10th
Nov. 1810. He marr. 1803, Agnes (died s.p.
23rd Jan. 1814), daugh. of William King,
Lone-End.
" ROBERT BURNS, born Bo'ness, 13th
1811 ^e^' l789> son °f J°hn B., surveyor
of Customs, factor to the Duke of
Hamilton, and Grizel, daugh. of John
Ferrier, writer, Linlithgow ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 28th March 1810 ; pres. by the
Town Council, and ord. 19th July 1811 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, 22nd April 1828). Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of St
George's Free Church, Paisley, 1843-5 ;
min. of Knox Church, Toronto, 1845-56 ;
Professor of Christian Evidences and
Church History in Knox College, Toronto,
1856-64; died there 19th Aug. 1869. He
was a man of great energy and activity,
which hardly lessened even in advanced
old age. He was one of the founders and
chief supporters of "The Society for pro-
moting the Religious Interests of Scottish
Settlers in British North America," begun
by the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr in 1825.
After his own settlement as a minister in
Canada he threw himself whole-heartedly
paisley]
ST GEORGE'S
177
into the work of consolidating the Presby-
terian Church in the Dominion. To him
Knox College is largely indebted for its
extensive library. Within its archives are
deposited the original manuscript minutes
and correspondence of the Glasgow Colonial
Society, which contain much valuable in-
formation about the early history of the
Church in Canada. He marr. (1) 8th
July 1814, Janet (died 14th Nov. 1841),
daugh. of John Orr, manufacturer, Paisley,
and had issue — Agnes, born 22nd April
1816, died 1st Jan. 1820 ; John, born 30th
July 1819, died 29th Jan. 1820 ; John Orr,
born 4th Jan. 1821, died 13th July 1831 ;
Robert, born 4th Aug. 1822, died 2nd Jan.
1823; James Orr, born 2nd Nov. 1823,
student at Univ. of Glasgow in 1840;
Robert Ferrier, D.D., min. of Chalmers
Presbyterian Church, Kingston, Canada,
1847-55, Knox Church, St Catherine's,
Canada, 1855-67, Scots Church, Chicago,
1867-70, Cote Street Church, Montreal,
1870-75, Fort Massey Presbyterian Church,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1875, born 23rd Dec.
1826, died at Broughty Ferry, 5th April
1896 ; William, born 16th Aug. 1831 : (2)
12th Dec. 1844, Elizabeth Bell (died s.p.
22nd Aug. 1882), daugh. of Thomson Bonar
of Grove. Publications — An Essay on the
Office and Duties of the Eldership in the
Church of Scotland (Paisley, 1818) ; Histori-
cal Dissertations on the Lata and Practice
of Great Britain, and particidarly of Scot-
land, with regard to the Poor (Edinburgh,
1819) ; Plurality of Offices in the Church of
Scotland Examined (Glasgow, 1824) ; Three
Letters to a Friend on the Moral Bearings
of the Bible Society Controversy (Edin-
burgh, 1827) ; The Gareloch Heresy tried
(1830) ; Memoir of the Rev. Stevenson
M'Gill, D.D. (Edinburgh, 1842) [vide
Plagiarisms of Rev. Dr R. Burns, one of
the Ministers of Paisley, detected and
exposed (Edinburgh, 1842)]. He edited a
new edition of Wodrow's History of the
Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, 4 vols.
(Glasgow, 1828-31), contributing a Memoir
of the author ; and for three years (1838-40)
he edited, and wrote many papers in, the
Edinburgh Christian Instructor. — [Memoir
by his son, Robert Ferrier Burns, D.D. ;
VOL. III.
Gregg's Hist, of the Presbyterian Church in
Canada, 265 ; Metcalfe's Hist, of Paisley,
429 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ALEXANDER RENNISON, born
1844 Berwick-on-Tweed, 9th Aug. 1807,
son of John R., bookseller, and
Margaret Bell ; educated at Berwick-on-
Tweed Grammar School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (12th April 1828); licen. by
Presb. of Chirnside ; assistant at Whitsome
and Birkenhead ; ord. by Presb. of Lanca-
shire, and adm. min. at Risley, near
Warrington, 6th Feb. 1839; adm. to this
charge 23rd Feb. 1844 ; died 12th Dec. 1867.
He marr. 24th June 1839, Eliza (died 20th
March 1888), daugh. of Charles Henderson,
and had issue — John Albert, architect,
Paisley, born 15th July 1841, died Jan.
1915 ; Charles Alexander, born 27th March
1843, died in Australia; Lewis William,
missionary in the South Sea Islands, born
6th April 1845, died in Australia; Alice
Graden, born 7th April 1847, died 7th July
1853 ; Edward, born 21st April 1849 ; Eliza
Marion, born 8th Aug. 1851 (marr. Oct.
1881, William Bayne M'Lennan, Fair-
holme, Castlehead, Paisley), died 15th May
1891 ; Margaret Bell, born 20th Oct. 1854,
died in 1894. Publications — Strictures on
the Marriage and Registration Bills for Scot-
land (Paisley, 1848) ; The Sabbath a Day of
Rejoicing (Paisley, 1849) ; Sermons [edited,
with Memoir, by Lewis Rennison] (Paisley,
1868).— [Brown's Paisley Poets, l, 392.]
CHRISTOPHER M'KUNE, ord. 17th
1868 ^U^y 18^8 ' trans- to Crawford 26th
Sept. 1876.
ALEXANDER DUNCAN CAMPBELL,
trans, from Kilcalmonell and Kil-
berry, and adm. 2nd May 1877 ;
trans, to Kirkcudbright 27th March 1879.
1877
JAMES PATON, B.A. ; trans, from
1879 Flowerhill, and adm. 30th Oct. 1879 ;
trans, to St Paul's Parish, Glasgow,
6th Sept. 1881.
" ALEXANDER FYFE BURNS, born St
1882 Vigeans, Arbroath, 13th Oct. 1838,
son of James B. and Elizabeth
Duncan ; educated at Arbroath Academy
M
178
ST GEORGES— THE MARTYRS1 PARISH
[PRESB. OF
and Univ. of Aberdeen; MA. (1862);
licen. by Presb. of Arbroath ; assistant at
St David's, Dundee ; ord. to St James's,
Kirkcaldy, 1869; trans, to Lady Glen-
orchy's, Edinburgh, 17th May 1877 ; trans,
and adm. 21st March 1882 ; died 21st April
1913. He marr. 17th Oct. 1871, Isabella
Martin, daugh. of Malcolm Ritchie, and
had issue— John Ritchie, M.B., CM., born
17th Feb. 1873, died 4th Oct. 1912 ; Isabella
Martin, born 9th March 1874 (marr. Charles
Whitehead Hutcheson, min. of St Cuthbert's
Parish, Glasgow) ; James Alexander, born
1st April 1876 ; Mary Elizabeth, born 22nd
March 1878 (marr. Augustine Wentworth
Scudamore Forbes, min. of West Parish,
Aberdeen) ; Alexander Fyfe, born 16th
March 1880; George Paisley, born 24th
Feb. 1882; Thomas, born 8th April 1883,
died 5th March 1913; Robert, born 17th
July 1885 ; Malcolm, born 21st Sept. 1887.
ROBERT AITKEN, born Irvine, 2nd
1913 "^e^' ^76, son of Allan A. and
Margaret Jeffrey ; educated at Irvine
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1897); B.D. (1900); licen. by Presb. of
Irvine in 1900 ; assistant at Cambuslang ;
ord. to Ladyburn, Greenock, 17th June
1903; trans, and adm. 19th May 1913.
Marr. 1st June 1904, Mary, daugh. of John
Shedden, and has issue — Allan, born 19th
June 1905 ; John, born 8th Nov. 1909 ;
Margaret, born 26th Feb. 1911.
THE MARTYRS1 PARISH (Q.S.).
[A church opened here 20th Nov. 1835,
was named in honour of the martyrs of
Paisley. These two men, James Algie and
John Park, were tenant farmers in the
parish of Eastwood. On 3rd Feb. 1685
they were brought before the Royal Com-
missioners met in the town, and were
charged with disowning the supremacy of
King Charles in Church and State. The
Court forthwith required them to take the
Oath of Abjuration and the Test, warning
them that refusal to do so would be fatal.
Declining to comply with this demand,
they were condemned, and were hanged
that afternoon at the Cross of Paisley. Over
the grave where they lie buried together has
been set up in modern times a memorial
obelisk, recording their faithful endurance.
A chapel constitution was granted for the
district on 30th May 1836. The parish of
the Martyrs was disjoined from the High
Kirk and Abbey Parish of Paisley on 6th
July 1874.]
JOHN MACFARLANE, ord. 21st July
1836 ; trans, to St Andrew's Church,
Wellington, New Zealand [the first
min. of any church who went out expressly
to minister to the settlers], 24th Oct. 1839
[min. of Lochgilphead 9th Sept. 1847].
1840
JAMES FALCONER, born 1808;
studied at the United Secession
and Original Secession Divinity
Halls, Edinburgh ; licen. by Associate
Presb. of Glasgow 6th Dec. 1836 ; ord. min.
of the Associate Congregation, Paisley,
12th Dec. 1837. Joined the Church of
Scotland 4th Sept. 1839 ; adm. to this
charge 21st April 1840. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Martyrs' Free
Church, Paisley, 1843-4, of Wigtown Free
Church, 1844-51. He went to Canada in
1851, where some time afterwards he dis-
appeared, and is reported to have died
Sept. or Oct. 1856.
JOHN FLEMING, born Kilmarnock,
1826 ; third son of Robert F. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1847) ; app. missionary here in 1847 ; ord.
7th June 1853 ; dem. 21st April 1864 ; was
afterwards chaplain to Paisley Prison ;
died unmarried at Morningside, Edinburgh,
10th June 1887. Publication — Life of
Alexander Fleming, D.D., min. of Neilston
(Paisley, 1883).
ROBERT WODROW THOMSON,
formerly min. of Ormiston ; adm.
26th Jan. 1865 ; trans, to St Luke's
Parish, Glasgow, 22nd March 1866.
[JAMES KEITH DUNCAN, BA. ; was
elected min. in 1866, but res. before the
date fixed for his admission. He became
min. of the South Parish, Aberdeen.]
paisley] THE MARTYRS1 PARISH— MIDDLE PARISH
179
1897
JOHN DOUGLAS STEWART, ord.
18 7 21st Feb. 1867 ; trans, to Cross-
michael 7th Sept. 1871, died 16th
Feb. 1919.
GEORGE WALTER STRANG, M.A. ;
1872 ord. 26th Jan. 1872; trans, to
Campbeltown (Lowland Charge),
8th April 1874.
FINLAY ROBERT MACDONALD,
1874 ord. 25th Sept. 1874; trans, to
Coupar-Angus 18th Aug. 1881.
WILLIAM LOW, born Auchtermuchty,
Fife, 8th July 1850, son of James
L., H.M. Customs, and Christina
White ; educated at Univs. of St Andrews
and Edinburgh ; M.A. (St Andrews, 1874),
B.D. (1877); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ;
assistant at Castle Douglas (Lauriston) and
Trinity Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 7th March
1882 ; died unmarr., 11th July 1896.
JAMES THOMSON, born Ayr, 14th
June 1870, son of James T. and
Catherine Samson ; educated at Ayr
Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1888), B.D. (1892) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
3rd May 1893 ; assistant at West Parish,
Greenock ; ord. 14th Jan. 1897. Marr. (1)
14th June 1898, Mary (died 1st Nov. 1900),
daugh. of William Farquhar, and has issue
— James, born 2nd April 1899 ; Mary
Farquhar, born 12th Oct. 1900 : (2) 28th
April 1908, Margaret, daugh. of Thomas
Blench.
MIDDLE PARISH.
[A church built here was opened on 13th
Nov. 1781. The Middle Parish was dis-
joined from the Abbey Parish by the Com-
missioners for the Plantation of Kirks on
20th Feb. 1782.]
JOHN SNODGRASS, born Paisley,
1781 1744, son of James S. ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (22nd
March 1764) ; licen. by Presb. of Hadding-
ton 2nd Sept. 1766; ord. to Norriston
Chapel-of-Ease 25th June 1772; trans, to
South Parish, Dundee, 10th Nov. 1774;
app. by the Town Council 26th June, trans,
and adm. 19th Dec. 1781 ; D.D. (Princeton,
New Jersey, U.S.A., 1793); died at Salt-
coats 22nd June 1797, and was buried in
the Abbey Churchyard, Paisley. He was
an able Biblical critic, and excelled in many
branches of literature. He marr. 19th July
1782, Janet Mackenzie, who died at Eagle-
ton, William's River, N.S.W., 30th July
1852, aged 90, and had issue — Agnes, born
23rd April 1783; Colonel Kenneth, C.B.,
served with distinction in the Peninsular
Campaign, born 5th Nov. 1784, died 14th
Oct. 1853; James, born 17th July 1786;
Janet, born 9th Feb. 1788 ; Margaret, born
9th Feb. 1790 (marr. 15th Jan. 1816, Major
Benjamin Sullivan of the British and
Portuguese armies) ; Elizabeth, born 29th
Jan. 1792 ; Esther Jean, born 9th Aug.
1794 ; Colonel John James, author of A
Narrative of the Burmese War (London,
1827), born 22nd Oct. 1796, died 26th
Nov. 1863. Publications — A Pamphlet on
the Repeal of the Penal Laws against
Popery (1772) ; Sermon preached before
the S.P.G.K. in Scotland (Paisley, 1795) ;
Three Single Sermons (Dundee, 1781 ;
Paisley, 1796) ; Prospects of Providence
respecting the Conversion of the World to
Christ (Paisley 1796) ; A Commentary, with
Notes, on Part of the Book of the Revelation of
John (Paisley, 1799) ; Account of the Town
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Edinburgh
Christian Instructor, xxix. ; Brown's Hist,
of Paisley, 158 ; Notes and Queries, 4th
July 1908; Tombst.]
1798
JONATHAN RANKEN [RANKINE],
born about 1773, sixth son of Robert
R., farmer, Slamannan; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 1st Feb. 1797 ; pres. by the Town
Council, and ord. 15th June 1798; died
7th March 1831. He marr. 4th Feb. 1799,
Jean (died 29th Sept. 1836), daugh. of
Robert Auchincloss, cooper, Glasgow, and
had issue — Agnes Fogo, born 20th Nov.
1799; Mary, born 26th Feb. 1803, died
25th June 1822; Robert, born 4th Dec.
1804, died 27th Jan. 1811 ; John, born 30th
Aug. 1806, died 12th June 1822 ; Jonathan,
writer, Glasgow, born 26th Aug. 1808, died
6th Sept. 1864 ; Robert Auchincloss, born
8th May 1811, student at Glasgow Univ.
in 1825.
180
MIDDLE PARISH— NORTH PARISH
[PRESB. OF
JAMES BEGG, M.A. ; trans, from Lady
1881 Gtfenorchy's Chapel-of-Ease, Edin-
burgh ; pres. by the Town Council,
and adm. 25th Nov. 1831 ; trans, to Liber-
ton, Mid-Lothian, 25th June 1835.
ROBERT STEVENSON, trans, from
1886 ^ortn Church; pres. by the Town
Council, and adm. 18th Feb. 1836;
trans, to Dairy, Ayrshire, 28th March 1844.
JAMES GEORGE WOOD, trans, from
1845 Bathgate, and adm. 21st Feb. 1845 ;
trans, to Second Charge, Old Machar,
14th Sept. 1848.
ROBERT KIRKE, trans, from Newark
1849 Chapel-of-Ease, and adm. 3rd April
1849; trans, to Hutton and Fish-
wick 6th Oct. 1858.
JOHN ALISON, M.A.; ord. 10th
March 1859; trans, to Bonhill 21st
1859
Nov. 1861.
-ALEXANDER BRYSON, ord. 17th
1862 April 1862 ; trans, to St Michael's,
Dumfries, 10th Jan. 1868.
ROBERT DUNCAN, ord. 7th May 1868 ;
trans, to First Charge, Montrose, 26th
Feb. 1874.
1874
DAVID WATSON, ord. 12th May 1874 ;
trans, to Woodside Chapel-of-Ease,
Glasgow, 15th Nov. 1877.
ALEXANDER FALCONER FRASER,
•78 born Aberdeen, 5th June 1855, son of
Alexander F. ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; MA. (1874), B.D. (1877) ; ord. 20th
March 1878; dem. 1st Nov. 1881; died
unmarr., at Stirling, 9th March 1893.
GEORGE PARK, born Inverness, 9th
Nov. 1844, son of James P. and Mar-
garet Paterson ; educated at Inver-
ness Academy, Aberdeen Grammar School,
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Inverness ; ord. to Inverchaolin 30th June
1870; trans, and adm. 12th April 1882.
Marr. (1) 29th Oct. 1872, Charlotte Butler
(died 16th Feb. 1879), daugh. of David
Reid, Perth, and had issue — Margherita
Catherine, born 3rd Feb. 1874, died 25th
Jan. 1883 ; George John Paterson, engineer,
born 11th March 1875; David Reid, born
21st Sept. 1876, died 19th Feb. 1883 ; Char-
lotte Reid, M.B., Ch.B. (Glasgow 1904), born
7th Sept. 1877 (marr. 19th Jan. 1907, Com-
mander Charles Osborne, R.N.R.) ; (2) 16th
April 1919, Jane Craig Skinner, eldest
daugh. of Peter Ritchie, Montrose.
NORTH PARISH (Q.S.)
[A church was opened here 29th Aug.
1834. On 1st June of that year the
General Assembly granted a Chapel Con-
stitution to the district. The North Parish
was disjoined from the Middle Parish of
Paisley by the Court of Teinds, 9th March
1874. In 1888 the church was rebuilt.]
[PETER MACMORLAND, elected 20th
1834 ■^y *8**4 » ^00^ c^arSe as a licen-
tiate. In 1835 he accepted a call to
the National Scots Church, Regent Square,
London ; afterwards min. of North Berwick.]
ROBERT STEVENSON, ord. 17th July
1885 18^5 ' trans- ^° Middle Parish,
Paisley, 18th Feb. 1836.
JAMES GRAHAM, ord. 31st March
1836 18*^ ' trans, to Fenwick 21st Sept.
1843.
WILLIAM WYPER, min. of New
1843 Church [Greenknowe], Annan ; trans,
and adm. 27th Oct. 1843 ; trans, to
Norrieston, Dunblane, 2nd Oct. 1845.
y DUNCAN BLAIR, ord. 15th Oct. 1846 ;
1846 trans, to Glenapp in Feb. 1851.
WALTER BROCK, born Glasgow, 8th
1851 Juty 1819, eldest son of George B. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
27th July 1851 ; res. 1856 ; missionary at
Eday, Orkney, 1856-65; chaplain of H.M.
Prison, Glasgow, 1865-82 ; died 27th June
1882. He marr. 29th March 1847, Jean
M'Vey Paterson, who died 23rd Feb. 1892,
and had issue — Isabella, born 3rd Feb. 1848
(marr. Daniel Drain) ; Janet Paterson,
born 25th Sept. 1850 (marr. Edward
Hayman), died 3rd Feb. 1897; Mary
Paterson, born 7th Nov. 1852, died 7th
March 1854 ; George M'Vey Paterson, born
30th Nov. 1854, died 29th July 1881;
Walter Paterson, min. of Forth, Lanark-
paisley] NORTH PARISH— ST COLUMBA'S GAELIC PARISH 181
shire ; John Charles, solicitor, born 10th
Jan. 1861, died 18th Dec. 1905; William
James, merchant, born 10th Feb. 1863.
JAMES AITKEN, ord. 5th Jan. 1856 ;
trans, to St Luke's Parish, Glasgow,
1856
19th June 1862.
JOHN ALLAN STEWART, born 2nd
1862 ^an# 1836> son °f James S., min. of
Edrachillis : educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; ord. 28th Aug. 1862 ; died
unmarr. at the manse of Edrachillis, 18th
Jan. 1864.
WILLIAM ROWE, ord. 21st July 1864 ;
iooa trans, to Laurieston, Glasgow, 17th
-lob1! ._.
Jan. 1867.
JOHN RENWICK, ord. 18th July 1867 ;
1867 trans, to Garturk 1st July 1870.
DAVID NEIL IMRIE, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
lffro 1st Dec. 1870 ; trans, to Logie, Bridge
of Allan, 18th Jan. 1872.
ROBERT ZUILLE GILFILLAN, ord.
1872 20t^ ^une 18^2 5 trans, to Loch-
winnoch 26th June 1873.
FREDERICK CHARLES NIVEN, born
1874 4t^ ^ct- 1844' youngest son of Alex-
ander N., D.D., min. of Balfron; edu-
cated privately and at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton ; assistant
at Foulden, Dunoon, and Kilmun ; ord.
6th Jan. 1874; adm. first min. of the
parish 1st April 1874 ; died 7th July 1883.
He marr. 1876, Elizabeth Josephine, daugh.
of Malcolm M'Laren, M.D., Johnstone (she
marr. (2) 15th July 1889, Thomas Burns,
L.R.C.P. & S.E.), and died 13th Feb.
1906, leaving issue — Malcolm M'Laren,
Associate of Inst, of Loco. Engineers, born
24th Dec. 1876 ; Susan Eliza, born 7th Jan.
1880 (marr. July 1907, Joseph Stott, iron
merchant, Leeds) ; Alexander M'Laren,
stockbroker, lieut. Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders, born 30th Nov. 1881.
JAMES YOUNG, born Bothwell, 27th
1883 "^ec* 1856> son of Thomas Y. and
Isabella Paton ; educated at Douglas
and Lesmahagow Parish Schools and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1879), B.D. (1882);
licen. by Presb. of Lanark in 1882 ; assist-
ant here, and ord. 5th Dec. 1883 ; app. clerk
of Presb. in 1916. Marr. 16th Feb. 1886,
Janet, daugh. of James Reid, and has issue
— Andrew Gardyne, M.A., lieut. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, born 21st Jan.
1887, killed in action 13th Oct. 1917;
James Reid, C.A., born 2nd Dec. 1888 ;
Agnes Millar, born 29th Feb. 1892. Publi-
cation— Contributions to Hastings' Diction-
ary of Christ and the Gospels.
ST COLUMBA'S GAELIC
PARISH (Q.S.).
[The church was erected by public sub-
scription in 1793. On 31st May 1834
the General Assembly granted a chapel
constitution to the district. The parish
was disjoined from the High Church and
erected as a Gaelic charge by the Court of
Teinds, 6th July 1874.]
WILLIAM SIMSON [SIMPSON], ord.
17g5 missionary at Kincardine and Creich,
Ross-shire ; adm. 26th Jan. 1795 ;
trans, to Fearn 7th July 1802.
^WALTER BLAIR, born 1764, third
1803 son °^ J°^n B., farmer, Drymen;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbarton 30th March 1790 ;
ord. to Gartmore Chapel 18th May 1795 ;
trans, and adm. 3rd June 1803 ; died
unmarr. 2nd July 1832.
JOHN CAMPBELL, born Argyllshire,
1833 1801, second son of Dugald O,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Lorn 27th Nov.
1828; elected 21st Dec. 1832; ord. 16th
April 1833. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of the Free Gaelic Church,
Paisley, 1843-5; of the Free Church,
Tarbert, Lochfyne, 1845-75; died 17th
Sept. 1874. He marr. (1) 1834, Jane
Brown, who died 12th Dec. 1844: (2)
1860, Margaret M'Farlane.
[The church was vacant from 1843 to
1853.]
EVAN ROSS, ord. 1st April 1853 ; trans.
1853 to Ardersier 15th Dec. 1853.
182 ST COLUMBA'S GAELIC PARISH— SOUTH PARISH [presb. of
NEIL M'NEIL, ord. 2nd May 1854;
1854 trans, to Tobermory 12th May 1857.
NEIL STKACHAN, ord. 17th Dec. 1857 ;
1 7 trans, to St Columba's, Glasgow
7th Feb. 1859.
JOHN M'GILCHRIST, ord. 2nd June,
1859 and dem. 17th Aug. 1859 [after-
wards min. of Kilarrow, Islay].
LACHLAN M'NEILL, third son of
eo Lachlan M., farmer, Kilmun ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 19th
April 1860; dem. 6th April 1864; some-
time missionary among the Scottish settlers
on the Banda Oriental in the Republic
of Uruguay ; min. of St John's, Florencio
Varela, Quilmes, and Jeppener Churches,
Buenos Aires ; dem. 1910. — [Dodds' Records
of the Scottish Settlers in the River Plate
and their Churches, 340-6.]
RANALD MACALISTER, ord. 4th
.QOA Aug. 1864; trans, to Cromdale 7th
1864 , , ° '
May 1869.
JOHN SMITH, ord. 23rd Dec. 1869;
1869 trans, to Cumlodden 30th Oct. 1873.
PATRICK WILLIAM MACKENZIE,
1874 trans, from Kilberry, and adm. first
min. of the parish 26th Nov. 1874 ;
trans, to Kirkbean 16th Oct. 1879.
DONALD MACKAY, born Creich,
1880 Sutnerlancl> 19tn Feb. 1829, son of
^Eneas M., tacksman, and Jane
Urquhart ; educated at Parish School,
Creich, and Univ. of St Andrews ; school-
master at Ullapool, 1848-53 ; licen. by
Presb. of Lochcarron in 1S52 ; ord. to
Stoer, Sutherland, 1854 ; res. 1876, and
became min. of Gareloch, Nova Scotia,
1876-9; adm. 31st March 1880; dem. 18th
Oct. 1882 ; became min. of Metiss, Quebec,
1884-6; adm. to Rothesay Gaelic Chapel
in 1888 ; res. in 1897 ; died 9th Nov. 1910.
He marr. 2nd Feb. 1856, Catherine (born
18th Sept. 1838), daugh. of Donald Morri-
son, farmer, and had issue — Alexander
Ross, assistant Professor of Engineering,
Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, born 1st
Dec. 1856, died 1902; John Urquhart,
chemist born 3rd Dec. 1857, died 1887;
Annie Jane, born 29th March 1859 (marr.
1892, Alexander Macdonald, Scourie,
Sutherland), died 8th Dec. 1918; Mary
Crawford, born 26th June 1860 (marr.
1892, John Patrick, Chicago, U.S.A.);
^Eneas Donald, secretary Y.M.C.A.,
Chicago, born 10th March 1862 ; George
William, min. of Killin, born 23rd Nov.
1863 ; Dolina, born 22nd Sept. 1865 (marr.
William Alexander Macfarlane, min. of
Dull) ; Jane Georgina, teacher, Edinburgh,
born 12th July 1867; William John
Menzies, tea-planter, India, born 31st May
1869 ; Georgina Sumner, born 21st Oct.
1872 ; Hughina Ann Chalmers, born 11th
July 1876 ; David Williamson, born 21st
Feb. 1878, died 1883.
DAVID JOHNSTONE, born 1844, son
of William J., farmer, and Flora
M'Fie ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; ord. to Hallin-in-Waternish, Skye,
9th Nov. 1871 ; trans, and adm. 4th July
1883 ; died 11th May 1903. He marr. 24th
Feb. 1887, Janet Kennedy, and had issue —
William, born 5th May 1888 ; Thomas
Kennedy, born 20th March 1890.
JOHN MACNIVEN, born 29th Jan.
1863, son of John M. and Ann
Campbell ; educated at Hylipol
School, Tiree, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Mull in 1894 ; ord. to
Bernera, Presb. of Uist, 19th Sept. 1895 ;
trans, and adm. 21st Oct. 1903.
SOUTH PARISH (Q.S.).
[A church was opened 29th April 1836.
On 30th May of that year the General
Assembly granted to the district a chapel
constitution. The parish was disjoined
from the Laigh Kirk and the Abbey
Parishes of Paisley by the Court of Teinds,
18th Feb. 1878.]
ALEXANDER SALMON, ord. 19th
Aug. 1836; trans, to Barrhead 13th
1908
1836
May 1841.
PETER HENDERSON, born 1810,
eldest son of James H., solicitor,
Lanarkshire ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; ord. 2nd Dec. 1841. Joined
paisley]
SOUTH PARISH
183
1856
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of South
Free Church, Paisley, 1843-4, of West
Pollokshaws Free Church, 1844-61 ; died
27th Sept. 1861. He marr. in 1846, Jessie
Grieve.
[The fabric was retained by the Free
Church from 1843 to 1856, when the Court
of Session decided in favour of the Church
of Scotland's right of ownership.]
JOHN M'LEAN, Keen, by Presb. of
Dunoon 12th Dec. 1854; ord. 20th
Nov. 1856; dem. 15th May 1873;
went to U.S.A. and died there in Aug. that
year. He marr. 18th Jan. 1859, Elizabeth,
eldest daugh. of John Macintosh, H.M.C.S.,
Auckland, New Zealand.
GEORGE STRANG ANDERSON, ord.
187s 18th Dec. 1873; trans, to North
Parish, Aberdeen, 21st March 1877.
CHARLES CADELL MACDONALD,
trans, from New Rothesay, and adm.
18th July 1877; adm. first min. of
the parish 6th March 1878; trans, to St
Clement's Parish, Aberdeen, 11th Sept. 1879.
WILLIAM MUSHAM METCALFE,
born York, 14th Sept. 1840, son of
John M. and Hannah Musham ;
educated at St George's Wesleyan School,
York ; was an assistant teacher in the
Wesleyan Training College, Westminster,
after which he came to Scotland, spent
four years in the Free Church Training
College, Glasgow, and taught in the West
End Academy, Dundee ; ord. min. of the
Congregational Church, Ayr, 23rd Dec.
1868 ; adm. a licentiate of the Church of
Scotland by the General Assembly June
1873 ; app. min. of Poltalloch [Tighna-
bruaich] Chapel Nov. 1873 ; adm. to this
charge 17th Dec. 1879 ; D.D. (St Andrews
1892) ; assessor to the Lord Rector of that
Univ. 1892-9; clerk of Presb. 1st July 1908;
died 8th Aug. 1916. He marr. 1st June
1869, Cecilia daugh. of James Simpson,
Dundee, and had issue — William, born
21st June 1870, M.A. (Glasgow, 1891),
B.D. (Glasgow, 1892), ord. by Presb. of
Paisley 14th May 1902, sometime min. at
Ficksburg, Orange River Colony, chaplain
to the Forces, Plymouth, 1917-19, author
1877
1879
of The Great Palace of Constantinople
(Paisley, 1893), Origen the Teacher (Lon-
don, 1907); Cecilia, born 5th Sept. 1872;
Hannah, born 11th March 1876; Alice,
born 4th Nov. 1878 (marr. Adam Nelson,
min. of Tyrie) ; James Alexander, born 12th
April 1881. Publications — The Natural
Truth of Christianity (Paisley, 1880) ; The
Reasonableness of Christianity (Paisley,
1882); Life after Death (Paisley, 1883);
Pinkerton's Lives of the Scottish Saints
[revised and enlarged], 2 vols. (Paisley,
1889); Ancient Lives of the Scottish Saints
(Paisley, 1895) ; Scottish Legends of the
Saints from a unique MS. of the XIV.
Century, 3 vols. [Scot. Text. Soc] (Edin-
burgh, 1896); Charters and Documents
relating to the Burgh of Paisley, 1163-1665,
and Extracts from the Records of the Toivn
Council, 1594-1626 (Paisley, 1902); The
John Neilson Institution : its First Fifty
Years (Paisley, 1902) ; The Legends of SS.
Ninian and Machar in the Scottish Dialect
of the Fourteenth Century (Paisley, 1904) ;
A History of the County of Renfrew from
the Earliest Times (Paisley, 1905) ; A His-
tory of the Burgh of Paisley, 600-1908
(Paisley, 1909) ; Supplementary Dictionary
of the Scottish Language (Paisley, 1910) ;
Specimens of Scottish Literature, 1325-1835
(Glasgow, 1913); The Lordship of Paisley
Account Book (Paisley, 1914) ; Sermons
[Preface by William Metcalfe] (Paisley,
1916); The Poems of Robert Henry son
[ed.] (Paisley, 1917). He was editor of The
Scottish Revieiv [Paisley] from 1882 to 1900.
1917
FRANK HENDERSON, born Beith,
11th July 1889, son of Henry
Fotheringham H., D.D., min. of
Ogilvie U.F. Church, Dundee, and Mar-
garet Grace Reid; educated at High
School, Dundee, Morrison's Academy, Crieff,
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1909),
B.D. (1913); licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews in 1913 ; assistant at St Michael's,
Dumfries, and Holburn, Aberdeen ; ord.
30th Jan. 1917. Marr. 10th Aug. 1917,
Edith May, daugh. of David Sturrock
Lowson, M.A., and Anne Marie Murison,
Perth, and has issue — Ruth Lowson, born
4th Aug. 1918.
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POLLOKSHAWS— RENFREW
[PRESB. OF
POLLOKSHAWS (Q.S.).
[The earliest church building here was
called Auldfield Chapel. The General
Assembly granted a chapel constitution
with a definite district, 29th May 1837.
The parish was disjoined from Eastwood
6th June 1862. At Pollokshaws St Conal's
Fair was held annually in Sept.]
ROBERT ORANGE BROMFIELD,
1840 trans- fr°m Larkhall 24th Sept. 1840 ;
trans, to Sprouston 21st Sept. 1843.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON WAT-
SON, born Lanarkshire, youngest
son of John W. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; ord. min. of the Relief Church,
Greenend, parish of Dron, 30th Jan. 1839 ;
adm. min. of the Relief Church, Newburgh-
on-Tay, 18th May 1842; res. 15th April
1845. i Joined the Church of Scotland ; app.
missionary here 5th Nov. 1845 ; adm. as
min. 21st Jan. 1847 ; died 24th Jan. 1849.
1845
1849
1870
WILLIAM LAW, probably son of Alex-
ander L., Linlithgow ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by United
Secession Church in 1844 ; suspended in
1845; ord. 27th Sept. 1849; dem. 24th
June 1859.
GEORGE TURNBULL, M.A. ; ord.
1st Dec. 1859 ; adm. first min. of
1859 • i
the parish 2nd July 1862; trans, to
Dailly 23rd Sept. 1869.
PHILIP RODGER, born Cupar-Fife,
13th March 1839, eighth son of John
R. and Catherine Graham ; educated
at Cupar Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
B.A. (1861), M.A. (1862); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 13th June 1866 ; assistant at
Rothesay and St Enoch's Parish, Glasgow ;
ord. 27th Jan. 1870; died 11th June 1889.
He marr. 21st Nov. 1871, Joanna Thomson,
daugh. of William Taylor.
SAMUEL DAVID M'CONNELL,
born Gortnessy, Londonderry, 31st
Oct. 1858, son of the Rev. William
J. M. and Jane Brigham ; educated at
Academical Institution (now Foyle College),
Londonderry, and Queen's Univ., Ireland ;
1888
1918
M.A. (1881), B.D. (Edinburgh, 1885); licen.
by Presb. of Glendermott 6th May 1884 ;
assistant at Govan and St John's Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and successor)
16th May 1888; died 8th March 1918.
He marr. 2nd July 1890, Mary Violet,
daugh. of Alexander Cuthbert, M.D., and
had issue — William Alexander Cuthbert,
M.A. (Glasgow), lieut. Scottish Rifles, born
29th Oct. 1894.
JOHN MACFARLANE, born Helens-
burgh, 15th Dec. 1881, son of Alex-
ander M. and Jane Graham ; edu-
cated at Hutcheson's Grammar School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (April 1904),
B.D. (April 1907); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 1st May 1907 ; assistant at St
Paul's, Dundee, and Paisley Abbey ; ord.
to Aberdalgie 18th July 1911 ; trans, and
adm. 10th Oct. 1918. Marr. 14th April
1914. Catherine Anne Barker, and has
issue — Isabella Russell, born 9th April
1915 ; John Alexander, born 24th June
1917.
RENFREW.
[The church of Renfrew, dedicated to St
James, was a prebend of Glasgow. Within
it were chapels of St Ninian, St Conal, St
Christopher, St Thomas the Apostle, and
St Thomas the Martyr. Near the mill of
Renfrew in the parish stood a chapel of
St Mary, which, with its adjoining chapel
lands, belonged to the Abbey of Paisley.
In Renfrew Church there is a fine
recessed mural monument, with recumbent
figures of John, first Lord Ross of Halk-
head, and his first wife Marjorie, daughter
of John Mure of Caldwell. Lord Ross died
about the year 1500.
On an island in the Clyde, within this
parish and close to the town of Renfrew,
Walter, first High Steward, founded in 1163
the Cluniac priory of Renfrew, dedicated to
St Mary and St James. In 1169, however,
the High Steward removed this foundation
to the new monastery which he then erected
at Paisley. From that year the Abbey of
Paisley owned various lands in this parish
which had belonged to the priory of
Renfrew. On these properties we still find
paisley]
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185
such names as the Abbot's Inch and the
Monks' Dyke. In 1861 Kenfrew Church
was enlarged and in great part rebuilt.]
ANDREW HAY of Renfield, son of
1560 William H. fourth of Talla, Tweeds-
muir, and Janet Spottiswood, was
prebendary of Renfrew in 1556, rector and
parson 10th July 1558; joined the Re-
formers in 1559 ; was Commissary of
Hamilton and Dalserf in 1564. He was
accused of being concerned in the murder
of David Riccio 9th March 1566, and was
confined in free ward within the burgh of
Dunbar and two miles around in July 1566,
but was released by Queen Mary 29th Jan.
1567. He was a member of thirty-four of
the forty Reformed General Assemblies
held before Aug. 1590, and was Moderator
of those of March 1573 and Oct. 1580;
was elected Dean of the Chapter of
Glasgow Jan. 1571, and a Commissioner
for Clydesdale, Renfrew, and Lennox
1569-88. In 1574 Govan and Inchinnan
were also in his charge. He was rector
of Glasgow Univ. 1569-86 ; was app. by
Privy Council 6th March 1589 a commis-
sioner for the maintenance and defence of
the true religion in Clydesdale, and died
in 1593. He marr. Janet Wallace of the
Craigie family, and had issue — John, min.
of this parish ; Theodore, D.D., min. of
Peebles ; David, commissary-clerk of Glas-
gow, died Jan. 1616 ; Andrew, min. of
Erskine ; Archibald ; Susannah (marr. 1588,
Archibald Gibson) ; Jean. — [Beg. Assig. ;
Family of Bimie of Broomhill ; Calder-
wood's Hist, [see General Index there,
p. 70] ; Nisbet's Heraldry, ii. ; Coutts'
Hist, of Univ. of Glasgow ; Pitcairn's
Criminal Trials, i., 486 ; Metcalfe's Hist,
of Benfrew, 221 ; F. C. Beg., vii., 580.]
JOHN HAY of Renfield, born 1566,
1593 eldest son of preceding ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1582) ; ord.
to Mearns in 1588 ; trans, and adm. to this
charge in 1593 ; rector of Univ. of Glasgow
1594-6, 1599, 1600, 1603-11, and 1613 ; was
named by Privy Council on 12th Dec. 1605
constant Moderator of Presb., the members
of which were charged to receive him as
such under pain of rebellion ; died Dec.
1627. He marr. (1) Margaret (died Oct.
1601), daugh. of Claud Hamilton of Cochno
and Margaret Beaton, and had issue — John,
min. of this parish ; Andrew of Inchnoch,
M.A. ; William : (2) cont., 6th Aug. 1602,
Agnes, eldest daugh. of John Somerville of
Tarbrax (she survived him, and marr. (2)
Matthew Wallace of Dundonald), and had
issue — George ; Janet (marr. cont., 6th
April 1625, William Noble, younger of
Ardardan); Jean (marr. cont., 14th Oct.
1629, James, eldest son of Matthew Wallace
of Dundonald); Margaret.— [Beg. Assig.;
Hamilton Tests. ; Inq. Bet. Gen., 1399 ;
Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., 132 ; Calderwood's
Hist., vi., 161, 617 ; vii., 59, 106 ; Beg. of
Deeds, cci., 294; ccclv., 8th Feb. 1644;
ccccxciv., 20th July 1636 ; ccccvii., 23rd
June 1628 ; ccccliv., 75 ; Ex. inform. Charles
Cleland Harvey.]
JOHN HAY of Renfield and Inchnoch,
1628 Dorn 1597, son of preceding; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1613) ; on the Exercise there 28th June
1615 ; had testimonial for ord. to Killellan
11th Sept. 1616; trans, to Paisley First
Charge 21st May 1627 ; trans, and adm.
to this charge 28th April 1628 ; member of
Commission for Church Discipline 21st Oct.
1634; rector of Glasgow Univ. 1640-2;
dep. after 1st June 1649 nominally on a
charge of "drunkenness," but really on
account of Episcopal tendencies. He
became a preacher at Donegal in Ireland ;
had £100 sterling allowed him by Parlia-
ment 12th July 1661 from vacant stipends
in Presbs. of Hamilton, Ayr, and Irvine,
on account of his sufferings ; was readm.
before 29th Oct. 1663; died after 13th Aug.
1668. He marr. Agnes, daugh. of David
Forsyth of Dykes and Inchnoch, and had
issue — Andrew of Inchnoch ; Elizabeth
(marr. Patrick Simson, min. of this parish).
— [Hamilton Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ;
Maitland Miscell., ii. ; Nisbet's Heraldry,
ii., 132 ; G. B. Inhib., 26th Feb. 1622.]
JOHN MAULD [MAULE], born 1629,
third son of Henry M. of Melgund ;
M.A. (Glasgow, 6th May 1649) ; ord.
23rd Jan. 1650; died unmarr. 29th April
1653.— [Fife Inhib., 7th Feb. 1651.]
186
RENFREW
[PRESB. OF
1653
PATRICK SIMSON, born 2nd Oct.
1628, son of Adam S., min. of New
Abbey ; educated under his cousin,
George Gillespie, min. of St Giles', Edin-
burgh, and was four years tutor in the
family of Archibald, Marquess of Argyll ;
ord. 11th Nov. 1653; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of the
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; was granted
an indulgence at Kilmalcolm in 1672. In
Nov. 1678 he was cited before the Privy
Council for holding conventicles out of
the parish to which he had been confined,
and not compearing, was denounced a
rebel. He returned at the Toleration ; was
at the meeting of Synod 30th Aug. 1687,
and was restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690. He became Dean of Faculty in
the Univ. of Glasgow 11th Dec. that year,
and was re-elected annually till 1696;
Moderator of the General Assembly 20th
Dec. 1695; died Father of the Church
24th Oct. 1715. Wodrow speaks of him as
the " last of the antediluvian Presbyterian
ministers in this church. I never knew one
more pleasant and profitable in conversa-
tion and of a sweeter temper. He had one
of the clearest judgments, and the most
exact and tenacious memory that I ever
knew. He was the most digested and
distinct master of the Scriptures that I
ever met with." He marr. (1) 30th Aug.
1654, Elizabeth (died 31st March 1662),
daugh. of John Hay, min. of this parish,
and had issue— Sarah, born 1655, died 26th
Nov. that year; George, born 19th Sept.
1657, died 8th Aug. 16—; Patrick, born
April 1659, died in West Indies 1688;
Agnes, born 25th March 1662 (marr. John
Simson of Kirktonhall, West Kilbride,
merchant, Glasgow) [of this marriage
there were seventeen sons and no daughs. ;
one of the sons was Robert Simson, Pro-
fessor of Mathematics in Univ. of Glasgow,
translator of Euclid] ; Elizabeth (twin),
born 25th March, died 16th June 1662 :
(2) 30th June 1664, Janet (died 19th Sept.
1714, aged 79), daugh. of James Peadie,
merchant, Glasgow, and widow of Robert
Cullen, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue-
James, born 26th May 1665, died 18th Oct.
1667 ; John, Professor of Divinity, Glasgow
Univ. (q.v.) ; Margaret, born 27th April
1669 (marr. James Montgomerie), buried
8th Nov. 1758 ; Matthew, min. of Pencait-
land ; Anna, born 8th May 1674 (marr.
John Paisley, min. of Lochwinnoch) ; a son,
still-born 11th Feb. 1677; Mary, born 13th
June 1679. Publications — Letter in Answer
to Hackston's Ghost ; The Larger Reply ;
Spiritual Songs or Holy Poems, a Garden
of True Delight, in 6 books (Edinburgh,
1685-6).— [MS. Genealogy; Glasg. Tests.;
Pettigrew's Extracts ; Wodrow's Hist,, iii.,
5. 61 ; Julian's Diet, of Hymnology, p. 1058 ;
The Simsons, 19-27.]
1663 JOHN HAY [see above].
ROBERT DOUGLAS, M.A. ; trans.
- from Bothwell ; pres. by Charles II.,
and inst. 15th March 1669 ; trans, to
Hamilton after 19th May 1675.
ROBERT YOUNG, second son of John
1&J5 Y. (descended from the Leny family) ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1657) ; passed trials
before the Presb. of Greenock, and had a
certificate for ordination 12th Nov. 1663;
adm. to Erskine before 31st March 1664 ;
trans, and adm. 8th Sept. 1675 ; died after
7th April 1680. He marr. Agnes Campbell,
widow of Robert Freeland of that ilk, who
died s.p. before Martinmas 1697. — [Inq. Bet.
Gen., 5983 ; M'Ure's Glasgow ; G. R. Lnhib.,
18th Sept. 1679.]
FRANCIS ROSS, second son of Alex-
. ander R. of Tullienaught ; was a
preacher in Aberdeenshire 5th Dec.
1675 ; inst. to this charge July 1683 ; the
people attempted to out him in 1688, but
he remained until deprived by Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690 restoring the
Presbyterian mins. He opened a meeting-
house at Stonehaven, Dunnottar, where he
conducted services from 24th Aug. 1709 to
21st April 1714. The date of his death is
unknown. He marr., cont. 9th Sept. 1686,
Mary, daugh. of John Keith, D.D., min. of
Old Machar, and had issue — Alexander,
M.D., Aberdeen. — [Fordoun Presb. Reg. ;
Banchory -Ternan Sess. Reg.]
PATRICK SIMSON, above men-
1687 tioned.
paisley]
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187
NEIL CAMPBELL, trans, from Ros-
171_ neath ; pres. by George I. 15th Nov.
1715 ; called 26th April, trans, and
adm. 18th July 1716; dem. on appointment
as Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow 17th
Jan. 1728 (g.v.).
ROBERT PATOUN [PATON], born
17„ 1690, eldest son of Robert P., min.
of Dumfries ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (11th May 1710); licen. by
Presb. of Dunbar 12th July 1721 ; ord. to
Second Charge, Haddington, 18th Jan.
1722 ; pres. by George II. 29th Sept. 1730 ;
trans, and adm. 21st Jan. 1731 ; was an
unsuccessful candidate for the office of Clerk
to the General Assembly in 1746 ; Moderator
of Assembly 10th May 1750 ; was com-
missioner in a scheme for augmenting the
stipends of the clergy, and received thanks
of Assembly 18th May 1752 ; died 1st April
1768. He marr. 16th Aug. 1722, Cecilia
(died 23rd March 1777), daugh. of Archi-
bald Hamilton, min. of Cambuslang, and
had issue — William, librarian, Glasgow
Univ. ; Janet, born 1732. Publication —
The Main Duty of Bishops, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1739).— [Acts of Ass., 1750-2 ;
Carlyle's Autob., 85 ; Morren's Ann., i., 86,
167, 324 ; Tombst.]
COLIN CAMPBELL, born 16th July
17 1718, third son of Neil C, above
mentioned; I educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
ord. to Eaglesham 25th June 1741; trans,
to Kilmaronock 10th Dec. 1761; pres. by
George III. 20th Sept. 1768; trans, and
adm. 20th April 1769; died 24th Nov.
1788. He marr. 20th Dec. 1749, Elizabeth
(died Aug. 1786, aged 56), daugh. of John
Montgomerie, min. of Stewarton, and had
issue — Christian, born 29th May 1752
(marr. Daniel Clark, merchant, Glasgow) ;
John, captain 72nd Foot, born 24th Feb.
1755. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Scots Mag., xli. ;
Tombst.]
' THOMAS BURNS, born Carmyle, eldest
17 son of William B. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley 29th July 1777 ; ord. (assistant) at
Clackmannan 2nd Nov. 1778 ; adm. to
Inchinnan 23rd March 1787; pres. by
George III. 9th May 1789 ; trans, and adm.
5th Aug. 1790; died 21st May 1830. He
marr. 12th Nov. 1787, Mary (died 22nd
March 1818), daugh. of John Glen, min. of
Forgandenny, and had issue — Eliza, born
1790 (marr. 26th Jan. 1807, James Liddell,
Petrograd) ; William, merchant, Petrograd,
born 15th Jan. 1793 ; Jane, born 6th Jan.
1795 (marr. 31st Aug. 1812, General Henry
Thomson, H.E.I.C.S.) ; Mary (twin), born
6th Jan. 1795 (marr. 18th June 1816,
William Robertson, writer, Glasgow). Pub-
lications— Four Sermons (Glasgow, 1799-
1803) ; Accounts of Inchinnan and Renfrew
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii., iii.).
DUNCAN MACFARLANE, born
1830 Renton, 1793, eldest son of Duncan
M., farmer, Cardross ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to Anderston
Chapel-of-Ease, Glasgow, 25th Jan. 1827 ;
trans, and adm. 30th Nov. 1830. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, Renfrew, 1844-53; D.D. (Union
College, Schenectady, U.S.A., 1844); died
unmarr., 30th April 1853. Publications —
A Treatise on the Authority, Ends, and
Observance of the Christian Sabbath
(Glasgow, 1832); "Introductory Memoir ;'
(Letters of Martha Muir) (Glasgow, 1833) ;
The Duty of Prayer, a sermon (Glasgow,
1835) ; The Right Appointment of Ministers
and other Office-Bearers in the Church
(Glasgow, 1840); Raihvay Travelling on
the Lord's Day Lndefensible (Glasgow,
1841); "The History and Arrangement of
the Shorter Catechism " (Paterson's System
of Theology) (Edinburgh, 1841); The Re-
vivals of the Eighteenth Century, 2)articu-
larly of Cambuslang (Edinburgh, 1844) ;
Bible Temperance and Present Duty (Edin-
burgh, 1847); Tracts [1, 2, 4-7] on the
Romish Controversy (Paisley, 1852). —
[Tombst.]
JAMES GRAY WOOD, born 7th Dec.
1843 1807, son of Charles W., min. of
Wiston and Roberton ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to East Strath-
aven 22nd Aug. 1839 ; trans, to Gartsherrie
11th Nov. 1841 ; trans, and adm. 21st Sept.
1843 ; dep. 9th June 1850 ; died in Jan. 1869.
188
RENFREW— SHAWLANDS
[PRESB. OF
He marr. (1) 6th April 1842, Mary (died
22nd March 1844), daugh. of John Gray,
George Square, Edinburgh, and had issue
—Charles, born 9th March 1843, died 26th
Jan. 1844 ; Charles, born 25th Feb. 1844 :
(2) 6th Oct. 1846, Jessie (died 8th Aug.
1882), daugh. of James Hamilton of Spring-
hill, Douglas.
GEORGE ALEXANDER, trans, from
1850 ^isnaw? and adm. 26th Dec. 1850 ;
trans, to First Charge, Stirling, 10th
March 1858.
ROBERT STEPHEN, born Fraserburgh,
1858 13th Sept. 1835, son of David S.,
captain of the Anna Mary; edu-
cated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1848); sometime tutor to Charles,
11th Marquess of Huntly ; assistant at
Alloa and at the Barony and St Enoch's
Parishes, Glasgow; ord. 26th Aug. 1858;
died unmarr., 22nd Nov. 1897. Publica-
tion— Divine and Human Influence, a
series of sermons, vol. i. (Paisley, 1897) ;
vol. ii. [Memoir] (Paisley, 1898).
GEORGE ANDERSON, born Glasgow,
6th Dec. 1856, son of George A. and
Benjamina Budge ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1881), B.D. (1884);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; assistant at
Galashiels ; ord. to Bothkennar 13th June
1885 ; trans, to St Vincent's Parish, Glas-
gow, 10th Nov. 1892 ; trans, and adm. 9th
June 1898 ; lecturer on Pastoral Theology at
the Scottish Univs., 1910-11 ; Convener of
the Jewish Mission Committee, 1911-16;
D.D. (Glasgow 1912); died unmarr., 13th
Feb. 1916. Publications— Edited Historical
Sketch of Glasgoiv University Oriental
Society (Glasgow, 1901); Transactions of
said Society (Glasgow, 1901-7); The
Scottish Pastor: A Manual of Pastoral
Theology (Edinburgh, 1911).— [Life and
Work, April 1916.]
DAVID YOUNG, born Strathaven, 11th
1916 March 1871, son of David Y.,
farmer, and Marion Young ; edu-
cated at Crosshill School, Strathaven,
Hamilton Academy, and Univ. of Glas-
gow; M.A. (1892), B.D. (1894); licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton in 1894 ; assistant
at Dulnain Bridge (Inverallan), Palace
Colliery Mission (Bothwell), St Columba's,
Church of Scotland (London), and West
Parish (Greenock) ; ord. to Knoxland,
Dunbarton, 27th March 1902; trans, to
Inverallan 26th July 1907 ; trans, and
adm. 7th Sept. 1916. Marr. 1st June
1904, Minnie d'Esterre Roberts, daugh. of
Donald MacLeod, D.D., min. of St
Columba's (Church of Scotland), London,
and has issue — David Patrick MacLeod,
born 17th March 1905; Minnie Aileen
d'Esterre, born 7th Nov. 1906; Marion
Norma, born 19th June 1908 ; Donald
MacLeod (twin), born 19th June, and
died 4th Nov. 1908.
SHAWLANDS (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1889. The
parish was disjoined from Eastwood by
the Court of Teinds, 18th March 1901.]
HUGH WILSON, M.A. ; ord. 29th Jan.
1880 1880; trans, to Bellshill 4th April
1882.
JOHN SLOAN, born Glasgow, 24th
1882 ^une 1851j son °f David S. and
Agnes Dennistoun Rankin ; edu-
cated at Glasgow Academy and Univs. of
Glasgow and Edinburgh;. M.A. (1873);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow April 1878 ;
assistant at Govan and Park Parish ; ord.
to Presbyterian Church, Rangoon, Burmah,
1878 ; adm. here 1st Sept. 1882 ; adm. first
min. of the parish 20th March 1901 ; died
5th Aug. 1912. He marr. 13th Aug. 1890,
Alice Jane, daugh. of Thomas Brigg Lay-
cock, Aireworth House, Keighley, Yorks,
and had issue — Oswald Tennant, 2nd lieut.
Scottish Rifles, attached R.A.F., born 9th
June 1891 ; Alic.e Cruden, born 17th May
1893; Jessie Dennistoun, born 30th April
1895; Mary Victoria, born 19th March
1897 ; Hilda Laycock, born 11th Sept.
1900; John Edward, born 1st Nov. 1902,
died young.
JAMES EDWARD HOUSTON, born
1913 Partick' 5tn Feb. 1861, son of
Robert H. and Janet Edward ; edu-
cated at Partick Academy and Univ. of
paisley]
SHAWLANDS— THORNLIEBANK
189
Glasgow ; M.A. (1879), B.D. (1882) ; Keen,
by Presb. of Glasgow 13th June 1882;
assistant at Bridgeton and Partick ; ord.
to St Clement's Parish, Dundee, 29th April
1885 ; trans, to Cambuslang 27th Dec. 1892 ;
trans, to Buccleuch Parish, Edinburgh, 15th
Jan. 1908 j trans, and adm. 19th Feb. 1913.
Marr. 13th June 1893, Effie Terras, daugh.
of John Yule. Publications — How can I
be Saved ? (Edinburgh, n.d.) ; Why go to
Church ? (Edinburgh, n.d.).
THORNLIEBANK (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from Eastwood
by the Court of Teinds, 7th March 1892.]
1890
JOHN CHAKLESON, born Inverness,
7th Sept. 1862, son of Kenneth C.
and Margaret Forbes, and brother
of Charles Forbes C, min. of Kirkconnel ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1884), B.D. (1888); licen. by Presb. of
Paisley ; ord. 5th Sept. 1890 ; adm. first
min. of the parish 8th March 1892.
Joined the Church of Rome, when the
Presb. declared him to hold "no longer
the office of the holy ministry, and that
he is disqualified and discharged from
exercising the functions of the same or
any part thereof," 30th Oct. 1901. He
was ord. priest at Kirkintilloch in 1904 ;
afterwards at Croy and Rome. Publica-
tion— Why I left the Church of Scotland
(1901.)
ROBERT HARVIE SMITH, born
1902 Paisley> 23rd Marcn 1863, son of
James S. and Margaret Lang; edu-
cated at Paisley South Public School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; as a certificated teacher
sometime assistant master in Glasgow Board
Schools ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley in 1894 ;
assistant at New Kilpatrick and St An-
drew's Parish, Glasgow; ord. 23rd April
1902. Marr. 24th June 1903, Margaret
MacCallum, daugh. of John M'Gechan.
PRESBYTERY OF GREENOCK
[This Court was erected by the General Assembly 31st May 1834 ; all its parishes
were taken from the Presbytery of Paisley except Largs and Cumbrae, taken from that
of Irvine. The Presbytery Records begin 8th July 1834.]
CUMBRAE.
[This parish was disjoined from Largs at
an early time. Its church at the Kirktoun
of Cumbrae belonged to the Abbey of
Paisley. In 1837 the parish church was
transferred to a new site less than a mile
from the Kirktoun. There were of old two
chapels in the parish, St Columba's on
Meikle Cumbrae, and on Little Cumbrae,
Seibeal Bheidh, dedicated to St Bey. A
fair used to be held on Meikle Cumbrae in
honour of St Brioch.]
THOMAS MOORE, M.A. (Glasgow,
1601) ; mentioned as min. 15th July
1623; dep. in 1639 for drunkenness
and other misdemeanours. — [Glasg. Comm.
Deeds ; Collect de Reb. Alban ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Stevenson's Hist.]
1623
1642
ROBERT AIRD, M.A. ; trans, from
Stranraer, and adm. before April
1642 ; trans, to Lochwinnoch in
1666, as "his provision was so small that
he was not able to maintain his family."
ALEXANDER SANGSTER, M.A. ; ord.
1668 afteF 23r(i ^6pt" lQ68> trans> t0
Kirkpatrick-Durham in 1676.
[ARCHIBALD PORTEOUS, M.A. ;
,__ min. of Covington; said to have
been adm. here as an indulged min.
along with John Rae, min. of Symington,
Lanarkshire, 3rd Sept. 1672, but this is
doubtful.]
190
ALEXANDER MUSHET, M.A. ; adm.
about 1679 ; still min. 4th May 1682 ;
min. of Dreghorn before 26th Dec.
1685.
1679
PATRICK ROBERTSON, M.A. ; min.
1682 in 1682 ; trans, to Edrom after 5th
June that year.
JAMES STEWART, M.A. ; min. about
1683 1^83 » trans- *° Dreghorn before 30th
Aug. 1687.
ALEXANDER SOMERS, a native of
1687 Forfarshire ; sometime schoolmaster
of Inverkip ; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley after 24th Oct. 1667. It was
reported to the Privy Council on 4th
May 1681 that he "haunts in the isle
of Combray, being formerly an orthodox
preacher, but now turned vagrant and
apostatised, and debauches the country,"
and orders were given to proceed against
him. After the Toleration he was present
at the Synod 30th Aug. 1687, and at the
Presb. of Irvine on 1st Nov. ; adm. here
after 30th Aug. 1687; died 23rd May
1703. — [Paisley Presb. Peg. ; Maitland
Miscell., iv.]
JOHN SMITH, min. about 1688; de-
1688 Prived by the Privy Council, 19th
Sept. 1689, for not praying for
William and Mary but for James VII., and
for saying " that our rulers are as Sodom,
and our judges as Gomorrah."
PKESB. OF GREENOCK]
CUMBRAE
191
ALLAN NASMYTH, licen. by Presb. of
1703 Dunbarton 4th July 1699 ; ord. in
1703 ; died before 10th Dec. 1717.
He marr. Susan (died 19th June 1751),
daugh. of George Munro, clerk of the
Bailiary of Cunningham.
JOHN PICKEN, educated at Univ. of
1720 Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow 4th Feb. 1719 ; was schoolmaster
at Stewarton; ord. 5th May 1720; died
before 12th March 1729.
ALEXANDER SMITH of Evelaw, a
i7so native °f Berwickshire ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 13th Dec. 1720); licen. by
Presb. of Earlston 18th July 1727; tutor
at Blair House, Perthshire ; called 15th
June, and ord. 2nd Sept. 1730 ; dem. 19th
June 1759. He succeeded his brother
Archibald in the estate of Evelaw, parish
of Westruther ; died unmarr. at Lauder,
23rd Feb. 1774, aged 75.— [Lauder Tests.;
TombsL]
WILLIAM LINDSAY, M.A. ; pres. by
1760 J°nn> -Earl of Glasgow, 6th Dec.
1759 ; ord. 13th May 1760 ; trans.
to Second Charge, Kilmarnock, 12th July
1764.
GORDON STEWART, pres. by John,
1765 Earl of Glasgow, 16th Oct. 1764;
ord. 18th April 1765 ; trans, to
Bonhill 21st April 1768.
HENRY GRAHAM, son of William G.,
176_ Kilmadock, Perthshire ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Inveraray 22nd April 1752 ; assistant at
Irvine ; pres. by John, Earl of Glasgow,
18th May, and ord. 20th Sept. 1768 ; died
29th Nov. 1798. He marr. 10th May 1769,
Jean (died 24th July 1805, aged 57), daugh.
of William Cuninghame of Monkton Hill,
and had issue — Margaret, born 21st Feb.
1770 ; Christian, born 31st May 1772, died
23rd Feb. 1773; William, born 28th May
1774 ; James, born 3rd Oct. 1775 ; Henry,
born 18th June 1780; Robert, born 4th
Oct. 1782; John, colonel H.E.I.C.S., born
13th Feb. 1787.— [T&mbst.]
JAMES ADAM, born 1748, eldest son of
1799 William A., farmer, Clouse, parish
of Campsie, and Janet Maitland ;
M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen, 1769);
tutor in the family of Campbell of Craig-
nish ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st July
1778 ; assistant at Kilbirnie, 1783-91 ;
became a bookseller in Glasgow, but re-
turned to the ministry and was assistant
at Kirkoswald in 1795 ; pres. by George,
Earl of Glasgow, and ord. 13th Aug. 1799 ;
died unmarr. 25th June 1831. "He was
of a shy, retiring disposition, and possessed
great medical skill." In an intercessory
prayer he prayed for " the Big Cumbrae,
the Wee Cumbrae, and the adjacent islands
of Great Britain and Ireland." In his life-
time he gave to the Presb. of Irvine £250
for behoof of the widows of mins. in that
Presb. He bequeathed £45 for the educa-
tion of poor children in his parish, and
founded the James Adam Bursaries in the
Univ. of Glasgow.
JAMES DRUMMOND, born Paisley,
1829 27tl1 ^eb- 1779' fourtla son of Jonn
D. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow :.
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 3rd Feb. 1819 ;
assistant to preceding min., 1819-28 ; pres.
by George, Earl of Glasgow ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 30th April 1829. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, Cumbrae, 1843-62 ; died unmarr.
31st Jan. 1862. Publication — Account of
the Parish {New Stat. Ace, v.).
ALEXANDER MARSHALL, born 1820,
1843 tnird son °f James M., merchant ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
21st Sept. 1843; died at Glasgow 3rd
March 1866. He marr. 20th June 1854,
Mary Jessie Begg, died 29th March 1905,
and had issue — Janet Henry Frew, born
21st Oct. 1855.
JAMES SIMPSON MACNAB, born
1867 G:lasoowJ eldest son of James M. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; ord. 26th
July 1867; died 22nd Dec. 1888. He
marr. 20th Nov. 1867, Jemima Sarah
Henderson Semple, who died 2nd Nov.
1911, and had issue — Annie Semple, born
192
CUMBRAE— ERSKINE
[PRESB. OF
20th June 1869; James, Secretary, Scottish
Life Assurance Co., Glasgow, born 19th
June 1871.
ARCHIBALD GRIERSON, born Camp-
beltown, 7th Jan. 1863, son of
William G., schoolmaster of Cam-
busnethan, and Margaret Watson Arthur ;
educated at Cambusnethan School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1883); Keen,
by Presb. of Hamilton 26th April 1887;
assistant at Dunbarton ; ord. 9th July
1889.
ERSKINE.
[The vicarage of Erskine was a prebend
of Glasgow. Its church belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. In 1813 the parish
church was transferred to a new site.]
1567 ROBERT SEMPILL, reader in 1567.
THOMAS STEWART, reader, 1571;
1571 died in 1572.
JAMES HILL, was exhorter at Cath-
lffn cart 2nd Feb. 1568 ; pres. by James
VI. 17th Feb., and adm. 1st May
1571. In 1574 Houston was under his
charge, and he is still mentioned as min.
in 1589.— {Reg. Min.]
ANDREW HAY, M.A. ; adm. about
1590 1590; trans, to Mearns before 1593.
7 WILLIAM BRISBANE, son of John
1592 ^' °^ Bishopton and Margaret
Hamilton; M.A. (Glasgow 1588);
pres. by James VI. before 9th June 1592 ;
member of Assembly 1610 and 1638 ; was
on the Committee for the maintenance of
Church Discipline, 21st Oct. 1634; died
between 3rd Sept. 1640 and 29th Sept.
1642. He marr. Margaret Stewart of
Barscube, and had issue — Jean (marr.
cont., 13th April 1621, Hugh Monfode of
that ilk) ; Matthew, his successor here,
served heir, 26th Nov. 1642. — {Reg. Assig. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Renfrew, 117, 148 ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Calderwood's Hist., vii.,
106 ; Reg. of Deeds, cccxlviii., 82 ; Ayr
Sas., ii., 158.]
-MATTHEW BRISBANE, born about
1594, son of preceding ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1615);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 29th March
1620 ; recommended for ordination by
James Law, Archbishop of Glasgow, 15th
Nov. 1627, and adm. to Killellan soon
afterwards ; member of the Glasgow
Assembly in 1638 ; app. by the Presb.
11th April 1639 to accompany Colonel
Montgomerie's Regiment at Duns Law ;
was a member of the Commission for
visiting the Univ. of Glasgow 28th Aug.
1639 ; trans, and adm. 2nd Oct. 1642 ;
inst. after 14th Dec. 1643. He was a
member of Assembly, 1645-7 ; was dep.
after 29th March 1648; died Feb. 1650.
He marr. Jan. 1629, Helen (died 6th Dec.
1675), youngest daugh. of John Napier of
Merchiston, inventor of Logarithms, by
his second wife Agnes Chisholm, and had
issue — John of Freeland, served heir, 14th
June 1653; William of Freeland ; Matthew,
M.D., Glasgow ; Mary. — [Glasg. Tests.
Inq. Ret. Renfrew, 148, Gen., 3806
Baillie's Lett. ; Scots Peerage, vi., 422
G. R. Inhib., 18th Sept. 1679.]
[THOMAS HALL, M.A. ; adm. here,
1649 aPParently temporarily, 31st Aug.
1649; trans, to Kilmacolm in 1651.]
HUGH CUNNINGHAM, M.A. (Glas-
1651 ^0W 16M) ; chaplain to Glencairn's
Regiment in Ireland 1642 ; min. at
Ray, Ireland, 1647 ; min. at Mearns 1649 ;
adm. here in 1651 ; returned to Ray about
1659 ; dep. by Bishop of Raphoe in 1661. —
[Reid's Ireland, ii., 499 ; Killen's Hist, of
Irish Congs., 225.]
WILLIAM HOUSTON, M.A. (St
Andrews, 13th May 1653) ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 7th Nov. 1659;
ord. 29th March 1660; deprived by Act
of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council, 1st Oct. 1662.
ROBERT YOUNG, M.A. ; ord. before
1664 31st ^arcn 16(>4 ) trans, to Renfrew
and inst. 8th Sept. 1675.
DAVID ROBB, M.A. (Glasgow, 5th
July 1666) ; licen. by George, Bishop
of Edinburgh, 21st Feb. 1671 ; pres.
by William Hamilton of Orbiston ; passed
1660
1676
GREENOCK]
ERSKINE
193
trials before the Presb. and had a certificate
for ordination 5th April 1676; inst. 2nd
May 1676; still min. 7th April 1687.
He marr. Helen, daugh. of Thomas Pollok
of Balgray, merchant, Glasgow, and had
issue. — [Beg. Collat.]
1680
JOHN WALLACE, born Paisley, 1641,
of the family of W. of Johnstone ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1657) ; tutor in the
family of William, Lord Ross ; ord. by
the Presbyterians in 1680 ; dem. in 1682 ;
died at Paisley 22nd July 1683. Wodrow
says of him that he was " a wise, prudent
man, of a sweet, calm, and peaceable
temper, abhorring all divisive courses ;
piety and holiness were engraven, as it
were, on his face and countenance." —
[Wodrow's Anal., ii., 331, 337.]
ANDREW TURNER, called 23rd June,
and ord. 22nd Sept. 1692; trans, to
1692 Greenock 2nd Feb. 1704.
1705
WALTER MENZIES, licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton 1st Sept. 1702 ; called
29th Aug., and ord. 14th Nov. 1705 ;
died 17th May 1741, aged 62. He marr.
(pro. 9th Nov. 1707), Isobel Clerk, and had
issue — Ann ; Walter ; Marion (marr. John
Anderson, min. of St Mary's, Glasgow);
Robert ; John.— [Glasg. Tests. ; Crawfurd's
Hist. ; Tombst.]
JAMES LUNDIE, born 1716, son of
Archibald L., min. of Saltoun ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Haddington 24th
Jan. 1740 ; called 16th Nov. 1741 ; ord.
4th May 1742; died 2nd Jan. 1769. He
marr. 26th Aug. 1745, Christian Ballan-
tyne of Kelly, who died in Edinburgh,
31st Oct. 1791, and had issue — James,
born 20th Sept. 1746, died young,
abroad ; Archibald, merchant, born 14th
July 1748 ; Walter, M.D., Jamaica, born
28th March 1750 ; Janet Isabella, born 6th
July 1753 (marr., pro. 30th Nov. 1778,
Andrew Wardrobe, surgeon, Edinburgh);
Jane, born 24th Dec. 1755 (marr. her cousin
Archibald Lundie, W.S.), died 23rd April
1826.— [Crawfurd's Hist. ; Tombst.]
WALTER YOUNG, born 1745, son of
David Y., rector of the Grammar
17*71
School of Haddington ; licen. by
Presb. of Haddington 25th April 1769;
pres. by David Erskine, W.S., 30th June
1770 ; ord. 2nd May 1771 ; D.D. (source
and date unknown) ; died unmarr., 6th
Aug. 1814. He was an accomplished
musician, " performing with equal grace
and effect on the piano, the violin, and the
flute." He did much for the psalmody of
the Church. Publications — " On the Influ-
ence of Poetry and Music upon the High-
landers " (M'Donald's Highland Airs,
Edinburgh, 1781) ; " An Essay on Rhythmi-
cal Measures " (Trans. Roy. Soe. Edin., ii.,
1790) ; Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ix.). — [Scots Mag., lxxvi. ;
Somerville's My Own Life and Times, 42.]
1815
VOL. III.
ANDREW STEWART, born Cleughside,
Annan, 9th Oct. 1771, son of John
S. and Helen, daugh. of John Ker,
farmer, Tweedshaws, Tweedsmuir ; edu-
cated at Annan Parish School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; sometime secretary to
Thomas Blacklock, D.D., and tutor in
family of the Rev. Dr Davidson of Muir-
house ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 27th
April 1796; M.D. (Edinburgh 1802); ord.
to Bolton 26th April 1804 ; pres. by Robert
Walter, eleventh Lord Blantyre ; trans,
and adm. 21st Sept. 1815; died 26th Dec.
1838. He marr. 5th Oct. 1809, the Hon.
Margaret Stewart (died 20th Oct. 1839,
aged 78), eldest daugh. of Alexander, tenth
Lord Blantyre, whom he successfully treated
for pulmonary disease, and had issue —
Robert Walter, D.D., his successor here ;
Alexander Patrick, M.D., born 27th Aug.
1813, died in London, 17th July 1883 ; David
Andrew, surgeon-major 92nd Highlanders,
born 4th Jan. 1816, died at Colaba, East
Indies, 10th May 1859. Publications —
Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis De Mente
Regimine (Edinburgh, 1802); "Speech on
the Admissibility of Law Agents into Kirk
Sessions" (Edinburgh Christian Instructor,
xxvi.) ; " History of Botany " (Edinburgh
Encyclopaedia, iv.). — [Scots Peerage, ii., 90 ;
M'Farlane's Eun. Serm.]
N
194
ERSKINE
[PRESB. OF
1837
ROBERT WALTER STEWART, born
29th Feb. 1812, eldest son of pre-
ceding ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (1832) ; licen. by Presb. of
Greenock 3rd Aug. 1836 ; pres. by the
Commissioners for Charles, twelfth Lord
Blantyre (the parishioners having petitioned
for his appointment) ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 16th March 1837. He journeyed
from Constantinople by unbroken travel-
ling in order to be present at the meeting
of the General Assembly 18th May 1843.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of the
Free Church, Erskine, 1843-5, of the Free
Church, Leghorn, Italy, 1845-87 ; D.D.
(Princeton, U.S.A., 1849) ; Moderator of the
Free Church General Assembly, 21st May
1874; died at Leghorn, 23rd Nov. 1887.
He made the evangelisation of Italy the
great work of his life. No min. was better
known among the Waldenses, or was more
beloved. Addressing the General Assembly
of 1869, Signor Prochet said : " You claim
Dr Stewart as one of yourselves, bone of
your bone and flesh of your flesh, and you
may well do so, because in the land in
which he has been living for thirty years,
he has taught not only the Protestants but
the Roman Catholics to respect and esteem
Scotland and Scottish Protestants. But,
if you claim him as yours, we also claim
him as being ours. He has not been thirty
years by our side, if not to become part of
us. It is true, I have no parchment to
show to you with the name of Dr Stewart
saying that he has become a citizen of the
Waldensian Alps. But, if ever you come
to those valleys, I will show you 20,000
living hearts upon which his name is
written in characters that can never be
blotted out." He marr. 3rd Sept. 1839,
Graham (died 30th June 1897), daugh. of
Henry Cockburn [Lord Cockburn] and
Elizabeth Macdowall, and had issue — Henry
Cockburn, C.M.G., administrator, Sey-
chelles, born 21st July 1840, died 5th June
1899 ; Margaret Catherine, born 16th April
1842, died 4th Dec. 1913 ; Elizabeth Georg-
ina Frances, born 26th July 1844 (marr. 29th
March 1865, the Rev. James Collie), died
23rd July 1908 ; Charles Francis, born at
Leghorn, 2nd Oct. 1846, died 22nd July
1847 ; Robert Walter, born 26th April 1848,
died 14th July 1849; Alexander David,
born 19th Sept. 1852, died 13th March
1899; Walter Charles (twin), born 19th
Sept. 1852, died 23rd July 1908; Louisa
Caroline Graham, born 19th Nov. 1855
(marr. 1883, James Wood Brown, M.A., min.
of the Free Church, Gordon, Berwickshire).
Publications — The Fields White unto the
Harvest (1844) ; The Present Condition
and Future Prospects of the Waldensian
Church (1845) ; The Tent and the Khan : a
Journey in Sinai and Palestine (Edinburgh,
1857) ; Commentary on the Four Gosjiels
(in Italian) (Florence, 1870-89) ; Religion
in Southern Europe. — [Wood Brown's An
Italian Campaign ; Brown's Annals of the
Disruption, 88, 554 ; F.C. Assembly Blue
Booh, 1869, Rep. VII., p. 6; ibid., 1874,
p. 161.]
JAMES CAMERON, youngest son
1843 °^ J°un C., nuper Senator apud
Canadam ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1840); ord. 19th Oct.
1843; dep. 30th May 1851 ; died at Parlia-
mentary Road, Glasgow, 6th Nov. 1869.
THOMAS M'KIE, born Underwood,
1852 Tongland, 20th April 1814, son of
James M. and Grace Charters ; edu-
cated at Borgue Academy and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcud-
bright; ord. to Monikie 1st Nov. 1843;
trans, and adm. 15th Jan. 1852 ; died 20th
Aug. 1871. He marr. 12th Dec. 1844,
Margaret (died 12th Nov. 1888), daugh. of
Robert Dunlop, wool merchant, Hudders-
field, and had issue — Agnes Dunlop, born
29th Oct. 1845, died 17th July 1910 ; Walter
James, born 16th Sept. 1847, died 1st April
1848 ; Robert Dunlop, born 12th Dec. 1848,
died 15th May 1895 ; Henry Bannerman,
factor to Lord Blantyre, born 17th July
1850 ; John M'Millan, born 9th May 1852 ;
Thomas George, born 15th May 1854 ; Jane
Burns Theodora, born 8th May 1856, died
22nd Aug. 1914 ; James, Shanghai, born
30th June 1858, died 18th March 1911;
Walter Dunlop, born 22nd July 1860;
Katherine Hastings, born 6th Feb. 1862,
died 12th Dec. 1899.
gkeenock]
ERSKINE— FAIRLIE
195
JOHN M'lLRAITH, born Airdrie, 13th
7 Aug. 1816, second son of Hugh M.,
schoolmaster, and Jean Rankin ;
educated at Airdrie School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
ord. to Gourock 3rd May 1850 ; adni. min.
of All Saints, Berbice, West Indies, 9th
April 1852 ; min. of Greenhead, Glasgow,
1853-4 ; adni. min. of the English Reformed
Church, Amsterdam, 24th Dec. 1854; adm.
to this charge 21st Dec. 1871 ; died 10th
Oct. 1892. He marr. (1) 6th Oct. 1851,
Paulina (died at Berbice, 4th May 1852),
youngest daugh. of Stephen Miller, Glas-
gow : (2) 30th April 1855, Josephine
Richardson (born 11th Nov. 1836, died
in London, 23rd Dec. 1916), daugh. of
Robert Wallace, writer, Dumfries, and
had issue — Elizabeth Jane, born 5th Sept.
1856 (marr. Alan Burgess Crombie, archi-
tect, Dumfries) ; Josephine Richardson,
born 23rd Sept. 1858, accidentally drowned
while boating on the Gareloch, 20th July
1889 ; Beatrice Annie, born 4th May 1860 ;
John Robert, M.A., L.L.B., Barrister-at-
Law of the Middle Temple, born 16th
March 1862 ; Alexander Hannay, min. of
Kinghorn, born 9th July 1864; Charles
Hugh, M.D., born 18th Feb. 1867 ; Thomas
Wallace, merchant, born 4th Feb. 1869 ;
Tetia Catharina, born 7th May 1871 ;
Robert Wallace, born 23rd July 1873,
accidentally drowned at Erskine, 22nd
June 1887 ; Edward Richardson, mercan-
tile clerk, C.I.V. South African War, born
27th July 1875, died at Pretoria, 28th
Dec. 1908. Publication — Life of Sir
John Richardson, LL.D. [arctic explorer]
(London, 1868).
WILLIAM FERGUSON, born Coupar-
Angus, Perthshire, 14th April 1861,
son of William F. and Grace Barty ;
educated at Coupar- Angus School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1886) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1889 ; assistant at St
George's and St Mungo's, Glasgow; ord. 25th
April 1893 ; died unmarr., 25th March 1913.
DAVID MELVILLE STEWART, born
1913 Glass°w' 28tn May 1871> S°n of
James S., writer and banker, and
Jessie Melville ; educated at High School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1894 ; assistant at St Mungo's,
Glasgow ; ord. to Queensferry 28th Sept.
1897 ; trans, to St Margaret's, Arbroath,
20th Feb. 1900; trans, to St Matthew's
Parish, Edinburgh, 6th Jan. 1904 ; res. in
1906; adm. min. of Belhaven 10th Aug
1911 ; trans, and adm. 9th Oct. 1913
Marr. 23rd Dec. 1908, Elizabeth Miller
daugh. of George Brown Anderson, S.S.C.
of Bleaton and Baldourie, Perthshire. Pub
lications — An Impregnable Faith (London
1909) ; Ecce Yir : Jesus and Modern Man
hood (London, 1911); Ye anciente Kirke of
Eriskyne (Paisley, 1915).
FAIRLIE (Q.S.).
[A church was built in 1833. In 1835,
a chapel constitution was granted, and a
district assigned. The parish was disjoined
from Largs and West Kilbride 19th June
1876.]
JAMES GARDNER, born Anderston,
1835 GIasgow> 1791, second son of James
G. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 4th Aug. 1819 ;
ord. 8th Sept. 1835; died 17th Dec. 1836.
He marr. Isabella (died 16th May 1847,
aged 49), daugh. of Archibald Fleming,
Anderston, Glasgow, and had issue — Isa-
bella Maxwell, born 1832, died 11th Nov.
1908; James born 1835, died 11th Feb.
1909.
JOHN GEMMEL, born Port-Glasgow,
18S7 1807, youngest son of Robert G.,
bookseller ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1824) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 7th Oct. 1829 ; missionary at St
John's Parish, Glasgow (when Thomas
Chalmers, D.D., was min.) ; ord. to New-
town-Crommelin, Ireland, 23rd June 1835 ;
adm. to this charge 27th April 1837. Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of the Free
Church, Fairlie, 1843-84; D.D. (Glasgow
1881) ; died unmarr., 25th March 1884. He
was a distinguished Semitic scholar. Pub-
lications— Sermon preached on the Death of
Thomas Chalmers, D.D., LL.D. (Edinburgh,
1847); The Gospel in Isaiah (Edinburgh,
1872) ; The Renetval of the Sovl (Edinburgh,
196
FAIRLIE— GOUROCK
[PRESB. OF
1880
1884
1878); Tiberiad, or The Art of Hebreio
Accentuation (Glasgow, 1880); The Atone-
ment, a poem ; Contributions, chiefly on
Oriental subjects, to British and Foreign
Evangelical Review. — [Edinburgh Christian
Instructor, new series, iv.].
JAMES CLARK, possibly son of Robert
1844 ^-' farmer j educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; ord. in 1844 ; died 1st Sept.
1880. He marr. Elizabeth Greig, who
survived him.
JAMES RICHMOND WOOD, ord. 30th
Dec. 1880; trans, to Sanquhar 6th
Nov. 1883.
ARTHUR ALLAN, born Glasgow, 25th
July 1857, son of James A. and Mary
Ann Macfie ; educated at High School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1880) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1883 ; assistant at
Milton Parish, Glasgow; ord. 17th April
1884. Publication — Fairlie : Past and
Present (Largs, 1914).
GOUROCK (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1776. It was
rebuilt and opened on 27th May 1832. On
31st May 1834 it was given a chapel con-
stitution. The parish was disjoined from
Inverkip and Greenock West, 8th July 1857.
Additions to the church were made in 1877.]
JAMES WILSON, son of James W.,
l7?4 mariner, Saltcoats ; licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 19th March 1765 ; min.
in 1774-7.
ARCHIBALD ANDERSON, min. in
1777 1777.
JAMES GRINOCK, son of James G.,
l780 farmer, St Ninians, Stirling; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Relief ; received by Presb. of
Stirling 28th Dec. 1774 ; min. here 1780-9.
JOHN HENDRY, elected Nov. 1789;
1789 res* *n *^^ [afterwards min. of
Ardrossan].
DAVID GEMMILL, eldest son of Alex-
17__ ander G., tailor, Kirkintilloch, and
Margaret Gray ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
3rd May 1797 ; min. here 1798-1815. In
1815 he removed to Kirkintilloch, and
was chief magistrate from 1826 till his
death, 8th June 1842. He gave a site
for the erection of St David's Church
there, was the largest subscriber to the
building fund, and preached at the opening
of the church in 1836. He marr. (1) Alicia
(died s.p. 1822), eldest daugh. of John
Kincaid of Kincaid : (2) 12th Oct. 1824,
Agnes, daugh. of Walter Scott of Neilston,
Bonhill.— [Watson's Kirkintilloch, 327.]
DONALD MACLEOD, born Luss, 1793,
lass eldest son of John M., farmer ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 11th
Aug. 1833. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of the Free Church, Gourock,
1843-9; of the Presbyterian Church,
Coburg, Canada, 1851-60; res. his charge,
and returned to Scotland in 1860 ; died
at Gourock 19th May 1868. He marr.
1829, Elizabeth Cochran.
DUNCAN HARKNESS WEIR, M.A. ;
184_ ord. in 1845 ; min. of the Scots
Church, Manchester, 1849-50 [after-
wards Professor of Oriental Languages in
the Univ. of Glasgow, 1850-76 (q.v.)].
JOHN M'lLRAITH, ord. 3rd May 1850 ;
1850 a(^m' min. of All Saints, Berbice,
West Indies, 9th April 1852 [after-
wards min. of Erskine].
JAMES SOMERVILLE, ord. 23rd
,0_0 June 1852; trans, to Irvine 17th
Feb. 1853.
ROBERT MACNAIR, born 28th Aug.
1854 1827, third son of Robert M., D.D.,
min. of Paisley ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1845) ; sometime min.
of a Presbyterian Church, Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island ; min. of this
charge 1854-5 ; was a chaplain at Scutari
during the Crimean War, 1855. He studied
medicine, took the degrees of M.D. (1862)
and L.R.C.S. (1867) at Edinburgh, and from
1862 to 1883 was a medical practitioner in
Leith. Joined the Baptist denomination ;
min. of Orangefield Baptist congregation in
Greenock 1883-86 ; died at Edinburgh, 15th
GREENOCK]
GOUROCK— AUGUSTINE
197
July 1896. He marr. Anne Maria Forsyth,
who died 17th March 1919, and had issue.
— Editor of Scot. Baj>tist Magazine, 1875, &c.
GEORGE M'CORKINDALE, born
1855 Rothesay, 1828, third son of Dun-
can M. ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; ord. in 1855; became first min.
of the parish in 1857. He perished in a
storm on Mont Blanc, 7th Sept. 1870, and
was buried at Chamouni. A communica-
tion to a friend written on the evening of
7th Sept. contains this message : "We have
been on Mont Blanc for two days in a
terrible snowstorm : lost our way : are in
a cave dug out of the snow, 15,000 feet
high. Have no hope of descending.
Perhaps this book will be found and sent
to you. We have no provisions. My feet
are already frozen, and I am utterly ex-
hausted. I have only strength to write
these few words. I die believing in Jesus,
with sweet thoughts of my family. My
love to all. I hope that we shall meet in
heaven. Ever thine." He was unmarr. —
[Macrae's Notes about Gourock, 36.]
JOHN YUILLE, born Irvine, 7th Feb.
1871 1832, son of John Y. and Janet
Boyle; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 5th Dec.
1866 ; assistant at Kilbirnie and Largs ;
ord. 20th April 1871 ; died unmarr. at
Irvine, 17th April 1875. Publications —
The Gourock Messenger (Irvine, 1874-5) ;
Sermons [with a memoir] (Irvine, 1878).
JOHN HUTTON M'CULLOCH, M.A.,
18„ B.D. ; trans, from Rosewell, and
adm. 8th Oct. 1875 ; trans, to North
Leith 13th March 1884.
ALEXANDER MILNE, born Lunan,
1884 Forfarshire, 10th Dec. 1840, son of
James M. and Jean Matthewson ;
educated at Lunan and Inverkeillor Schools
and Univ. of St Andrews ; MA. (1866) ;
licen. by Presb. of Arbroath 17th Nov.
1869 ; ord. to Hillside, Montrose, 17th
March 1870; trans, to St Andrew's, Dun-
dee, 19th Oct. 1871 ; trans, to Swinton
13th June 1878; trans, and adm. 24th
July 1884 ; died in Edinburgh 8th Dec.
1912. He marr. (1) 13th Nov. 1871, Isa-
bella White Keith, born 23rd Jan. 1840,
died 11th Jan. 1882, and had issue — Isa-
bella Patullo, born 29th Aug. 1872, died
24th Feb. 1875 : (2) 26th June 1883, Helen
Elizabeth, daugh. of Robert Kirke, D.D.,
min. of Hutton and Fishwick, and had
issue — Helen Williamson, born 30th March
1891 (marr. 20th Aug. 1913, Alexander
Dunbar, solicitor, Edinburgh) ; Margaret
Elizabeth, in Board of Trade, born 14th
Dec. 1892 ; Alexander Robert, 5th Cameron
Highlanders, born 10th Oct. 1895, killed at
the battle of Loos, 25th Sept. 1915 ; Jean
Matthewson, born 28th Jan. 1902.
GEORGE BENNET THOMSON
1907 MICHIE, born Aberdeen, 13th May
1880, son of James M. and Harriet
Davidson ; educated at Aberdeen Gram-
mar School and Univ. of Aberdeen ; MA.
(1901), B.D. (1905); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen in 1905 ; assistant at West
Parish, Aberdeen, in 1905, and Park Parish,
Glasgow, 1906 ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 11th Oct. 1907. Captain Tank
Corps, France, 1917-18.
GREENOCK
AUGUSTINE (Q.S.).
[Services were begun here in 1878. A
church was built in 1884. The parish was
disjoined f rom Cartsburn, 19th March 1897.]
JOHN KERR CAMPBELL, served from
1878 "^ay 18^8 to *881 » trans- aQd adm.
to Marykirk, Stirling, 14th June
1881.
WILLIAM PROUDFOOT BEGG, born
1881 Snaip, Coulter, Lanarkshire, 5th
July 1843; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; min. at Woodstock and St
Stephens, New Brunswick ; adm. to this
charge 1881 ; dem. 1887 ; min. of Kentville,
Nova Scotia, Masena, New York, and
Parkersburg, Iowa ; D.D. (Queen's College,
Kingston) ; Professor of Philosophy, Tabor
College, Iowa. Marr. October 1872, Fannie
Miles, daughter of W. O. Smith, surgeon,
St Johns, New Brunswick. Publication —
Development of Taste (Glasgow, 1887).
198
AUGUSTINE— CARTSBURN
[PRESB. OF
CHARLES CHRISTIE, born 10th April
. 7 1852, son of William C, banker, and
Isabella Laing ; educated at Dun-
blane School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1877); licen. by Presb. of Stirling;
assistant at Pollokshaws, 1885-7 ; ord. 27th
Oct. 1887. Marr. 20th Aug. 1889, Elizabeth
Arthur, daugh. of Captain Shaw, Shaw-
lands. Publication — The Religion of Free-
masonry (Stirling, 1888).
CARTSBURN (Q.S.).
[In 1839 the General Assembly granted a
constitution to a chapel for the district of
Cartsdyke. The parish was erected 19th
Feb. 1866.]
JAMES STARK, born Cumbernauld,
1M9 1810, second son of Malcolm S.,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling and
Falkirk in 1832 ; adm. min. of the
Original Secession congregation, Cartsdyke,
Greenock, 22nd Jan. 1834. Joined the
Church of Scotland in 1839. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Cartsdyke
(afterwards Wellpark) Free Church 1843-
90; sometime clerk of the Free Presb. of
Greenock ; died unmarr. 5th Jan. 1890.
Publications — Correspondence with the Rev.
Dr Ritchie of Edinbxirgh in reference to the
Discussion at Kirkintilloch on Ecclesiastical
Establishments (1836) ; Sermon at the Ordi-
nation of the Rev. James Falconer, Paisley,
with the Addresses to Minister and People
(1837); Re-Union of Seceders ivith the
Church of Scotland Defended (1838) ;
Sermon on the Death of the Rev. George
Moscrip, Greenock (1838) ; Fermented Wine,
its Use in the Sacrament Right and Scrip-
tural (1839) ; The Duty of the Secession
Church to petition for the Abolition of
Patronage, proved from their own Prin-
ciples (1841) ; The Church Question Briefly
Considered (1843) ; The Ascension and the
Advent : a Sermon on the Death of the Rev.
Thomas Stark, Lanark (1870) ; also Ser-
mons in the Scottish Ptdpit and the Olive
Branch. — [Annals of the Original Secession
Church, 511.]
1856
JAMES STEWART, M.A. ; ord. 25th
Dec. 1856 ; trans, to Peterhead 20th
Oct. 1864.
1865
ARCHIBALD FULLARTON, born
Saltcoats ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow and U.P. Theological Hall,
Edinburgh, 1851. Joined the Church of
Scotland and became assistant at Kilmun ;
elected 27th Jan., and ord. 16th March 1865 ;
dem. in 1897 ; died 31st July 1898.
ROBERT WALKER MUIR, ord. 26th
April 1898; app. to Dennistoun
Chapel-of-Ease, Glasgow, 19th Nov.
1908.
ROBERT BRUCE MACKINNON,
lg09 M.A., B.D. ; ord. 15th April 1909;
trans, to Whitburn 26th Sept. 1912.
KENNETH ALEXANDER MAC-
LEAY, born Lochbroom, 12th Sept.
1861, son of Murdoch M. and Jane
Douglas Macdonald ; educated at Golspie
and Elgin Schools and Univ. of St An-
drews; M.A. (1882), B.D. (1886); licen.
by Presb. of Forres 11th May 1886;
assistant at Wallacetown, Ayr ; ord. to
Craigrownie 19th July 1887 ; trans, and
adm. 16th Jan. 1913 ; dem. 30th Nov.
1915. Marr. (1) 12th Feb. 1890, Elizabeth
(divorced 1st July 1899), youngest daugh.
of James Hervey, Alderly Edge, and has
issue — Douglas Macdonald, lieut. R.N.,
born 20th July 1891 : (2) 31st March
1903, Anita Lloyd it Cowan, and has issue
— Kenneth Noel Grant, born 25th Dec.
1903 ; Anita Esther Lloyd, born 23rd July
1905 ; Annabelle Yvonne, born 21st Aug.
1913. Publications — Presbyterianism : a
Retrospect and Criticism (London, 1901) ;
The Never -Changing Creed (London, 1902) ;
The Garden of the Cross (London, 1909) ;
Is Our Progress a Broken Arc? (Edin-
burgh, 1910); The Parish Church of Carts-
burn, 1854-1914 (Greenock, 1914).
GEORGE CAMPBELL, born Glasgow,
1916 2nc* ^ec' 18^' son of Joseph C. and
Margaret Crockett ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1908) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow in 1910 ; assistant at
Airdrie ; ord. to Annbank, Ayr, 31st Oct.
GREENOCK]
CARTSBURN— EAST PARISH
199
1910 1 trans, to Stronsay (assistant and
successor) 6th Feb. 1913; trans, and adm.
9th May 1916; dem. 22nd Oct. 1918;
Chaplain to the Forces in 1918. Marr. 4th
June 1914, Jessie Middleton, daugh. of
James Rettie, Aberdeen.
JAMES FRANCIS, born Glasgow, 28th
Jan. 1871, son of William F. and
Isabella Maclean ; educated at
Thomson Street Public School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1896), B.D. (1901);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1901 ;
assistant at Townhead, Glasgow, and St
David's, Kirkintilloch, 15th May 1902;
ord. to Twechar 13th Dec. 1904 ; trans, to
Cowdenbeath 17th Jan. 1911 ; trans, to
St Thomas's, Glasgow, 7th Aug. 1913;
trans, and adm. 16th May 1919. Marr. 7th
Oct. 1902, Janet Bilsland, daugh. of John
Mackellar of Rowardennan, and has issue —
William John Lawrence, born 10th June
1906 ; Christina Edmond Marjory, born
21st Oct. 1909 ; Hadassah Isobel, born
6th Dec. 1911.
EAST PARISH.
[A church was built for this district in
1774. On 8th March 1809 the Commis-
sioners for the Plantation of Kirks dis-
joined the East Parish from the West
Parish of Greenock. Near the site of the
East Church there was of old a chapel of
St Laurence, of which the ruins remained
till towards the end of the eighteenth
century. From this chapel the inlet
adjoining got the name of St Laurence
Bay ; and beside the chapel St Laurence
Fair was held annually. The East Church
of Greenock was rebuilt in 1853.]
PETER [or PATRICK] MILLAR, per-
17?(. haps only son of Alexander M., Island
of Arran ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 12th Aug.
1766 ; ord. (by Presb. of Dunbar) in 1775 ;
dep. (on his own confession of immorality)
8th Jan. 1777, and left the country.
ARCHIBALD REID, ord. (by Presb. of
Irvine) 21st June 1781; trans, to
1781
Mauchline 28th June 1792.
ARCHIBALD M'LACHLAN, ord. 13th
1794 '^une 1794 > trans- t0 St Clement's
or Steeple Church, Dundee, 16th Oct.
1805.
JOHN GILCHRIST, ord. 10th Nov.
18o7 1807 ; first min. of the parish in
1809 ; trans, to Canongate Parish.
Edinburgh, 24th Aug. 1825.
WILLIAM MENZIES, M.A. ; ord. 20th
1826 April 1826; trans, to Maybole 7th
Dec. 1843.
JAMES HUTCHESON, born Kil-
1844 barchan, Renfrewshire, 1st Sept.
1817, third son of John H., farmer,
Garscube and Selvilands, and Mary Muir ;
educated at Paisley Grammar School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Greenock ; ord. 22nd Feb. 1844 ; clerk of
Presb. 1846-87 ; died 10th May 1887. He
marr. (1) 8th June 1848, Margaret (died
11th Sept. 1852), eldest daugh. of David
Davis of Blaengwaer, South Wales, colliery
proprietor, and had issue — Mary Muir
Lewis, born 11th April 1849, died at Aber-
dare, 11th Sept. 1852; John Davis, M.D.,
Glamyngs, Aberdare, born 29th Oct. 1850,
died 2nd Jan. 1893; David, born 4th
June 1852, died 27th Sept. 1852 : (2) 13th
Feb. 1861, Anne Scott, daugh. of Thomas
Brown, min. of Inverkip, and had issue —
Thomas Brown, M.B., CM. ; Janet Steele,
born 22nd May 1862, died 24th Sept.
1862 ; Susan, born 19th Aug. 1864, died
4th Jan. 1888; Frances Ann, born 25th
June 1866 (marr. Henry Lancaster, manu-
facturer, London) ; James, born 17th, and
died 21st Dec. 1867 ; Janet Steele, born
24th Dec. 1868 (marr. 1905 Sir Benjamin
Sands Johnson of Abbot's Lea, Woolton,
Liverpool) ; Martha James, born 1 5th July
1870 (marr. J. B. Harris, insurance manager,
London) ; Marion Boyd (twin), born 15th
July 1870; James, born 2nd, and died 14th
Nov. 1871 ; James, solicitor, Glasgow, born
20th Oct. 1874. Publication — NewWday
and Domestic Lyric (Paisley, 1881).
THOMAS REID THOMSON, ord. 8th
1887 -^ov- 1887 ; trans, to Greenlaw,
Berwickshire, 6th Jan. 1916.
200
EAST PARISH— GAELIC
[PRESB. OF
GEOKGE DAVID HENDERSON, born
1916 ■^yr' 26tl1 Marcn 1888' son °f R°Dert
H., min. of Flowerhill, Airdrie ; edu-
cated at High School and Univ. of Glasgow,
also at Berlin and Jena ; MA. (1910),
B.D. (1914); licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
in 1914 ; assistant at St Mungo's, Glasgow,
Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh, and First
Charge, Hamilton ; ord. 6th June 1916 ;
Chaplain to the Forces in Mesopotamia
1918.
GAELIC, FORMERLY SOUTH
CHURCH.
[The church was built in 1791, and
opened as a chapel-of-ease 8th April
1792. The parish was erected by the
Court of Teinds, 5th July 1855.]
KENNETH BAYNE, born Dingwall,
1792 1^>7, son of John B. and brother of
Ronald B., D.D., min. of Kiltarlity ;
educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Dingwall ; ord. to the
Gaelic Chapel, Aberdeen, 29th Aug. 1788 ;
adm. to this charge 4th Sept. 1792 ; died
13th April 1821. He marr. 24th July 1793,
Margaret, daugh. of James Hay, D.D., min.
of Elgin, and had issue — Christina, born
1794 (marr. 23rd Dec. 1834, William
Francis Hunter Laurie, W.S.); Margaret,
born 1795 (marr. 12th Aug. 1828, John
Wilson, D.D., F.R.S., missionary at Bom-
bay), died 19th April 1835 ; John, licen. by
Presb. of Dingwall, 8th Sept. 1830, D.D.,
min. at Gait, Canada, born 16th Nov. 1806,
died 3rd Nov. 1859 ; Mary, drowned in
the River Allan, 1st May 1832 ; Isabella,
also drowned whilst bathing in the River
Allan, 1st May 1832; Eliza, died 24th
March 1828 ; Anna, missionary in India,
died unmarr. 4th Oct. 1841 ; Hay, mission-
ary in India (marr. Robert Nesbit), died at
sea, 1848. — [Memoir of Margaret Wilson ;
Smith's Life of Wilson of Bombay, 32, 263,
625 ; Roger's A Week at Bridge of Allan,
20 ; Gregg's History of the Presbyterian
Church in Canada, 490.]
ANGUS M'BEAN, born Moy, 16th Nov.
1785 ; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen ; MA. (31st March 1809) ;
sometime schoolmaster of Dores ; licen. by
Presb. of Inverness 1st June 1813 ; assist-
ant at Croy ; ord. 8th Nov. 1821. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Gaelic
Free Church, Greenock, 1843-5 ; died
unmarr. 24th Dec. 1845. — [Mackay's Fun.
Serm.]
[Church vacant 1843-53.]
ROBERT MAXWELL MAC-
FARLANE, ord. 23rd Dec. 1853;
trans, to Glenorchy 22nd Sept. 1864.
JOHN MACPHERSON, ord. 16th Feb.
1865 ; trans, to Comrie 5th Aug.
1875.
1853
1865
JOHN BARNETT, trans, from Kil-
1876 Brandon and Kilchattan, and adm.
13th Jan. 1876; trans, to Lochalsh
13th March 1878.
JOHN DEMPSTER MUNRO, ord. 19th
1878 Nov. 1878 ; trans, to Eyemouth 16th
May 1882.
WILLIAM THOMPSON, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 2nd Nov. 1882; trans, to
Fodderty 15th July 1885.
ARCHIBALD MACDONALD, trans,
from Logie-Easter, and adm. 19th
Nov. 1885 ; trans, to Kiltarlity 5th
May 1892.
DAVID COLVILLE MACMICHAEL,
1892 M-A" B-D,; °rd' 27th Sept- 1892;
app. min. of St Andrew's Church,
Colombo, Ceylon, 30th Sept. 1912.
JOHN STEWART M'CALLUM, born
lgl3 Killean, Kintyre, 24th March 1867,
son of Donald M. and Janet Stewart;
educated at Hutcheson's Grammar School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Kintyre in 1895; assistant at Glenelg; ord.
to Kilchoman 22nd Nov. 1895 ; trans, to
Stornoway 29th Jan. 1904 ; trans, and adm.
16th May 1913; died 1st Dec. 1918. He
marr. 24th Sept. 1903, Isabella Leitch,
daugh. of John Thomson, and had issue —
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201
Catherine, born 7th Sept. 1904 ; Grace,
born 15th Sept. 1906; Margaret, born 9th
April 1909 ; Ian, born 4th Nov. 1911.
DUNCAN MACARTHUR, born Port
lgi9 Charlotte, Islay, 11th Feb. 1875, son
of Duncan M. and Ann M'Cormick ;
educated at Port Charlotte, Bowmore, and
Kingussie Schools and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Dingwall 7th May 1903 ;
assistant at Beauly ; ord. to Knoydart 27th
Oct. 1903 ; trans, to Kilninver 2nd March
1911; trans, and adm. 3rd June 1919.
Marr. 29th Dec. 1905, Catherine Jane,
daugh. of Hugh Maclean, and has issue—
Duncan, born 24th May 1908.
LADYBURN (Q.S.).
[A church was opened here on 26th Dec.
1875. Disjoined from the East Parish of
Greenock, and erected by the Court of
Teinds, 5th June 1882.]
THOMAS KAY, born 26th Aug. 1819, son
1876 of John K., merchant, Edinburgh ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh;
ord. missionary at Eday, Orkney, 1864;
adm. min. of North Ronaldshay 4th May
1866; trans, and adm. 17th May 1876;
res. 17th May 1897 ; died 22nd Jan. 1903.
He marr. (1) Isabella Agnes Hogg : (2)
14th April 1857, Margaret Lumsden, daugh.
of William Wardlaw, merchant, Ratho, and
had issue — Isabella Richardson ; John ;
Annie, died 2nd April 1918. Publication—
The Kirk and the Book (1885).
ROBERT MONTGOMERY HARDIE,
18Q7 M.A., B.D. ; ord. 22nd Sept. 1897;
trans, to Cockpen 17th Feb. 1903.
ROBERT AITKEN, M.A., B.D.; ord.
1903 17t^ ^Une 1903; trans, to St George's
Parish, Paisley, 19th May 1913.
ROBERT CLEGHORN THOMSON,
lgl3 born Uddingston, 17th Oct. 1877,
son of Robert Cleghorn T. and
Agnes Hay; educated at Queen's Park
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1903), B.D. (1906); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 8th May 1906 ; assistant at Peebles
1906-7, at Inverness 1907-8. On doctrinal
grounds he res. his licence in 1908, and
became a theological tutor at Harley
College, London. He was restored as a
licentiate, and was assistant at Alloa,
1911-13; ord. to this charge 16th Oct.
1913 ; elected to Wallacetown, Dundee,
but died before admission, 6th Oct. 1918,
unmarr.
1919
GEORGE HOPE JAMIE, born 30th
Nov. 1891, son of David J., min.
of Ballingry ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1914) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 1916 ; ord. Indian Chaplain
at Jhansi 1916 ; res. and became assistant
at New Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 1918 ; adm.
to this charge 16th Jan. 1919.
MIDDLE PARISH.
[The Middle Parish was disjoined from
the West Parish of Greenock by the Com-
missioners for the Plantation of Kirks on
15th July 1741. At first this was known
as the New Parish. In 1761 the Middle
Church was rebuilt. Its tower, 146 feet
high, was added in 1787.]
JOHN SHAW, born 1712, second son of
7 Alexander S., min. of Edinkillie ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1738); licen. by
Presb. of Forres 22nd Aug. 1736 ; called
30th Sept., and ord. 10th Nov. 1741 ; adm.
a burgess of Inveraray 30th July 1744 ; died
6th Nov. 1768. He marr. 9th Dec. 1745,
Agnes (died 28th April 1815), daugh. of
Hugh Hendry, cooper, Greenock, and had
issue — Alexander, born 16th April 1748 ;
John, born 27th April 1749, died 26th
March 1751 ; Eleanor, born 30th June
1750; Hugh, born 23rd Sept. 1752, died
8th Sept. 1756; Jean, born 6th Oct. 1754,
died 14th Sept. 1756; Grizel, born 11th
Nov. 1756, died 9th Oct. 1757 ; Agnes, born
22nd Jan. 1761 ; Margaret, born 7th Feb.
1763, died 1853; John, born 17th June
1765 ; Andrew, born 13th May 1767. " The
only existing record of their names, day
and hour of birth and death, is on a leaf
of his family Bible" [now in America]. —
[Tombst. ; Watt Memorials, p. 98 ; William-
son's Old Greenock. 45.]
202
MIDDLE PARISH
[PRESB. OF
JOHN ADAM, born 1720, son of John
1769 A., min. of West Kilbride ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 29th Jan. 1745 ; ord. to
West Kilbride 28th March 1751 ; called
4rh May 1769 ; trans, and adm. 12th July
1769 ; D.D. (source and date unknown) ;
died 5th Aug. 1792. He marr. (1) 29th
July 1752, Elizabeth Parker, who died 27th
Nov. 1779, and had issue — John, merchant,
Greenock, born 21st June 1753, died 21st
May 1776 ; William, born 18th Sept. 1754,
died 27th Feb. 1757; Mary, born 8th
Aug. 1756, died 19th Dec. 1757; Janet,
born 27th June 1758 ; Robert, merchant,
Fayetteville, North Carolina, born 9th Dec.
1760, died 1804 j Elizabeth, born 31st Oct.
1762, died 23rd Aug. 1766; Mary, born
3rd June 1765 (marr. John Hendry, min.
of Ardrossan) ; John William, born 7th
Nov. 1768 : (2) 13th Oct. 1783, Agnes (died
s.p. 19th Oct. 1826), daugh. of Bailie John
Anderson, merchant, Greenock, and Helen
Hill. Publication — A Sermon (Glasgow,
1785).— [Tombst.]
JOHN SCOTT, born Port of Menteith,
17gs 1763, son of John S. ; educated at
Port of Menteith and Aberfoyle
Schools and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1787 ; tutor in
the family of John Wallace, Greenock ;
pres. by the Town Council 16th Jan., and
ord. 10th May 1793; D.D. (Glasgow, -22nd
Feb. 1803); died 23rd March ls36. He
marr. 8th Feb. 1796, Susan (died 1st Nov.
1829), daugh. of Alexander Fisher of Dych-.
mount, and had issue— Mary, born 18th
Nov. 1796, died young; John, born 27th
April 1799, died young; Susan Hutchison,
born 6th May, and died 23rd Aug. 1801 ;
Jean, born 2nd March 1804, died young;
Alexander John, born 26th March 1805
[M.A. (Glasgow 1824), licentiate of the
Church of Scotland, 1827-39 ; charged with
heresy and deprived of his license : was
successively a min. in Woolwich ; Professor
of English, University College, London;
Professor of Hebrew, Owens College, Man-
chester, and first Principal of that
College], died at Yeytaux, Switzerland,
12th Jan. 1866 j Margaret, born 26th May
1S06, died unmarr. Publication — Sermons
[Memoir] (Edinburgh, 1839).— [Smith's
Fun. Sarm. ; Acts of Ass., 1831 ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, assistant
18S1 t0 Preceding min. ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 15th Oct. 1831 ;
trans, to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh. 16th
Jan. 1834.
1835
JAMES SMITH, born Glasgow, 1796,
son of James S. ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews : M.A. (1817); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd May 1S20; ord.
to Alva 6th May 1823: pres. by the
Town Council 2nd Feb., trans, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 11th June
1835. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Middle Free Church, Greenock,
1843-53 ; sometime clerk of Free Presb. of
Greenock ; res. and resided first in Jersey,
and afterwards in Hyde, I.W. : died 5th
March 1886. He marr. 3rd Sept. 1828,
Charlotte Laura, second daugh. of Captain
Richard Bullen, Scots Greys, and had issue
— Laura Jemima, born 10th June 1829 ;
James Richard, born 22nd May 1S31 ; Jessie,
born 15th Jan. 1833 ; Charles Bullen, born
22nd Jan. 1834, died 23rd Jan. 1S36 ; John-
stone, born 3rd March 1S36 ; Jane Agnes,
born 12th Nov. 1837 : Jemima Bullen, born
23rd July 1839 ; George William, born 3rd
June 1842.
1S4S
JAMES REID BROWN, born Cold-
stream, 6th Dec. 1796, only son of
Robert B. and Isabella, daugh. of
James Reid, Coldstream : educated at
Associate Burgher Hall and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Berwick
14th May 1819; sometime tutor to John
Wilkie of Foulden ; ord. min. of the High
Meeting, Berwick-on-Tweed, 10th Feb.
1824; trans, to the Scots Church, Swallow
Street, London, 18th Nov. 1S31 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1834) ; adm. to this charge 26th
Oct. 1843; died 3rd Oct. 1860. As
Moderator of the Presb. of London he
pronounced sentence of deposition on
Edward Irving. 2nd May 1S32. He accom-
panied the deputation from the Church of
Scotland who congratulated Queen Victoria
GREENOCK]
MIDDLE PARISH— NORTH PARISH
203
on her accession in 1837. He marr. 11th
Nov. 1824, Mary Margaret (died 26th Feb.
1860), daugh. of John Burke, 10 St Andrew
Square, Edinburgh, and had issue — Cather-
ine Isabella, died unmarr., at Edinburgh,
10th Aug. 1915, aged 90; Robert, major
Madras Army, died at London, 29th May
1869 ; James Reid, captain Madras Staff
Corps, died at Glasgow, 10th June 1891 ;
Thomas Reid, stockbroker, died at Edin-
burgh, 26th June 1905. Publications— He
was at one time on the staff of the Times,
to which he contributed many articles,
chiefly on Scottish subjects.
FREDERICK LOCKHART ROBERT-
1861 SON, trans, from Bonbill, and adm.
16th May 1861 ; trans, to St An-
drew's Parish, Glasgow, 28th March 1873.
JAMES ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,
1874 trans- from North Parish, Stirling,
and adm. 19th May 1874 ; trans, to
Troqueer, Dumfriesshire, 21st Sept. 1876.
DAVID SMITH PETERS, born Newton
1877 of Falkland 3rd July 1845, son of
David P. and Ann Smith ; educated
at Falkland School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; MA. (1869); licen. by Presb. of
Cupar 5th Oct. 1872 ; assistant at St
George's Parish, Glasgow ; ord. to Newton-
upon-Ayr 25th Aug. 1875 ; trans, and adm.
13th March 1877.
THE NORTH PARISH (Q.S.).
[A church, built for this district in 1823,
was known as Blackhall Street Chapel.
On 31st May 1834 the General Assembly
erected this as a separate charge, and on
30th May 1836 it was granted a constitution
as a chapel, and had a definite district
assigned to it. In 1840 the old West
Church, built for the town and parish of
Greenock in 1592, was restored and made
a chapel for this north district. The
North Parish was disjoined from the
West Parish of Greenock, 18th March
1872. In the north churchyard, now be-
longing to this parish, was buried in 1786
Mary Campbell, the "Highland Mary" of
Robert Burns. In 1842 there was erected
over her grave a monument on which is
sculptured her parting with the poet, and
beneath are inscribed the lines —
" O Mary ! dear departed Shade !
Where is thy place of blissful rest ? "]
NATHANIEL MORREN, MA. ; ord.
1823 20t^ ^Une 1823 ' trans- t0 Brecnm
28th Sept. 1843.
[Vacant 1843-65.]
JAMES RANKIN, MA. ; ord. 21st July
iMC 1865 ; trans, to Muthil 4th June
lobo _
1868.
CHARLES STRONG, ord. 1868 ; trans.
ioqo to Anderston Parish, Glasgow, 16th
lobo ^ _ _ _
March 1871.
WILLIAM WEIR TULLOCH, M.A,
1871 B.D. ; ord. 10th Aug. 1871 ; first
min. of the parish in 1872 ; trans, to
Kelso 10th Sept. 1874.
ALEXANDER ERSKINE SHAND,
lffJS educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1871) ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh ; assistant at St George's, Edinburgh ;
ord. 25th Feb. 1875 ; died 3rd May 1897.
He marr. 4th June 1878, Alison (born 7th
May 1853, died 30th Aug. 1902), eldest
daugh. of Alexander Hay, jeweller, Edin-
burgh, and had issue — Helen Masters Hay,
born 30th April 1879 ; Catherine Ballingall
Clerk, born 9th Nov. 1881 ; Thomas
Graham, born 15th Sept. 1884.
ADAM CURRIE, born Leith, 6th Feb.
1898 18^5> son °f Adam C. and Agnes
Beveridge ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1886) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1889 ; assistant at Tron
Parish. Edinburgh ; ord. missionary to
Mount Mlanje, British Central Africa,
1891 ; adm. to this charge 29th April 1898.
Marr. Jan. 1892, Jessie, daugh. of John
Monteath, Dunblane, and has issue — Adam,
Scots Guards, born 1894, killed in action in
France, 23rd Aug. 1918.
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ST ANDREWS CHAPEL— ST PAULS
[PRESB. OF
ST ANDREW'S CHAPEL,
WEST STEWART STREET.
[This charge was founded 1st March 1835.
A church was built in 1836. It was re-
tained by the Free Church after the
Secession.]
1835
JOHN JAMES BONAR, born 25th
March 1803, son of James Bonar,
Second Solicitor of Excise, Edin-
burgh, and Marjory Pyott or Maitland ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
25th April 1827 ; assistant at Middle
Parish, Greenock; ord. 20th Aug. 1835.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min.
of St Andrew's Free Church, Greenock,
1843-91; D.D. (Edinburgh, 20th April
1883), died 7th July 1891. He marr. 17th
July 1838, Isabella (died 22nd March 1875),
youngest daugh. of James Watt of Ran-
furly, Renfrewshire, and had issue — James
of Ranfurly, M.A. (Edinburgh), born 1st
May 1839, died 14th Sept. 1915; John,
born 20th May 1840, died 7th Nov. 1907;
William, born 29th April, and died 19th
Sept. 1842; Horatius of Ranfurly, W.S.,
Edinburgh, compiler of the Pyott or
Maitland Pedigree (1914), born 31st July
1843, died 2nd Feb. 1917 ; Andrew, born
26th July 1845, died 31st Aug. 1847. Pub-
lications— Contributions to the Presby-
terian Review (Edinburgh, 1832-48), and
the Quarterly Journal of Prophecy (Lon-
don, 1849 ff.). — [Jubilee Memorial of Saint
Andrew's Parish and Congregation, and of
their first Minister, John James Bonar,
D.D. (Greenock, 1889); Parting Memorial
of John James Bonar, D.D. (Greenock,
1892); The Christian, 29th July 1893;
Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ST PAUL'S (Q.S.).
[An iron chapel was opened here 21st
July 1878, and a stone church 5th March
1893. The parish was disjoined from the
West Parish of Greenock 29th Nov. 1901.]
1879
THOMAS FRANCIS JOHNSTONE,
born 1840, son of Michael Shaw
Stewart J., D.D., min. of Monigaff;
educated at Leamington College and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; B.A. (1861), M.A. (1862) ;
licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 28th June
1864 ; ord. to St Boswells 20th July 1865 ;
trans, and adm. 15th Jan. 1879 ; adm. first
min. of the parish 29th Nov. 1901 ; dem.
18th May 1908; died 13th March 1913.
He marr. 22nd Jan. 1891, Florence Mary,
daugh. of Norman Cowley, 5th Dragoon
Guards, but had no issue.
JOHN CAMPBELL, born Glasgow, 20th
April 1867, son of Duncan C. and
Jane Wotherspoon Simpson ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1888),
B.D. (1891); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
in 1891 ; assistant at Kinghorn ; ord. to
Monquhitter 28th Sept. 1897 ; trans, and
adm. 18th Dec. 1908; trans, to Tolbooth
Parish, Edinburgh, 19th Sept. 1917. Marr.
3rd Aug. 1898, Margaret, daugh. of Edward
Swan, farmer, Mountskip, Gorebridge, and
sister of Annie S. Swan, the novelist, and
has issue — Duncan Edward, born 2nd July
1899 ; Effie Jean, born 7th March 1902 ;
John Colin, born 9th Jan. 1904 ; Alexander
Archibald, born 9th Feb. 1907. Publica-
tion— "Introduction and Commentary on
Epistles to Corinthians " (The One Volume
Bible Commentary, London, 1909).
CHARLES LAING WARR, born 20th
May 1892, son of Alfred W., min. of
Rosneath ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1913); licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton 1917; assistant at St Mungo's,
Glasgow ; served as lieut. of the Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders in France;
was wounded at the second battle of
Ypres, and discharged from the army ;
ord. 7th March 1918. Marr. 30th April
1918, Christian Lawson Aitken, daugh. of
Robert Rattray Tulloch, city analyst,
Glasgow. Publications — The Unseen Host
(Paisley, 1916); Echoes of Flanders
(London, 1916) ; Alfred Warr of Rosneath
(Paisley, 1917).
Greenock] ST THOMAS'S CHAPEL— SOUTH— WELLPARK
205
1839
ST THOMAS'S CHAPEL.
[The building was retained by the Free
Church after the Secession of 1843.]
WILLIAM LAUGHTON, born London,
31st Aug. 1812, son of William L.,
master mariner and shipowner, and
Agatha Boog ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; ord. 18th July 1839. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of St Thomas's
Free Church, Greenock, 1843-97; D.D.
(Glasgow 1881) ; Moderator of Free Church
General Assembly 19th May 1881; died
unmarr. at Edinburgh, 7th Nov. 1897.
SOUTH (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from the West
Parish 19th July 1875.]
CHARLES DURWARD, M.A., B.D. ;
adm. first min. of the parish 21st
1875 Sept. 1875; trans, to Scoonie 5th
May 1881.
JOHN FORBES MACPHERSON, son
of Lauchlan M., bedellus of the Univ.
of Glasgow; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1872), B.D. (1875) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow ; ord. to New Rothesay
27th Sept. 1877 ; trans, and adm. 27th Oct.
1881 ; clerk of Presb. ; res. Dec. 1919. Marr.
13th April 1882, Jessie Ewart, daugh. of John
Hannah, and has issue — Elizabeth Forbes,
born 20th May 1883; Jessie Blackwood
Hannah, born 22nd Jan. 1885 ; George
Lauchlan, born 2nd Sept. 1886 ; Barbara
Gunn,born 26th Nov. 1887 ; John Hannah,
born 16th Oct. 1889; Robert, born 23rd
May 1892.
JOHN YOUNGSON THOMSON,
1920 trans, from Leadhills 1920.
WELLPARK (Q.S.).
[A church was built in 1877, and the
parish was disjoined from the West Parish
of Greenock, 21st Feb. 1881.]
HARCOURT PETER CHARLTON,
B.A. ; min. at Burt, Ireland, 19th
1877 Oct. 1858 to 3rd Nov. 1875 ; adm. in
1877 ; trans, to Stranraer 27th March 1879.
1881
WILLIAM WILSON, born Druma-
la7g donald, Co. Down, Ireland, June
1842, son of James W. and Margaret
Mair ; educated at Queen's College, Bel-
fast ; licen. by Presb. of Belfast in 1873 ; ord.
to Spa, Presb. of Comber, Ireland, 5th May
1874 ; adm. to this charge 18th July 1879 ;
first min. of the parish in 1881 ; dem. in
1916. Marr. June 1878, Jane Young,
daugh. of James Killen, D.D., Comber,
and has issue — Jane ; Florence.
CHARLES PETER GRANT, born 3rd
Jan. 1882, son of Alexander G., min.
of Stoer, Sutherland ; educated at
Kingussie School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1904) ; licen. by Presb. of Dornoch in
1907 ; assistant at St Michael's, Dumfries ;
ord. to Greengairs 28th Sept. 1910 ; trans.
and adm. (assistant and successor) 15th
Aug. 1916.
THE WEST PARISH, formerly
THE PARISH OF GREENOCK.
[On 18th Nov. 1589, at Holyrood House,
King James VI. granted John Shaw of
Greenock authority to erect a church for
this rising town and its neighbourhood.
The church was then built and opened 5th
Oct. 1591. An Act of Parliament giving
sanction to the proceedings was passed on
5th June 1592. By another Act, passed on
8th June 1594, this parish was disjoined by
Parliament from Inverkip and erected as
the Parish of Greenock, a name which it
continued to bear till the erection of the
East Parish in 1809. In 1636 the Lord
Commissioners for the Plantation of Kirks
enlarged the parish of Greenock by adding
to it various lands taken from the parishes
of Inverkip and Houston. There were of
old two chapels within the bounds assigned
to the parish of Greenock, besides the chapel
of St Laurence in what is now the East
Parish. One of these chapels stood at
Chapelton, in the extreme east of the
parish, and the other was the chapel of St
Blaan at Kilblaan. There were two yearly
fairs held of old times in Greenock — St
Helen's Fair, and the Fair of St Laurence.
The latter was held beside St Laurence's
^06
WEST PARISH
[PRESB. OF
Chapel, whose site was near where the
East Church now stands. The West
Parish Church was rebuilt on a new site
in 1840, and a tower added to it in 1854.]
ANDREW MUEDO [MUEDOCH],
1591 M.A. (St Andrews 1582); adm. to
Kippen in 1587 ; trans, and adm.
after 8th Feb. 1591. [In Notes on Greenock
Writs (Advocates' Library), his name is
given as Mure, or Murehead.]— [Stirling
Presb. Beg.]
PATEICK SHAW, pres. by James VI.
5 Nov. 1593 ; trans, to Selkirk in 1596.
— [Williamson's Old Greenock, 2nd
ser., 51.]
1598
JOHN [not Malcolm as in the Report
of the Commission of 1627] LAING,
MA. (Glasgow 1594) ; min. in 1598 ;
died Feb. 1639, aged about 65. One of
his parishioners was " delated " before the
Presb. for " invading, abusing, and striking
his pastor in the market-place" on a market
day in 1602. For thisoffence he was ordered
to make the round of all the kirks in the
Presb. on successive Sundays in time of
divine service, and present himself at the
place of public repentance, bareheaded and
barefooted, in sackcloth, till the end of the
sermon, and confess his offence and sorrow
for it. On the last Sunday he was to
present himself in the public place of
repentance in the kirk of Greenock, humble
himself on the floor of the kirk on his
knees, and crave God's mercy. L. marr.
Janet Craig, and had issue — James, min.
of Kirknewton, served heir 31st Jan.
1640. — [Reg. Assig. ; Reg. Old Dec. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Commiss. to Ass., 1638 ; Inq. Ret.
Gen., 2472 ; Reg. of Deeds, cccclxvi., 217 ;
Old Greenock, 2nd ser., 52.]
JAMES TAYLOE, M.A. ; pres. by John
Shaw of Greenock, acting for James,
Earl of Abercorn, the "undoubted
patron," and ord. 11th Feb. 1640 ; trans, to
Mearns 20th July 1665.
WILLIAM CAMEEON, born about
1637, son of Archibald C, min. of
Buchanan ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1657) ; pres. by John Shaw
1640
of Greenock, and ord. before 19th Dec. 1667 ;
various charges (afterwards shown to be
unfounded) being brought against him, his
health became shattered, and he dem. at
the end of 1680. For several years he was
supported by collections made by his former
co-Presbyters and their congregations. On
2nd Oct. 1689 he petitioned the Synod for
supply for himself and his wife and family
(" being in a starving condition "), and the
General Assembly, 13th Nov. 1690 and 25th
Dec. 1695, recommended him to the Privy
Council for charity. From the Univ. of
Glasgow also he received £200 on 19th
Feb. 1691. He died at Edinburgh, 29th
Jan. 1698. He marr. Mary Wauchope, who
survived him, and had issue — Elizabeth
(marr. Eobert Kincaid, schoolmaster, Salt-
coats), and eight- others. — [Glasg. Tests.;
Edin. Reg. {Bur.) ; Maitland Miscell., iv. ;
Acts of Ass., 1690, 1695.]
1681
ANDEEW CEANSTOUN, probably
related to John O, min. of Crail-
ing ; was a student within the
bounds of the Presb. ; M.A. (Edinburgh
1673) ; pres. by Sir John Shaw ; had a
testimonial for ordination 1st June, and
inst. 5th July 1681. He is not mentioned
after 26th Oct. 1681, but the parish was not
vacant till Jan. 1682.
DAVID MITCHELL, born Alloa, about
1683 1646 ; M.A. (Edinburgh 1666) ; licen.
by George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 15th
Feb. 1668 ; app. schoolmaster of Alloa 28th
Sept. 1673 ; clerk of Presb. of Stirling ; ord.
to Stevenston before 1st June 1681 ; pres.
by Sir John Shaw ; coll. and inst. 26th May
1683 [he served his own edict before institu-
tion] ; app. clerk of Presb. 12th Nov. 1684 ;
probably outed at the Eevolution. He is
described as " a quiet and peaceable man."
Apparently in " great distress," he was given
a sum of £5, lis. ljd. sterling by the Univ.
of Glasgow 20th April 1697. The date of
his death is unknown. — [Alloa Sess. Reg.]
[ALEXANDEE GOEDON, M.A. ; de-
prived min. of Inveraray ; officiated
here from Nov. 1687 ; returned to
Inveraray 6th Aug. 1690.]
1687
GREENOCK]
WEST PARISH
207
JOHN STIRLING, trans, from Inch-
1694 mnan» and adm. 11th Sept. 1694;
dem. 8th July 1701, on appointment
as Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow
(q.v.), in succession to his uncle, William
Dunlop.
ANDREW TURNER, born Port of
1704 Mentevtn> son °f David T. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 6th April 1692 ; ord.
to Erskine 22nd Sept. 1692; called 12th
Sept. 1703 ; trans, and adm. 2nd Feb. 1704 ;
died 30th Nov. 1718. He took a leading
part in dealing with the witches of Renfrew-
shire, especially the case of Christian Shaw,
daugh. of the laird of Bargarran, parish of
Erskine. He marr. 18th April 1694, Kath-
erine, daugh. of Thomas Kennedy, min. at
Glasgow, and had issue — David, his suc-
cessor here ; Thomas, min. of Stirling ;
Margaret (marr. James Anderson, min. of
Rosneath). — [Glasg. Reg. {Marr.) ; Lees's
Abbey of Paisley, 329 ; Metcalfe's Hist, of
the County of Renfrew, 330.]
DAVID TURNER, born 1695, son of
1721 Precedrng ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (13th April 1715);
licen. by Presb. of Dunoon ; pres. by Sir
John Shaw of Greenock 4th July 1720 ;
ord. 12th Jan. 1721 ; died Father op the
Church 9th Dec. 1785. He marr. 30th
March 1740, Janet (died 13th Aug. 1799),
daugh. of John Hunter of Kilbowie, and
had issue — Anne, born 24th Jan. 1741 ;
Elizabeth, born 29th Jan. 1743; Andrew,
born 2nd April 1747 ; David, merchant,
Greenock, died, aged 23 ; Thomas of Kil-
bowie, merchant, Greenock ; James, some-
time town-clerk of Greenock, Parliamentary
Solicitor in London.
COLIN GILLIES, pres. by John Shaw
l774 Stewart, and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 12th May 1774; trans, to
Laigh Parish, Paisley, 19th Dec. 1781.
ALLAN M'AULAY, probably second son
1786 °^ J°nn M-, Barony Parish, Glasgow ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1770) ; pres. by John
Shaw Stewart, and ord. 27th July 1786 ;
died 8th Nov. 1791, aged 41. He marr. 4th
Nov. 1788, Margaret Hopkins, who was
resident in Greenock 25th March 1807,
and had issue — an only daugh., Jane, born
16th Aug. 1789.
ROBERT STEELE [STEEL], descended
1792 fr°m the martyr John Brown of
Priesthill, born 15th Aug. 1749
[another account gives May 1754], second
son of William S., farmer, Skellyhill and
Waterhead, parish of Douglas ; educated
at Lesmahagow and Hamilton Schools and
Univ. of Glasgow ; tutor to Sir Thomas
MacDougall Brisbane of Brisbane ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine 13th Feb. 1787 ; assist-
ant at Doune ; pres. by John Shaw Stewart
14th Jan., and ord. 21st June 1792 \ died 6th
Dec. 1 831. He marr. 9th June 1794, Marion
(died 21st April 1839), daugh. and co-heiress
of John Boyd-Cuninghame of Carlung, Ayr-
shire, and had issue — Elizabeth, born 6th
May 1795 ; Mary, born 22nd Dec. 1796 ;
William, advocate, Sheriff-Substitute of
Stirling and Dunbarton, born 27th June
1798, died 28th Dec. 1880 ; Jane, born 3rd
Feb. 1800; Marion, born 29th Nov. 1801,
died 11th Jan. 1842 ; Janet, born 17th Jan.
1804 (marr. Thomas Brown, min. of Inver-
kip) ; Margaret, born 3rd Jan. 1806 ; Helen,
born 4th Nov. 1808, died 23rd March 1846 ;
Katherine Maxwell, born 15th Feb. 1817. —
[Douglas Sess. Reg. ; Tombst.~\
[After the death of Mr Steele the charge
was offered to Thomas Chalmers, D.D.,
who declined it, but recommended Mr
MacFarlan.]
PATRICK MACFARLAN, born 4th
1832 APr^ 1>781> son °f Jonri Warden M.,
min. of Second Charge, Canongate
Parish, Edinburgh ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 28th Dec. 1803; ord.
to Kippen 4th Sept. 1806 ; trans, to Polmont
13th July 1810 ; trans, to St John's Parish,
Glasgow [as successor to Thomas Chalmers,
D.D.], 29th July 1824 ; trans, to St Enoch's
Parish, Glasgow, 1825; pres. by Sir Michael
Shaw Stewart, Bart. ; trans, and adm. 27th
July 1832. He was examined before the
Committee of the House of Commons on the
Patronage Question, 20th and 25th March
1834, and was Moderator of Assembly 22nd
208
WEST PARISH
[PRESB. OF
May that year. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of the West Free Church,
Greenock, 1843-9 ; Moderator of Free
Church General Assembly 22nd May 1845 ;
died 13th Nov. 1849. He rnarr. 8th Jan.
1808, Catherine (died 21st Dec. 1815, aged
31), daugh. of Robert Clason, min. of Logie,
Dunblane, and had issue — Ann, born 11th
April 1810, died 25th Nov. 1831 ; Helen,
born 17th June 1811 ; Catherine, born 21st
June 1813 (marr. Alexander Melville, min.
of Falkirk), died at Paris, 25th Feb. 1866 ;
John, min. of Middle Free Church, Green-
ock, born 2nd May 1815, died 18th Dec. 1891.
Publications — Six Sermons (Glasgow, 1825 ;
Edinburgh, 1846) ; Strictures on the Rev.
Greville Swing's Speech (Glasgow, 1827) ;
Answer to Remarks . . . by the Rev.
Greville Ewing, and to Mr M'Gavin's
Letter (Glasgow, 1827); Thoughts on
Popular Election, Patronage, and Calls
(Edinburgh, 1833); Letters to the People
of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1835) ; Lecture on
Candour in the Investigation of Religious
Truth (Edinburgh, 1842); A Letter to the
Friends of the Established Church (Edin-
burgh, 1842) ; Supplementary Letter to the
Friends of the Established Church (Edin-
burgh, 1842) ; Address at the Opening of the
General Assembly of the Free Church (Edin-
burgh, 1845) ; The Past and Present State
of Evangelical Religion in Switzerland
(Edinburgh, 1845) ; The Gospel Ministry
Fund essential to the Maintenance and
Extension of the Free Church (Greenock,
1 848) ; A Vindication of the Church of
Scotland (London, 1850) ; edited Warden's
Essay on the Lord's Suptper (Leith, 1808)
and Thomas Brown's Sermons (Glasgow,
1849).— [Smith's Scottish Clergy, ii., 66;
Disruption Worthies, 63 ; Free Church
Mag., 1850 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JAMES MELVILLE M'CULLOCH,
1843 b°rD St Alldrew8» 25th Feb- 1801>
son of John M. ; educated at the
Burgh and Grammar Schools and Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1821) ; rector of the
Grammar School of Dunkeld 1821 - 6 ;
been, by Presb. of Dunkeld 28th Dec.
1824 ; headmaster of Circus Place School,
Edinburgh, 1826-9; ord. to Inverbrothock
Chapel 25th Feb. 1829; trans, to Kelso
27th Sept. 1832; D.D. (St Andrews, 13th
Feb. 1841); pres. by Sir Michael Shaw
Stewart, Bart. ; trans, and adm. 23rd Nov.
1843; died 12th Jan. 1883. His Course of
Reading was the most notable school-book
of its time, and was used not only in
Scotland but throughout Great Britain,
as well as in India and the Colonies.
Some of his school-books reached forty
editions. He marr. 26th Dec. 1827,
Arabella Cargill, and had issue — Robert
Cargill, born 10th Oct. 1828; Melville,
a daugh., born 10th Jan. 1830, died
5th Feb. 1833; Louisa, born 10th Aug.
1831 (marr. James Rankin, D.D., min.
of Muthill), died 19th Oct. 1915; Agnes
Jane, born 19th Dec. 1832; John, M.D.,
Greenock, born 24th May 1834 ; Mary
Anne, born 14th Sept. 1835 ; James Nisbet,
born 6th July 1840 ; Janet Frances, born
28th Feb. 1842. Publications—^ Compen-
dious View of the Principal Charges which
have been preferred against the Committee
of the British and Foreign Bible Society
[anon.] (Edinburgh, 1826) ; A Course of
Elementary Reading in Science and Litera-
ture (Edinburgh, 1827, numerous editions) ;
The Trust-worthiness of the Earl Street
Committee Examined and Disproved [anon.]
(Edinburgh, 1828); A Sermon on the Occa-
sion of the Death of the Rev. Dr Andreiv
Thomson (Edinburgh, 1831) ; Present and
Future Consequences of witnessing a Good
Confession (Edinburgh, 1831); English
Grammar with Exercises (Edinburgh, 1834) ;
On the Civil Establishments of Religion
(Edinburgh, 1835); Causes and Remedy of
the Present Disaffection to the Church of
Scotland (1835) ; A Series of Lessons in Prose
and Verse (Edinburgh, 1836); Pietas Juven-
ilis (London, 1838) ; Introductory Notice at
the Opening of the North Parish Church
[Kelso] (Edinburgh, 1838); The Establish-
ment shoivn to be laid prostrate at the Feet
of the Civil Magistrate (1840) ; Literary
Characteristics of the Scriptures (1847);
Misconceptions regarding Education (1876) ;
First Reading Book, various editions
(London) ; Second Reading Book, various
editions (London) ; Third Reading Book,
8 editions (London) ; Prefixes and Affixes
geeenock]
WEST PARISH— INVERKIP
209
(London) ; English Pronunciation and Spell-
ing (London) ; Sermons [edited by James
Rankin, D.D.] (1884); Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, iii.).— [Memoir pre-
fixed to Sermons (portrait) ; Smith's Scottish
Clergy, ii„ 289.]
JOHN BARCLAY, born Collessie, 29th
July 1840, son of Robert B. and
Grace Barclay ; educated at Madras
School and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1860); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1865; ord. to Nenthorn 1st March 1866;
trans, to Old Kilpatrick 19th Sept. 1867;
trans, to Dunblane 20th Jan. 1870; trans,
to St George's, Glasgow, 14th Sept. 1871 ;
trans, to Tron Parish, Edinburgh, 7th May
1 874 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 4th Nov. 1875 ; died 24th May 1893.
He marr. (1) 13th June 1866, Annie Stark
(died 8th April 1878),daugh. of John Leslie,
and had issue — Robert, his successor ;
Johanna Leslie, born 13th Jan. 1871 (marr.
1899, William Russell, M.A., Cradock, Cape
Colony), died 23rd Feb. 1914 ; John Leslie,
1st officer R.N.R., born 19th Nov. 1872;
Grace, born 27th June 1875 (marr. 1904,
John Maclntyre, M.D., Glasgow); Annie
Stark, born 14th April 1877 (marr. Henry
Mountj oy Bartlett, Cape Colony) : (2) 6th
May 1879, Helen M'Naughton, eldest daugh.
of Neil M'Eachran, Gleneden, Bothwell,
and had issue — Alexander Love, born 29th
March 1880, accidentally killed at Omaha,
U.S.A., 3rd May 1912; Noel M'Eachran,
C.E., B.Sc, 2nd lieut. Argyll and Suther-
land Highlanders, born 19th Nov. 1884.
ROBERT BARCLAY, son of preceding,
born 27th Jan. 1869 ; educated at
George Watson's College and Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock
in 1892 ; assistant at St Andrew's Parish
and Barony Parish, Glasgow ; ord. 28th
Nov. 1893 ; died 30th Jan. 1904. He marr.
13th June 1895, Hannah Buchanan, daugh.
of John Marshall Lang, D.D., Principal of
the Univ. of Aberdeen, and had issue —
Dorothy, born 6th Aug. 1898 (marr. 1920,
Lieut. Cuthbert Carr, R.N.).
VOL. III.
1904
WILLIAM JACK NICHOL SERVICE,
born 22nd March 1873, son of John
S., D.D., min. of Hyndland Chapel,
Glasgow ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1894), B.D.
(1897); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1897 ; assistant at St George's Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Arbroath 21st Feb.
1899; trans, and adm. 8th Sept. 1904.
Marr. 25th June 1904, Amy Margaret,
daugh. of Henry Angus, D.D., min. of
Erskine U.F. Church, Arbroath. Publi-
cations — Responsibility of Citizenship
(Arbroath, 1903); Daily Prayer in Time of
War (Glasgow, 1914) ; War and the Peace
of God (Glasgow, 1915).
INVERKIP.
[The vicarage of Inverkip belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. At Christswell, in the
parish, there was a chapel with a holy well.]
GEORGE THOMSON, exhorter, 1st
1574 May 1569. He was accused of being
" airt and pairt in the cruel murder "
of Robert Montgomerie of Skelmorlie and
his son William, in April 1584 ; was reduced
to the office of reader in 1588, but was
restored in 1589, and is still mentioned in
1590. — [Reg. Min.; Reg. Assig. ; Pitcairn's
Crim. Trials, i.]
THOMAS YOUNGER, M.A. (Glasgow
15g2 1584); reader at Paisley 1585-90;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
before 11th Dec. 1592, and still in the
charge in 1617. He marr., and had issue —
Robert, apprenticed to Robert Thomson,
tailor, Glasgow, 30th Jan. 1625. — [Reg.
Assig. ; Edin. and Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN HAMILTON, M.A., min. in
1626; adm. to Wandel and Laming -
ton May 1664 {q.v.). He marr. Jean
Sharp, and had issue — Jean (marr., cont.
22nd and 24th June 1653, Archibald Banna-
tyne of Lubas). — [Glasg. Tests. ; Reg. Old
Dec, iv. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Min.-book Reg.
Priv. Seal ; Lamont Papers, 649 ; Argyll
Sas., i. 87 ; G. R. Inhib., 2nd Oct. 1665.]
O
210
INVERKIP
[PRESB. OF
1665
ALEXANDER LESLIE, M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 1661) ; pres. by
Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackball ;
coll. Sept. 1665; inst. 21st March 1666;
died before 12th Nov. 1684, aged about 43.
— [Beg. Old Dec, iv.]
1685
HENRY HENDERSON, M.A. (St
Andrews, 23rd July 1672); Keen,
by Presb. of St Andrews in 1681 ;
was ord. a Deacon ; ord. and inst. to this
charge 29th May 1685 ; he left the parish
in 1689 ; died in Edinburgh, 16th April
1703, aged 51.— [Edin. Reg. Bur.]
DUNCAN CAMPBELL, M.A., formerly
min. of Kilmun ; adm. here under
the Toleration, 26th Dec. 1688;
returned to Dunoon in 1690.
1688
WILLIAM FLEMING, educated at
1692 Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 4th April 1692 ; ord. 20th
Sept. 1692 ; died Father of the Synod
24th Dec. 1745. He marr. 8th June 1693,
Agnes (who predeceased him), daugh. of
Adam Aird of Katrin, and had issue —
James ; Mary ; Barbara, all above 30 years
of age in 1745. — \_Sorn Kirk-sess. Reg.~\
ALEXANDER SCOTT, tutor in the
1747 ^ain^y °f Thomas Brisbane of Bris-
bane ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 11th
Sept. 1739; ord. to Killellan 26th April
1744 ; pres. by Sir Michael Stewart of
Blackball, Bart. ; trans, and adm. 18th Feb.
1747; died 15th Dec. 1787. He marr. (1)
16th Aug. 1750, Katherine Weir, who died
22nd April 1753, and had issue — Eleanora,
born 3rd Aug. 1751 (marr. Neil Somerville,
Fairfield, Govan) ; Katherine Elizabeth,
born 10th April 1753 : (2) 28th Feb. 1757,
Anne Speir, daugh. of William Cunning-
ham, and had issue — Anne, born 10th
Feb. 1758 (marr. her father's successor).
— [Tombst. ; Crawfurd's Hist.]
y THOMAS BROWN, born Tynron, prob-
1788 ak^ son °^ J°nn B., farmer,
Lesmahagow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; pres. by Sir Michael Shaw
Stewart, Bart., and ord. 25th Sept. 1788 ;
died 8th April 1832. He marr. 18th Nov.
1788, Anne Scott (died 25th May 1844),
daugh. of his predecessor, and had issue —
John, born 5th Sept. 1789, died at Sligo,
Ireland, 28th May 1818 ; Anne, born 13th
Oct. 1790 (marr. 4th June 1839, Humphrey
Colquhoun, R.N.) ; Alexander, born 14th
Nov. 1791, student at Glasgow Univ. in
1808, died at Calcutta, 21st Aug. 1814;
Thomas, his successor here ; Charles, born
22nd Sept. 1795, died 12th Jan. 1817;
Frances, born 2nd July 1798 ; Helen, born
19th Feb. 1800.
THOMAS BROWN, born 12th March
1822 1793, third son of preceding ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Greenock 7th May 1817 ; pres. by
Sir Michael Shaw Stewart of Blackhall,
Bart., and ord. (assistant and successor) 21st
Feb. 1822; died at Greenock, 10th June
1868. He marr. 2nd Aug. 1825, Janet (died
12th Dec. 1866), daugh. of Robert Steele,
min. of Greenock, and had issue — Marion,
born 31st July 1826 ; Thomas, min. of
Collace, born 3rd March 1828; Robert
Steele, born 30th Sept. 1829 ; Anne Scott,
born 25th May 1831 (marr. James Hutche-
son, min. of East Church, Greenock) ;
William Steele, Edinburgh and Glasgow
Railway, born 31st Dec. 1834 ; Janet, born
24th July 1839. Publication — Speech on
Skelmorlie Church Site (1853).
ALEXANDER M'QUISTEN, born
1869 Coulstoun Holme, Cathcart, 1832,
third son of Peter M. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1855) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow; assistant at St
George's, Edinburgh, 1858 ; ord. to St
Matthew's Parish, Glasgow, 26th June
1862 ; trans, and adm. 18th Feb. 1869 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1894) ; died at Prestwick, 31st
Oct. 1906. He marr. 11th May 1863, Jessie
Steel, daugh. of John M'Kechnie, Glasgow,
and had issue — Gertrude, born 21st Feb.
1864 (marr. 26th Aug. 1891, George Mac-
farlane Reid) ; Henrietta Mary, born 3rd
Nov. 1866 ; Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, C.A.,
Glasgow, born 4th Nov. 1868; Frederick
Alexander, M.P., M.A., LL.B., advocate,,
born 23rd July 1870.
GREENOCK]
INVERKIP— KILMACOLM
211
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, born Alloa,
1905 9th March 1877, son of John C,
bailie in Alloa, and Elizabeth
Findlay; educated at Dollar Academy
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1899),
B.D. (1902) j licen. by Presb. of Stirling in
1903; assistant at Dunblane; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 10th May 1905 ; Chaplain
to the Forces, 1915-18 ; M.C. Marr. 11th
Sept. 1918, Margaret Macgregor, second
daugh. of Dermont Campbell, Dunblane.
KILMACOLM.
[The church of Kilmacolm was dedicated
to St Columba. It belonged to the Abbey
of Paisley. An aisle of the old church
still stands, and was the burial-place of the
Earls of Glencairn. There was a chapel
in the parish at Finlayston. A yearly fair
was held at Kilmacolm in honour of St
Marnoch. The parish church was rebuilt
in 1833.]
ROBERT MAXWELL, reader 1567 to
1567 1572.
JAMES CRAW, min. in 1574, having
Lochwinnoch also in his charge ; still
min. in 1576. — [Beg. Assig. ; Wodrow
MiscelL, i., 329.]
ROBERT COOK, min. of Killellan in
1567, of Kilbarchan in 1576; adm.
here in 1578.— [Beg. Assig.]
1580
ARCHIBALD SPITTALL, M.A. ; min.
in 1580 ; trans, to Kilmaronock before
1588.
DANIEL [or DAVID] CUNNINGHAM,
1588 MA. (Glasgow 1586) ; min. in 1588 ;
was a member of the Court of High
Commission 15th June 1619 ; still min. 27th
March 1628, but apparently dem. and was
resident at Lochwinnoch 26th March 1646.
— [Beg. Assig. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Calderwood's
Hist., 385 ; Morrison's Dec, vi. ; Murray's
Kilmacolm, 33-46.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A. ;
ord. and adm. (at Glasgow) 15th
April 1629 ; trans, to Haddington
2nd Dec. 1629.
NINIAN CAMPBELL, M.A. ; adm. 1st
,_„.. April 1630; trans, to Rosneath 11th
March 1651.
THOMAS HALL; born 1620, brother of
Gilbert H., min. of Kirkliston ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1642) ; ord. to Lame,
Ireland, Aug. 1646 ; adm. temporarily to
Erskine 31st Aug. 1649 ; trans, and adm. to
this charge 28th May 1651 ; returned to
Larne soon after 1660, where he continued
to minister privately to his people ; died in
1695. Wodrow speaks of him as a man
"of solid learning and judgment, integrity
and piety, as well as of constancy as a
sufferer for the truth, yet modest and
humble." He marr. Isobel M'Clellan, and
had issue — Jean ; Gilbert, " lieutenant of
the town of Edinburgh's company of
guards." Publication — A Plain and Easy
Explication of the Assembly's Shorter
Catechism, confirmed with plenty of Scrip-
ture-proofs, very usefxd to all, especially to
those of weaker capacity (Edinburgh, 1697,
pp. 248). — [Ayr Sess. Beg. ; Reid's Ireland,
ii., 124 ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Tombst.]
JAMES ALEXANDER of Blackhouse
and Boghall, born 1634, eldest son
of Robert A. of Blackhouse, town
clerk of Paisley, and Marion Hamilton ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1653); licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 27th Jan. 1655 ; ord. 29th March
that year ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of the Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. In March 1669
he was accused before the Privy Council
at Ayr of preaching and baptizing
irregularly. He died of fever that year.
He was eminent for his piety and scholar-
ship. He marr. (cont. 9th June 1657) Mary
(died in 1701), daugh. of John Maxwell
of Southbar, and had issue — Robert of
Blackhouse, W.S., died 23rd May 1723;
John, merchant, Glasgow ; Jean (marr. (1)
cont. 24th Aug. 1689, William Greenlees
of Auchlamont, writer in Ayr : (2) 26th
Nov. 1704, Alan Walkinshaw of Orchard);
Mary ; Elizabeth ; Anne.— [Wodrow's Hist.,
i. 327, ii. 123 ; Ayr Sas., ix., 244, 245.]
ANDREW ABERCROMBIE, M.A. ;
min. in 1663 ; trans, to Strathdon
1655
1663
26th July 1666.
212
KILMACOLM
[PRESB. OP-
JOHN IRVINE of Saphock, M.A. ; ord.
after 2nd March 1665 ; trans, to
Peterculter 11th Jan. 1674.
PATRICK SIMSON, deprived min. of
1672 Ren^rew > was granted indulgence
here 3rd Sept. 1672 ; the parish was
declared vacant 13th May 1679. [S.
returned to Renfrew in 1687.]
DAVID BARCLAY, born 1648, nephew
1679 °^ David Fothringham of Pourie ;
M.A. (St Andrews, 25th July 1668);
recommended by the Presb. of Glasgow for
licence 20th June 1677 ; pres. by John,
Earl of Glencairn ; had a testimonial for
ordination 3rd Sept., and inst. 24th Sept.
1679 ; died unmarr. before 30th June 1680.
His brother John, min. of Cockburnspath.
was served heir, 7th Feb. 1683. — [Glasg.
Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Perth, 923.]
JAMES GADERAR [GATHERER],
1682 born about 1655, younger son of
William G. of Trowes, Morayshire,
and Margaret Marshall; M.A. (Glasgow,
20th July 1675) ; recommended for licence
by Presb. of Glasgow 23rd March, and pres.
by John, Earl of Glencairn, 7th Oct. 1681 ;
coll. 12th, and adm. 15th Jan. 1682 ; outed
at the Revolution, and took to farming
along with his brother Alexander, who had
been outed from his charge at Girvan ; was
consecrated a bishop of the Non-Jurant
Episcopal Church, in London, 24th Feb.
1712 ; app. to the dioceses of Aberdeen
and Moray in 1724. He died unmarr. 23rd
Jan. 1733, and was buried in the grave
of Bishop Scougall within the church of
Old Machar. Publications — The Right
of Sticcession to the Kingdom of England,
in two books, against the Sophisms of
Parsons the Jesuite [translated from the
Latin MS. of Sir Thomas Craig of Ric-
carton] by Mr J. G. (London, folio, 1703) ;
The Communion Office in the Scottish
Liturgy of 1637 (Edinburgh, 1724).—
[Aberd. Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; G. R.
Homings, 3rd March 1687 ; Dowden's
Bishops, 406 ; Grub's Ecclesiastical Hist,
of Scotland, iii., iv., 8 ; Craven's Church in
Moray, 104 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Tombst.]
JAMES HAY, M.A.; ord. under the
Toleration 16th Jan. 1688 ; trans.
1688
to Kilsyth 29th Dec. 1692.
JAMES BRISBANE, called 8th Aug.,
and ord. 21st Nov. 1693 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Stirling, 29th Dec.
1703.
ROBERT MAXWELL, licen. by Presb.
1706 of Paisley 29th Aug. 1705 ; called
13th Feb., and ord. 30th April 1706 ;
died 18th Feb. 1735. He marr. (1) cont.
5th June 1708, Helenor, daugh. of John
Small of Crucketsheill, and had issue —
John ; Janet, born 1719 (marr. William
Reid, surgeon, Paisley) : (2) 27th Oct.
1724, Euphemia (died s.p. before 30th
June 1749), daugh. of James Cochran of
Mainshill, Paisley. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Lanark
Sas., xii., 17.]
JOHN FLEMING, born 1711, son of
1737 William F., min. of Houston ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 24th April 1734;
called 10th Jan., and ord. 23rd June 1737 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, 8th Dec. 1786); died 30th
June 1787. He was a singularly able min.
and a distinguished scholar. He marr. 1st
June 1752, Margaret (died 6th July 1780),
daugh. of William Ralston of that ilk, and
had issue — William, born 31st March 1753,
died 1793 ; Henrietta, born 15th Feb. 1755 ;
John, born 28th July 1757, died 14th July
1761; David, born 9th May 1759; John,
born 28th July 1761 ; Margaret, born 9th
Sept. 1764, died 9th March 1765 ; Robert,
born 11th April 1767.— [Tombst.]
v JOHN BROWN, born Glasgow, 1749,
-,_„„ second son of John B., tailor; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1776) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 12th
May 1781 ; assistant at Stewarton, 1786-8 ;
pres. by James, Earl of Glencairn, and
ord. 8th May 1788; died 12th Nov. 1817.
He marr. 4th Nov. 1793, Elizabeth Gracie,
who died 21st Nov. 1826, and had issue —
John Grier, licentiate of the Church, born
8th Aug. 1794; Agnes, born 12th Jan.
1796 ; Robert, student at Glasgow Univ.
in 1813, born 5th Jan. 1798 ; Thomas, born
9th Jan. 1800; Elizabeth, born 3rd Aug.
geeenock]
KILMACOLM— LANGBANK
213
1804, died 24th March 1826 ; William of
Wateryetts, M.A. (Glasgow 1827), M.D.
(Glasgow 1830), born 2nd June 1807, died
12th Aug. 1873. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.). —
[Tombst.]
EOBERT CAMERON, born Glasgow,
1819 1768' e^est son °f Daniel 0. ', edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 5th Sept. 1804 ; pres.
by Dr William Anderson, Glasgow, and
ord. 6th May 1819; died unmarr. 20th
June 1842. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Tombst.']
*- THOMAS BRYDSON, born Glasgow,
1848 1806> son °f William B., merchant ;
educated at Univs. of Glasgow and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
ord. to Levern Chapel 6th Nov. 1839 ; trans,
and adm. 29th Aug. 1843 ; died unmarr.
28th Jan. 1855. Publications— Poems (1829) ;
Pictures of the Past (1831); Contributions
to the Republic of Letters and the Edin-
burgh Literary Journal. — [Eyre - Todd's
The Glasgow Poets, 290 ; Rogers' Modern
Scottish Minstrel, iv., 172 ; Boase's Modern
English Biography, i., 455.]
ALEXANDER LECK, born Glasgow,
1858 ^820' third son of John L. ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow; ord. to Martyrs' Church,
Glasgow, 22nd Sept. 1853 ; trans, and adm.
30th July 1858 ; died 13th Sept. 1876. He
marr. 11th Dec. 1854, Robina (died 6th Jan.
1895), daugh. of David Calder, and had
issue — John Alexander Brown, born 13th
Nov. 1855; David Calder, M.A., LL.B.,
barrister-at-law, London, born 31st July
1859; Agnes Prentice, born 20th March
1861 ; William Brown, born 31st Dec.
1862; James (twin), born 31st Dec. 1862,
died 2nd Dec. 1870 ; Margaret Calder, born
26th July 1866.
JAMES MURRAY, born Edinburgh,
18?5 3rd March 1849, son of James M.
and Mary Thomson ; educated at
High School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1868) ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
June 1873 ; assistant at Old Monkland ;
pres. by Colonel Carrick Buchanan of
1918
Drumpellier Dec. 1874; ord. (assistant
and successor) 22nd Jan. 1875. Marr. 27th
April 1875, Margaret Anne, daugh. of
George Darling. Publications — Kilmacolm,
a Parish History (Paisley, 1898 ; 2nd ed.,
1907) ; Life in Scotland a Hundred Years
Ago (Paisley, 1905 ; 2nd ed., 1908).
WILLIAM BLACK, born Glasgow, 19th
March 1891, only son of Samuel B.,
yarn merchant ; educated at Glasgow
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1911); licen. by Presb. of Paisley 1915;
assistant at Govan and in this parish Oct.
1917 ; Chaplain to the London Scottish 8th
March 1918 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
10th March 1918 ; died in hospital at Bou-
logne, France, 10th July 1918, unmarr.
LANGBANK (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1866. The
parish was disjoined from Erskine, 22nd
Nov. 1875.]
JAMES ALEXANDER CRICHTON,
M.A. ; missionary at Langbank
Chapel-of-Ease in 1866; [afterwards
of Annan].
ROBERT CRAWFORD, born Campsie,
7 25th July 1839, son of Robert C. and
Janet Campbell ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1866 ; assistant at Bluevale, Glasgow ; ord.
12th Dec. 1867 ; adm. first min. of the
parish 1st Dec. 1875 ; died 27th March
1893. He marr. 9th June 1874, Margaret
Kirk, daugh. of James Stewart, and had
issue — Marjory Stewart, born 16th Jan.
1876 ; Janet Campbell, born 27th Nov.
1877 ; Margaret Stewart, born 21st March
1879 ; Robert, born 23rd Oct. 1881.
v JOHN KNOX BROWN, born 22nd June
1866, son of William B. and Mar-
garet Knox ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
assistant at St Michael's, Edinburgh ; ord.
23rd Aug. 1893 ; died 30th April 1896. He
marr. 31st Oct. 1893, Katherine, daugh. of
James Baxter MacGregor, Edinburgh, and
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LANGBANK— LARGS
[PRESB. OF
had issue — Ian MacGregor Knox, born
16th Aug. 1894 ; Lieut., Royal Scots, killed
in action in France 25th Sept. 1915 ; Douglas
Knox, born 20th Sept. 1895, Lieut., H.L.L,
killed in action in France 30th Nov. 1917.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, born Ter-
regies, 7th June 1865, son of James
A. and Annie Lewis ; educated at
Terregles Public School, Dumfries Academy,
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1886);
licen. by Presb. of Dumfries ; assistant at
St Michael's, Dumfries ; ord. 5th Nov.
1896. Marr. 1st June 1897, Mary Moni-
laws, daugh. of Patrick Maxwell Murray,
M.D., Dumfries, and has issue — William,
born 12th Nov. 1898, died 30th March
1916 ; Patrick Maxwell Murray, born 15th
March 1901 ; Mary Monilaws, born 24th
Feb. 1903 ; Francis James, born 17th Aug.,
and died 4th Sept. 1907 ; Annie Lewis,
born 5th Sept. 1912.
LARGS.
[The vicarage of Largs belonged to the
Abbey of Paisley. Its church was dedicated
to St Columba. In early times, the lands
now forming the parish of Cumbrae, and a
considerable extent of what is now that of
West Kilbride, were included in this parish.
In 1812 the church of Largs was transferred
to a new site ; and in 1832 important addi-
tions and alterations were made upon the
church then built. The north transept of
the old church, which appears to have been
rebuilt in the seventeenth century, still
stands in the churchyard. Within it is a
very fine sepulchral monument in memory
of Sir Robert Montgomerie of Skelmorlie
and his wife Margaret Douglas. Over this
large and elaborate stone structure there
still hang ancient pennons and the remains
of armour. On the roof of the transept are
skilfully painted heraldic devices, emblems,
and inscriptions. Outside in the church-
yard, but within the area which the church
roof once covered, another massive seven-
teenth century monument is built against
a surviving portion of the south wall of the
old church. It commemorates the Boyles
of Kelburne. St Colum's Fair, a well-
known tryst, has been held at Largs
1564
from of old. It used to take place on St
Columba's Day, the 9th of June, but in
later times the fair day has been changed
to the second Tuesday of June, old style.
About half-way between Largs and Skel-
morlie is St Fillan's Well ; and near it once
stood St Fillan's Chapel. A fine new
church was built in 1892.]
DAVID NEILL, mentioned as min.
10th Nov. 1564, but is spoken of as
exhorter only in 1567. In 1590 he
is styled " sometime reader at Largs, now
in-dweller in Ayr." — [Glasg. Tests. ; Reg.
Min. ; Ayr Homings, 7th July 1590.]
ALEXANDER CALLENDAR, ord. to
7 Killearn ; trans, and adm. in 1574,
when Ardrossan and Kilbride were
also in the charge ; still min. in 1584. —
[Beg. Assig. ; Reg. of Deeds, xxiii., 185.]
ALEXANDER KING, min. in 1584.—
1584 [Reg. of Deeds, xxiii., 134.]
WILLIAM FULLARTON, min. in 1585 ;
dem. in 1586 ; [min. of Kilmaurs in
1589].
WILLIAM COCK, son of John O,
burgess of Perth ; min. in 1586, and
still in the charge July 1623. He
marr. Marion Nasmyth, and had issue —
William. — [Reg. Assig. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Perth
Sas. Sec. Reg., iii. 70, vi. 381 ; Glasg. Com.
Deeds, 25th May 1619.]
THOMAS CRAIG, M.A. (Glasgow 1617) ;
was on the Exercise there 15th March
1620 ; adm. before 12th May 1631 ;
dep. in 1640. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Synod Roll,
1642 ; Baillie's Lett]
WILLIAM SMITH, probably a native of
Renfrewshire, brother of Hew S.,
min. of Eastwood ; M.A. (Glasgow
1639); schoolmaster of Kilwinning in
1641 ; adm. here in 1644 ; died, unmarr.,
of the pestilence, caught whilst visiting
his parishioners, Sept. 1647, aged about 28.
In compliance with his wish, he was
buried in the valley of the Noddle, about
two miles from Largs, and close to the
farmhouse of Middletown, where he died.
A tombstone with a highly eulogistic Latin
inscription still marks the spot. Some-
what lame in one foot, he is described as
1585
1586
1631
1644
GREENOCK]
LARGS
215
" having an excellent gift of preaching, and
most taking with the people." — [Glasg.
Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Macdonald's
Days at the Coast ; Muniments of the
Royal Burgh of Irvine, vol. i.]
[JAMES GLENDINNING, MA.;
1649 f°rmerly °f Kilbarchan ; adm. tem-
porarily in 1649; was min. of Row
27th June 1658].
JOHN WALLACE of Monkcastle;
1658 MA. ; adm. in 1658 ; deprived by-
Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; in
March 1669 he was accused of preaching
and baptizing irregularly, but was allowed
to return to this parish as an indulged
min. 3rd Sept. 1672. Warrant for his ap-
prehension, having attended conventicles,
was issued 14th July 1674, and he was
again deprived 18th Feb. 1679. He
returned under the Toleration, and was
present at first meeting of Presb. of Irvine
17th Aug. 1687, and became min. of
Mertoun 13th May 1692. — [Wodrow's
Hist., ii. 123, 270, iii. 5 ; Min.-book Reg.
Privy Seal.]
PETER TURNBULL, licen. by Presb.
1664 °^ P^^y* anc* had a testimonial for
ordination 7th April 1664. Nothing
further appears in Presbytery Register.
JOHN WALLACE, MA. [see
1672 above].
ALEXANDER GORDON, formerly
1672 min. of Inveraray ; was indulged
min. here along with John Wallace
[min. of Greenock in 1688],
CHARLES LITTLEJOHN, MA. (St
1680 Andrews, where he was a Regent
of Humanity) ; passed trials before
Presb. of Glasgow, and had a certificate
for ordination 28th April 1680; pres. by
Archbishop of Glasgow jure devoluto 21st
May, and inst. 26th May 1680; deprived
by Act of Parliament restoring the Presby-
terian mins. 25th April 1690 ; died in
Edinburgh, 12th Nov. 1732, aged 82. He
marr. 19th July 1684, Mary Ramsay, and
had issue — George, Snell Exhibitioner, 6th
Nov. \1\0.— [Edin. Reg. {Marr.); Edin.
1701
Reg. (Bur.); Fountainhall's Dec, i., and
Diary ; G. R. Homings, 4th July 1688 ; The
Snell Exhibitions, 36.]
JOHN WALLACE, MA. [see
1687 above].
JOHN WILSON, min. at Dunboe, Ire-
1689 land> ne(^ to Scotland in the troublous
times preceding 1689 ; adm. here
(temporarily) 22nd Jan. 1689 ; returned to
Dunboe, but at request of Presb. of Irvine
was loosed from his charge and settled here
in 1691 ; died unmarr., 15th Nov. 1699, aged
46.— [Reid's Ireland, ii. 465, iii. 18.]
ANDREW CUMIN, classical master in
the Grammar School of Irvine in
1696 ; ord. 27th Sept. 1701 ; he dis-
sented from the deposition of the eight
Seceders, 15th May 1740; died Father of
the Church, 4th July 1762, aged 82. He
marr. 13th July 1703, Jean, daugh. of John
Caldwell of that ilk, and had issue — John,
his colleague ; Margaret (marr. 10th June
1733, Hugh Hamilton, merchant, Edin-
burgh).— [Glasg. Tests. ; Family of Birnie
of Broomhill ; Reg. Gen. Ass., 1740; Edin.
Marr. Reg.]
JOHN CUMIN, born 1714, only son of
1742 preceding; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Irvine
5th June 1739 ; called 18th Jan., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 27th May 1742 ;
died unmarr., 31st Jan. 1743.
PATRICK WALLACE, son of Archibald
1748 ^•' m*n" °^ Cardross ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 10th Aug. 1742 ; called 31st March,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 10th Oct.
1748 ; died unmarr., 18th Nov. 1755.
GILBERT LANG, born Greenock, 1725,
17 son of Andrew L. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; called 20th
April, and ord. (assistant and successor)
3rd Aug. 1756; died 30th Dec. 1791. He
marr. (1) 18th Nov. 1 765, Eupham (died 7th
Nov. 1768), daugh. of Patrick Maxwell, min.
of Inchinnan, and had issue — Janet, born
15th Aug., and died 20th Oct. 1767 : (2)
5th Feb. 1771, DArcy Millar, who died
27th Aug. 1840, and had issue— Jean, born
216
LARGS
[PKESB. OF
12th May 1772, died 1857; D'Arcy, born
2nd March 1776 ; Elizabeth, born 14th Dec.
1777 ; Andrew, born 28th Sept. 1779 ; Mar-
garet, born 27th Aug. 1781 ; Isabella, born
3rd May 1783, died 2nd Jan. 1824; Gilbert,
born 22nd June 1784 ; John, born 4th, and
died 8th March 1786; Patrick, born 17th
Nov. 1787 ; Thomas, born 1st April 1788 ;
Mary, born 9th April 1789 ; John, born
2nd March 1791. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.). —
[Tombst.]
STEPHEN ROWAN [ROWAND], eld-
1792 es* son °^ ^onn ^-> Glasgow; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1776) ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 28th Nov.
1780 ; pres. by Hugh Montgomerie of Coils-
field 8th March, and ord. 15th May 1792 ;
died 4th June 1801. He marr. 27th July
1784, Janet Bogle, who died at Ayr, 15th
Jan. 1815, aged 70, and had issue — Janet,
born 28th Sept. 1785 ; Stephen, born 26th
Feb. 1787.
JOHN MITCHELL, M.D., pres. by
1802 Hugh, Earl of Eglinton, Nov. 1801 ;
ord. 22nd April 1802; dem. on
appointment to Professorship of Divinity,
St Mary's College, St Andrews, 16th May
1826 (q.V.).
JACOB RICHARDSON, born Dum-
friesshire ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; tutor at Amisfield,
Dumfries ; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries
6th Nov. 1810; pres. by the Trustees of
Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, and ord. 28th
Sept. 1826 ; died 6th Oct. 1830. He marr.
25th Dec. 1826, Wilhelmina (died s.p. 3rd
Feb. 1855), only daugh. of Alexander Scott,
D.D., min. of Dumfries.
JOHN DOW, born Dunkeld, 1788, son
of John D. ; educated at Univ. of
1831
Edinburgh ; sometime master in
George Watson's Hospital, Edinburgh, and
tutor in the family of Sir James Mont-
gomery Cunninghame of Corsehill, Bart. ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 24th Nov. 1818 ;
pres. by the Trustees of Archibald, Earl of
Eglinton, and ord. 28th April 1831. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, Largs, 1843-5 ; of the Free Church,
1826
1848
Roberton, Selkirkshire, 24th April 1845-52 ;
died unmarr., in Edinburgh, 20th Sept.
1865.
JOHN KINROSS, born Dunblane, 13th
July 1812, third son of William K.,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow; M.A. (1833); licen. by Presb. of
Dunblane 2nd Feb. 1836 ; was tutor in the
families of Earl of Glasgow, Sir John Mar-
joribanks, Bart., and Sir William Milliken
Napier, Bart. ; assistant at Kilwinning in
1840; ord. to St Thomas's, Leith, 27th
June 1842 ; pres. by Archibald William,
Earl of Eglinton, 7th July, trans, and
adm. 1st Sept. 1843 ; died unmarr., 5th
Dec. 1883. Publications — A Holiday in
Scandinavia [anon.] (Glasgow, 1871); On the
Disestablishment of the Church of Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1878).— [A yr and Gall. Coll.,
vi., 53.]
JOHN KEITH, born Edinburgh, 14th
Dec. 1850, son of John K. of
Scottish Education Department and
Margaret Russell ; educated at Royal
High School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1877), B.D. (1877); assistant to
John Stuart Blackie, Professor of Greek,
Univ. of Edinburgh, 1871-7 ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 26th July 1876;
assistant at St Mary's Parish, Edinburgh ;
ord. to Skelmorlie 7th Nov. 1878; trans,
and adm. 5th Feb. 1885 ; D.D. (Edinburgh
1901) ; died unmarr., 3rd June 1902.
GAVIN LANG PAGAN, M.A., B.D. ;
trans, from Callander, and adm.
1902 26th Nov. 1902 ; trans, to St George's
Parish, Edinburgh, 7th Oct. 1909.
ROBERT OSWALD, born Edinburgh,
1910 6ttl ^ept* 1864' son of ^°^n ^'' "Fee
Stamp Distributor, and Christina
Smart ; educated at George Watson's Col-
lege and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1886),
B.D. (1892) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
21st May 1888 ; assistant at Ardwell Mis-
sion Church and St Andrew's Parish, Edin-
burgh ; ord. to St Stephen's, Perth, 28th
July 1896 ; trans, and adm. 9th March
1910. Marr. 30th June 1903, Isabel
Fleming, daugh. of Robert Pinkerton, and
has issue — Helen Dorothy, born 2nd Oct.
GREENOCK]
NEWARK— PORT-GLASGOW
217
1904; John, born 2nd April 1908; Isabel
Christian, born 5th Sept. 1910. Publica-
tion— Memorandum on Reformatory Work
among Inebriates (Perth, 1905).
NEWARK (Q.S.).
[There was in old times a chapel at
Newark. The holding of regular services
here was begun in 1767, and in 1774 a
church was built. On 31st May 1834 a
chapel constitution was granted for this
building, and a district was assigned to
it. On 27th March 1855 the parish of
Newark was disjoined from Port-Glasgow.]
AKCHIBALD SIMPSON, said to have
been an American, but more probably
son of William S., Glasgow ; ord.
3rd Aug. 1774 j dem. 27th Oct. 1784.
JAMES CRAWFURD, ord. 8th July
1785 : trans, to Lochwinnoch 4th
1774
1785
Feb. 1802.
1807
JAMES THOMSON, ord. 24th June
1802 ■"•^°2 » trans, to St Clement's (Steeple
Church), Dundee, 23rd Oct. 1806.
JOHN PARKER, eldest son of John
P., Port-Glasgow ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 24th Sept. 1806 ; elected 24th Dec.
1806 ; ord. 28th April 1807 ; dep. 8th June
1837, for being " so occupied in managing
and superintending his farm, and two fruit
gardens adjacent, belonging in property to
himself, as that an undue portion of his
time was thereby taken up, preventing his
discharge of the duties of the ministry."
He died unmarr. at Plantation, Port-
Glasgow, 13th March 1850. — [Acts of Ass.
1836, 1837.]
DONALD KENNEDY, ord. 8th Feb.
1838 ; trans, to Killearnan (his
** native parish) 9th Sept. 1841.
JAMES MORISON, born Auchterarder,
1842 1810' f°urth son °f J°nn M., mer-
chant ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; ord. in 1842. Joined the Free Church
in 1843; min. of the Free Church, Port-
Glasgow, 1843-52 ; died at Callander, 22nd
Sept. 1852. He marr. 19th June 1845, Ann
(died s.p. 21st Feb. 1875), daugh. of Archi-
bald Bonar, banker, Edinburgh.
ROBERT KIRKE,ord. 11th Sept. 1845;
trans, to Middle Parish, Paisley, 3rd
1845
April 1849.
1849
HENRY DUNIPACE, ord. in 1849;
dem. in 1851 ; went to America, and
all trace of him is lost.
1852
PETER M'LAREN, ord. 15th Sept.
1852 ; first min. of the parish in
1855 ; trans, to Fraserburgh 16th
May 1861.
" JAMES BRYCE, ord. 9th Jan. 1862 ;
1862 trans- to St Ninian's Parish, Glasgow,
16th May 1877.
JAMES NIBLOCK [afterwards
1877 STUART], B.A.; adm. 7th Aug. 1877;
trans, to Yester 25th July 1878.
JOHN CAMPBELL, ord. 7th Jan. 1879 ;
lg7_ trans, to Buccleuch Parish, Edin-
burgh, 8th March 1882.
THOMAS HARKNESS GRAHAM,
1882 b°rn Marjoribanks, Lochmaben, 20th
Feb. 1852, son of Thomas G. and Jean
Harkness ; educated at Lochmaben School
and Univ. of Edinburgh (M.A., 1876), and
at Bonn and Leipzig ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 12th May 1880 ; assistant at
New Kilpatrick; ord. 11th Oct. 1882.
Marr. 3rd July 1884, Isabella Rankin,
daugh. of Andrew Brooks, and has issue —
Thomas Forrest Harkness, min. of Cadzow,
born 26th Aug. 1885 ; Andrew Brooks
Harkness, born 23rd June 1893, died 26th
March 1910.
PORT-GLASGOW.
[The Commissioners for the Plantation
of Kirks disjoined this parish from Kil-
macolm on 1st July 1696 ; but local
difficulties delayed the erection of the
parish till 13th Oct. 1714. The church was
rebuilt in 1823.]
ROBERT MILLAR, M.A. ; called 22nd
1Q97 March, and ord. 18th Aug. 1697 ;
trans, to Paisley 28th Dec. 1709.
218
PORT-GLASGOW
[PRESB. OF
JOHN ANDERSON, pres. by the Com-
171? missioners for John, Earl of Dun-
donald, and ord. first min. of the
parish 26th March 1717 ; trans, to Tron
Parish, Glasgow, 29th Nov. 1730.
-DAVID BROWN, son of Thomas B.,
.,_„, min. of Paisley ; M.A. (Glasgow, 4th
Jan. 1722); licen. by Presb. of Paisley
23rd April 1729 ; called 6th Sept., and ord.
28th Oct. 1731. [The appointment was
disputed by the Town Council of Glasgow,
who made another presentation, and
obtained interdict from Lord Ordinary
Couper. The Presb., however, proceeded
with B.'s settlement.] He died 6th June
1754. He marr. 29th July 1745, Elizabeth
Gray, who died 2nd July 1758, and had
issue — Thomas, born 28th March 1746, died
23rd Dec. 1750.— [Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's
Anal.}
JOHN ANDERSON, born Glasgow,
1754 P0SS^D^y son °f William A. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow, where he
had a bursary in divinity from the Ex-
chequer 24th July 1746 ; pres. by the Town
Council of Glasgow, and ord. 12th Dec.
1754; died 17th Feb. 1774. He marr.
18th Aug. 1755, Mary (died 24th Nov.
1796), daugh. of James Nisbet, wright in
Glasgow, and had issue — John, born 17th
July 1756 ; Euphemia, born 29th May 1758,
died young; Marion, born 18th May, and
died 10th Oct. 1761 ; James, merchant,
Glasgow, born 23rd April 1764 ; George,
born 27th April 1766 ; Euphemia, born 4th
May 1769.
JOHN FORREST, born 1742 ; licen. by
l77s Presb. of Dunfermline 2nd Sept.
1772; pres. by the Town Council
of Glasgow, and ord. 5th Jan. 1775 ; died
8th July 1822. He marr. 2nd Dec. 1782,
Ann Dunlop, who died 31st May 1813,
aged 64, and had issue — William, merchant,
Glasgow, born 23rd Oct. 1783; Elizabeth,
born 24th Oct. 1785 (marr. 22nd June 1807,
Charles M'Arthur, captain of The George,
of Port-Glasgow); Agnes, born 15th Jan.
1787, died 1st Dec. 1789. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, v.).
JAMES BARR, D.D., min. of the Scots
1823 Church, Oldham Street, Liverpool ;
pres. by the Town Council of Glas-
gow 19th Nov. 1822, and adm. 13th Feb.
1823; trans, to St Enoch's Parish, Glasgow,
16th Nov. 1843.
GEORGE OLIVER MOFFAT, born
1844 1816> son of George M. ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. min. of
the Scots Church, Falstone, Northumber-
land, 25th Oct. 1837 ; adm. to this charge
20th June 1844 ; died unmarr. 24th June
1864.
GEORGE HORNE, born Auchenkiln,
Cumbernauld, 1840, third son of
George H., farmer, and Margaret
Stevenson ; educated at Dundee Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow; ord. 29th Dec. 1864; died
(the result of an accident) 24th Feb.
1877. He marr. 8th June 1866, Margaret
Dunlop (died 8th Nov. 1905), daugh. of
James Steven of Glenpark, and had issue
—George, engineer, born 6th May 1867 ;
Grace, born 7th Jan. 1869 ; James William,
born 3rd Sept. 1870 ; Robert Alexander,
born 27th May 1873.
JOHN REID, born Ayr, 16th May 1848,
187„ son of John R. and Jacobina Reid ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1874); licen. by Presb. of Ayr 2nd
Dec. 1874 ; ord. 21st Aug. 1877 ; died sj).
27th Oct. 1906. He marr. 9th April 1879,
Margaret Birkmyre, daugh. of John Laird,
Marchmont, Port-Glasgow.
DAVID JOHN MOIR PORTEOUS,
lgo7 born Edinburgh, 12th May 1867,
son of James Moir P., D.D., min. of
Cowgatehead Free Church, Edinburgh,
and Margaret Lamont Skilling ; educated
at George Watson's College and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1887), B.D. (1890);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1890 ;
assistant at Scots Church, Buenos Aires,
1890-2, also at Lerwick and Coltness; ord.
to Midcalder 23rd March 1894 ; trans, and
adm. 6th June 1907. Marr. 6th Aug. 1903,
Edith Lucy, daugh. of George Bertram, and
has issue — Mary Matthews, born 27th Sept.
1905.
GREENOCK]
SKELMORLIE
219
SKELMORLIE (Q.S.).
[The General Assembly granted a con-
stitution to Kelly Bridge Chapel here in
1856. The parish was disjoined from
Inverkip and Largs, 18th July 1860. There
was at Skelmorlie a Well of St Fillan.]
HENRY ALEXANDER PATTULLO,
185 served as a licentiate during part
of 1856; [afterwards min. of Parton]-
v WALTER LITTLE GILMOUR BOYD,
lg56 born 26th June 1832, third son of
James B., D.D., min. of Tron Parish,
Glasgow, and brother of "A.K.H.B.";
educated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow; B.A. (1853); licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 5th July 1854 ; ord. 25th Sept. 1856 ;
first min. of the parish in 1860 ; died 4th
Jan. 1872. He marr. 12th Dec. 1866,
Margaret Anne (died 14th Nov. 1900),
daugh. of David Smyth of Gallony and
Artagarven, Co. Tyrone, and had issue —
Elizabeth Frances, born 30th Oct. 1867 ;
Alice Mary, born 14tb Jan. 1869.— [Boyd's
Tiventy-five Years of St Andrews, i., 196 ;
Lamond's Skelmorlie, 17-25.]
ROBERT STEWART, M.A., B.D.; ord.
1872 11th June 1872 ; trans, to Duns 19th
Aug. 1875.
JOHN KERR, M.A.; ord. 20th April
187 1876; trans, to Dirleton 11th July
1878.
JOHN KEITH, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 7th
1878 Nov. !878 ; trans, to Largs 5th Feb.
1885.
1885
1891
ROBERT HOWIE FISHER, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 20th Aug. 1885 ; trans,
to Jedburgh 20th Nov. 1890.— Pub-
lication (cf. vol. i. p. 85) — The Outside of the
Inside [Reminiscences] (London, 1919).
JOHN LAMOND, M.A., B.D. ; trans,
from Kelton, and adm. 19th May
1891 ; trans, to Greenside, Edin-
burgh, 20th April 1899 ; D.D. (Edinburgh,
1919). Publication (cf. vol. i., p. 33)— The
Book of the Parish Church of Skelmorlie
(Glasgow, 1895).
JOHN M'GILCHRIST, B.A., M.A.,
B.D. ; trans, from Fodderty, and
adm. 14th Nov. 1899 ; trans, to West
St Giles', Edinburgh, 10th March 1911.
DAVID BRUCE NICOL, born 22nd
Feb. 1886, son of Thomas N., D.D.,
Professor of Biblical Criticism in the
Univ. of Aberdeen ; educated at George
Watson's College, Edinburgh, Aberdeen
Grammar School, and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1905), B.D. (1908); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen in 1908 ; assistant at the Scots
Church, Buenos Aires, and St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh; ord. 12th July 1911 ; Chaplain
to the Forces on War Service, 1916-19 ;
M.C. 1919 ; trans, to St. Margaret's, Edin-
burgh, 3rd Aug. 1920. Marr. 12th April 1912,
Helen Scott, daugh. of James William
Helenus Trail, M.D., F.R.S., Professor of
Botany, Univ. of Aberdeen, and Katherine
Milligan,and has issue — Bruce Milligan,born
24th March 1913 ; Elizabeth Anne Under-
wood, born 5th Feb. 1915 ; Thomas James
Trail, born 24th Jan. 1917. Publication—
Scotland and the Crusades (Largs, 1920).
1899
1911
PRESBYTERY OF HAMILTON
[This Court was erected by the General Assembly in or about 1590. The Presbytery
Kegister begins 6th Sept. 1687. There is a blank in the records from 28th Jan. 1777 to
26th April 1785.]
AIRDRIE (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened at Airdrie 5th Feb.
1792. In or about 1833 a second mission
chapel was opened in the town, and was
called the East Chapel of Airdrie. On
31st May 1834 the General Assembly
granted a chapel constitution, with a
definite district, to this East Chapel. On
2nd June 1834 a similar chapel constitu-
tion was given to the older mission of 1792,
and it was styled the West Chapel Mission.
In 1835 a new church building was erected
for the West Mission, to take the place of
the old chapel built in the eighteenth
century. A year or two later a third
chapel was built in the town, and was
named the High Chapel of Airdrie. On
28th May 1838 it also received a chapel
constitution. The High Chapel had little
success, and was retained by the Free
Church in 1843. Meanwhile, owing to coal-
working underneath the East Chapel, that
building became unsafe ; and in 1851 the
East Mission also was brought to an end.
There then remained only the West Mission,
begun in 1791. On 13th March 1867 it was
erected into the parish of Airdrie and
was disjoined from New Monkland. There
is a mission chapel in the parish at
Bawyards.]
THE EAST CHAPEL.
1792
[ALEXANDER [or GEORGE] BOWER,
served as a licentiate from 5th Feb.
1792 to 9th Nov. 1796. It is not
unlikely that this licentiate was Alex-
ander B., who afterwards held the post
of assistant - librarian in the Univ. of
Edinburgh. He died unmarr. about 1830
or 1831. Publications — An Account of the
Life of James Beattie, LL.D. (London,
1804) ; The Life of Luther, ivith an Account
of the Early Progress of the Reformation
(London, 1813) ; History of the University
of Edinburgh, 3 vols. (Edinburgh, 1817-
1830); The Edinburgh Students7 Guide
(Edinburgh, 1822).— [Grant's Story of the
University of Edinburgh, i., p. ix ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.] ]
1798
WILLIAM STARK, elected 11th May,
and ord. 23rd Aug. 1798 ; trans, to
Stonehouse 5th Feb. 1801.
JOSEPH FINLAYSON, born Glasgow,
fifth son of James F., schoolmaster ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1798); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th
Aug. 1800 ; ord. 16th July 1802 ; died 7th
Oct. 1838. He marr. 28th Sept. 1813,
Mary Arkle, youngest daugh. of Captain
William Chalmers. Publications — A
Sermon preached on the National East,
27th Feb. 1806 (Glasgow, 1806); Two
Sermons preached in Airdrie Chapel (Glas-
gow, 1810).
ROBEBT STEVENSON, M.A. ; elected
7 6th April, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 2nd June 1837 ; trans, to
Forfar 14th Sept. 1843.
WILLIAM FBEELAND, LL.D.; ord.
1844 *° Kingstown, Ireland, 1st June 1828 ;
trans, to Ballygawley 16th April
1838 ; dem. 8th July 1841 ; adm. here 11th
presb. of Hamilton] EAST CHAPEL— WEST CHAPEL
221
Jan. 1844 ; trans, to St Mary's Chapel-of-
Ease, Dumfries, 24th July 1845.
ARCHIBALD MILLIGAN, a native of
1846 PenPont ] educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh and Relief Theological
Hall, Edinburgh; licen. by Relief Presb.
of Dumfries. Joined the Church of Scot-
land in 1845 ; ord. 12th Feb. 1846 ; dem.
29th July 1851 ; died in Canada.
[The congregation joined with the West
Church : the fabric was demolished, and
remembrance of it is preserved only by the
name of the street and the churchyard in
which it stood.]
THE WEST CHAPEL.
WILLIAM JACKSON, born Mearns,
Renfrewshire, 17th Jan. 1805, eldest
son of Andrew J., schoolmaster
there ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1825); sometime tutor to George
Douglas, eighth Duke of Argyll ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 8th Nov. 1832 ; assistant
at Airdrie Chapel ; elected 10th Feb., and
ord. 14th May 1835. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; min. of Airdrie Free
Church, 1843-69; died (while preaching
in his own pulpit) 8th Aug. 1869. He
marr. 4th April 1837, Elizabeth Hunter
(born 4th May 1806, died 21st Sept. 1853),
daugh. of Andrew Spreull Crawfurd of
Cowdenhill, and had issue — Margaret
Aitchison, born 30th Jan. 1838, died 16th
April 1842; Bethia Alexander, born 9th
March 1840, died 26th March 1840 ; Agnes
Elizabeth, born 23rd March 1842, died 9th
Dec. 1888 (marr. 1863, Thomas Andrew
Macfarlane, solicitor, Airdrie) ; Elizabeth
Crawfurd, born 19th Sept. 1844, died in
March 1913 (marr. 15th Sept. 1875, John
Howie, schoolmaster, Langholm) ; William
Hunter, banker, born 16th Nov. 1847, died
18th July 1913.
JOHN STEWART, born Glasgow about
1805, eldest son of John S. ; educated
at Grammar School (Dux 1820) and
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 13th Feb. 1845 ;
dem. (from ill-health) 24th July 1851 ;
died at Bowling in 1853.
BENJAMIN CORNWALL BROWN,
1853 born Glasgow, 9th Nov. 1826, son
of James B., dyer, Bluevale, and
Catherine Moses ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
assistant at Carmunnock ; ord. 13th Jan.
1853; died 1st Oct. 1874. He marr. 21st
March 1854, Henrietta Porteous (died 23rd
Aug. 1902), daugh. of John Henderson,
min. of Carmunnock, and had issue —
James Cornwall, min. of Stewarton, born
13th Jan. 1855 ; Margaret Houston
Forrester, born 30th Oct. 1856 (marr.
Robert Craig of Dawsholm) ; Henrietta
Porteous Henderson, born 14th July 1858 ;
John Henderson, born 16th March 1860 ;
Catherine, born 1st July 1861 (marr. James
Forsyth) ; Mary Thorburn, born 21st May
1865 (marr. 4th April 1914, John Hender-
son of Ballochmorrie) ; Jane, born 24th June
1866, died unmarr. 5th Aug. 1902 ; Robina
Forrester, born 5th July 1869 (marr.
Hugh Jamieson) ; Benjamin Cornwall,
born 16th Feb. 1871, died 15th April
1871.— [MacArthur;s Hist, of New Monk-
land Parish, 253.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, trans, from New-
1R|_5 hall Chapel, Glasgow, and adm. 15th
April 1875 ; trans, to Kirkcaldy 31st
March 1881.
DAVID HOWAT PATERSON, born
i88i Galston> Ayrsnire> 22nd Feb- 185°5
son of James P. and Janet Howat ;
educated at Galston Parish School and
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley 5th June 1879 ; assistant at East-
wood [Thornliebank], and High Parish,
Paisley; elected 11th July, and ord. ,23rd
Aug. 1881. Marr. 21st March 1882, Martha
Livingstone, daugh. of Joseph M'Cubbin
and Mary M'Lachlan. Publications — The
Jubilee of Queen Victoria (Airdrie, 1887) ;
Our Civic Privileges and Responsibilities
(Airdrie, 1895) ; Christianity and the Muni-
cipality (Airdrie, 1896) ; A Crown of Gold
(Airdrie, 1897) ; Masonic Airdrie, 1799-
1899 (Airdrie, 1899).
222
HIGH CHAPEL— AVENDALE
[PRESB. OF
THE HIGH CHAPEL.
[The majority of the congregation joined
the Free Church in 1843, and retained the
building.]
THOMAS BURNS, ord. 15th Aug.
1839 ; trans, to Lesmahagow 29th
Sept. 1842.
BROOMKNOLL CHAPEL.
[A church, originally connected with the
Associate Presbytery, was built in 1804. In
1839 the congregation joined the Church of
Scotland. In 1843 its members joined the
Free Church, and retained possession of
the building.]
JAMES FINDLAY, born Kirkintilloch,
12th July 1809, second son of David
F., brewer ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1831); ord. to Broom-
knoll Original Secession Church, Airdrie,
11th Aug. 1835. Joined the Church of
Scotland 24th Sept. 1839. Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Broomknoll
Free Church, 1843-4 ; of Camlachie [after-
wards Whitevale] Free Church, Glasgow
1844-81 ; died 24th July 1881. He marr.
1838, Christina Torrance, and had issue
—a son and two daughters.
AVENDALE, or STRATHAVEN.
[The church of Strathaven was dedicated
to St Mary. It belonged to the collegiate
church of Bothwell. There were three
chapels within the bounds, one of them
being St Bride's at Kype, which belonged
to the Priory of Lesmahagow. A yearly
fair of St Laurence was held at Strathaven
on 10th Aug. In 1772 the Parish Church
was rebuilt on a new site. A mission
chapel was built for the district of East
Strathaven in 1837, but after some years
this was given up. The building was sold,
and the money used in the erection of
Drumclog Memorial Church within the
parish.]
JOHN ANDERSON, reader, 1567 to
1567 1574.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, reader in
1576 ; trans, to Glasford about 1585.
— [Reg. Assig.]
ARCHIBALD NORMAN [NORMON,
158g NORMOND], M.A. (Glasgow 1583) ;
min. of Stonehouse in 1586 ; trans,
and adm. in 1588 ; died Feb. 1644, aged
about 81. He marr. (cont. 15th May 1589)
Christian, daugh. of Gavin Hamilton of
Airdrie. — \Bannatyne MiscelL, ii. ; Reg.
Assig. ; Lanark Sas. Reg, ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Reg. Mag. Sig. ; Glasg. Prot., 3463 ; Reg. of
Deeds, ccccliv., 261.]
HUGH ARCHIBALD, M.A. (Glasgow
1648 1628). He refused to conform to
Episcopacy, and was probably en-
gaged as a tutor. In 1638 the Glasgow
Assembly recommended him for supply of
vacancies, but he does not appear to have
been settled in a parish till 1648, when he
is mentioned as min. here. He dem. in
1658 " through want of peace in his minis-
try, occasioned by his disuading the
people from joining or complying with the
English usurpers." He was called to New-
battle 12th Aug. 1658, but the Synod of
Lothian and Tweeddale refused to sustain
his call, on the ground of failure to produce
a certificate of character, 9th Feb. 1659.
He was allowed the stipend of Avendale for
1658 by Act of Parliament, 30th June 1661.
In 1669,and again in 1670,he was summoned
before the Privy Council for preaching and
marrying persons illegally. He was im-
prisoned in Stirling Castle, and, after 18th
July 1672, in Dunbarton Castle. He
petitioned the Privy Council 29th Aug.
1672, because of ill-health and poverty, and
was granted permission to live within the
bounds of the parish of Galston, where
there was a military station. He died
before 18th Nov. 1679, having marr. Sarah
Wilson or Neilson, and had issue — Hugh of
Dankeith, W.S., who succeeded him in the
infeftment of an annual rental of £26 from
the lands of Rylandsyde, Lanarkshire. —
[Wodrow's Hist., ii., 123, 152, 196; Gen.
Reg. Sas., xiv., 464 ; Lanark Sas. ; G. R.
Inhib., 26th Dec. 1666; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
6165 ; Acts of Pari., vii.]
HAMILTON]
AVENDALE
223
1672
WILLIAM HAMILTON, formerly min.
of Glasf ord ; granted an indulgence
here by the Privy Council, 3rd Aug.
1669 ; returned to Glasford 3rd Sept. 1672.
— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 133.]
JAMES HAMILTON, son of Edward
H. of Silvertonhill ; M.A. (Glasgow
1638) ; ord. (assistant and successor)
to Blantyre in 1653 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662; intruded by the
Remonstrants in 1663. In 1669 he was
imprisoned for preaching at his own house
[in Glasgow] to a number of his friends,
and was not set at liberty until his health
had given way, his brother, Sir Robert H.
of Silvertonhill, giving bond of 1000 merks
for H.'s compearance when called upon.
He was granted indulgence at Avendale
3rd Sept. 1672. The first meeting of kirk-
session at which he presided was 12th June
1673, and he was still in office at 12th March
1684. There is no record of removal to his
former parish, except that in 1678 he was
charged with intruding there, and dismissed
with a rebuke. He probably died here in
or about 1684. He marr. Janet Burns. —
[Wodrow's Hist., ii., 127 ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Glasg. Com. Dec, 26th July 1665; P. C.
Decreta, 1663.]
1672
ROBERT YOUNG, born 1620, son of
Andrew Y., min. of Abercorn ; was
Regent of Humanity in Univ. of
Edinburgh, 1638-43; app. by the Town
Council of Edinburgh assistant to the city
mins. 16th Oct. 1644 ; adm. to Dunbarney
3rd Feb. 1647. He was a member of the
Commission of Assembly in 1648, preached
at the opening of Parliament 3rd March
1651 ; was Moderator of Presb. of Perth
when its sittings were dissolved by order
of Cromwell 28th March 1655. He refused
to conform to Episcopacy, was confined to
his parish, and deprived by Archbishop
Sharpe in the latter's own house at St
Andrews, one min. only being present, 13th
Dec. 1664. On 3rd Sept. 1672 he was
granted an indulgence here, but not
having come to the parish at the proper
time, he was called before the Privy Council
12th March 1673, and ordered to take up
1684
his duties before 1st June. The date of
his death is unknown. He was apparently
unmarr. He left 500 merks each to the
Kirk-sessions of Dunbarney, Avendale, and
Earlston, the interest to be given to the
schoolmasters of those parishes for " their
encouragement to teach puir bairns." —
[Edin. Counc. Beg. ; Wodrow's Hist., ii.,
212 ; Acts of Pari., vi. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Gebbie's Sketches of Strathaven and Avon-
dale, 117.]
JOHN DALGLEISH, M.A. (Edinburgh
1672) ; min. of Kirkcudbright about
1683 ; trans, and adm. about 1684 ; is
said to have "deserted from fear" at the
Revolution ; died in Edinburgh, June 1699,
aged about 47. He marr. Helen Irving,
who survived him. — [Edin. Bur. Beg. ;
Rule's Sec. Vindication ; Edin. Homings,
14th July 1705.]
ALEXANDER FINDLATER, M.A. ;
called 25th Oct. 1693; ord. 15th
1694 Feb. 1694 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Hamilton, 9th Jan. 1695.
JOHN HAMILTON, ord. 13th Dec. 1698,
trans, to Blackfriars Parish, Glasgow,
1713. [The translation was refused
by the Presbytery 30th Sept. 1712, but on
appeal, was sustained by the Synod.]
THOMAS STEEL [STEILL], educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 30th Dec. 1707 ; called
13th Jan., and ord. 30th March 1714 ; died
unmarr., Feb. 1740. — [Glasg. Tests.]
ROBERT BELL, born 1702, son of
James B. of Westerside, and nephew
of preceding min. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (4th May 1725); licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 20th June 1732 ;
assistant in this parish ; called 13th Dec.
1739; ord. 26th March 1740; died 5th Nov.
1781. He marr. (1) 16th Dec. 1740, Eliza-
beth (died about 1746), daugh. of Thomas
Thomson, min. of Southdean, and sister of
James Thomson, author of The Seasons,
and had issue— James, min. of Coldstream,
born 10th May 1742 ; Beatrice, born 26th
Nov. 1743 ; Thomas, born 20th Dec. 1745 :
(2) 27th August 1747, Catherine (died 10th
May 1788), daugh. of Thomas Linning, min.
1698
1714
1740
224
AVENDALE
[ PRESB. OF
of Lesmahagow, and had issue — Ann, born
11th June 1748 (marr. 29th March 1769,
George Cochran, surgeon, Strathaven). —
[Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN SCOTT, born Strathaven 1749,
7 _ eldest son of Alexander S., shoe-
maker ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (1772) ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton ; called 9th May, and ord. 12th
Sept. 1782; D.D. (St Andrews, 1st June
1811): died unmarr., 18th Oct. 1820. He
appealed against the heritors on the ques-
tion of upholding his manse, once declared
free, which had subsequently been re-
paired. Lord Ordinary Glenlee gave a
decision in his favour 8th Dec. 1809, the
Court of Session adhering 6th Dec. 1810.
The House of Lords affirmed the same 13th
July 1813. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ix.). — [Duncan's
[Johnston] Paroch. Law, 384 et seq.]
1821
WILLIAM PROUDFOOT, born
Burrancerigg, Closeburn, 29th March
1784, son of George P. and Janet
Smith ; educated at Closeburn School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 5th Sept. 1810 ; tutor in the family
of William Mosman of Auchtyfardle ; ord.
to Shotts 22nd Sept. 1814 j pres. by the
Commissioner for Alexander, Duke of
Hamilton ; trans, and adm. 13th Sept.
1821 ; died 26th Nov. 1849. His general
kindly disposition gained for him the title
of " the poor man's friend." He marr. 20th
April 1815, Henrietta (died at Fogo Manse,
26th June 1857, aged 62), daugh. of Robert
Forrester, Secretary of the Bank of Scot-
land, and had issue — Robert Forrester,
min. of Fogo; William, born 27th April
1822, died 6th May 1829 ; Henrietta, born
25th Nov. 1824 (marr. Thomas Davidson,
min. of Abbey St Bathans) ; a son, born
23rd, and died 25th May 1827 ; Jessie, born
9th June 1828 ; George, commission agent,
Glasgow, born 6th Sept. 1830; William
Mosman, student at Univ. of Glasgow,
born 29th April 1833, drowned while bath-
ing in the Clyde, 28th June 1851 ; Mary
Forrester, born 15th Nov. 1835 (marr.
Duncan Macarthur, banker, Glasgow) ;
James, Canada, born 20th June 1840. Pub-
lications— Exhortation to my People not to
Secede (Edinburgh, 1843) ; Account of the
Parish {Neiv Stat. Ace, vi.). — [Tombst.']
1850
ROBERT REID RAE, born Thornhill,
1816, second son of Alexander R.,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (1841) ; licen. by Presb. of
Lochmaben ; assistant at Selkirk ; ord.
22nd Aug. 1850 ; dep. for " falsehood, fraud,
and wilful imposition," 28th May 1874. He
engaged in literary work in London, and
died at Horsham, West Norwood, 10th
May 1896. He marr. 7th Sept. 1852, and
had issue.
DUNCAN TAYLOR, born Dalin-
1R74 longart, Dunoon, 8th May 1834,
youngest son of John T., school-
master, and brother of Malcolm Campbell
T., D.D., LL.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical
History in the Univ. of Edinburgh ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; sometime tutor
to William, twelfth Duke of Hamilton ; ord.
to Brodick 8th April 1864 ; pres. by William,
Duke of Hamilton, 23rd June, and trans,
and adm. 24th Sept. 1874 ; died at Ballyna-
hinch Spa, Co. Down, 29th April 1911, and
was buried at Strathaven. He marr. (1)
Mary (died 26th Nov. 1877), daugh. of
William M'Culloch, merchant, Glasgow,
and had issue — Douglas, born 28th April
1865, died in Melbourne 14th Nov. 1914;
Norman, born 5th June 1872, died in Oporto
27th Feb. 1892; Annie (marr. William
Guild of Lindores, Fife); Mary (marr. 21st
Dec. 1892, Frederick Parker Walton, K.C.,
Cairo); (2) 26th Sept. 1893, Isabella
Mackenzie, who died s.p. 12th May 1914.
DAVID ANDREW ROLLO, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. (assistant and successor)
20th July 1 893 ; trans, to Buccleuch
Parish, Edinburgh, 17th May 1901.
1893
HENRY GREY GRAHAM, born 8th
March 1874, son of Manners Hamil-
ton Nisbet G., min. of Maxton ;
educated at Kelso Burgh School and Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1894), B.D. (1896) ;
sometime assistant to Professor of Hebrew,
Univ. of St Andrews, 1896-97 ; licen. by
Presb. of Selkirk 9th March 1897 ; assistant
Hamilton] AVENDALE— EAST STRATHAVEN— BAILLIESTON 225
at Dalserf and Park Parish, Glasgow ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 14th Nov. 1901.
He joined the Church of Rome, and was
dep. by Presb. of Hamilton 28th July 1903 ;
sometime Roman Catholic priest at Long-
riggend and Motherwell ; titular Bishop
of Tipasa, and Suffragan Bishop to Arch-
bishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh in
1917. Publications — Where ive get the Bible,
and various pamphlets in defence of the
Roman Catholic faith.
JOHN MUIRHEAD.born Middlemains,
Saltoun, East Lothian, 3rd March
1904 1868, son of John M., farmer, and
Eliza Williamson ; educated at Saltoun
School, Daniel Stewart's College, Circus
Place School, Edinburgh, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1890), B.D. (1893) ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 10th May 1893;
assistant at St Paul's, Leith, 1894-6 ; ord.
to Westruther 24th June 1896 ; trans, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 11th Feb.
1904. Marr. 10th June 1897, Elizabeth
Mary, daugh. of John Mundy and Ann
Webb, and has issue — John Arthur, born
21st April 1898; Sergeant Tank Corps;
agricultural student 1920.
EAST STRATHAVEN CHAPEL.
DAVID BURNESS [BURNS], M.A. ;
ord. 2nd Aug. 1838 ; trans, to Wiston
and Roberton 21st March 1839.
JAMES GRAY WOOD, ord. 22nd Aug.
1839; trans, to Gartsherrie 11th
1839 Nov. 1841.
ALEXANDER RANKIN, born Glen-
head, Old Kilpatrick, 29th Sept.
1-812, second son of Daniel R.,
merchant, Glasgow ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Abertarff;
ord. 21st April 1842. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free and
United Free Church, Strathaven, 1843-1900;
died 27th Dec. 1900. He marr. 12th Feb.
1844, Annabella Alexander, and had issue
— Agnes Alexander, born 27th April 1845,
died 20th Feb. 1864 ; Christina Cameron,
born 7th Oct. 1846, died 10th May 1855 ;
Daniel Cameron Mirrlees, M.A., born 12th
Jan. 1849, died 9th Oct. 1871 ; John Alex-
ander, born 18th Nov. 1850, died abroad ;
VOL. III.
1838
1842
William Mirrlees, M.A., B.D., min. of
Bridgeton U.F. Church, Glasgow, born
3rd Feb. 1857; two other daughs.
[After 1843 the Chapel remained closed
for a time. ^William Blackwood served
as missionary from 12th Oct. 1845 to 28th
April 1846. William Proudfoot, min. of
Avendale, and Alexander Fraser, parish
catechist, supplied ordinances till the death
of the former in 1849. An ordained min.
was not appointed till 1862.]
WILLIAM BARNHILL, born Glasgow,
1862 1^26, son of James B., merchant ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A.
(1852), M.A. (1867), B.D. (1869) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 5th Oct. 1859; catechist
of Avendale parish, 1860-2 ; ord. to this
charge 13th Feb. 1862 ; res. 29th Aug. 1865.
Thereafter connected with a Boys' Home
in London ; sent to Toronto, Canada, by
the Colonial Committee of the Church of
Scotland in 1874 ; chaplain at Gosport in
1879 ; min. of St Clement's Parish, Berbice,
British Guiana, 1879-83; died at Berbice,
22nd Oct. 1883.
JAMES ALLAN, born 1840, son of
George A., captain Royal Navy, and
Mary Patrick ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
31st July 1861; app. missionary 8th July
1866 ; ord. 21st Jan. 1869 ; res. 9th Oct. 1883;
died 18th Sept. 1897. He marr. Catherine
Hossack Smart, who predeceased him. He
left a bequest for the purchase of the
" George Allan Public Park," Strathaven.
[COLIN ARCHIBALD MACKENZIE,
served sometime as a licentiate, and was
afterwards min. of Glenbuck.]
THOMAS HILL, ord. 16th Dec. 1887 ;
1887 res. in 1892, and went to America.
BAILLIESTON, formerly CROSS-
HILL (Q.S.).
[A chapel built at Crosshill was the first
mission building of the kind erected by
public subscription in the nineteenth
century. A chapel constitution was granted
to it on 1st June 1835.
The parish of Baillieston was disjoined
from Old Monkland, 9th Dec. 1872.]
1866
226
BAILL1EST0N— BARGEDDIE— BELLSHILL [presb. of
ANDREW GRAY, ord. 29th Oct.
1835 1835 ; trans, to Dunbarton 28th
Sept. 1843.
MATTHEW GRAHAM, born 10th Aug.
1844 1811> son °f Matthew G., min. of
Calton, Glasgow ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ;
ord. min. of the Scots Church, Whitehaven,
Cumberland, 2nd Dec. 1841 ; adm. here 1st
Feb. 1844; dem. 29th Jan. 1856; died
unmarr., at Glasgow, 4th June 1856.
HUGH RAMSAY, born Darvel, Ayr-
1856 shire, 16th May 1828, son of David
R. and Isabella Morton ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 26th Sept. 1854 ; missionary
at Gartmore; elected 8th May, and ord.
26th June 1856 ; adm. first min. of the
parish in 1872; died 16th June 1898. He
marr. 21st July 1868, Margaret (died 7th
June 1909), daugh. of Robert Law and Isa-
bella Murdoch, and had issue — Isabella
Murdoch, born 26th June 1870 ; Margaret
Magdalen, born 2nd Feb. 1873 (marr.
William M'Kean Campbell, min. of Boqu-
hanran) ; David Alexander, electrical
engineer, born 14th Nov. 1875.
ALEXANDER ANDREW, born Carlisle,
18g2 16th March 1867, son of George A.
and Catherine Macdougall ; educated
at Balfour's School, Glasgow, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1889 ; assistant at Kilberry, Kintyre, 1890 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 8th Nov.
1892. Marr. 14th June 1893, Isabella
Lumsden, daugh. of William Allan and
Annie Lumsden.
BARGEDDIE (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1875. The
parish of Bargeddiewas disjoined from Old
Monkland, 13th March 1876.]
ALEXANDER THOU SCOTT, born
1876 Forfarshire, 1848, son of John S.
and Nicola Thou ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; ord. to Collision, Forfar-
shire, 1870 ; trans, and adm. 14th Dec.
1876; died 3rd Sept. 1910. He marr.
(1) 4th Jan. 1877, Barbara Jamieson (died
1881), daugh. of the Rev. Andrew
Cromar, and had issue — Edith Mary Nicola
(marr. Adam Stewart Jardine, Rowanlea,
Baillieston) : (2) 16th July 1886, Agnes
(died s.p. 1903), daugh. of Alexander
Black, Heathery Knowe, Old Monkland.
ANDREW TEMPLETON, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 2nd Feb. 1911 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Lesmahagow, 26th Sept.
1912.
DAVID YOUNG ROBERTSON, M.A.,
ord. 23rd Jan. 1913 ; trans, to Inver-
allan 3rd May 1917.
ALEXANDER LYON BENNETT, born
1917 Possilpark, Glasgow, 4th Feb. 1878,
son of James B. and Janet Lyon ;
sometime engaged in business ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; missionary at Barrow-
field Parish ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
May 1917 ; assistant at Douglas, Lanark-
shire ; ord. 20th Sept. 1917.
BELLSHILL (Q.S.).
[The parish of Bellshill was disjoined
from Bothwell, 18th March 1878.]
JAMES MILLAR KILLEN, born
„ Ireland, son of James K., D.D.,
Comber ; educated at the Assembly's
College, Belfast ; ord. to Birsay, Orkney,
25th Sept. 1877 ; trans, and adm. 10th Oct.
1878 ; dem. (on account of his health) 25th
Oct. 1881. He went to Auckland, New
Zealand, and engaged in practice as a lawyer.
He marr. 6th Aug. 1879. — [Goodfellow's
Birsay Church History, 95.]
HUGH WILSON, born Rothesay, 1st
May 1853, son of John W., book-
seller, and Henrietta Borland ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley ; assistant at Eastwood ;
ord. to Shawlands 29th Jan. 1880 ; trans,
and adm. 4th April 1882; dem. 13th Nov.
1900; died in New South Wales, 19th
April 1916. He marr. 2nd Aug. 1882,
Margaret Josephine, daugh. of William
Lawrence Taylor, bookseller, Peterhead,
and had issue — Henrietta Margaret (marr.
H. W. Shephard, solicitor, Sydney) ; Edith
HAMILTON]
BELLSHILL— BLANTYRE
227
Lilian (marr. Charles St Leger Willis,
physician, Milton, N.S.W.) ; Alys Vaila
school teacher, Ballina, Richmond River,
N.S.W. ; Dorothy Borland, hospital nurse,
Sydney.
GAVIN WARNOCK, bora Auchingra-
lg01 mont, Hamilton, 7th May 1866,
son of John W. and Marion Baird \
educated at Academy and Grammar School,
Hamilton, and Univ. of Glasgow ; MA.
(1890), B.D. (1893); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 14th June 1893 ; assistant at St
Andrew's Parish, Glasgow ; ord. to Toward
Chapel 8th Aug. 1894 ; res. and was assist-
ant at Sandyford Parish, Glasgow, 1897-9 ;
adm. to Bressay, Shetland, 14th Sept. 1899 ;
trans, and adm. 5th June 1901. Marr. (1)
26th Oct. 1899, Grace M'Laren (died 8th
July 1901), eldest daugh. of Alexander
Cameron, Glenkirk, Cambuslang, and had
issue — John Gourlie, born 1st Nov. 1900 :
(2) 18th Feb. 1903, Marion Wither, eldest
daugh. of John Ross, Auchenree, Port-
patrick, and Annabella Auld, and has issue
— Anabel Janette May Louisa, born 8th
Feb. 1906.
BLANTYRE.
[In the fifteenth century the church of
Blantyre was endowed as a collegiate
church. It belonged to the Priory of
Blantyre, within the parish. This Augus-
tinian monastery was founded in 1295, and
was a cell of Holyrood Abbey. Its build-
ings were never of great extent ; and their
ruins are now scanty. Blantyre Church
was rebuilt in 1793, and again in 1863. The
house at Lower Blantyre, in which David
Livingstone, African missionary and ex-
plorer, was born, still stands.]
WILLIAM CHIRNSYDE, provost of
1567 the collegiate church of Bothwell ;
exchanged that office for the Priory
of Blantyre 3rd Sept. 1552. He conformed
and was first Protestant min. of the parish ;
trans, to Luss, Nov. 1572.
JOHN DAVIDSON, M.A. ; min. here in
1574 15,?4' w^h Cambuslang, Dalserf, and
Hamilton also in his charge ; died
in 1591.
1574 JOHN HAMILTON, reader in 1574.
^JOHN BROWN, min. at Neilston in
15gl 1589 ; trans, and adm. in 1591. He
either died or left the parish two
years afterwards.
-WILLIAM BOYD, M.A. ; min. in 1593 ;
15Q3 trans, to Glenluce probably that
year.
JOHN SANGSTER, min. of Glasford
15g3 in 1590 ; trans, to this charge about
1593; died Nov. 1609. He marr.
Helen Hamilton, who survived him, and
had issue— Elspeth ; Marion; Christian,
one of whom marr. William Naismith.—
[Beg. Assig. ; Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN HERIOT, eldest son of William
H., baxter, burgess of Glasgow ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1603) ; min. in 1609 ; was
a member of Assembly in 1638, 1639 ; died
7th Dec. 1662, aged 90 [but perhaps only
84], He marr. Margaret Finlay, and had
issue — James ; Archibald ; Thomas. His
tombstone has the following inscription : —
' ' Here lies a pastor ten years and fourscore,
Who taught his flock 55 years and more,
During which time, to his immortal praise,
* So blamelessly behaved himself always
In holy order, doctrine sweet and soun',
As did become his reverend gospel gown.
His soul in heaven, his body in the clay,
Wait a reunion at the latter day."
[Peterkin's Records ; Glasg. Tests. ; Reg.
Old Dec, iii., iv. ; Tombst. ; P. C. Reg., 3rd
ser., i., 326 ; Reg. of Deeds, 30th May 1663 ;
Ibid., Dal., 29th Jan. 1672 ; G. R. Homings,
20th Aug. 1652 ; Annals of Blantyre, 24.]
HUGH MITCHELL, ord. (probably
1636 assistan^ and successor) in 1636.
[There is no reference to him
beyond that date.]
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A. ; ord. (prob-
1653 a^y assistant and successor) in
1653 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; indulged at Aven-
dale 3rd Sept. 1672.
^RICHARD BROWN, M.A. ; min. in
1664 1664 ; trans, to Biggar in 1665.
JAMES BARBIE, MA.; min. of
1666 Mochrum in 1664 ; trans, and adm.
after 26th April 1666; died April
1678, aged 59. He marr. Anna, eldest
daugh. (by a second marriage) of Sir
James Maxwell of Calderwood, and had
issue — Agnes, who was infeft in the life-
rent of houses and lands in the Kirkton of
Blantyre, 26th July 1677.— [Lanark Sas. ;
Glasg. Tests.]
GEOBGE LESLIE, a native of Aber-
1678 deenshire j M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 1670) ; passed trials for
licence before Bresb. of Baisley, and got a
testimonial 18th July 1677; min. here
about 1678 ; deprived at the Bevolution.
He marr. Marjory Beacock, and with her
was infefted in "ane merkland of Syd,"
14th Sept. 1688. — [Bule's Sec. Vindication ;
Lanark Sas.~\
BOBERT LANDESS of Bobroyston,
1690 k°rn Jan- 1630; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow, where he held a bursary
in 1658 ; M.A. (1658) ; licen. by Bresb. of
Hamilton ; min. at Ballymoney, Co. Antrim,
1672-86, and at Garvagh. In 1687 he appears
as a member of the Synod of Glasgow and
Ayr ; was called ad interim to officiate in one
of the meeting-houses in Glasgow, and had
charge of the East Quarter till April 1690,
when, at his own request, he was relieved
of office. He was adm. to this parish 12th
Aug. 1690; dem. 29th Dec. 1702, through
age and failing health, and is said to have
been buried within the High Kirk of
Glasgow 5th Aug. 1707, but the register of
burials makes no mention of the interment.
He marr. (1) a lady whose name has not
been recovered. She died (buried at Loch-
winnoch) in April or May 1670, and had
issue — George, born 8th April, and died
July 1663; Joan, born 8th Dec. 1664;
Mary, born 6th June 1666 ; Bobert of
Bobroyston, born 21st July 1667 ; Mar-
garet, born April, and died June 1670 :
(2) Dec. 1670, Janet Baillie, who had issue.
Publication— He left in MS. a Narrative of
his Lite from 1660 to 1703 (preserved among
the family papers of Major John Henry
Lamont of Lamont). — [ Vide " Ecclesiastical
Bersecution in the Seventeenth Century"
(Scottish Historical Review, July 1909), and
"Beceipts from the Diary of the Bev.
Bobert Landess " {ibid., April 1916) ; Beid's
Ireland, iii., 18.]
MATTHEW CONNELL, called 23rd
1704 Dec. 1703; ord. 12th April 1704;
trans, to East Kilbride 14th April
1720.
BICHABD HENDEBSON, M.A. (Glas-
1722 gow' 7tl1 ^une 1709); called 25th
May, and ord. 1st Aug. 1722 ; died
12th Dec. 1769. He marr. 2nd Aug. 1727,
Janet (died 9th Nov. 1784), daugh. of
Robert Cleland, min. of Kilrenny, and had
issue — Archibald, merchant, and Chairman
of the Chamber of Commerce of Virginia,
U.S.A., born 2nd March 1733, died 9th Jan.
1816 ; Alexander, merchant, Glasgow, born
2nd March 1738 ; Bichard ; Margaret, born
10th Jan. 1740, died 20th Jan. 1820 ; Bobert,
died before 14th Oct. 1747; Janet, died
young. — [Annals of Blantyre, 33.]
[JOHN FINNIE, son of Bobert F., tailor,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1749) ; licen. by Bresb. of Glasgow in
1759 ; tutor in the family of Matthew Orr
of Stobcross ; librarian to the Univ. of
Glasgow, 1767-72 ; pres. by David Erskine,
W.S., on behalf of Lord Blantyre, 8th
May 1770. His settlement was vigorously
opposed, the objectors declaring that he
" was more oppressed with the delivery of
his sermons, and discovered more symptoms
of infirmity than their late pastor did at
the time he was seized with the trouble of
which he died." F. was never adm. to the
charge, and died unmarr., 2nd Nov. 1772.
Finnieston, now a populous part of Glas-
gow, was named after him, he having
suggested to the proprietor the founding
of a village on its site.]
HENBY STEVENSON, born 1738,
177s second son of James S., farmer,
Dunlop ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1766); licen. by Bresb. of
Irvine 28th Nov. 1769; librarian to the
Univ. of Glasgow, 1772-3 ; pres. by David
Erskine, W.S., and ord. 6th May 1773;
died 27th Dec. 1808. He marr. 29th March
1793, Janet (died 21st Feb. 1834), daugh. of
HAMILTON]
BLANTYRE— BOTHWELL
229
David Muirhead, and had issue — Alex-
ander David, merchant, Glasgow, born 1 1th
Jan. 1795, died 10th April 1881 ; Henry,
merchant, Glasgow, born 11th June 1799;
Patrick, born 9th Feb. 1801, sometime in
Australia, died at Bridge of Allan. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ii.).
JOHN HODGSON, born 26th Jan. 1781,
1809 son °^ J°sePn H., min. of Car-
munnock ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh 2nd
May 1804; M.D. (Edinburgh 1809); pres.
by Eobert, Lord Blantyre, and ord. 7th
Sept. 1809; died at Edinburgh, 9th Feb.
1832. He marr. 2nd Feb. 1810, Anne (died
s.p. 9th Oct. 1844), daugh. of Valentine
White, Bracklach. Publications — Stephen's
Prayer [a Synod Sermon] (Glasgow, 1819) ;
The Hamiltonian Sermon on the Advantages
of the Reformation from Popery (Glasgow,
1819) ; contributions to The Edinburgh
Encyclopaedia. — [Watt's Biblioth. Brit. ;
Tombst.]
JAMES ANDERSON, born Livingston,
lg32 20th June 1785, son of William A.,
farmer, and Elizabeth Bell ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (17th
April 1813) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane
6th Feb. 1816 ; pres. by the Trustees for
Charles, Lord Blantyre, 30th March, and ord.
13th Sept. 1832. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of the Free Church, Blantyre,
1843-60; died 7th May 1860. He marr.
28th Dec. 1832, Mary Stewart (died 27th
Feb. 1865), daugh. of Charles Archer and
Janet Stewart, and had issue — Margaret
Stewart, born 11th Dec. 1834, died 5th
June 1836 ; William, min. of the Free
Church, Boyndie, Banff, born 19th April
1839, died 17th July 1920; James, born 11th
Jan. 1843, died at Boyndie, 18th Aug. 1877.
1843
SAMUEL PATERSON, born 11th June
1806, eldest son of William P., farmer,
Wigtownshire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; pres.
by Lord Blantyre 17th Feb., and ord. 14th
Sept. 1843 ; died 2nd May 1860. He marr.
10th July 1844, Sarah M'Kgnna, who died
2nd Oct. 1881, and had issue — William,
I860
born 7th Sept. 1845 ; Samuel, born 24th
June 1847 ; Sarah, born 10th July 1849.
PATON [PATTON] JAMES GLOAG,
pres. by Lord Blantyre 7th June,
trans, from Dunning and adm. 27th
Sept. 1860 ; D.D.(St Andrews 1867) ; trans.
to Galashiels 20th April 1871.
STEWART WRIGHT, born Inveraray,
1871 15th Oct. 1829, fifth son of James
W., writer; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; ord. to St George's-in-the-Fields,
Glasgow, 23rd May 1855 ; chaplain at
Madras, 1858-65, and at Bangalore, 1865-71 ;
adm. to this charge 3rd Aug. 1871 ; died
29th Nov. 1887. He marr. Alice (died s.p.
27th Oct. 1913), daugh. of Colin Smith,
D.D., min. of Inveraray. Publication —
Annals of Blantyre (Glasgow, 1885).
1888
CHARLES SCRIMGEOUR TURN-
BULL, born Glasgow, 9th Feb.
1860, son of David T. and Margaret
Blane ; educated at High School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (28th April 1882) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1885 ; assistant
at St George's Parish, Glasgow ; ord. 7th
June 1888. Publication — For Good Con-
sideration [Church Defence pamphlet]
(1894).
BOTHWELL.
[The church of Bothwell was dedicated
to St Bride. On 10th Oct. 1398 it was
constituted and endowed as a collegiate
church by Archibald the Grim, Earl of
Douglas. Within this church, in 1400,
was celebrated the ill-fated marriage of the
Earl's daughter Marjorie to David, Duke
of Rothesay, son and heir of Robert III.
The ancient edifice consists of a choir with
a sacristy on its north side. To this were
added, in 1833, a tower 120 feet high, with
transepts, built at the west end of the
choir, and a nave beyond these. The whole
building has a fine external effect. The
ancient choir and sacristy are kept in
excellent order ; but the nave, tower, and
transepts alone are used as the parish
church. In the choir there are fine mural
230
BOTHWELL
[PRESB. OF
monuments of some of the founder's kindred.
There were two chapels in the parish, St
Katherine's at Osbernstoun, now called
Orbiston, and St Lasrach's at Lachop.
There are now mission chapels within the
bounds at Thornwood and the Palace
Colliery.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, M.A., min.
about 1562; died before 13th April
1566. — [Hamilton Com. Dec, i.,
1562
179.]
1568
JOHN HAMILTON, son of David H.
of Bothwellhaugh ; app. Prior of
Blantyre by Queen Mary 6th Oct.
1549, but resigned that post 3rd Sept. 1552,
in favour of William Chirnsyde, who ex-
changed the provostship of the collegiate
church at Bothwell for the priory of
Blantyre. In 1560 Hamilton conformed
to Protestantism and had charge of Both-
well, Monkland, and Shotts. He was pres.
to the vicarage here by James VI. 30th
March 1 568 ; was a member of Assembly
April 1581, and one of a Committee app.
by the Assembly, which met in Oct. 1581,
for the erection of Presbs. in Clydesdale,
Renfrew, and Lennox. By the Assembly
of 1586 he was elected a commissioner for
the consideration of cases of slander occur-
ring within these bounds. He died 19th
Oct. 1594. He marr. Margaret Muirhead,
who survived him, and had issue — Abigail
and Agnes, who, by Act of Assembly, 28th
June 1595, were declared to have right to
the ann. — [Anderson's House of Hamilton ;
Beg. Min. ; Calderwood's Hist., iv., 570 ;
Meg. of Heeds, xii.]
MUNGO BAXTER, reader in 1574 —
1574 [Reg. Min.}
GAVIN HAMILTON, M.A.; trans, from
_5^ Second Charge, Hamilton, and adm.
in 1594 ; trans, to First Charge,
Hamilton, about 1604.
DAVID SHARPE, M.A., regent in the
Univ. of Glasgow; min. in 1606;
trans, to East Kilbride after 15th
Dec. 1607.
1608
ROBERT BOYD, M.A. (Glasgow 1595) ;
an "expectant" in Presb. of Irvine
Nov. 1602 ; mentioned as min. in
1608. He was cruelly persecuted and dep.
in 1646 for praying for the Marquess of
Montrose. The General Assembly recom-
mended him for supply in 1646. He died
circa 1648. He marr. Marion Boyd. His
children — Thomas, M.A., William, and
Marion — petitioned the Privy Council in
1661. — [Reg. Assig. ; Reg. Sas., Lanark ;
Booke of the Kirk ; Wodroiv MSS. [Advo-
cates' Library] ; P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., i., 50.]
1649
MATTHEW M'KAIL [MACKAILE],
M.A. ; adm. to Carmunnock 20th
May 1640; trans, and adm. in 1649;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662,
and confined to his parish. He was charged
before the Privy Council with turbulent and
seditious carriage July 1663, and ordered to
keep within the boundaries of the city of
Edinburgh. He succeeded in evading this
order, and lived elsewhere for a time, but
was again before the Privy Council in 1664.
He declined indulgence at Stonehouse 3rd
Sept. 1672 ; was sometime imprisoned, and
after 8th Jan. 1674 confined to the parish
of Carluke, a bond being given for his
compearance. He died at Edinburgh
(through injuries received from falling
downstairs after an illness), March 1681,
aged about 69. He marr. (1) a lady whose
name is unknown, and had issue — Hugh,
born 1640, licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
in 1661, covenanting preacher, executed at
the Market Cross of Edinburgh, 22nd Dec.
1666 ; Margaret (marr. John Binning of
Dalvennan) : (2) 20th Jan. 1670, Katherine
Bell, Edinburgh, who was infeft in an
annual rent of £140 "furth of the toune
and lands of Kingstoune," April 1681 ;
and of £70 "furth of the same lands
with Craig-flat, or fire-island of Dirleton,
Dunsland, and pertinents." They had
issue — Matthew, merchant and advocate,
Edinburgh, served heir, 15th Dec. 1687,
died 9th Nov. 1722.— [Law's Memorials;
Wodrow's Hist., i. 371, ii. 248 ; Edin. Tests. ;
Edin. Marr. and Bur. Regs. ; Inq. Ret.
HAMILTON]
BOTHWELL
231
Gen., 6881 ; Edin. Reg. Sas., xxxiii. ; Scots
Worthies, i., 309 ; Memoirs of William
Veitch, 35-8.]
ROBERT DOUGLAS, M.A. j trans,
from Conveth [Laurencekirk]; pres.
1665 by Charles II. and adm. before 20th
Sept. 1665 ; trans, to Renfrew in 1669.
ALEXANDER KINNEAR, M.A. ;
trans, from Neilston, and adm. 6th
1670 July 1670. He was min. of South
Quarter, Glasgow, 9th June 1681, but must
have held another charge between 1672 and
the latter date.
1672
THOMAS HAMILTON, M.A.; min.
about 1672 ; trans, to Carnwath 21st
May 1675.
1685
ROBERT DOUGLAS, son of Robert
D., min. in 1665 ; min. about 1685 ;
dem. at the Revolution ; became
keeper of the Leighton Library, Dunblane ;
died unmarr., 13th March 1746. He left
his own books and 300 merks to that
Library. — [Dunblane Tests. ; Hamilton's
Description^
JOHN ORR, ord. (in the meeting-house
at Holy town) 26th Sept. 1688 ; trans.
1688 to Second Charge, Old Kirk Parish,
Edinburgh, and adm. in 1703.
1709
Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON of Airdrie
fourth baronet, born 6th March
1681, son of Sir Robert H. of
Airdrie, third baronet, who did not assume
the title ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 25th June
1706; called 23rd Dec. 1708; ord. 28th
Sept. 1709 ; died 25th May 1749. He
marr. 4th June 1713, Margaret (died 2nd
April 1773), daugh. of John Bogle, portioner
of Sandyhills, and had issue — Sir Robert,
fifth baronet, Professor (1) of Anatomy in
Univ. of Glasgow (1742-56), (2) of the
Practice of Medicine (1756), born 11th July
1714, died 15th May 1756; John, M.A.
(Glasgow 1733), born 29th Aug. 1716;
James, his successor in this parish ;
Thomas, Professor of Anatomy and Botany
in Univ. of Glasgow (1757-80), born 1st
Oct. 1728, died 7th Jan. 1782 [ancestor of
the present Hamiltons, Barts. of Preston
and Fingalton, and grandfather of Sir
William H., metaphysician] ; William ;
Elizabeth; Grizel, born 21st Sept. 1720;
Gavin ; Jean. — [Anderson's Hoxise of
Hamilton, 362 ; The Snell Exhibitions, 83.]
1747
JAMES HAMILTON of Carsland, son
of preceding, born 1722 ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 26th Feb. 1745;
called 23rd June, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 20th Oct. 1747 ; died 5th Dec.
1760. He marr. 10th Sept. 1750, Elizabeth
Hood, who died 17th March 1782, and had
issue — William, born 2nd July 1751 ; Janet,
born 1st Aug. 1753 ; Elizabeth, born 20th
March 1755 ; John, born 20th June 1757.
1762
^ JAMES BAILLIE, trans, from Shotts ;
pres. by the trustees for James
George, Duke of Hamilton, and adm.
2nd Sept. 1762 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Hamilton, 23rd Oct. 1766.
1767
MICHAEL M'CULLOCH, born Kippen,
1734, son of John M. ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1758) ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 27th Sept.
1763; pres. by the trustees for James
George, Duke of Hamilton, and ord. 14th
May 1767; D.D. (Glasgow, 11th June
1798) ; died 26th May 1801, and was buried
in the south-west corner of the church.
A litigation to which he was a party,
along with the Presb., in the case of William
Allan, schoolmaster, is notable in so far
as it was decided on appeal to the House
of Lords that the Church of Scotland had
jurisdiction in regard to the qualifications
and trials of teachers in the old parish
schools. The following epitaph is said to
have been written by Thomas Brisbane,
min. of Dunlop : —
" There lies interred beneath this sod
That sycophantish man of God,
Who taught an easy way to heaven,
Which to the rich was always given.
If he get in, he'll look and stare
To find some out, that he put there."
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, xvi.).
232
BOTHWELL— BURNBANK
[ PRESB. OF
MATTHEW GARDINER, born Glas-
1802 £ow' l&th. Aug. 1776, eldest son of
James G. ; educated at the Grammar
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; Ml. (1793) ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 9th May 1798 ;
pres. by Archibald, Duke of Hamilton, and
ord. 22nd April 1802 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1831) ;
Moderator of Assembly 18th May 1837
[by a majority of 262 votes to 59 in favour
of Principal John Lee, D.D.] ; died Father
of the Church, 4th June 1865. He marr.
25th Aug. 1808, Sarah (died 7th March
1850), daugh. of John Forrest, merchant,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Elizabeth, born
18th April 1810; James, W.S., Sheriff-
substitute at Campbeltown (1848-79), born
19th May 1811, died 8th Dec. 1879;
Rebecca, born 25th May 1812, died 2nd
July 1820 ; John, advocate, born 28th Oct.
1815, died 22nd Nov. 1877 ; Marion Aikman,
born 26th Aug. 1817, died 29th Jan. 1819 ;
Elizabeth (marr. 16th July 1839, the Rev.
John Heyliger Dewhurst). Publication —
The Folly and Danger of Departing from
the Living God, a sermon (Glasgow, 1820).
—[Smith's Scottish Clergy, ii., 326.]
JOHN PAGAN, born Wamphray, 30th
June 1830, eldest son of John P.,
farmer, and Mary Hamilton ; edu-
cated at Wamphray School and Univ. of
Glasgow; B.A. (1853), M.A. (1854); licen.
by Presb. of Lochmaben ; assistant at
St Mungo, Rosneath, and Park Church,
Glasgow ; ord. to Forgandenny 26th Sept.
1861 ; pres. by William, twelfth Duke of
Hamilton and Brandon, 1st Aug. 1865 ;
trans, and adm. 23rd Nov. 1865 ; Joint-
convener of Foreign Mission Committee in
1884; D.D. (Glasgow 1886); Moderator
of Assembly 18th May 1899 ; Convener of
Committee on Christian Liberality, 1900-9;
died at his son's manse, Largs, 21st Jan.
1909. An indefatigable worker in his own
parish, the restoration of its ancient church
was the crown and memorial of his long
labours there. His services in the cause
of Foreign Missions and of Church Defence
were of the highest value. No minister of
his time did better educative work for the
Church of Scotland. He marr. 27th July
1870, Margaret Wiseman, daugh. of Gavin
Lang, min. of Glasford, and had issue —
John Hamilton, born 19th July 1871
[MA., Glasgow, 1891 ; B.D., Glasgow, 1894 ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton ; assistant at
Ayr ; min. at Naawaport, Ladybrand, and
Kimberley, South Africa ; died 14th Sept.
1913. He marr. 3rd April 1906, Agnes
Elizabeth, daugh. of Robert Cargil Leslie
Blair of Lynedoch, Ayr. Author of Annals
of Ayr in the Olden Time (Ayr, 1897)] ; Gavin
Lang, min. of St George's Parish, Edin-
burgh (q.v.) [captain Royal Scots, killed in
action in France, 28th April 1917. He
marr. 12th Aug. 1915, Mabel, daugh. of
Gordon Douglas, F.F.A., manager of the
Life Association of Scotland] ; Alexander
Hamilton, farmer, South Africa, born 2nd
Oct. 1875 ; Anna Marshall, born 11th Jan.
1879.— [Life and Work, Nov. 1913.]
1910
SAMUEL JOHN HAMILTON, bom
Ballykine, Ballynahinch, Co. Down,
8th Sept. 1869, son of John H. ;
educated at Queen's College and As-
sembly's College, Belfast ; B.A. (Royal
Univ. of Ireland 1892) ; licen. by Presb.
of Down in 1895 ; min. of Clifton Presby-
terian Church, Johannesburg, South Africa,
1897-1906; clerk of Transvaal Presb. in
1897 ; superintendent 'of Church Extension
in the Transvaal, 1904-6 ; assistant at
Bothwell ; adm. here (after appeal to the
General Assembly) 24th June 1910. Marr.
26th Aug. 1899, Adeline, daugh. of Joseph
M'Cully.
BURNBANK (Q.S.).
[The parish of Burnbank was disjoined
from Hamilton, 27th Feb. 1882.]
HENRY JOHNSTONE WOTHER-
1880 SPOON, M.A. ; app. missionary
26th March 1878; ord. 14th Sept.
1880; first min. of the parish 9th June
1882 ; res. 13th June 1894, to take charge
of St Oswald's Chapel-of-Ease, Edinburgh.
ANDREW SMITH DINGWALL
1894 SCOTT, born Wester Cash, Strath-
miglo, Fife, 15th July 1863, son of
William S. and Margaret Smith ; educated
HAMILTON]
CADZOW— CALDERBANK
233
at Madras College and Univ. of St An-
drews; M.A. (1885); licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews 7th May 1888 ; assistant at
Markinch and Govan ; ord. 18th Oct. 1894 ;
died 25th July 1920.
CADZOW (Q.S.).
[A church was built for this district in
1876. The parish of Cadzow was disjoined
from Hamilton, 13th Jan. 1879.]
MICHAEL PATRICK JOHNSTONE,
, 77 M.A., B.D. ; app. 5th Feb., and ord.
19th April 1877 ; adm. first min. of
the parish in 1879 ; trans, to Fraserburgh
5th July 1888.
ANDREW ROBERTSON, M.A. ; trans.
1888 from Annbank, and adm. 13th Dec.
1888 ; trans, to Dundyvan 28th Nov.
1905.
KENNETH DANIEL M'LAREN, trans.
1906 fr°m Saline, and adm. 17th May 1906 ;
trans, to Erroll 10th Sept. 1914.
^DOUGLAS WILLIAM BRUCE, M.A. ;
1915 ord. 10th Feb. 1915; trans, to St
Stephen's, Broughty Ferry, 2nd May
1919.
THOMAS FORREST HARKNESS
1919 GIiAHAM, born Port-Glasgow, 26th
Aug. 1885, son of Thomas Harkness
G., min. of Newark ; educated at Greenock
Academy, Glasgow High School, and Univs.
of Glasgow, Bonn, and Lausanne; M.A.
(Glasgow 1906), B.D. (1909); licen. by
Presb. of Greenock 27th April 1909 ;
assistant at St George's-in-the-Fields, Glas-
gow ; ord. to Laurieston, Glasgow, 29th
Feb. 1912 ; trans, and adm. 27th Aug. 1919.
Marr. 7th Nov. 1918, Jane Bowser Graham,
eldest daughter of James Kerr, merchant,
Glasgow, and Mary Duncan Mackinnon.
Publications — Dreams and Fancies (Glas-
gow, 1913) : The Doivnfall of Culture and the
Crisis (1914) ; Songs in the Street (Glasgow,
1916) ; Masonic Services (Glasgow, 1917).
CALDERBANK {Q.S.).
[The parish of Calderbank was disjoined
from Old Monkland, 13th July 1885.]
THOMAS WILSON, M.A. ; ord. 29th
1867 ^au" *8(^ » trans, to Second Charge,
Lesmahagow, 8th July 1869.
" JAMES BRANDER, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1869 30ttl Nov- 1869 ' trans- to Clarkston
2nd May 1872.
JOHN SMITH, elected 3rd June, and
ord. 15th Aug. 1872 ; dem. 25th
Sept. 1877 [afterwards min. of
Elderslie].
1872
ROBERT SINCLAIR MILLAR, trans.
lg78 from Forth, and adm. 14th Feb.
1878; dem. 1884.
WILLIAM BUCHANAN STRACHAN,
born Arbroath, 15th Nov. 1856, son
of William Greig S. and Isabella
Jolly ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1878) ; licen. by Presb. of St An-
drews ; assistant at Selkirk and Garturk ;
ord. 27th June 1884 ; adm. first min. of the
parish in 1885; died 14th May 1910.
He marr. 12th Oct. 1887, Helen Shaw
Munro, daugh. of James Fleming and
Mary Philp, and had issue— Mary Philp,
born 26th Sept. 1888 ; William Greig, born
8th Dec. 1889 ; Isobel Helen, born 19th
Sept. 1892 ; Helen Agnes, born 28th Feb.
1894 ; Agnes Fleming, born 16th May 1898 ;
Margaret, born 23rd Oct. 1900.
JOHN MARTIN, ord. 28th Sept. 1910 ;
1910 trans, to Alness 19th Sept. 1918.
WILLIAM HENDERSON ADAM, born
1Q19 Aberdeen, 29th Nov. 1870, son of
William A., shipowner, and Alex-
andrina Catherine Matilda Henderson ;
educated Gordon's College and Univ. of
Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
5th May 1896 ; assistant at Keith, Gilcom-
ston, Ballater, and Abbotshall ; ord. to
Kelty 22nd Oct. 1903 ; trans, and adm. 1st
April 1919. Marr. 19th Aug. 1908, Margaret
Wallace, and has issue — Ronald Henderson.
234 CALDERCRUIX— CALDERHEAD— CAMBUSLANG [presb. of
CALDERCRUIX (Q.S.).
[The parish of Caldercruix was disjoined
from Shotts, New Monkland, and Clark-
ston, 23rd Feb. 1894.]
WILLIAM JAMES LOWRIE, ord. 11th
1891 June 1891 > adm. first min. of the
parish in 1894 ; trans, to Stoneykirk
24th Oct. 1895.
1896
WILLIAM BLACK JACK, born Liff
and Benvie, 7th Jan. 1863, son of
Alexander J. and Elizabeth Robert-
son ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Dundee in 1891 ; ord. to
St Ninian's Chapel, Arbroath, 1893 ; trans,
and adm. 16th April 1896. Marr. 6th Dec.
1905, Helen Kinnear, L.L.A., daugh. of
Alexander Millar and Mary Lowe.
CALDERHEAD (Q.S.).
[A chapel already existing here was re-
built in 1860. The parish of Calderhead
was disjoined from Shotts and Cambus-
nethan, 8th July 1872.]
JOHN DAVIDSON GRANT, ord. 18th
1859 Feb. 1859 ; trans, to West Calder
25th Aug. 1870.
GEORGE ALPINE, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1871 ^k Jan. 1871 ; adm. first min. of
the parish in 1872 ; dem. 30th Dec.
1873 ; adm. to Coats 7th April 1874.
ROBERT DICKSON, ord. 14th May
1874 18^4 ' trans# t0 St David's Parish,
Glasgow, 10th June 1880.
JOHN STEWART, born Coupar-Angus,
1849 ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1875), B.D. (1877);
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 16th May
1878 ; elected 25th Oct., and ord. 9th Dec.
1880 ; died 11th Nov. 1892. He marr. 5th
March 1890, Helen Janet, daugh. of Robert
Brown, Ayr, who predeceased him, and had
issue — Eleanor Jane (marr. 1st Aug. 1917,
Thomas Wilson Cochrane, Army Veterinary
Corps).
1918
ROBERT WILLIAM RUTHERFORD,
1893 M.A., B.D. ; ord. 11th May 1893 ;
trans, to Gartsherrie 11th Dec. 1917.
JOHN REEVIE JOHNSTON MERRY,
born Motherwell, 3rd April 1889,
son of Alexander M. and Janet
Leech Johnston ; educated at Dalziel High
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1911) ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton May 1914 ;
assistant at St Michael's, Dumfries ; ord.
to Sinclairtown 29th Dec. 1915 ; trans, and
adm. 16th May 1918. Marr. 8th March
1917, Annie Dunwoodie, M.A., daugh. of
Adam Hyslop.
CAMBUSLANG.
[The rectory of Cambuslang was a pre-
bend of Glasgow. Its church was dedicated
to St Cadoc. Beside the Kirk Burn, near
the Parish Church, stood a chapel of St
Mary, which gives its name to the Lands
of Chapel. It was founded in 1379 by
William Mony penny, rector of Cambus-
lang. At the village of Spital in the
parish there was a hospital of St Thomas.
Cambuslang Church was rebuilt in 1743.
There are mission chapels within the bounds
at Morriston and Newton of Cambuslang.]
JAMES LINDSAY, M.A. ; exhorter in
1567 1567 ; reader in 1574. — [Reg. Jlin.]
ADAM FOULIS, mentioned as min. of
1572 Newbattle [and Heriot], Nov. 1570 ;
pres. by James VI. 28th July 1572.—
[Reg. Min.]
JOHN HOWISON [HEWISON, or
157g HOWIE], born 1530, son of a Glas-
gow burgess ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; min. of Kelso in 1576 ; perhaps
at Glasford, 1577-8 ; pres. by James, Earl
of Arran (on the wish of James VI. and his
Council, and by special request of the Com-
missioners for Planting Kirks) ; adm. after
9th April 1579 ; a member of Assembly in
1581. He opposed the appointment of
Robert Montgomery, min. of Stirling, to
the Archbishopric of Glasgow. As Modera-
tor of the Presb. of Glasgow, he preached
in the High Kirk there, 8th June 1582,
when Montgomery appeared to claim the
HAMILTON]
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235
pulpit, having been appointed to enter upon
his office that day. M. was accompanied
by the Lord Provost, Sir Matthew Stewart
of Minto [and of Morriston, parish of Cam-
buslang], the bailies of Glasgow, and others.
Stewart ordered H. to desist, and the Presb.
todisperse. The ministerrefused, whereupon
the provost and his party laid violent hands
on H., who was " smote on the face, pulled
by the beard, had one of his teeth beat out,
and put in the tolbuith lyke a theefe." The
General Assembly excommunicated five of
the assailants, but Stewart and another
appeared and confessed, 9th Oct. 1582.
From 23rd Nov. 1584 to 15th Aug. 1585,
H. had charge of the parish of Perth, where
a troublesome plague had broken out, and
where he " ministered to the great comfort
of the sufferers." Again declining the
authority of the bishops, and failing to
subscribe a bond imposed upon all " that
gat assignation of stipends," he was im-
prisoned " in the Spey or Spy Tower of St
Johnstoun" [the old name of Perth]. He
was soon allowed his liberty, and had an
interview with James VI., when "he made,
says James Melvill, "a good exhortation,
telling the truth, and meit for the purpose."
He was equally outspoken in a sermon
preached in Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh,
in which he said, "I ken I will be
noted. I regard not. What can the king
get of me but my heid and my bluid 1 I
shall never obey their injunction, like as
I request all faithful folk to do the lyke."
He was at once seized and confined in Falk-
land Palace, still persisting in his refusal
to submit to the bishops, and specially to
Montgomery, who, he declared, was "an
infamous man, a monster, and an idol."
An Act of Parliament annulling his presenta-
tion and appointment to Cambuslang was
passed in 1587, when the benefice was
given to Lord Claud Hamilton, third
son of the Duke of Chatelherault and
ancestor of the Dukes of Abercorn. [Lord
Claud was regarded by the Romanist
party as rector of the parish, having
succeeded Halyton, rector about 1560.] In
1588 H. was app. Visitor for Nithsdale.
By the Assembly of 1595 he was nomin-
ated a Commissioner of Piatt [planting of
churches] for the whole of Clydesdale. In
1597 he was libelled on a charge of issuing
as genuine " a false, adulterate, and altered "
Act of Parliament, purporting to be that
passed in 1592, and entitled, "An Act for
abolishing the Acts contrar to the Liberties
of the Kirk." He had persuaded the king's
printer, Robert Waldegrave, to circulate
forty or fifty copies. Though declared
innocent of falsifying the Act himself, H.
was convicted of complicity in its circula-
tion, and was accordingly confined for
some months in the Castle of Edinburgh.
Regaining his freedom, he was one of
a committee appointed to consider an
Act of the Privy Council for resisting
the Spanish invasion. He returned to
Cambuslang after 7th March 1596, the
General Assembly having petitioned in
his favour, " seeing he has obeyit sick
things as was injoynit to him." He was
now chiefly occupied with parish work —
philanthropic and educational — endowing
a school and making provision for the poor
of Cambuslang. He founded a bursary in
the University of Glasgow, which still
yields an annual sum of £9 to the holder,
and he gave 2000 merks for the support
of two old men from Cambuslang, in the
hospital at Hamilton. He died June 1618.
He left his books to the Library of Glasgow
University with other benefactions, "and
last it is his will, and he ordains his ex-
ecutor [James Braidwood] that in case my
Lord Marquis of Hammiltoune perform
nocht his condition in erecting and build-
ing of ane hospitell for the poor conforme
to the contract and foundation made
betwixt his Lordship and him, that the
said James sail cause charge his Lordship
to perfyte the same for the foundation of
swa guid ane work." There is a portrait
of H. in the Trades' House, Glasgow, but
damaged by fire. He marr. 13th July 1586,
Agnes (died March 1612, probably s.p.),
daugh. of Arnold Columnes [Coluines,
Collins], surgeon, Newhaven, France.
Publications — A Discourse of Conscience
(Edinburgh, 1600). He left in MS. 3 vols,
of a reply to the Jesuit leader, Cardinal
Bellarmine, which the Assembly of 1602
was asked to revise, and " if found worthie,
236
CAMBUSLANG
[ PRESB. OF
to have it printed. This was not done. —
[Be;/. Assig. ; Reg. of Deeds, xxvi. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; MS. State Paper Ojfice, " Accusation
of Howison ; Acts of Pari., iii., 481 ;
M'Crie:s Melville, 83, 383, 390; Pitcairn's
Criminal Trials, ii., 14 ; Booke of the Kirk,
201 ; Calderwood's Hist., iv., 146 passim ;
Adamson's The Muse's Welcome ; Porter's
Cambuslang and its Ministers, 8 - 18 ;
Brown's Cambuslang, 22, 89.]
1611
ROBERT HAMILTON, probably only
assistant to preceding min. in 1611 ;
was pres. to Rutherglen, but ap-
parently not settled, the Presb. of Glasgow
considering "he is not meitt for it," 6th
Feb. 1611. — [Glasg. Presb. Reg.; Glasg.
Tests.]
ALEXANDER THOMSON, M.A.; min.
in 1619 ; trans, to Second Charge,
1619
1628.
St Giles, Edinburgh, after 3rd July
1628
PATRICK HAMILTON, M.A. (Glas-
gow) ; min. of Lochwinnoch in 1596 ;
adm. to Abbey Parish, Paisley, 25th
Dec. 1607 ; pres. by James, Marquess of
Hamilton, and adm. after 3rd July 1628.
He zealously supported the decisions of the
Glasgow Assembly of 1638, of which he
was a member. He had a " protection "
from James Graham, Marquess of Mon-
trose, 20th Aug. 1645, and was dep. soon
afterwards, Wodrow says, for drunkenness.
On 19th July 1648 he was on the eve
of being reponed by the General Assembly
when an unlucky chance spoiled all. " We
were fashed with the opening of the
mouths of deposed ministers," says Robert
Baillie. " Poor Mr Patrick Hamilton, in
the very nick when the Assembly was to
grant all his desire, was rejected by his
own unhappiness. He had let fall out of
his pocket a poem too invective against
the Church's proceedings. This, by a
mere accident, came into the hands of
Mr Mungo Law [min. of Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh], who gave it to Mr James Guthrie
[min. of Lauder], and he did read it in the
face of the Assembly, to Mr Patrick's con-
fusion." In 1653 he was in extreme poverty,
and died May 1658. He marr. (1) Grizel
Semple, and had issue — Nathan, Robert,
and Patrick : (2) Aug. 1604, Maisie Towris,
and had issue — James : (3) 1629, Katherine
Hamilton, a minister's daugh. She sur-
vived him, with issue ; was recommended
for assistance by the Synod of Lothian,
8th Nov. 1660; had a grant of £50 from
Parliament out of vacant stipends, 12th
July 1661, and in 1663 was 72 years old
and " in great distress." Publications —
A Poem on the Creation, Fall, and
Redemption of Mankind (Edinburgh, 1629) ;
Zachary Boyd's Christian Hecatome (Edin-
burgh, 1629); "A Short Description of
the Trew Properties of a Faithfull Sheip-
hard of Christe's Flock, and other pieces
in Verse " [by a Curat on Clyde] {Fugitive
Scottish Poetry, 2nd ser., Edinburgh, 1853).
— [Acts of Pari., vii. ; Baillie's Lett., iii.,
60 ; Edin. Reg. {Marr.) ; Wodrow's Anal.,
i., 165 ; Peterkin's Records ; Memoirs of
Montrose, ii. ; Porter's Cambuslang and its
Ministers, 21-4 ; P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., L,
459, 532.]
JOHN BAILLIE, M.A. (Glasgow 1639) ;
pres. by James, Duke of Hamilton,
and adm. in 1647 ; died Dec. 1652,
aged about 33. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh.
of Henry Gibson, writer, Glasgow. She
marr. (2) James Wallace, min. of Inch-
innan.— [Baillie's Lett. ; Glasg. Tests. ; G. R.
Sas., xiii., 343.]
ROBERT FLEMING, born Yester, Dec.
1630, of which parish his father,
James F., was min., his mother being
Jean Livingston [not, as sometimes stated,
Martha (daugh. of John Knox), who was
James Fleming's first wife]. His childhood
was delicate, and he nearly lost his sight
from a blow with a club. He had his early
training at home. At fifteen he entered
the Univ. of Edinburgh, and graduated
M.A. with distinction, 26th July 1649. He
studied divinity at St Andrews under
Samuel Rutherford. He is believed to
have served as a private soldier in the
Scottish ranks at the battle of Dunbar,
3rd Sept. 1650. He was ord. here in 1653
— still sickly — " his health so bad that it
seemed hopeless." He was deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
1647
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237
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. For the
next ten years he remained in Scotland,
preaching as he had opportunity. On 3rd
Sept. 1672 he declined indulgence at Kil-
winning, disobeyed a citation of the Privy
Council, and fled to London, where his
Scottish speech somewhat marred his
usefulness. In 1674 he was living at West
Nisbet, in Roxburghshire. On 30th Dec.
1677 he was adm. colleague [in succession
to Robert MacWard] to John Hog [or
Hoog], min. of the Scots Kirk, Rotterdam.
Next year he was in Edinburgh, preaching
at conventicles, and lying a prisoner in the
Tolbooth. The Privy Council allowed him
bail, June 1679, but refusing to conform
to all its demands, he was sent back to
confinement. On regaining his liberty, he
returned to Rotterdam. He was charged
in the High Court of Justiciary, 2nd April
1683, with harbouring and befriending
several of the murderers of Archbishop
Sharpe, but having proved his innocence, the
accusation was departed from, 17th April
1684. After the Revolution he might have
been restored to Cambuslang, but preferred
to remain in Holland. "While on a visit
to London, he died of fever, 25th July 1694,
after a short illness. He marr. Christian
(died at West Nisbet in 1674), daugh. of
Sir George Hamilton of Binny, Linlith-
gowshire, and had issue — Robert, his suc-
cessor at Rotterdam, born 1660, died 21st
May 1716, and six others. Wodrow charac-
terises him as a "devout and pious man,
most spiritual in his carriage and writings,
much engaged in secret prayer and medita-
tions, very affectionate to his servants and
people, full of love, and of a peaceable
temper." Publications — The Fulfilling of
the Scripture (Rotterdam, 1669 ; 2nd ed.,
1671) ; The Faithfulness of God, etc. [Second
Part]; The Great Appearances of God
[Third Part] ; all three parts, 2 vols. (Lon-
don, 1681 ; 3rd ed., 1681 ; 4th ed., 1693 ;
5th ed. [with Life and a Funeral Sermon
by Daniel Burgess], 1726; latest edition
[with Life by Thomas Thomson], Edin-
burgh, 1845) ; An Account of the Roman
Church and Doctrine (London, 1675); A
Survey of Quakerism [anon.] (1677);
Scripture Truth confirmed and cleared
(1678) ; The Truth and Certainty of the
Protestant Faith (1678); The Church
Wounded and Rent by a Spirit of Division
(1681); The One Thing Necessary (1681);
Joshua's Choice (1684) [originally printed
in Dutch] ; The Confirming Worke of
Religion (Rotterdam, 1685) ; True State-
ment of the Christian Faith (1692) ; Sermon
on Fcclesiastes, vii., 1 (1692); Sermon on
Jeremiah, xviii., 7-11 (1692); The Present
Aspect of Our Times (London, 1694). —
[Wodrow's Hist., iii., 96 ; New Gen. Reg.
Sas., xxvi. ; Steven's Scot. Ch. Rotterdam,
58-67, 83-113; Glasg. Tests.; Edinburgh
Christian Instructor, xxiii. ; The Scots
Worthies [Carslaw's edition], 571-80 ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, MA. (Glas-
1663 gow 165°)j adm- 4tn Sept. 1663;
pres. by William, Duke of Hamilton ;
called 4th June, and adm. 22nd Aug.
1692. As an Episcopalian he was exceed-
ingly unpopular. The parish was in a
condition of almost constant ferment, and
riots at the Manse were frequent. C. died
about the Revolution time. — [Wodrow's
Hist., ii., 3 ; G. R. Homings, 22nd Feb.
1688; Justiciary Records, ii., 114.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, born 1660,
son of James H, second son of
Andrew H. of Westburn ; bursar
of the Univ. of Glasgow (1677-80) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 6th Dec. 1687 ; called
28th April, and ord. [at Flemington] 13th
June 1688; died after 8th March 1724 [on
that date he was present at a meeting of
kirk-session ; the date of death — 3rd Jan.
1723 — as recorded on his tombstone is there-
fore an error]. He marr. Janet, daugh.
of Gilbert Hall, min. of Kirkliston, who
survived him, and had issue — William,
min. of Douglas ; Cecilia (marr. Robert
Paton, min. of Renfrew). — [Glasg. Tests. ;
Tombst.~\
WILLIAM M'CULLOCH, born Whit-
1731 norn> 1691, son of the schoolmaster
there ; educated at Univs. of Edin-
burgh and Glasgow ; M.A. (Glasgow, 26th
April 1712); licen. by Presb. of Wigtown
28th Aug. 1722; tutor in the family of
1688
238
CAMBUSLANG
[PRESB. OF
Hamilton of Aitkenhead, parish of Cath-
cart ; called 18th Feb., and ord. 29th April
1731 ; died 18th Dec. 1771. He marr. 29th
April 1736, Janet Dinwoodie, who died
13th Oct. 1779, and had issue — an only
child, Robert, D.D., min. of Dairsie, born
21st July 1740. The ministry of M. was
memorable for that extraordinary religious
movement known as the " Cambuslang
Wark," which occurred during the spring
and summer of 1742. M., who is described
by Dean Stanley as " no wild fanatic, but
a learned, unostentatious scholar, a cautious
and prudent parish minister," was hardly
remarkable as a preacher. In the course
of his ordinary preaching, however, the
people became spiritually awakened. The
news of what was happening soon spread,
and multitudes from every part of Scot-
land crowded to Cambuslang to see the
strange work. Many ministers came to
M.'s assistance, and amongst them George
Whitefield, who tells us that he preached
to congregations which numbered between
thirty and forty thousand. "It was ten
o'clock at night when Whitefield rose up
to speak. The tent stood on the margin
of a little stream ; in front of this rose
a green bank in the form of an amphi-
theatre, still known as the ' conversion
brae.J It was wonderfully adapted to the
purpose to which it was now applied, and
Whitefield, in one of his bold figures of
speech, spoke of it as a temple built by
God Himself for this great concourse to
worship in. As the preacher's deep voice,
in the twilight of the autumn eve, rolled
over the vast multitude, it was answered
by sighs and sobs, and soon the whole
audience was melted in tears." White-
field's visit was the high-water mark of the
Revival. In writing of it nine years after-
wards, M. had to lament many backsliders,
but still he spoke of hundreds who from
that time forward had been evidently
changed. Publications — The Annual Ser-
mon/07' Reformation of Manners (Glasgow,
1725) ; An Account of some Remarkable
Events at Cambuslang (1742) ; A Short
Narrative of the Extraordinary Work at
Cambuslang (1742); Observations in Defence
of the Work at Cambuslang (1742); Sermons
on Several Subjects [Memoir by his son]
(Glasgow, 1793). — [Wodrow's Anal. ; Scots
Mag., xxxiii. ; M'Farlane's Revivals of the
Eighteenth Century; Meek's "Report on
Cambuslang" (Sinclair's Stat. Ace. Scot.,
v.) ; Cunningham's Church History of Scot-,
land, ii., 315 ; Porter's Cambuslang and its
Ministers, 39-48 ; Butler's Wesley and
Whitefield in Scotland, 36-41.]
JAMES MEEK, born 1739, brother of
1774 William M. of Fortisset ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 25th Oct. 1763;
preacher in the College Chapel, Glasgow,
1763-5 ; ord. to Second Charge, Lesma-
hagow, 25th Sept. 1766 ; pres. by the
commissioners for Douglas, Duke of
Hamilton, 1772 ; trans., but not adm. till
1st Sept. 1774 [opposition to his appoint-
ment was concerned mostly with questions
of doctrine] ; D.D. (Glasgow, 12th Dec.
1781) ; Dean of Faculties in Glasgow Univ.,
1780-2, 1784-6, 1788-90, 1792-4, and 1798-
1800 ; Moderator of Assembly 21st May
1795 ; died 21st June 1810. He marr. 5th
Feb. 1770, Grizel (died 4th Feb. 1815,
aged 68), eldest daugh. of Thomas Weir
of Kerse, and had issue — John, born
5th Feb. 1772, died while a student at
Glasgow Univ., 28th Dec. 1790 ; Elizabeth,
born 11th Feb. 1774 (marr. 15th April 1791,
James Davidson, W.S.), died 11th Jan.
1799 ; Thomas, writer, Interim Commissary
Clerk at Glasgow, 1817, born 20th May
1776 ; Frances Stuart, born 15th March
1779, died 1866. Publication — Account of
the Parish [in which the story of the
Cambuslang Conversions is very fully told]
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.).
JOHN ROBERTSON, born in the parish
17 ^ of Hamilton, 1768, eldest son of
William R., farmer ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 8th May 1795; assistant to pre-
ceding min. in 1795 ; app. by Douglas,
Duke of Hamilton, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 22nd Aug. 1797 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
20th Oct. 1826) ; died 2nd Feb. 1843. He
marr. 9th Feb. 1813, Sarah, eldest daugh.
of William Shaw, bookseller, Glasgow, and
had issue — Agnes Riddell, born 12th Dec.
HAMILTON]
CAMBUSLANG— WEST CAMBUSLANG
239
1813 ; Janet, born 14th June 1815 ; Sarah,
born 24th Jan. 1817 (marr. White-
head); Jane Shaw, born 16th Nov. 1818
(marr. 11th Dec. 1838, Richard Vary,
Hamilton) ; William, min. of Monzievaird,
born 15th July 1820 ; Alexander Riddell,
student of medicine, Univ. of Glasgow
(1841-5), born 28th June 1821, died from
the effects of bloodi- poisoning, 15th June
1845 ; Mary Ann Hamilton, born 12th Feb.
1824 ; Elizabeth Gibson, -born 13th Nov.
1825; Joanna, born 13th Jan. 1829. Pub-
lication— Lay Preaching Indefensible on
Scripture Principles (Glasgow, 1800).
JAMES STEWART JOHNSON, born
lg43 Old Cumnock, 3rd Nov. 1810, eldest
son of William J. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 24th Aug. 1843 ;
clerk, of Presb., 1853-81 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
1st May 1874); died 9th Nov. 1881. He
marr. 12th June 1849, Elizabeth (died 2nd
April 1894), second daugh. of James Gil-
mour of Polnoon, Eaglesham, and had
issue — James Alexander Gilmour, born
11th April 1850; William Stewart, born
15th Nov. 1851 ; Clementina Stewart, born
13th July 1853 ; Helen Isabella, born 23rd
July 1855 ; Allan George, born 14th Oct.
1856, died 26th Oct. 1857 ; David Brown,
born 17th Sept. 1858; Elizabeth Gilmour,
born 7th Feb. 1861 ; Emma Marion Mar-
garet, born 27th April 1863.
ROBERT BLAIR, M.A., D.D. ; trans.
from St Columba's, Glasgow, and
adm. 23rd May 1882; trans, to St
John's Parish, Edinburgh, 20th July 1892.
JAMES EDWARD HOUSTON, M.A.,
B.D. ; trans, from St Clement's,
Dundee, and adm. 27th Dec. 1892;
trans, to Buccleuch Parish, Edinburgh,
15th Jan. 1908.
ROBERT SIBBALD CALDERWOOD,
born Blythswood, Glasgow, 2nd Dec.
1864, son of Robert Wilson C. and
Mary Sibbald ; educated at Normal School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; was secretary to
George Matheson, D.D., at Innellan and St
Bernard's, Edinburgh; student-missionary
at Loch Lomond in 1888 ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 20th June 1889; assistant at
1882
1892
St Matthew's Parish, Glasgow ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) at Garelochhead 6 th
Feb. 1890; trans, to Tolbooth Parish,
Edinburgh, 3rd May 1900 ; chaplain of
H.M.'s Prison, Edinburgh, 1905-8; trans,
and adm. 24th June 1908. Marr. (1) 11th
Sept. 1894, Annie (died 21st May 1910),
daugh. of David Macfarlane, Dowanhill,
and Jean Boston, and has issue — Robert
George Matheson, M.C., lieut. H.L.I. ,
born 5th May 1896; William Sewell, 2nd
lieut. 8th Scottish Rifles, born 31st July
1897, killed in action in France, 31st July
1917; Jean Boston, born 20th April 1899;
Maurice Sibbald, born 15th Aug. 1901 ;
Mary Sibbald, born 18th Jan. 1903;
Walter Macfarlane, born 30th March 1908 :
(2) 28th Oct. 1918, Alicia Hope, R.R.C.,
eldest daugh. of Thomas Kerr, H.M.C.S.,
Leith. Publications — Patriotism, a Coron-
ation Address (1911); New Testament
Lessons (in Scottish National Sabbath
School Magazine, 1911).
WEST CAMBUSLANG (Q.S.).
[This parish was disjoined from Cambus-
lang, 11th Jan. 1901.]
JOHN ELDER, born Eaglesham, brother
1887 °^ Andrew E., min. of the U.P.
Church, Paisley ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow and U.P. Theological Hall,
Edinburgh ; licen. by U.P. Presb. of
Edinburgh ; ord. min. of U.P. congrega-
tion, Busby, 24th Dec. 1872 ; dem. 4th July
1882. Joined the Church of Scotland
3rd June 1882 ; adm. to this charge 3rd
Nov. 1887 ; dem. 27th Sept. 1898.— [Small's
U.P. Congregations, ii., 147.]
ARCHIBALD HUNTER, M.A., B.D. ;
1899 ord. 20th April 1899; adm. first
min. of parish 12th Jan. 1901 ; trans,
to Kilwinning 8th Jan. 1903.
ARTHUR STANLEY MIDDLETON,
1903 k°rn l5tn April 1874, son of James
M., min. of Lauder ; educated at
Dollar Institution and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1894), B.D. (1897) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1897 ; assistant at St Mungo's,
Glasgow ; ord. 29th June 1903 ; chaplain
240
CAMBUSNETHAN
[PRESB. OF
France, 1916-18. Marr. 25th April 1906,
Gloriana Margaret, second daugh. of
Pearson M'Adam Muir, D.D., min. of St
Mungo's, Glasgow, and has issue — Anne
Chrystal, born 3rd Oct. 1918.
CAMBUSNETHAN.
[The church of Cambusnethan was dedi-
cated to St Nechtan. It belonged to the
Abbey of Kelso. There were three chapels
in the parish — the chapel at Auchter Water,
St Michael's at the Manor Place of Cam-
busnethan, and St Diarmad's, or Diarmad
Kirk, at Darmead Linn. There were also
the holy wells of St Columba and St
Aidan. In 1845 the Parish Church was
removed to a site in the middle of the
parish. There is now at Cambusnethan a
mission chapel of St Columba.]
1560 JOHN HAMILTON, min. in 1560.
ROBERT FISHER, min. here and at
«_„„ Dalziel in 1567. — [Acts and Dec,
1567
1588
1592
xxxvii., 435.]
WILLIAM NAISMITH, reader, 1567 to
1586 1580.— [Reg. Min.]
ALEXANDER ROW ATT, M.A. j min.
in 1588 ; trans, to Dalziel about
1591.
THOMAS MUIRHEAD [MOORE-
HEAD] of Lauchope, born about
1571, son of James M. of Lauchope ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1591) ; adm. to Shotts in
1591 ; trans, and adm. about 1592 ; died
May 1634. He marr. Margaret, daugh. of
William Baillie of Carfin. She survived
him, and had issue — William of Lauchope,
apprenticed to Hew Rose, W.S., 31st Dec.
1635 ; James of Lauchope; Margaret (marr.
Alexander Thomson, min. of St Giles,
Edinburgh); Christian (marr. John Lind-
say, min. of Carluke) ; Elizabeth (marr.
George Barbour). — [Reg. Assig.; Glasg.
Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Lanark, 189, 208 ;
Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., app., 266; Family
of Birnie of Broomhill ; Calderwood's Hist.,
vii., 106, 427 ; Lanark Homings, 7th Jan.
1636.]
1669
FRANCIS KINCAID, M.A. ; reader in
1634 1634. — [Com. Records of Glasgoiv.]
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A. ; ord. Dec.
1635 1635 ; became Bishop of Galloway
in 1661 (q.v.\ but probably continued
here till 1668.
WILLIAM VILANT, M.A. ; min. of
Ferry-Port-on-Craig in 1656 ; de-
prived in 1662 ; granted indulgence
here by the Privy Council 27th July 1669 ;
again deprived, 17th July 1684, for refusing
information regarding certain Presbyterians
" who had passed by his church on a Sab-
bath evening in the preceding month." He
returned at the Toleration before 6th Sept.
1687, and was trans, to his previous parish,
Ferry-Port-on-Craig, 12th June 1690.
• ROBERT LAMB, was granted an in-
1672 dulgence Wltn preceding min. 3rd
Sept. 1672 ; afterwards officiated at
Dalserf.— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 204.]
JAMES GUTHRIE, M.A. ; adm. 16th
16g Aug. 1685. He deserted at the
Revolution, and was min. of
Guthrie, Forfarshire, in 1692.
1687 WILLIAM VILANT [see above].
JOHN MUIRHEAD, licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 6th April, called 22nd
May, and ord. 1st Sept. 1692; died
11th Oct. 1733, aged 70. He marr., and
had issue — Margaret ; Martha, buried in
St Mungo's Churchyard, Glasgow, 1st
June 1770, aged 50 ; Elizabeth.— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM CRAIG, M.A. ; ord. 20th
1737 April 1737 ; trans, to Wynd Church,
Glasgow, 16th March 1738.
THOMAS CLELAND, M.A. ; called
16th Nov. 1738 ; ord. 1st March 1739 ;
trans, to Stirling 4th Aug. 1763.
JOHN GRAY, eldest son of William
17 G., writer, Edinburgh ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to Slamannan
28th July 1756 ; pres. by George Sinclair
of Woodhall, Lord of Session ; trans, and
adm. 4th April 1764; dem. in 1779; died
9th Sept. 1790. He marr. 1st Sept. 1756,
Grizel (died s.p. 1st March 1817), daugh. of
Andrew Gibb, farmer, Tibbermore.
1692
1739
HAMILTON]
CAMBUSNETHAN
241
WILLIAM HOWISON, born 1747,
177g second son of Stephen H., farmer,
St John's Kirk, Lanarkshire; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Lanark 4th Nov. 1772 ; assistant at
Ochiltree ; called 22nd April, and ord. 8th
July 1779. He died unmarr. at Madeira,
where he had gone for the recovery of his
health, 21st July 1780.
ALEXANDER RANKEN, ord. 17th
1781 Aug. 1781 ; trans, to North-West
Church, Glasgow, 8th Sept. 1785.
JOHN LOCKHART, ord. 28th June
1786; trans, to Blackfriars' Parish,
Glasgow, 30th Sept. 1796.
JOHN THOMSON, ord. 13th July 1797 ;
trans, to Dairy, Ayrshire, 18th Nov.
1797
1802.
ARCHIBALD LIVINGSTON, born
1776, son of John L., merchant,
Strathblane ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1794) ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbar ton 6th May 1800 ; pres. by James
Lockhart of Castlehill; ord. 13th May
1803 ; dep. 27th May 1850 ; died 19th Jan.
1852. He marr. 18th Jan. 1826, Janet
(died 3rd Jan. 1854), daugh. of Alexander
Sherriff, merchant, Leith, and had issue —
Janet Walker, born 10th Dec. 1827 ; Mary
Hamilton Campbell, born 23rd March 1829 ;
Jane Jemima Steuart, born 17th Dec. 1831
(marr. James Livingston, M.D., Wishaw) ;
Archibald, born 17 th June 1835 ; John
Alexander Sherriff, born 17th Sept. 1837.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, vi.). — [The Scottish Jurist,
xviii.]
ROBERT SHAW HUTTON, born
1851 Edinburgh, 30th April 1825, son of
Alexander H. and Agnes Thorburn ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (25th April 1846) ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1849 ; assistant
at Newington, Edinburgh ; ord. 17th April
1851; D.D. (Edinburgh 1891); died 20th
June 1891. He marr. 19fh March 1855,
Isabella Kirkwood (died 14th Feb. 1899),
eldest daugh. of John M'Murtrie, writer,
Ayr, and had issue— Ada ; Ella; Alexander,
went to Australia. Publications— A Present
VOL. III.
Saviour (London, 1862) ; Jesus Passing By
(Glasgow, n.d.) ; The Sevenfold Promise ;
Pastoral Addresses ; Prayers for Family
Worship ; Scripture Text Book ; A Simple
Manual for the Lord's Supper (Wishaw,
1881) ; Sundays at Cambusnethan (Wishaw,
1900
JOHN LAURENCE RENTOUL, born
1892 Ireland 1852, son of John Laurence
R., min. at Ballymoney, Ireland, and
Dorcas Carmichael ; M.A. ; ord. (by Presb.
of Belfast) to Lisburn 17th Oct. 1872;
received by the U.P. Synod, May 1876,
and had then a call to North U.P. Church,
Perth, but declined ; adm. min. of St
George's (Presbyterian Church of England),
Sunderland, 29th July 1886 ; adm. to this
charge 21st Jan. 1892 ; died 13th July 1900.
He marr. Annie (died 27th March 1899),
daugh. of William Barker, silk merchant,
London, and had issue — Annie Laurie (marr.
Lyon, Valparaiso) ; Marjory, Belfast.
—[Small's Hist, of U.P. Congregations, ii.,
550.]
GILBERT ALEXANDER KENNEDY,
born Gortnaglush, Co. Tyrone, 3rd
Aug. 1861, son of Robert K. and
Isabella M'Clelland ; educated at Queen's
College, Belfast, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
B.A. (Royal Univ. of Ireland, 1885 ; M.A.
1886) ; licen. by Presb. of Cavan 8th May
1888 ; min. at Carland, Ireland, 1888 ;
trans, to Aghadoey, Ireland, 1890 ; adm.
here 27th Dec. 1900; died 8th Dec. 1916.
He marr. 29th July 1890, Mary, daugh. of
James Bryars and Margaret Kells, and had
issue — Adelaide Margaret, born 6th June
1891 ; Florence Isabel, born 31st May 1892,
died 13th June 1909 ; Gilbert M'Clelland,
lieut. 6th Cameronians, born 5th March
1895, killed in action at Festubert, France,
15th June 1915 ; Norman Robert, capt.
2nd Royal Scots (M.C.), born 12th Feb.
1898; Moira Evelyn, born 9th Sept. 1902,
died 20th Nov. 1909; Eileen Maud, born
5th July 1905.
JOHN ASHPLANT NICHOLLS, trans.
1Q17 from North Esk [vide vol. i., p. 339],
and adm. 16th May 1917. Had
further issue — Christian Mary Isobel, born
2nd May 1918.
242
CHAPELTON— CLARKSTON
[PRESB. OF
CHAPELTON (Q.S.).
[The parish of Chapelton was disjoined
from Glasford, Hamilton, and East Kil-
bride, 17th Jan. 1876.]
DAVID PATON, born Montrose, 1810,
son of John P., manufacturer, and
grandson of James P., D.D., min. of
Craig ; educated at Univs. of St Andrews,
Aberdeen, and Edinburgh; ord. 11th Feb.
1841. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of the Free Church, Fettercairn,
1844-80; retired in 1880; died at Joppa
13th July 1901. He marr. 1st Aug. 1848,
Catherine (died 1898), daugh. of John
Shaw, writer, Cupar-Fife, and had issue —
Margaret ; Elizabeth Greig. — [Cameron's
History of Fettercairn, 213.]
JOHN MURRAY, MA. ; app. mission-
185Q ary 14th Feb. 1858; ord. 15th Dec.
1859 ; trans, to Calton Parish, Glas-
gow, 18th Aug. 1864.
JOHN M'GAVIN, born Newhouse,
1864 Sorn, 1834, third son of John M.,
farmer, and Jane Jamieson ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1859) ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 7th May 1863 ;
missionary at Parkhead and Ban ton ; elected
25th Oct., and ord. 15th Dec. 1864 ; adm.
first min. of the parish in 1876 ; died 31st
Dec. 1890. He marr. 20th Feb. 1883, Ann
Rennie, Curriemyre, Kilsyth, but had no
issue.
WILLIAM THOMSON, born New
1891 Monklami> 13tl] Feb- 1859> son of
John T. and Mary Gardner; edu-
cated at Bluevale Sessional School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1888 ; assistant at Bluevale,
Glasgow ; ord. 13th May 1891. Marr. 5th
July 1892, Helen, daugh. of John M'Leod
and Catherine Duncan, and has issue —
John Gardner, born 2nd June 1901 ;
Catherine Jane Duncan, born 27th April
1903.
CLARKSTON (Q.S.).
[A church was built at Clarkston in 1830.
The parish was disjoined from New Monk-
land and Shotts in Nov. 1869.]
1834
WILLIAM NISBET, served in 1834 as
a licentiate [afterwards min. of New
Street Chapel, Edinburgh].
JOHN MURDOCH, ord. 9th March
1837 1837; trans, to Middle Parish, Perth,
19th Oct. 1843.
JOHN CAMPBELL, born Glasgow,
1844 1804' nftn son °f John C. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow ; ord. 29th Nov. 1844 ;
adm. first min. of the parish in 1869 ; died
unmarr. 31st Jan. 1872.
. JAMES BRANDER, born Glass, Huntly,
1872 lst "^h* 1835, son of Alexander B. ;
M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen,
1857), B.D. (Univ. of Aberdeen 1868);
sometime schoolmaster of Deskford, Banff-
shire ; assistant at St David's Parish,
Glasgow; ord. to Calderbank 30th Nov.
1869; trans, and adm. 2nd May 1872; res.
28th Aug. 1906; died at Knowle, Bristol,
24th Feb. 1909. He marr. lst June 1879,
Jessie, second daugh. of James Lorimer
and Jane Renshaw, Kirktown, Deskford,
and had issue— James, B.Sc, F.R.S., born
16th Feb. 1887. Publication — Edited
Sermons by Robert Paton, B.D. [St David's,
Glasgow] (Edinburgh, 1882).
WILLIAM OGILVY DUNCAN, born
188Q Burnside, Airlie, Kirriemuir, 23rd
Jan. 1850, son of William D. and
Isabella Gowans ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1881) ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews in 1885 ; assistant at
Chapelton ; ord. (assistant and successor)
lst Aug. 1889. Marr. (1) 29th Aug. 1906,
Eleanor Mary (died 10th Dec. 1912), daugh.
of David Duncan, Curdridge, Botley, Hants,
and has issue — Mary Laura, born 22nd Aug.
1907 ; David, born 21st Feb. 1911 : (2) 30th
Oct. 1918, Mary King, youngest daugh. of
Adam Prentice, Airdrie.
HAMILTON]
CLELAND— COATDYKE— COATS
243
1891
CLELAND (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1877. The
parish of Cleland was disjoined from Shotts
and Bothwell, 11th Dec. 1882.]
GEORGE MACKIE, adm. as a licentiate
1878 of the Church of Scotland in 1877 ;
assistant at Dairy ; app. 31st July,
and ord. 15th Oct. 1878; adm. first min.
of the parish in 1882 ; died 13th June 1883.
JOHN PARKER, ord. 14th Nov. 1883 ;
trans, to St James's Parish, Glasgow,
18th Dec. 1890.
DUNCAN CAMERON, born 18th May
1855, son of Robert C, bedellus of
Glasgow Univ. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Abertarff
11th June 1889; assistant at Cambuslang ;
elected 23rd March, and ord. 12th May
1891. Marr. 28th Nov. 1906, Agnes Jack,
daugh. of John Lang, Motherwell.
COATDYKE (Q.S.).
[The parish of Coatdyke was disjoined
from Airdrie and Coats, 7th July 1905.]
JAMES CROMARTY SMITH, born
1905 27th Oct. 1863, son of William S.,
min. of Unst ; educated at Balta-
sound School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1886), B.D. (1886) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1886 ; assistant at Cam-
busnethan ; ord. (assistant and successor)
to Alexandria 28th June 1888; trans, and
adm. 11th March 1905. Marr. (1) 18th June
1889, Ethel Mary (died 26th Dec. 1891),
daugh. of John Eddison, Leeds, and has
issue — Helen Cromarty, born 30th March
1890 (marr. 9th July 1915, Colin Cameron
Philip, M.B., Ch.B., capt. R.A.M.C); Ethel
Emily Cromarty, born 21st Dec. 1891, died
29th Nov. 1914: (2) 1st Jan. 1895, Jean
Cumin (died 17th Jan. 1901), daugh. of
John Walker, banker, Old Deer, and has
issue— William, born 29th Oct. 1898, died
28th Dec. 1909; John, born and died
1901 : (3) 29th April 1913, Emma Mary,
second daugh. of David Philip, min. of the
Congregational Church, Avoch, and has
issue — James, born 21st Feb. 1914. Publi-
cations— Why go to Church? (1898); This
Do (Coatbridge, 1909) ; Contributions to
Hastings' Dictionary of Christ and the
Gospels.
COATS (Q.S.).
[The parish of Coats was disjoined from
Gartsherrie, 9th March 1874. There is a
mission chapel at Coatbank in the parish.]
GEORGE ALPINE, M.A., B.D., trans.
18,_4 from Calderhead, and adm. 7th April
1874 ; trans, to Dunbarton 14th
Feb. 1882.
WILLIAM HUTCHISON, born Lesma-
1882 naSow Ist Aug. 1846, son of James
H. and Mary M'Donald Tudhope
educated at Lesmahagow School and Univ
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Lanark
assistant at Milton Parish, Glasgow ; ord
to Newhall, Glasgow, 16th Sept. 1875
trans, and adm. 17th Aug. 1882 ; died 6th
July 1906. He marr. 18th Sept. 1877, Eliza-
beth, daugh. of John Dinwoodie and Jane
Borthwick, and had issue — James Tudhope,
lieut. on active service in France, 1914,
born 29th June 1878 ; Jane Borthwick, born
30th April 1880; John Dinwoodie, C.E.,
born 9th Dec. 1881 ; Mary M'Donald, born
22nd Sept. 1883; William Burns, born 17th
May 1885 ; George M'Farlane, H.L.I., born
5th March 1887, killed in action on the
Somme, 1st July 1916 ; Samuel Borthwick,
born 15th April 1888, died 28th Feb. 1889 ;
Theodore Paton, M.B., Ch.B., born 12th
Jan. 1890, captain R.A.M.C, Egypt.
GEORGE MACKENZIE, born Inver-
lafll_ ness, 31st Aug. 1864, son of George
M. and Jane Hunter ; educated at
Inverness and Aberdeen Schools and Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1887), B.D. (1889);
licen. by Presb. of Forres 7th May 1889 ;
assistant at Grey friars', Dumfries, 1889-91,
Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh, 1891-4, ord.
to Ettrick 20th Dec. 1894 ; trans, and adm.
10th Jan. 1907. Marr. 6th Sept. 1900,
Margaret Jane, only child of Robert Max-
well, Dumfries, and Jane Kirk, and has
issue — Joan Noble, born 2nd Dec. 1905.
244
COLTNESS MEMORIAL PARISH— CRAIGNEUK [pkesb. of
1879
COLTNESS MEMORIAL PARISH,
formerly NEWMAINS (Q.S.).
[For some years services were held here
in the school at Newmains. In 1878 James
Houldsworth of Coltness built a church in
memory of his eldest son, at a cost of over
£9000. As a further memorial of his son
he proceeded to endow the parish. Colt-
ness was disjoined from the parish of
Cambusnethan, 17th March 1879.]
HENRY M'INTOSH ROBERTSON,
.oan ord. 16th Feb. 1860 ; trans, to Bo'ness
31st March 1868.
GEORGE LOGAN, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1868 6th Aug. 1868 ; trans, to Inver-
brothock 22nd Aug. 1876.
JAMES ROBERT CHRYSTAL, born
6th Oct. 1839, third son of James
C, D.D., LL.D., min. of Auchinleck ;
educated at Cumnock School, Madras Col-
lege, and Univ. of St Andrews ; MA.
(1858), B.D. (1861) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
7th May 1862 ; assistant at Gals ton and
Moffat ; ord. to Cults 8th April 1864 ; trans.
to Coltness, and adm. 21st Jan. 1879 ;
adm. first min. of the parish 17th March
1879; dem. 24th Nov. 1885. He joined the
Baptist denomination and was min. of the
Baptist Church at Hamilton, 1886-1909;
President of the Baptist Union of Scotland
in 1910. Marr. 15th June 1871, Margaret
Sophia, eldest daugh. of Major -General
William Riddell of Camieston, C.B., and
Margaret Wilkie, niece of Sir David Wilkie
the painter, and has issue — Alice Margaret
Wilkie, born 21st March 1872; James
William, born 15th Jan. 1875, killed in
South African War, 4th March 1900;
Walter Riddell, solicitor, Lanigan, Sask.,
Canada, born 25th Dec. 1876; Robert
Patrick, born 23rd May 1878, killed in
South African War, 23rd Oct. 1899 ; John
Play fair, captain 18th Batt. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, born 25th April
1880 ; William Carre, merchant's clerk,
Valparaiso, Chile, born 28th July 1882.
Publication — Address at Annual Meeting
of Baptist Union of Scotland (1910).
JOHN ALEXANDER CLARK, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 23rd April 1886; trans,
to First Charge, Brechin, 26th April
1886
1892.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born Edin-
1892 burgh, 27th Feb. 1847, eldest son of
Roderick R. and Helen Whitehead ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; MA.
(1875); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1877 ; assistant at Tolbooth Parish, Edin-
burgh ; ord. to Garturk 29th Aug. 1878 ;
deputy of the Home Mission Committee,
1884-92 ; adm. to this charge 10th Nov.
1892 ; app. convener of Committee on
Christian Life and Work in 1894; D.D.
(Edinburgh 1908) ; V.D. ; President of the
Church of Scotland Young Men's Guild,
1908. Marr. 11th June 1879, Isabella (died
at Strathpeffer, 17th Aug. 1904), daugh. of
William Grant, min. of Cavers, and has
issue — Jane Eleanor, born 2nd Aug. 1880.
Publications — The Martyrs of Blantyre
(London, 1892) ; Sttidies in the Acts of the
Apostles [Guild Text-Book] (Edinburgh,
1901); Sabbath School Work in Theory
and Practice (Edinburgh, 1885) ; The Joy
of Worship (Edinburgh, 1887) ; A Parent's
Wages (Wishaw, n.d.) ; Father, I Will
(Edinburgh, 1907). — [Gordon's Life of
Archibald Hamilton Charteris, 164 et seq. ;
Life and Work, October 1904.]
CRAIGNEUK (Q.S.).
[The parish of Craigneuk was disjoined
from South Dalziel, 7th March 1913.]
WILLIAM HOOD WRIGHT, born
1843; ord. 1880; dem. 25th March
1880
1902 ; died 16th April 1916.
1902
JAMES ROBERT FRASER BRAND,
born Edinburgh, 1863, son of Robert
B., manager, North British Rubber
Works ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 15th May
1891 ; ord. 8th Sept. 1902 ; dem. 22nd Dec.
1903, and went to South of England.
HENRY DODD, L.R.C.P.E., formerly
min. of Birsay ; adm. 23rd Nov. 1904 ;
1904 dem. in 1906 [min. of Downfield,
Dundee, in 1919].
HAMILTON]
CRAIGNEUK— DALSERF
245
^ROBERT GEDDES BRODIE, bom
Edinburgh, 15th May 1862, son of
1906 Robert B. and Agnes Geddes ; edu-
cated at High School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1888 ; assistant at Edderton, Dundee (St
David's), Torryburn, Tranent, Kinloss,
Blackridge Mission, and Cadzow ; app.
23rd April 1906 ; ord. 6th May 1906 ; adm.
first min. of the parish 8th March 1913.
Marr. 6th April 1904, Sarah, daugh. of
Thomas Cooper, Elgin.
DALSERF, of old MACHAN-
SHIRE.
[The church of Machanshire was a pre-
bend belonging to the Dean of Glasgow.
Its dedication to St Mary had superseded
an earlier one to St Machan. In the parish
are Machan Muir and Allt Machan. There
were four chapels within the bounds — St
Serf's at Chapelton of Dalserf, St Ronan's
at Broomhill, known as Chapel Rone, St
Patrick's at Dalpatrick, and the chapel at
the Chapel Knowe of Raploch. In 1655
the parish church was removed from St
Mary's to Dalserf. There are in the parish
mission chapels at Netherburn and the
Rorison Memorial.]
ANDREW HAMILTON, MA. ; reader
from 1567 to 1579 ; reader at Stone-
house in 1579 ; again reader here
from 1588 to 1591 ; adm. min. about 1593,
but again styled reader in 1596.— [Reg. Min.]
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A.; trans, from
Carmunnock and adm. 10th April
1600 16Q0 . trans t0 Hamilton after 4th
May 1609.
CLAUD HAMILTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1609); was min. 20th Nov. 1609,
1 when he entered into a contract
with James Hamilton that the latter would
resign the benefice in his favour, whilst
retaining the Deanery itself ; died 21st
Dec. 1635. He marr. (cont. 9th Oct. 1613)
(1) Marjorie Wood : (2) Jean Hamilton,
who survived him, and perhaps marr. John
Hamilton, min. in 1636. — [Hamilton Tests. ;
Reg. of Deeds, diii., 438 ; Lanark Sas.,
iv., 109.]
1636
JOHN HAMILTON, brother of Robert
H. in Derg ; on the Exercise at
Glasgow 13th June 1618 ; min. here
about 1636 ; dep. (for simony) by Commis-
sion of Assembly 3rd Jan. 1639 ; died Dec.
1641. He marr. Jean Hamilton, perhaps
the widow of his predecessor. She survived
him. — [Hamilton Tests. ; Stevenson's Hist. ;
Baillie's Lett.]
JOHN WEIR, born 1610; MA. (Glas-
gow 1635) ; a licentiate in 1638, and
recommended by the General As-
sembly of that year as ready to supply
vacant parishes ; min. here in 1642. He
went with others to Ireland, by appointment
of the Assembly, 19th May 1643, to preach
and administer the Solemn League and
Covenant to the Protestants of Ulster.
Having finished their mission, W. and
his companions were on their way home,
but were taken prisoners at sea, 3rd July
1644, by Alexander or Alastair Macdonald,
son of the notorious Colla Ciotach, who
was leading an expedition to recover the
lands of the Macdonalds from the Camp-
bells. The prisoners were lodged in Min-
gary Castle, Ardnamurchan, and suffered
the most cruel hardships. But W. and
James Hamilton [min. of Dumfries] " every
day twice, did both of them expound a psalm
or part of a psalm, the one praying before,
and the other after the said exposition, in
the hearing of their fellow-prisoners, so
long as they were together (from 15th July
till 23rd Sept.), at which time they had
proceeded in expounding to the eighty-first
Psalm." W. was seized with fever on 2nd,
and died "with great peace and joy," 16th
Oct. 1644. He was buried at Kilchoan.
He marr. Janet, sister of Lieut.-Col. William
Cunningham, who survived him, and had
issue — an only child, Ann. Mrs Weir was
one of the Mingary prisoners, but being
near her confinement, was released, 3rd
Sept. 1644. On 13th Feb. 1645 she
petitioned Parliament for relief, and re-
ceived a grant of 3000 merks Scots. —
[Baillie's Lett. ; Peterkin's Records ; Hamil-
ton and Glasg. Tests. ; Acts of Pari., vi., i.,
324 ; Reid's History of the Presbyterian
Church in Ireland, vol. ii., 27-42.]
246
DALSERF
[ PRESB. OF
1646
FRANCIS AIRD, a native of Ayrshire ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1642); adm. before
3rd June 1646 ; elected one of the
mins. of Edinburgh 3rd Dec. 1649, but not
settled. Joined the Protesters in 1651, and
in 1654 was appointed by Oliver Crom-
well one of a committee for visiting the
Universities and placing suitable mins.
within the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr.
He was one of three whom James Durham,
min. of the Inner Kirk, Glasgow, when on
his deathbed in 1658, recommended as
suitable successors to himself. He died
March 1659, aged about 57. He was noted
for piety, is said to have "wept much
both in prayer and preaching, and insisted
much on death and judgment." His Com-
munions were largely attended, persons
coming from as far as the North of
England. He was punctilious in matters
of dress, and reminded the Synod that
mins. should wear mounted [embroidered]
gloves while preaching. He marr. March
1647, Isobel Rynd, who died Oct. 1662,
and had issue — Isobel, served heir to her
father, 11th March 1665; another daugh.
marr. William Vilant, Principal of the
New College, St Andrews. — [Wod row's
Anal., ii., 56 ; Baillie's Lett. ; Hamilton
Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 4878 ; Acts of Pari.,
vii. ; Nicoll's Diary ; Reg. Old Dec, iv.]
1664
NINIAN PATERSON, M.A., son of
Walter P., merchant burgess of Glas-
gow ; trans, from a parish in Dum-
friesshire [unidentified] ; pres. by William,
Duke of Hamilton, 16th June, and inst.
5th Aug. 1664 [not 1668 as in Vol. I., p.
171] ; trans, to Smailholm 4th July 1671.
— [G. R. Homings, 18th May 1671.]
THOMAS KIRKCALDY [KIRK-
CALDIE], brother of Kirkcaldy of
Grange (from the lands of which
he had, in Aug. 1669, infeftment of an
annual rent of 3000 merks) ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 23rd July 1636) ; entered on trials
in the Presb. of Kirkcaldy, 12th Dec. 1644 ;
ord. to Carnwath 30th Sept. 1646 ; trans,
to Tranent in 1658 ; deprived in 1662 ;
had an indulgence from the Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1672; died before 25th April
1691. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of
1672
Robert Birnie, min. of Lanark, and had
issue — John ; Thomas ; William ; Eliza-
beth ; Christian ; Jean (marr. Alexander
Findlater, min. of Hamilton). — [Family of
Birnie of Broomhill ; Lanark Tests. ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Neiv Gen. Reg. Sas., xxiii.]
1672
JOHN CARMICHAEL, brother of
Alexander C, min. of Pettinain ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1639) ; min. of Kirk-
connel about 1642, having charge of
Sanquhar also that year ; deprived in
1662 ; , granted indulgence by the Privy
Council, 3rd Sept. 1672. His name dis-
appears after that date, and all trace of
him is lost.— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 326.]
1677
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, M.A. ;
deprived min. of Dalmeny (1662),
who had been granted indulgence in
that parish in 1669 ; was removed to this
charge by the Privy Council 7th March
1677 ; restored to Dalmeny at the Revolu-
tion, but trans, to the High Kirk, Edin-
burgh, 4th Dec. 1690.
1681
JOSEPH CLELAND, M.A. (Glasgow,
20th July 1675) ; passed trials before
Presb. of Linlithgow and recom-
mended to the Bishop for license 1st March
1679 ; pres. by William, Duke of Hamilton,
15th April, coll. 15th, and adm. 28th Sept.
1681. Deprived at the Revolution, he went
to Ireland, and was min. of Ahoghill before
1701. He marr. Mary Muirhead, step-
daugh. of Archibald Muir, min. of Garvald,
and had issue. Two of his children died
May 1694 and Feb. 1695. —[Linlithgotv
Presb. Reg. ; Reg. Bur. Edin.]
1688
[ROBERT LAMB, indulged min. at
Cambusnethan 3rd Sept. 1672 ; offici-
ated here from Sept. 1688 to Martin-
mas 1690, but not adm. as min. of the
parish ; died Dec. 1690. He marr. Janet
Barclay, who survived him]. — [P. C. Deer eta,
20th Jan. 1691.]
JAMES HOG, M.A.; ord. 20th Jan.
1691 ; dem. 30th March 1697 ; adm.
min. of Carnock, Fife, 23rd Aug.
1691
1699.
HAMILTON]
DALSERF— DALZIEL
247
1730
v DAVID BRODIE, born 1668, third son
of James B. of Kinloss and Margaret
1698 Forbes; M.A. (Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 1691) ; studied divinity at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
25th Dec. 1694 ; chaplain to Anne, Duchess
of Hamilton ; ord. 4th Aug. 1698 ; died
4th Oct. 1729. He marr. Sept. 1703, Rachel,
daugh. of Walter Rankine of Orchardhead,
who survived him, and had issue — James ;
Walter ; Sarah (marr. Archibald Sydserff,
min. of Dunbarton). — [Hamilton Tests. ;
Elgin Sas., iv. 141, vi. 332 ; Wodrow's
Anal.]
WILLIAM STEEL of Waygateshaw,
Lanarkshire [in which property he
succeeded his uncle, William Weir,
who had been a pedlar in England], born
18th March 1706 ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1st May 1719); licen. by
Presb. of Lanark 23rd Oct. 1728 ; ord. 20th
Aug. 1730; died unmarr., 4th Oct. 1760,
and was succeeded in the estate by his
nephew, William Steel. Publication —
Memorial showing the Reasonableness and
Necessity of an Immediate AjtyHcation to
the King and Parliament for augmenting
the Small Stipends in Scotland (Edinburgh,
1750).— {Hamilton Tests. ; Morison's Diet.,
xxvii.]
JOHN RISK, born 1733, son of Hugh
R., Fintry ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Hamil-
ton 26th March 1754 ; pres. by James
George, Duke of Hamilton ; ord. 2nd July
1761 ; died unmarr., 7th May 1805. Several
of his elders and parishioners waited upon
him on one occasion, telling him they were
dissatisfied with his doctrine, as "he did
not make them renounce their own right-
eousness," when he archly replied, " For a
very guid reason — I didna ken ye had ony
to renounce." His brother Alexander,
tidesman at the Broomielaw, Glasgow,
was his executor. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.). —
[Hamilton Tests.]
JAMES CRAIG, licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 12th Aug. 1795 ; pres. by
Alexander, Marquess of Douglas ;
ord. 26th Sept. 1805; dem. in 1816; died
1761
9th Nov. 1845. He marr. 23rd Dec. 1811,
Sarah Dixon of Atcham Grange, Shrop-
shire, who died 11th July 1884, and had
issue — James ; John ; Elizabeth ; Sarah.
JOHN RUSSEL [RUSSELL], born
181^ Hamilton, 1788, eldest son of Robert
R. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1807) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
25th April 1815; nom. by Lord Archibald
Hamilton, 14th Jan., and ord. (assistant
and successor) 29th April 1817 ; LL.D.
(Glasgow, 15th Oct. 1817) ; died unmarr.,
28th Aug. 1850. Publication— Account of
the Parish {New Stat. Ace, vi.).
1851
WILLIAM PEEBLES RORISON, born
30th Oct. 1826, only son of William
R., min. of Stair ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 10th
Jan. 1850; pres. by Alexander, Duke of
Hamilton, 25th Feb. 1851 ; ord. 1st May
1851; D.D. (Glasgow 1900); died 11th
March 1907, and was buried at Stair. He
marr. 4th Nov. 1858, Jane (died s.p. 18th
April 1911, aged 88), third daugh. of John
Urquhart of Fairhill, Hamilton.
ALEXANDER BARCLAY, born
1907 Coupar-Angus, 26th July 1881, son
of John B. and Elizabeth Veitch ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1902), B.D. (1906); licen. by Presb. of
Perth in 1906 ; assistant at Dean Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. 1st Aug. 1907.
DALZIEL.
[The church of Dalziel was dedicated to
St Patrick. It belonged to the Abbey of
Paisley. At Motherwell, in the parish,
there were Wells of Our Lady and St
Katherine. The parish church was re-
built at Dalziel in 1789, but was removed
to Motherwell in 1874.
ROBERT FISHER, probably exhorter
in 1566; min. in 1567, with Cam-
busnethan in his charge. — [Acts and
Dec, xxxvii., 435.]
JOHN ROBESON [or ROBERTSON],
1567 reader in 1567.
248
DALZIEL
[PRESB. OF
1591
ROBERT KERR, reader, and perhaps
1574 min., 1574 to 1580.
ALEXANDER ROWATT, M.A. ; trans,
from Cambusnethan and adm. in
1591 ; trans, to Rutherglen in 1592.
LUKE STIRLING, MA. ; trans, from
1594 Stonehouse and adm. about 1594 ;
trans, to Kilmaronock in 1601.
DAVID POLLOK, M. A ; min. in 1603 ;
1603 trans, to Glenluce before 1605.
DAVID MAYNE, eldest son of James
1607 M., wright burgess, Glasgow; MA.
(Glasgow 1598), min. in 1607. In
1655 he is described as "ane honest, old,
and faithfull minister" who, "being be cum
unable to preach through old age, disponit
lang before his decease, all his books, goods,
geir, etc," and retired to the house of his
daugh., Janet, wife of John Miller of
Coltersheuch, parish of Shotts, where he
died, Father of the Church, in March
1670, aged about 98. — [Reg. Assig. ; Glasg.
Tests.]
JOHN LAUDER [born 20th Jan. 1631,
165g not 1671 as in Vol. I., p. 179] ; adm.
3rd May 1659 j deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662, " preaching his
farewell sermon on the Sabbath following."
He was adm. as an "indulged" min. here,
3rd March 1670, but having refused to read
the proclamations regarding the deliver-
ance of the King and the Duke of York
from the Rye House Plot, his indulgence
was withdrawn, 8th Oct. 1684. He re-
turned at the Toleration in 1687, and was
trans, to "West Calder in 1689.— [Wodrow's
Hist., i., 327 ; The Bass Bock, 92.]
' [WALTER BIRNIE, a native of Banff-
1664 sn^re^ MA. (King's College, Aber-
deen, 13th July 1658); studied
divinity at the Univ. of Oxford ; app.
probably only assistant (by the Synod)
28th April 1664. In 1670, John Lauder
having been granted indulgence, returned
to his parish, whereupon B., " being thrown
out of bread," petitioned the Privy Council
and was allowed a sum of 200 merks pay-
able from fines. He became assistant at
Campsie 15th Jan. 1679, and was in receipt
of charity from the Kirk-session of Tynning-
hame, 20th March 1680 to 1st May 1686.
He had a grant of 400 merks from Parlia-
ment out of vacant stipends belonging to
the Univ. of Glasgow 15th June 1686, and
a sum of £5, 16s. from the Kirk-session of
Cramond 27th May 1688. He died 19th
June 1708, aged 74. It does not appear
that he ever was min. of the parish, and
the statement that he "deserted at the
Revolution " is unlikely. He was afflicted
with blindness during most of his life.] —
[Craviond Sess. Reg. ; Edin. Reg. (Bur.).]
1670 JOHN LAUDER [see above].
JOHN AIRD, nephew of James A., min.
1685 °^ Torryburn, and grandson of John
A., min. of Newbattle in 1615 ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; sometime
schoolmaster of Newbattle ; passed trials
before the Presb. of Dalkeith, and had a
testimonial for license 4th Dec. 1684 ; ord.
after 3rd Sept. 1685. In 1689 the Kirk-
session of Torryburn invited him to "supply
ordinances " there during the vacancy
caused by his uncle's deprivation. Nothing
further is said about him, and the date of
his death is unknown.
1687 JOHN LAUDER [see above].
ALEXANDER ADAMSON, born 1673,
1697 son °^ Andrew A, surgeon, Inver-
keithing ; MA. (Edinburgh, 3rd July
1693) ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy and
Dunfermline 17th Sept. 1696; called 13th
May, and ord. 18th Aug. 1697; died 25th
April 1733. He marr. Eupham Halden,
who survived him. — [Wodrow's Anal.,
ii., 108.]
HUGH M'VICAR, born 1709, second son
1734 oi Neil M"' min" of ®t Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Inveraray
29th Nov. 1732 ; called 24th April, and ord.
22nd Aug. 1734; died unmarr., 20th March
1736.— [Tombst.]
DANIEL MACQUEEN, called 14th
1736 Sept., and ord. 29th Oct. 1736;
trans, to Second Charge, Stirling,
31st Dec. 1740.
Hamilton]
DALZIEL
249
JOHN PINKERTON, pres. by Archibald
17M Hamilton of Dalziel in 1743 ; ord. 7th
Feb. 1744; trans, to Markinch 7th
Sept. 1758.
JAMES FRAME, M.A. ; pres. by Archi-
17 _ bald Hamilton of Dalziel, and ord.
27th Sept. 1759; trans, to Alloa
25th Sept. 1760.
RICHARD ROBERTSON, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 27th April 1742); licen. by
Presb. of Stirling 11th Sept. 1754 ;
pres. by Alexander, Earl of Eglinton, and
ord. to Glasford 9th Nov. 1756 ; trans, and
adm. 22nd Oct. 1761 ; dem. 4th Oct. 1785 ;
died 2nd July 1799. He marr. 19th Oct.
1766, Elizabeth Gray.
ROBERT CLASON, pres. by James
Hamilton of Dalziel, and ord. 20th
July 1786 ; trans, to Logie, Stirling-
shire (his native parish), 23rd April 1801.
WILLIAM AIRD THOMSON, pres. by
James Hamilton of Dalziel, and ord.
24th Sept. 1801; trans, to Middle
Parish, Perth, 22nd Sept. 1808.
JAMES CLASON, born 25th June 1783,
son of Robert O, min. of this parish
in 1786 ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 26th
April 1808 ; pres. by James Hamilton of
Dalziel, and ord. 22nd Sept. 1808. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free
Church, Dalziel, 1843-52 ; died 16th April
1852. He marr. 15th Nov. 1811, Janet,
second daugh. of John Harvie, min. of
Innerwick, and had issue — Rebecca, born
4th Nov. 1812 (marr. Adam Thorburn,
min. of the Free Church, Strathkinness) ;
Anne, born 31st May 1814 ; Marion, born
8th May 1816 ; Robert, born 1st July 1820 ;
John Harvie, born 1st March 1823 ; Eliza-
beth, born 4th May 1825 ; James Harvie,
born 16th June 1827. Publication — Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, vi.).
JOSEPH LOUDON, born Brechin, 1804,
1844 son °^ J°nn -L., farmer, and Janet
Bowman ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; assistant at Tannadice ; ord. 4th
Jan. 1844 ; died 20th May 1874. He marr.
13th Aug. 1844, Elizabeth, daugh. of John
Buist, min. of Tannadice, and had issue
—John, born 28th June 1846, died 7th Oct.
1848 ; Joseph, min. of Roslin.
DAVID SCOTT, born Inglestone, Kirk-
1874 Patrick- Juxta, 15th March 1844, son
of David S. and Isabella Johnstone ;
educated at Dumgree and Wanlockhead
Schools (taught afterwards in the former,
and in the Academy at Moffat) and Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1868), B.D. (1871);
licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben 6th Feb.
1872 ; assistant at Kirkbean and Park
Parish, Glasgow ; elected 14th Sept. 1874 ;
pres. by John Glencairn Carter Hamilton
22nd Sept., and ord. 5th Nov. 1874 ; app.
convener of the Colonial Committee in
1909; D.D. (Edinburgh, 7th July 1911);
dem. 25th Nov. 1913. He marr. 11th June
1884, Elizabeth Christian, daugh. of George
Ritchie, D.D., min. of Jedburgh, and has
issue — Charles George Gordon, born 25th
March 1885, died 21st March 1887; May
Elizabeth Bradfute, born 29th May 1890.
Publication — To the West Indies and back,
One Hundred Days (Motherwell, 1908).
GEORGE SIMPSON MARR, born
1914 Leith, 10th May 1884, son of
Andrew M. and Christina Car-
michael ; educated at Trinity and Leith
Academies and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1909), B.D. (1912); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh in 1912 ; assistant at Greenside
Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. to Blythswood,
Glasgow, 11th Feb. 1913; trans, and adm.
23rd April 1914; D.Litt. (Edinburgh,
1916) ; trans, to Lady Yester's, Edinburgh,
2nd Oct. 1918.
THOMAS BENTLEY STEWART
1919 THOMSON, born Aberdeen, 8th
Dec. 1889 ; son of William Stewart
T., M.A., licentiate of the Church of Scot-
land and Principal of Aberdeen Civil
Service and Business College, and Jeanie
Jacques Jackson ; educated at Robert
Gordon's College and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1911), B.D. (1914) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen, 5th May 1914; assistant at
Glasgow Cathedral ; served in European
War as captain, 9th H.L.I. (Glasgow
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DALZIEL— ST ANDREW'S— ST MARY'S— SOUTH [presb. of
Highlanders), awarded M.C. 1919 ; ord. 17th
March 1919. Marr. 4th June 1918, Margaret
Holland Menzies, only daugh. of Robert
Mackenzie, M.A., min. of the West U.F.
Church, Alloa, and has issue — a daughter,
born 12th July 1920. Publication— Edited
Alma Mater (Aberdeen University
Magazine) 1912-13.
DALZIEL, ST ANDREWS (Q.S.).
[The parish of St Andrew [in Mother-
well] was disjoined from Dalziel, 3rd Dec.
1909.]
JAMES GELLATLY, born Kirriemuir,
1904 ^^ June I860, son of James G. and
Mary Ann Kennedy ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton in 1894 ; ord. to Scots Church,
Lowick, Northumberland, 28th Oct. 1898;
app. to Dalziel Chapel Oct. 1904 ; adm.
first min. of the parish 4th Dec. 1909.
Marr. 28th Dec. 1898, Mary, daugh. of John
Henderson and Margaret M'Kenzie, and
has issue — Margaret Florence, born 15th
April 1900 ; Norman Croll, born 18th June
1902 ; Arthur James, born 6th Sept. 1906.
Publication — The Ordeal of Oscar Manning
(Edinburgh, 1904).
DALZIEL, ST MARY'S (Q.S.).
[The parish was disjoined from Dalziel,
15th Nov. 1918.]
WILLIAM SMITH, born St Cyrus,
1902 Kincardineshire, 13th July 1865, son
of William S. and Helen Durward ;
educated at St Cyrus School, Church of
Scotland Training College, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; schoolmaster of Maryculter,
1886-91; M.A. (Edinburgh 1892), B.D.
(1895); licen. by Presb. of Fordoun May
1895; ord. 19th Jan. 1902. Marr. 17th
June 1903,, Maria, daugh. of John Hatelie
and Elizabeth Barnes, and has issue —
William Durward, born 8th Nov. 1904.
DALZIEL, SOUTH (Q.S.J.
[The church of South Dalziel is the old
church of the parish of Dalziel as rebuilt
in 1789 and enlarged in 1860. Near it was
the Holy Well of St Patrick, to whom in
ancient times Dalziel Church was dedi-
cated. The parish church of Dalziel was
removed to Motherwell in 1874. Thereafter
for some years this old church served as a
mission chapel for the southern district of
the parish of Dalziel. On 15th March 1880,
the parish of South Dalziel was disjoined
from Dalziel, and the old church at Dalziel
was made the church of the new parish.]
GEORGE CARRUTHERS, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 19th Aug. 1875 ; trans, to John-
1875
stone, Paisley, 11th Jan. 1877.
THOMAS HISLOP, ord. 10th May
18tJtJ 1877 ; adm. first min. of the parish in
1880 ; trans, to Bridgeton, Glasgow,
18th Feb. 1883.
DUFF MACDONALD, born Keith, 5th
1883 ®ct- 1850' son of WilIiam M- and
Ann Elder ; educated at Grange
Parish School, Grammar School, Old Aber-
deen, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1871),
B.D. (1875); licen. by Presb. of Strath-
bogie in 1875 ; assistant at Lybster in
1875 ; ord. to Pulteneytown Chapel, Wick,
22nd March 1877 ; superintendent of the
Church of Scotland Mission, Blantyre,
British East Africa, 1878-81 ; assistant at
Clackmannan in 1882 ; adm. to this charge
28th June 1883. Marr. 6th April 1878,
Helen Harriet, daugh. of James George,
physician, Keith, and Helen Rutherford,
and has issue — James George, min. of
Elchies ; William Elder, M.A., B.L., Penang,
born 9th Sept. 1880; George Rutherford,
captain Sherwood Foresters, born 22nd
March 1895 ; John Forrest, Coldstream
Guards, born 29th Sept. 1897 ; Marion ;
Helen Rutherford ; Isabel Gray ; Anna
Elizabeth. Publications — Translations in
East African Dialects (Lovedale and Blan-
tyre Mission Presses, 1880) ; Yao and
Chinyasa Tales (Edinburgh, 1882); Afri-
cana, or The Heart of Heathen Africa
(London, 1882) ; Revised Catechism [Preface
by Professor Flint] (London, 1902); Has
Man a Sold ? or, Bible Teaching on Man's
Nature and Destiny (Motherwell, 1907).
Hamilton] DUNDYVAN— FLOWERHILL— GARTSHERRIE
251
DUNDYVAN (Q.S.).
[The parish of Dundy van was disjoined
from Old Monkland, 13th July 1906.]
ANDREW ROBERTSON, born Irvine,
lgo5 27th Jan. 1858, son of Andrew R.
and Agnes Campbell ; educated at
Irvine Academy, High School, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (29th April 1881) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1883 ; assistant at
Rankinston ; ord. to Annbank 30th Dec.
1886; adm. to Cadzow 13th Dec. 1888;
trans, and adm. 28th Nov. 1905 ; adm. first
min. of the parish in 1906 ; died 7th June
1917. He marr. 25th July 1889, Marea,
daugh. of Christian Sieberg and Emma
Schultze, and had issue — Thomas Campbell,
engineer, born 16th July 1890; Christian
Arthur, min. of Garelochhead, born 30th
April 1892 ; Agnes Campbell, born 12th
April 1895.
CHARLES MACKINNON, born Tober-
1Q17 mory, 17th March 1887, eldest son of
Duncan M. and Jessie Gillies ; edu-
cated at Tobermory and Kingussie Schools
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Mull May 1913; assistant at High
Church, Inverness, and Shettleston ; ord.
12th Dec. 1917. Marr. 30th July 1919,
Mabel Helen, third daugh. of Thomas
Thomson, chemist, Edinburgh.
FLOWERHILL (Q.S.).
[A church was built here by the Reformed
Presbyterians in 1873. Its minister and
congregation, having petitioned the General
Assembly, were admitted to the Church of
Scotland that year. The parish of Flower-
hill was disjoined from Airdrie, 6th
Dec. 1875.]
JAMES PATON, B.A. ; ord. min. of
18173 the Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Airdrie, 1st June 1865. Joined the
Church of Scotland in 1873, along with
his entire congregation and formed Flower-
hill Chapel-of-Ease ; adm. first min. of
the parish in 1875; trans, to St George's,
Paisley, 13th Oct. 1879.
SAMUEL CAMPBELL FRY. trans,
from St Columba's Chapel, Oban,
and adm. 11th March 1880 ; trans.
to Girvan 27th June 1888.
ROBERT HENDERSON, born Dysart,
1889 25t^ Sept. I855) son °f George H.
and Isabella Sharp ; educated at
Burgh School, Kirkcaldy, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy
14th May 1884; ord. to North Newton
Chapel [now St James's Parish], Ayr, 10th
March 1885; adm. here 10th Jan. 1889.
Marr. 1st June 1887, Isabella Wright,
daugh. of Alexander Gibson and Magdalena
Hunter, and has issue — George David, min.
of East Parish, Greenock ; Alexander
Gibson, M.D., Culross, Fife, born 18th
Sept. 1889 ; Robert Sharp, lieut. Indian
Army, born 14th June 1891 ; Magdalena
Hunter, M.A., born 17th May 1893 ; Isobel
Gibson, born 5th March 1897 ; Harry
Gibson, born 30th Dec. 1903.
GARTSHERRIE (Q.S.).
[A church was opened here 13th Jan.
1839. The parish of Gartsherrie was
endowed by James Baird of Cambusdoon,
M.P., and disjoined from Old Monkland,
17th March 1858.]
JAMES M'LETCHIE, trans, from Lark-
1838 hall 11th Jan. 1838; trans, to St
Thomas's, Leith, 6th May 1841.
JAMES GRAY WOOD, trans, from East
1841 Strathaven, and adm. 11th Nov.
1841 ; trans, to Renfrew 21st Sept.
1843.
1844
JOHN FRASER, born Glasgow, 1815,
son of John F., merchant ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Inveraray ; ord. 22nd Feb. 1844 ; died
unmarr. 25th Dec. 1845.
BRYCE JOHNSTONE BELL, bom
184_ Lockerbie, 1816, son of Robert B.,
farmer, and Mary M'Kie ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Lochmaben ; assistant at Kilwinning ;
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GARTSHERRIE— GARTURK
[PRESB. OF
elected 29th Sept., and ord. 24th Dec. 1846 ;
adm. first min. of the parish 30th March
1858 ; dein. 20th May 1884 ; died unmarr.
at Bellvue, Lockerbie, 10th July 1894.
1884
ROBERT SOMERS, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
11th Dec. 1884; trans, to Moffat
19th Feb. 1891.
JOHN ALEXANDER IRELAND, born
18gl Edinburgh, 12th July 1846, son of
John Balfour I., banker, and Barbara
Georgina Scott, .and grandson of Walter
Foggo I.j D.D., min. of North Leith ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews ; assistant at Both-
well, Greenock, and St John's Parish,
Glasgow; ord. to Whitburn 11th May
1876; sometime Provost of Whitburn;
trans, and adm. 27th Aug. 1891 ; died 7th
July 1917. He marr. 7th Sept. 1887,
Charlotte, daugh. of Alexander Falconer,
min. of Denny, and had issue — Charlotte,
born 6th Oct. 1889; John Balfour, lieut.
Black Watch, born 13th May 1891, killed
in action in France, 9th Sept. 1916 ; Eliza
Ann, born 6th March 1893 ; Alexander
Falconer, born 17th Nov. 1894, died 17th
April 1914. Publications — An Order of
Divine Service for Young People (Coat-
bridge, 1912) ; The Story of the [Gartsherrie]
Church (Coatbridge, 1914) ; A Legacy from
a Scottish Manse (London, 1918) [Biography
and Sketch]. — [In Memoriam [Funeral Ser-
mon and Character Sketch] (Coatbridge,
1917).]
ROBERT WILLIAM RUTHERFORD,
1917 born Glasgow, 5th Jan. 1866, son of
Robert R. and Mary Walker Hardie
educated at Garnethill School and Univ
of Glasgow; MA. (1887), B.D. (1890)
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 7th Jan. 1891
assistant at Pittenweem and Dunbarton
ord. to Calderhead 11th May 1893; trans.
and adm. 11th Dec. 1917. Marr. 17th
April 1895, Wilhelmina Walker, daugh. of
David Sinclair, Principal of the Church of
Scotland College, Madras, and Isabella
Georgina Aitchison, and has issue — David
Sinclair, born 28th Feb. 1896; Robert,
born 15th Dec. 1901.
GARTURK (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1869. The
parish of Garturk was disjoined from Old
Monkland in 1870.]
JOHN GRIGOR, served as a licentiate ;
186g ord. to Fullarton Chapel -of -Ease
26th July 1870.
1870
JOHN RENWICK, born 3rd Oct. 1838,
son of John R. ; educated at Edin-
burgh Academy and Univ. of
Edinburgh; B.A. (19th April 1856);
assistant at St Stephen's, Edinburgh ; ord.
to North Church, Paisley, 18th July 1867 ;
pres. by the Trustees 13th May, and adm.
30th June 1870 ; died 23rd April 1878. He
marr. 9th Aug. 1870, Elizabeth Wylde,
third daugh. of Archibald Gardner, Nether-
common House, Paisley, and had issue.
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, M.A.; ord.
1878 2*^k Aug. ^*^ > dem. on appoint-
ment as first Deputy of the Home
Mission Committee 29th Jan. 1884 [after-
wards min. of Coltness].
JAMES ROBERTSON, M.A., B.D. ;
1884 trans- from Fort Augustus, and adm.
22nd April 1884 ; trans, to Fetteresso
10th April 1890.
HUGH DUNCAN, born Dunoon, 23rd
18go Feb. 1861, son of Hugh D. and
Elizabeth Barnet ; educated at
Dunoon Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1882), B.D. (1885); licen. by Presb.
of Dunoon in 1885 ; assistant [to the Rev.
William Kean] at Alexandria, Egypt ; ord.
17th Oct. 1890. Marr. 9th Aug. 1887, Mary
Alice, daugh. of James Swallow and Eliza-
beth Reynolds Knight, and has issue — Mary
Elizabeth, M.A., born 15th May 1888;
Hugo James, engineer, M.C., lieut. R.F.C.,
born 24th June 1891 ; Torquil Macleod,
capt. A.C.C., born 2nd July 1893 ; Herbert
Cecil, lieut. Seaforth Highlanders, born
19th Aug. 1895. Publication— Why I have
Not left the Church of Scotland (Coat-
bridge, 1902) ; contributions to Hastings'
Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels.
HAMILTON]
GLASFORD
253
GLASFORD, or GLASSFORD.
[The church of Glasford belonged to St
Mary's Collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch.
In 1633 the parish church was rebuilt at
Glasford, where its ruins still stand in the
churchyard. In 1820 a more central parish
church was built at Westquarter, and was
considerably renovated in 1897. In the
old churchyard at Glasford there is a
pillar stone, erected in 1772 by Sir John
Gordon of Earlston, Bart., to mark the
burial-place of his great-grandfather,
William Gordon of Earlston. When on
his way from Galloway to join the forces
of the Covenanters at Bothwell, the Laird
of Earlston was overtaken by a party of
English dragoons and was shot dead, 22nd
June 1679.]
THOMAS MACASKIE, reader, 1574
1574 to 1576.
JAMES HAMILTON, reader in
1576 1576.
JOHN HOWISON, probably officiated
here, 1577-8 ; min. of Cambuslang in
1577
1579.
1580 DAVID HALL, reader in 1580.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, reader at
Stonehouse, 1574-6 ; at Avendale,
1576-85 ; adm. here, probably only
as reader, 1585-91. — [Beg. Assig.]
JOHN HAMILTON, mentioned in
1589 1589.— [Beg. Assig.]
JOHN SANGSTER, min. in 1590;
trans, to Blantyre about 1593. — [Beg.
Assig.]
ANDREW LAW, M.A.; trans, from
1593 Stonehouse in 1593 ; trans, to
Neilston 15th July 1595.
PETER CAMERON, MA.; min. in
1594 1594j trans, to Shotts that year,
but returned here :n 1597.
JOHN MUIRHEAD, MA. ; trans, from
1595 Shotts, and adm. in 1595 ; trans, to
Hamilton in 1597.
PETER CAMERON, M.A. ; retrans.
15Q7 from Shotts, and adm. in 1597. He
went to Cabrach, Banffshire, about
1607.
GEORGE CLYDESDALE, eldest son
1607 °^ ^-' baxter burgess of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (Glasgow 1600) ; was an
"expectant" in Presb. of Lanark Nov.
1602; adm. here in 1607; died Jan. 1627,
aged about 47. He marr. Anna Wodrow,
who survived him, and had issue — Christian.
— [Beg. Assig. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Glasg. Beg.
(fiapt.) ; Paterson's Ayrshire.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1626 1616)> probably son of James H, min.
of Hamilton, brother of James H.
of Shields of Kilbride ; was settled here in
the lifetime of the previous min., in whose
inventory he is described as "minister at
Glasford." He was probably assistant
and successor ; D.D. (Glasgow). As their
Procurator, he presented to the Glasgow
Assembly, 27th Nov. 1638, the Bishop's
" Declinator " of the Presbyterian jurisdic-
tion, which " was read amid contemptuous
whispers and smiles." At the same As-
sembly he was libelled for frequent and
prolonged absences from his parish, en-
couraging his parishioners to dance and
play at football when the sermon was done,
etc., and unanimously dep. on 14th Dec.
For some time thereafter he continued in
his charge, but ultimately retired to Eng-
land, where he was nominated Bishop of
Caithness in succession to John Abernethy,
but was never consecrated. He died before
1st Nov. 1649. He marr. (1) Isobel
Murray, and had issue — a daugh. : (2)
Helen, daugh. of Adam Whiteford of
Milton, and widow of John Hamilton of Colt-
ness. She survived him, and had issue. —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett. ; P. C. Beg., 3rd
ser., i., 531 ; Craven's Diocese of Caithness,
94 ; Lanark Sas., Nether Ward, v., 112.]
JOHN BELL, M.A.; ord. 1st Jan.
,_,,_ 1640: trans, to Stevenston (his
1640 . > . . .
native parish) in 1642.
JAMES HOUSTON, M.A. ; min. in
1642 1^42 ' ^eP- ^at year ^or immoraifty
[afterwards min. of Houston].
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GLASFORD
[PKESB. OF
WILLIAM HAMILTON of Netherfield,
1644 Strathaven, born 1620, second son of
John H. of Coltness and Udston,
and Helen Whiteford, above mentioned ;
ord. Jan. 1644 ; was a member of Assembly
in 1649, "and continued in the faythfull
and patient exercise of his ministry till
1666," when he was "most injuriously
silenced, and thrust out of his charge by
the Bishop of Glasgow." He was given in-
dulgence at Avendale in 1669, but returned
to Glasford again as an " indulged " min. 3rd
Sept. 1672. He died Feb. 1682. From his
singular sagacity and uprightness he was
commonly known as "Wise Willie." He
marr. April 1646, Margaret Hamilton,
and had issue — James, styled eldest
son in 1673 ; William, burgess and guild-
brother of Edinburgh 31st May 1682;
Margaret (marr. James Young of Nether-
field, writer, Strathaven). A volume of
H.'s MS. Sermons was exhibited at a
meeting of Glasgow Arch. Soc. 20th April
1916. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Edin. Guild Reg. ;
Lanark Sas., v., 239 ; Wodrow's Hist., ii.,
204 j G. R. Inhib., 15th July 1644.]
JAMES FINDLAY, M.A. ; trans, from
Inchinnan, and adm. after 28th Feb.
1667 ; trans, to Traquair 3rd Oct.
1672.
JAMES NAISMITH [NASMYTH] of
Haughhead, born about 1614, called
" son of Ann Cunnison," and brother
of John N. in Allanton ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
23rd July 1636) ; min. of Dalmellington in
1641 ; trans, to Second Charge, Hamilton,
23rd Nov. 1645 j app. in 1647 chaplain to
Major-general Holburn's Regiment; trans,
to First Charge, Hamilton, about 1649 ;
app. by Parliament a Visitor of the College
of Edinburgh 31st July 1649; joined the
Protesters in 1651 ; was imprisoned in Edin-
burgh in 1660, and allowed only to reside
within twelve miles of his parish, and six
miles from the seat of a Prelate. Deprived
16th Sept. 1662, and, 6th Jan. 1663, ordered
to be confined to the Merse ; was granted
indulgence here 3rd Sept. 1672 ; died Sept.
1674, "a good man and a good preacher."
He marr. (1) (cont. 18th May 1641) Sophia
(died Nov. 1647), daugh. of Sir Patrick
1672
Home of Polwarth, and widow of Joseph
Johnston of Hilton, Berwickshire : (2) 18th
May 1650, Marion Inglis, Kirkliston, and
had issue — Alexander ; John, M.D., Glas-
gow ; Francis ; Mary ; Elizabeth ; Eupham ;
Susan ; Janet (marr. John Muirhead, junior,
tailor in Hamilton). — [Wodrow's Hist., i.,
80, 296, 318; Wodrow's Anal., iii., 127;
Hamilton and Edin. Tests. ; Brodie's
Diary ; Lanark Sas., v., 369 ; Perth Sas.,
ii., 187 ; Reg. of Heeds, dliii., 474.]
JOHN DENNISTOUN, son of William
1684 ®"> Treasurer of Dunbarton, and
Agnes Buchanan ; M.A. (Glasgow,
16th July 1674); passed trials before
Presb. of Dunbarton, and had a testi-
monial for license 6th Sept. 1681 ; adm.
here about 1684 ; deprived at the Revolu-
tion.— [Rule's Sec. Vindication.]
1692
FRANCIS BORLAND, born about 1666,
son of John B. of Crosshouse, East
Kilbride ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton ;
called 3rd April, and ord. 20th July 1692.
He was one of four mins. [the others were
Alexander Shields, Archibald Stobo, and
Alexander Dalgleish] commissioned by the
Church of Scotland, 21st July 1699, to
accompany the Scottish colonists on the
Second Darien Expedition, which, like the
First, ended disastrously. Borland was
one of the few who returned to Scotland,
27th July 1701. He died 24th Dec. 1722.
He marr. Rachel Hall, who died 7th April
1699, and had issue — Cecil (marr. Robert
Hamilton, min. of Hamilton) ; Anne ;
Eupham ; Sarah ; Jean. Publications —
Memoi?*s of Darien [written mostly in the
year 1700] (Glasgow, 1715, 2nd ed.); [The
History of Darien] (Glasgow, 1779).—
[Douglas's Baronage, 479 ; Reg. Gen. Ass.,
1705; Hill Burton's The Darien Papers;
Barbour's A Hist, of William Paterson and
the Darien Company, 136; MS. Diary,
1661-72, in Laing Collection, Univ. of
Edinburgh.]
MICHAEL M'TAGGART, a native of
Penninghame ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamil-
ton 31st July 1716 ; called 15th April 1723,
HAMILTON]
GLASFORD
255
1762
but not ord. till 30th Nov. 1726, when the
ceremony took place at Chapelton, the
Presb. being assisted by a Committee of
Synod. He died after a few days' illness,
when about to be married to a Miss Muir,
15th Feb. 1731.— {Glasg. Tests.; Wodrow's
Anal., iii. 365, 375, iv. 202.]
JOHN MUIRHEAD, called 16th Nov.
1732 1731 ; ord. 29th Feb. 1732 ; died 31st
Dec. 1755. He marr. Janet Bogle,
who died 2nd Nov. 1784, and had issue —
James, min. of Stonehouse ; John ; Jean ;
Anna ; Elizabeth (marr. Patrick Muirhead,
min. of Dysart).
RICHARD ROBERTSON, M.A. ; pres.
by Alexander, Earl of Eglinton, and
ord. 9th Nov. 1756 ; trans, to Dalziel
22nd Oct. 1761.
ALEXANDER DOBIE, pres. by the
Commissioner for Alexander, Earl
of Eglinton, and ord. 30th Dec.
1762 ; trans, to Eaglesham 5th Jan. 1786.
HUGH MITCHELL, born Mauchline,
eldest son of Hugh M., farmer ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1770) ; sometime tutor in the family of
Archibald Nisbet of Carphin ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Jan. 1777 ; master
in the first academy of Greenock, 1779-86.
He was pres. to Eaglesham, but being
" exceedingly unacceptable," exchanged
with preceding min., and was ord. here
19th April 1786. Having adopted the view
that the union of Church and State was
contrary to the teaching of Scripture, he
dem. his charge 30th Dec. 1794. He after-
wards taught in an English and French
academy at Glasgow. On the Peace of
Amiens in 1802, along with his wife and
daugh. he visited France, when all three
were made prisoners by Napoleon and
carried to Verdun, but shortly afterwards
liberated. He died 6th Dec. 1815. He
marr. 1774, Amelia (died 14th Nov. 1838),
daugh. of Archibald Nisbet of Carphin,
and had issue— a daugh. Publications —
Strictures on the Political Condition of
the Jews (1794); A Short Apology for
Ajwstacy (Glasgow, 1797); Scotticisms,
Vulgar Anglicisms, arid Grammatical Im-
1795
1832
proprieties corrected (Glasgow, 1799) ; The
Popular Preacher [Fordyce's The Preacher's
Manual] (Edinburgh, 1820) ; Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.).
PATRICK MACBETH, born Kilmadock,
1766, second son of John M., farmer ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunblane 24th March 1789;
tutor in the family of Sir William Mont-
gomery, Bart., of Macbie Hill, Peeblesshire;
assistant at Kelso ; pres. by Archibald,
Earl of Eglinton, and ord. 10th Sept. 1795 ;
died unmarr., 22nd April 1832.
GAVIN LANG {primus), born Paisley,
1791, son of Robert L. and Euphemia
Morrison ; educated at Grammar
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 11th June 1823; assistant
at Houston in 1826, and West Kilbride in
1828 ; ord. by Presb. of Irvine, 5th May
1829, for work in Canada; min. of Shel-
burne, Nova Scotia, 1829-31 ; pres. by
Mary, Lady Montgomerie, and adm. to this
charge 23rd Aug. 1832 ; died 25th Aug.
1869. He marr. 14th July 1829, Anna
Roberton (died 18th April 1886), niece of
David Marshall of Nielsland, parish of
Hamilton, and had issue — David Marshall,
manager, Glasgow and London Fire Insur-
ance Office, born at Shelburne, Nova
Scotia, 21st April 1830, died 5th April
1912 ; Anna Hamilton, born 19th Dec. 1831,
died 17th Jan. 1908; Robert, born 7th
April 1833, died in infancy; John Mar-
shall, C.V.O., D.D., LL.D., Principal of
the Univ. of Aberdeen (q.v.) ; Gavin, min.
of Second Charge, Inverness, born 21st
July 1835 ; Sir Robert Hamilton, K.C.M.G.,
Director-General of the Imperial Ottoman
Bank, Constantinople, sometime British
member of the Council of the Egyptian
Daira Sanieh Administration in Egypt,
born 14th Nov. 1836, died at Hampstead,
London, 2nd March 1913 ; Euphemia
Morrison, born 30th Sept. 1838 (marr.
Richard Cunliffe, shipbuilder, Glasgow)
Elizabeth Stobie, born 21st May 1840
(marr. Paton James Gloag, D.D., min. of
Galashiels); Jane, born 23rd Nov. 1841
(marr. (1) William Clarke, New Zealand ;
(2) Alfred Martin Maynard, vicar of Christ
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GLASFORD— GREENGAIRS
[PRESB. OF
Church, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight);
Margaret Wiseman, born 29th Oct. 1843
(marr. John Pagan, D.D., min. of Both-
well) ; James Paisley, min. of East Parish,
Stirling, born 25th April 1846 ; Alexander,
C.M.G., London manager of the Bank of
Montreal, born 22nd Sept. 1848.— [Gregg's
Hist, of the Presb. Church in Canada, 328.]
GAVIN LANG (secundus), son of above ;
trans, from Fyvie ; pres. by Archi-
1870 bald William, Earl of Eglinton and
Winton, 23rd Sept. 1869; adm. 4th Feb.
1870 ; trans, to St Andrew's (Church of
Scotland), Montreal, Canada, 28th Nov.
1870 [afterwards min. of Second Charge,
Inverness].
ROBERT PATERSON, born East Kil-
bride, 16th Nov. 1836, son of Alex-
"18*71
ander P. and Bethia Browning;
educated at East Kilbride School, Hamilton
Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow; B.A.
(27th April 1859); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton, 12th July 1859; ord. (by Presb.
of Glasgow) missionary at Sialkot, Panjab
[in succession to Thomas Hunter, who was
killed in the Mutiny of 1857], 24th Aug.
1859; pres. to this charge 29th Dec. 1870;
adm. 16th March 1871. Marr. 26th Aug.
1859, Ellison M'Farlane, daugh. of Ebenezer
Steven, cotton-spinner, Glasgow, and has
issue — Alexander Browning, M.B., CM.,
born 1860; Ellison Steven, born 1861
(marr. John Annan, Bearsden), died 1913 ;
Robert M'Cheyne [B.D., ord. by Presb.
of Hamilton missionary at Gujrat, Panjab,
25th Sept. 1885], born 1862; Bethia
Mary Jane, born 1864 ; Joanna Martin,
born and died 1865 ; William Watt,
born and died 1866 ; M'Leod Watson, born
1868, died 1869 ; Margaretta Violet Prinsep,
born 1870, died 1895 ; Ebenezer Steven,
C.E., born 1871, died 1892; Ethel Marion
Jackson, born 1874 (marr. Dr Potter,
Derby) ; Norman M'Leod, architect and
farmer, Slaterville, U.S.A., born 1875 ;
Edith Maud, born 1878 ; John M'Farlane,
solicitor, Strathaven, born 1880. Publi-
cation— "History of the Panjab Mission"
(Church of Scotland Mission Record, 1907).
— [Youngson's Forty Years of the Panjab
Mission, 112.]
1918
ROBERT DALY, born Kilmarnock, 4th
Nov. 1884, son of Allan D. and
Margaret Henderson Hall; edu-
cated at Grammar School and Academy,
Kilmarnock, and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1910); became a certificated teacher;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 5th May
1914; assistant at St George's, Glasgow;
ord. to Dean Park Parish, Glasgow, 1st
Dec. 1914; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 8th Aug. 1918. Marr. 7th July
1909, Agnes Glover, daugh. of Samuel
Scarlett, Kilmarnock, and has issue —
Janet Howie M'Master, born 28th May
1910, died 26th March 1912; Margaret
Henderson Hall, born 13th April 1913;
Allan Scarlett, born 17th Feb. 1915;
Samuel Scarlett, born 5th Jan. 1917.
GREENGAIRS (Q.S.).
[A church was opened 18th June 1876.
The parish of Greengairs was disjoined
from New Monkland, 13th July 1894.]
i [ALEXANDER OGILVIE BROWN,
served as a licentiate from 1873 to
1873 July 1877.]
JAMES MUIR, born Bellshill, Lanark-
shire, 1st Nov. 1841, son of James
M. and Isabella Baird ; educated
at Bellshill School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton in 1877 ;
assistant at Dalziel ; ord. 29th Dec. 1877 ;
dem. 4th Aug. 1884, on appointment to St
George's Church, Grenada, West Indies,
1st Sept. 1884 ; trans, to St James's Church,
Wakenaam, Demerara, 1887 ; died at
Georgetown, British Guiana, 5th Dec.
1892. He was the founder of the Coolie
Mission in British West Indies. He marr.
6th July 1869, Jessie M'Kelvie (died 5th
Aug. 1919), daugh. of John Reid, and
had issue — James, Controller of City of
Ottawa, born 25th June 1871 ; John
Reid, fleet surgeon R.N., Croix de Guerre,
born 11th Jan. 1873 ; Andrew Reid, M.M.,
2nd lieut. R.F.A., born 5th Dec. 1874,
died of wounds in France, 7th Nov.
1917 ; Thomas, sub-editor Cape Times, born
8th Oct. 1876, died 12th March 1913;
Mary M'Bride, nurse, served in France,
1877
Hamilton] GREENGAIRS— HALLSIDE— HAMILTON
257
1914-18, born 1st Sept. 1878 (marr. 4th
Aug. 1918, Captain Ralph Elswood Cole-
man, C.A.M.C. ; Isa Baird Forbes, nurse,
served in France, born 3rd Sept. 1880 ;
Jessie Eeid,born 7th Oct. 1882 (marr. 1911,
Charles Albert Donovan, Canada) ; Dougald
Baird, artist, R.F.A., born 7th Oct. 1882 j
Jane Park, born 20th Nov. 1884, died 8th
Aug. 1894.
WILLIAM GREEN, ord. 13th Nov.
1884 ; dem. on election to Inverallan
1884
28th Feb. 1888.
1888
1893
1910
1916
ALEXANDER MACRAE, ord. 24th
July 1888; res. 19th Nov. 1892
[afterwards min. of Crown Court
Church, London (q.v.)].
ROBERT CHALMERS ANDERSON,
M.A. ; ord. 29th June 1893; adm.
first min. of the parish 28th Aug.
1894 ; trans, to Sinclairtown, Kirkcaldy,
18th May 1910.
CHARLES PETER GRANT, M.A;
ord. 28th Sept. 1910; trans, to Well-
park, Greenock, 15th Aug. 1916.
JAMES RUSSELL, born Kirkfieldbank,
Lesmahagow, 4th Feb. 1859, son of
John R. and Ann Smith ; educated
at New Lanark School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; min. of the Evangelical Union
Church, Kilwinning, 1882-91 ; of the Evan-
gelical Union Congregational Church,
Anstruther-Easter, 1891-9 ; of Emmanuel
Congregational Church, Overnewton, Glas-
gow, 1899-1908 ; of Congregational Church,
Muirkirk, 1908-14 ; adm. as a licentiate
of the Church of Scotland by the General
Assembly in 1914; ord. 14th Dec. 1916.
Marr. 9th March 1904, Mary, daugh. of John
Keddie and Mary Waugh, and has issue —
Ambrose Shepherd, born 16th May 1905.
HALLSIDE (Q.S.).
[The parish of Hallside was disjoined
from Cambuslang, 15th March 1901.]
PATRICK HYNDS HUTCHINSON,
M.A. (Glasgow 1883) ; ord. 26th Jan.
1892 ; res. 1894, and became min. of
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Hunt-
ingdon, Quebec, Canada.
VOL. III.
1892
1918
WILLIAM HENRY PORTER, app.
1894 1894 [afterwards min. of Cults],
ROBERT LOGAN, app. 1896, ord. first
,„__ min. of the parish 26th June 1901 ;
1896 _ r .
trans, to Dunrossness 13th Oct. 1911.
WILLIAM M'MILLAN, ord. 27th March
1912 *^12 » trans- to St Leonard's Parish,
Dunfermline, 30th Aug. 1917.
WILLIAM CONWAY, born Ballymena,
Co. Antrim, 26th June 1874, son of
Thomas C. and Agnes Wilson ; edu-
cated at Ballymena and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Free Presb. of Edinburgh
in 1909; assistant at Free St Columba's,
Edinburgh; ord. to Free Church, Elgin,
9th June 1909 ; trans, to Free Church,
Coatbridge, 9th May 1912; adm. to this
charge 23rd January 1918. Marr. 11th
May 1893, Mary, daugh. of Adam Anderson
and Esther Buick, Knowhead, Broughshane,
Co. Antrim, and has issue — Esther, born
28th Feb. 1894; Agnes, born 6th March
1896; William, born 12th March 1898;
Adam, born 9th Aug. 1900; Mary, born
11th Aug. 1903; Florence, born 4th Oct.
1905; Ann Wilson, born 1st Aug. 1909;
Thomas James Norman, born 24th April
1914; Leonorina Maude, born 17th July 1916.
HAMILTON, of old CADYOW.
[The rectory of Cadyow was a prebend
belonging to the Dean of Glasgow. In
1451 James, first Lord Hamilton, built a
new and larger church for the parish on
a site very near where Hamilton Palace
now stands. This new place of worship he
endowed as a collegiate church. At the
same time he caused the name of the parish
to be changed to Hamilton. In the church
then erected there was a Chapel of St
Mary. In 1459 Lord Hamilton founded
a hospital also within the parish. This
was dedicated to St Mary of Bethlehem.
In 1732 the parish church was removed
to the town of Hamilton. Yearly fairs
were held at Hamilton in honour of St
Laurence and St Martin. In Hamilton
churchyard a stone marks the place where
are buried the heads and right arms of four
Clydesdale men taken prisoners in the
R
258
HAMILTON
[PRESB. OF
1562
Pentland Rising. These men, John Parker,
Gavin Hamilton, James Hamilton, and
Christopher Strang, were hanged at Edin-
burgh on 7th Dec. 1666. As was the
custom, their bodies were buried beside
the gallows, but their heads and right arms
were publicly exposed at Hamilton in their
own country.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, rector of Tor-
rens in 1558, and prebendary of Her-
seldean in the Collegiate Church of
Bothwell ; joined the Protestant Party and
accompanied John Knox to Berwick-upon-
Tweed in the end of July 1559. At the
General Assembly, 30th June 1562, John
Willock, Superintendent of the West, was
ordered to investigate a scandal against H.,
and, if necessary, to remove him from the
ministry. This was not done, and by the
Assembly which met on Christmas Day
1562, Knox being Moderator, H. was app.
min. of this parish. He was at Torrens
from 1576 until after 1580.— [Knox's Works,
ii. ; Beg. Min. ; Hamilton Tests. ; Booke of
the Kirk.]
JOHN DAVIDSON, min. in 1567, with
Cambusnethan, Dalserf, and Dalziel
also in the charge. In 1574, instead
of Cambusnethan and Dalziel, Blantyre
and Cambuslang were conjoined with
Hamilton. It is stated that in 1577 he
threatened and admonished those inhabit-
ing Hamilton Castle "for rioting, etc.,
declaring how he saw in a vision a great
arm with a sword in its hand standing
above it, and forcibly striking it down to
the ground, till it injured the wood by
which it was surrounded as well as the
town." He was a member of Assembly
24th April 1581, and app. by the Privy
Council, 6th March 1589, a commissioner
within the bounds of Clydesdale for the
maintenance and defence of true religion ;
still min. here in 1596. — [Beg. Min. ;
Calderwood's Hist., iv., 139 ; Melvill's
Autob., 43 ; Keith's Hist., 575.]
ROBERT RAE, reader in lb74.—[Beg.
1574 Min.]
JOHN MUIRHEAD, MA. ; adm. to
Rutherglen 16th Dec. 1586 ; min. of
Shotts in 1593; min. of Glasford in
1567
1604
1597
1595 ; trans, and adm. in 1597. He was
pres. by James VI. to the Deanery of
Glasgow 26th Jan. 1603; died 10th Oct.
that year, aged about 40. He marr. (1)
Margaret Crawford, who died in Oct. 1599,
and had issue — James ; Agnes : (2) Mar-
garet Hamilton, who survived him, and
marr. (2) (cont. 17th Jan. 1606), Anthony
Kennedy of Bogend. — [Beg. Assig. ; Edin.
and Hamilton Tests. ; Ayr Sas. Beg., iii.,
274 ; Glasg. Com. Deeds, 4th Aug. 1612.]
GAVIN HAMILTON, MA. ; trans, from
Bothwell, and adm. in 1604 ; app.
Bishop of Galloway (q.v.) 3rd March
1605, but still held the charge in 1608.—
[Beg. Assig.]
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A., son of
Robert H. of Dalserf ; min. of Car-
munnock in 1586 ; trans, to Dalserf
10th April 1600 ; trans, and adm. after
4th May 1609. He was a member of
the Court of High Commission 15th June
1619, and of a Commission for the
maintenance of Church Discipline 21st
Oct. 1634. He was dep. 3rd April 1639 for
refusing to acknowledge the General As-
sembly of 1638. He obtained a protection
from the Marquess of Montrose 29th Aug.
1645, and died 28th Oct. 1648, aged about
83. He marr. Anne, only child of James
Hamilton of Shields, and had issue —
Robert, probably min. of Glasford; James;
Isobel. His widow had a grant from Parlia-
ment of £100 sterling, 2nd and 12th July
1661. — [Anderson's House of Hamilton;
Booke of the Kirk ; Hamilton Tests. ; Inq.
Bet. de Tut., 238, 239 ; Calderwood's Hist. ;
Acts of Pari., vii.; Melvill's Autob.; Baillie's
Lett. ; Beg. of Deeds, cclxxxviii., 306, 354
14th Jan. 1624 ; ibid., ccccl., 426.]
[JAMES CUNNINGHAM, M.A. ; min.
of Old Cumnock in 1608; was a
member of the Glasgow Assembly
of 1638, and had been spoken of for the
Moderatorship when Alexander Henderson
was elected ; made a request to that As-
sembly to be allowed translation to some
other parish should an opportunity arise.
"It was thought," says Baillie, "he was
furthered to make this motion by his hopes
HAMILTON]
HAMILTON
259
to obtain the more large paroche, but more
profitable, of Paisley or Hamilton, and
readily he might have been made welcome
to either, but his too ardent desire to be at
them and from his own people, has made
his own to disgust him and these to have
no great feast of him." In 1642 he was
trans, to this parish. The Register of Ayr
Presb. refers to him as " presentlie minister
of the kirk of Hamiltoun," 19th May 1642 ;
at a meeting of Presb. of Ayr upon that
date, he was present and gave information
regarding the state of the church, manse,
and glebe, and the minutes constantly speak
of him as "last min. of Cumnock." He
continued to reside at Cumnock, and for
some unknown reason never entered on his
new charge]. — [Baillie's Lett., i., 166.]
JAMES NAISMITH [NASMYTH],
1649 ^-^' > m^n- ™ 1649 5 deprived by
the Privy Council, 16th Sept. 1662,
for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance ;
granted indulgence at Glasford in 1672.
THOMAS BELL, having served for
lfie„ a twelvemonth, during which the
church had no other min., was
allowed 1000 merks Scots out of vacant
stipends in 1664. — [P. C. Decreta.]
JAMES RAMSAY, M.A. ; trans, from
1664 Linlithgow in 1664 ; became Bishop
of Dunblane (q.v.) in 1673.
ROBERT DOUGLAS, M.A. ; trans.
le75 from Renfrew ; pres. by his cousin
"William, Duke of Hamilton, and
adm. in 1675 ; became Bishop of Brechin
(q.v.) that year.
THOMAS HAMILTON, born about
1683 ^47, second son of James H. of
Woodhall; M.A. (Glasgow, 26th
July 1668) ; min. of Bothwell about 1672 ;
trans, to Carnwath 21st May 1675 ; trans,
to Stenton before 3rd June 1679 ; trans,
and adm. after 5th Sept. 1683. He was
charged with an unnatural crime, but
acquitted by the Court of Justiciary, 5th
Oct. 1685. He went to Ireland, and died
at Ballyroy, King's Co., Nov. 1699. He
marr. before 1679, Jean, daugh. of Sir
Francis Douglas of Sandilands, and widow
of Alexander Inglis, min. of Douglas.—
[Family of Birnie of Broomhill ; Fountain -
hall's Diary ; Wodrow's Hist., iv., 345 ;
Reg. of Deeds, Durie, 22nd March 1679.]
ROBERT SCOTT, bapt. 21st Jan. 1641 ;
youngest son of Sir William S. of
Clerkington ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1670) ; licen. by George
Bishop of Edinburgh, 11th Dec. 1672 ; min.
of Inverkeithing in 1673 ; trans, to Canon-
gate Parish, Edinburgh, before 28th Nov.
1676 ; trans, and adm. about 1686 ; prob-
ably outed at the Revolution, but was alive
and possessed the lands of Kinglassie 4th
Nov. 1707. He marr. (1) Isobel Cullen,
and had issue — Charles, bapt. 15th April
1673 : (2) Barbara Martin, widow of Charles
Carnegie, D.D., Dean of Brechin. Publica-
tions— A Funeral Sermon on the Death of
Charles, Earl of Southesk (Edinburgh,
1699) ; A Sermon on the Dreadful Fire at
Edinburgh, 3rd Feb. 1700 (Edinburgh,
1701). — [Douglas's Baronage, 218; Beg.
Collat. ; Morison's Diet., xxviii. ; Southesk
Papers, i. ; Edin. Reg. (Bapt.) ; Fife Sas.,
xv., 11.]
JOHN INGLIS, M.A. (Edinburgh, 15th
1687 April 1652) ; adm. to Second Charge
28th Jan. 1658; deprived by the
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. " He had
the boldness to preach on the Sunday after
the proclamation of this abnoxious Act,
which so enraged the Earl of Middleton,
who said that ' had it not been for respect
to the Duke of Hamilton, he should have
hanged him before his own door."' He
was granted indulgence at Bo'ness 3rd Sept.
1672 ; returned to Hamilton at the Tolera-
tion, and officiated in this charge from 29th
Oct. 1687 to 23rd Sept. 1690, when he dem.
He died Nov. 1699. Wodrow says he had
"great skill in divinity, and was much
esteemed for his piety and gift of preach-
ing." He marr. Elizabeth Stewart, and had
issue — Alexander, shipmaster, Queensferry ;
Anna ; Christian (marr. John Carmichael,
min. of Pettinain). — [Reg. of Deeds, Durie,
cvi., 3rd Sept. 1705 ; Wodrow's Anal.].
260
HAMILTON
[PRESB. OF
ARCHIBALD YOUNG, MA. (Edin-
1688 burgk> 2>7tl1 July 1663) > orcl- m^n' at
Downpatrick, Co. Down, June 1673;
adm. to this charge 21st Dec. 1688 ; dem.
Mh Oct. 1690; died before 1700.— [Reid's
Ireland, iii., 18.]
ROBERT WYLLIE, born 1650, son of
Thomas W., inin. of Fenwick; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
1668) ; tutor at Cavers ; ord. to Yarrow
5th Feb. 1690 ; trans, to Ashkirk 3rd April
1691 ; trans, and adm. 13th May 1692 ; died
at Smiddiecroft 14th Feb. 1715. Wodrow
characterises him as "a man of shining
piety, fine taste, excellent sense, and
singular accomplishments in every branch
of valuable knowledge and learning." He
marr. Rachael Murray of the Philiphaugh
family, born 30th Sept. 1664, died 15th
July 1694, and had issue — James and
Thomas, both died in infancy. Publica-
tions— A Letter respecting the Assembly
(1703) ; A Speech without Doors concerning
Toleration (1703) ; A Short Answer to a
Large Paper intituled A Continuation of
Brief and Modest Reflection (1703); A
Letter from a Gentleman in the City to a
Minister in the Country (1703).— [Wodrow's
Corresp., ii., 27 ; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 419 ;
Law's Memorialls ; Menteith's Theater of
Mortality, 268 ; Calderwood's Hist., App. 6.]
ALEXANDER FINDLATER, a native
1715 °^ ^oray; M-JL. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 15th July 1686); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow, 28th Sept. 1693;
ord. to Avendale 15th Feb. 1694 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Hamilton, 9th Jan. 1695 ;
trans, and adm. 28th June 1715 ; died 29th
July 1735, aged about 65. He marr. Jean,
daugh. of Thomas Kirkcaldie, min. of
Dalserf, and had issue — Thomas, min. of
West Linton ; Robert, appointed master
of the Grammar School of Hamilton, 2nd
July 1726 ; Alexander, M.A., schoolmaster
at Montrose, appointed Classical Master in
Edinburgh High School, 3rd Jan. 1718,
died 20th Jan. 1735; Elizabeth; Ann;
Basil ; John ; Charles ; James. — [Wodrow's
Anal. ; Steven's High School, App. vi., 89 ;
Family of Birnie of Broomhill ; MS. Burgh
Records of Hamilton.']
ROBERT HAMILTON, born Glen-
7 hoove, 3rd March 1691, second son
of Robert H., Wishaw; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 28th June 1715 ; ord. to
Second Charge, Hamilton, 17th Nov. 1719 ;
trans, and adm. 29th July 1735 ; died 13th
July 1765. He marr. 9th March 1721,
Cecil (died before 1758), daugh. of Francis
Borland, min. of Glasford, and had issue
— James, min. of Abbey Parish, Paisley ;
Robert, born 20th Aug. 1723, died 15th
April 1765 ; Francis, born 8th April 1727 ;
Anna; Rachel, died 23rd May 1813. —
[Anderson's House of Hamilton ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Scots Peerage, ii., 51.]
JAMES MILLAR of Millheugh, parish
i7ee °^ Blantyre, born 1701, son of John
M. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
MA. (7th May 1720); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 28th Sept. 1726 ; ord. to Shotts,
26th Sept. 1728; trans, to Second Charge,
Hamilton, 27th Sept. 1737 ; trans, and adm.
28th Jan. 1766 ; died 28th June 1785. He
marr. 30th Aug. 1734, Ann (died 19th June
1766), daugh. of Archibald Hamilton of
Westburn, Cambuslang, and had issue —
John of Millheugh and Whitemoss, advo-
cate (1760), Professor of Law, Univ. of
Glasgow, author of The Origin of the
Distinction of Ranks, born 22nd June 1735,
died 30th May 1801 ; Ann, born 7th May
1744 (marr. Alexander Hutchison, min. in
1785); Archibald, born 5th Nov. 1748;
Margaret. — [Moncreiff's Life of Erskine;
Works of Dugald Stewart, xii., 13, 80 ;
Annals of Blantyre, 78 ; Edinburgh Revieiv,
iii., 154-81; ibid., iv., 83-92; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
ALEXANDER HUTCHISON, born
1785 1734, second son of John H. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen.
by Presb. of Lanark 5th Oct. 1762 ; assist-
ant at Kilwinning ; ord. to Second Charge,
Hamilton, 14th Nov. 1776; pres. by
Douglas, Duke of Hamilton, and adm.
26th July 1785; D.D. (Glasgow 1786);
died from the accidental discharge of a
fowling-piece when at his window intending
to shoot birds, 15th Jan. 1821. He marr.
26th Aug. 1777, Ann Miller (died 8th Jan.
HAMILTON]
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261
1808), daugh. of his predecessor, and had
issue — Ann, born 14th July 1778 (marr.
James Hamilton, D.D., min. of Lesma-
hagow) ; John, merchant, Glasgow, born
22nd April 1780; James, LL.D., born 9th
Dec. 1781, died 10th Sept. 1857 ; Christian,
born 29th Sept. 1783, died 8th June 1796 ;
Thomas, born 3rd Dec. 1785, died 21st April
1786 ; Thomas, born 17th Oct. 1787.
WILLIAM MEEK, born 1774, son of
William M. of Fortisset; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 17th Nov. 1796; ord.
to Torphichen 31st Aug. 1797; D.D.
(Glasgow, 10th June 1802); pres. by the
Commissioner for Alexander, Duke of
Hamilton ; trans, and adm. 6th Nov. 1821 ;
died 5th Feb. 1837. He marr. 5th June
1809, Christian Croil, who died 22nd Feb.
1865, and had issue — William, born 21st
Nov. 1810, died 4th April 1829; Janet,
born 12th May 1813; Thomas, born 12th
Nov., and died 28th Nov. 1814; John of
Fortisset, Provost of Hamilton, 1857, born
2nd March 1816, died 15th Nov. 1893;
Christina, born 12th Sept. 1817 (marr.
AVilliam Paterson Falconer, min. of Lad-
hope) ; James, born 27th Sept., and died
28th Sept. 1819 ; Margaret, born 4th March
1821, died 12th Feb. 1823; Margaret, born
1st Aug. 1824 (marr. Walter Buchanan
Ogilvy) ; Jessie, born 9th Oct. 1827 (marr.
William Maxwell Hetherington, D.D., min.
of Torphichen); William, born 31st Oct.
1832, died near San Francisco, 7th May 1861.
PETER HAY KEITH, born Glasgow,
1837 1800, eldest son of Daniel K., and
Mary Williamson ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
29th Sept. 1829 ; pres. by Alexander, Duke
of Hamilton; ord. 28th Sept. 1837; D.D.
(Glasgow, 26th April 1844) ; died 30th Oct.
1874. He marr. 13th Feb. 1839, Hannah
(died 7th Aug. 1883 aged 74), daugh. of
Archibald, Buchanan of Catrine Bank, parish
of Sorn, and had issue— Hannah Agnes, born
10th June 1840 (marr. John Marshall Lang,
C.V.O., D.D., LL.D., Principal of Univ.
of Aberdeen); Patrick, writer, Hamilton,
born 25th Feb. 1842, died 13th July 1920 ;
Archibald Buchanan, born 9th July, and
died 7th Oct. 1844 ; Archibald Buchanan,
born 19th Dec. 1845, died 1892; James
Buchanan, merchant, London, born 18th
Jan. 1847 ; Arthur (twin), born 18th Jan.
1847 ; Henry, stockbroker, Glasgow, born
10th Sept. 1848, died 1897; Mary Susan,
born 25th Nov. 1850 (marr. 23rd Sept. 1886,
Alexander Lang, C.M.G.. banker, London).
HENRY MONTEITH HAMILTON,
1874 k°rn Glasgow, 17th Aug. 1836, fourth
son of John George H., sometime
writer, afterwards merchant there, and great-
grandson of John H., D.D., min. of St
Mungo's, Glasgow, Moderator of Assembly in
1766 ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow ; ord. to Durisdeer
20th Nov. 1862 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Hamilton, 22nd Sept. 1864; pres. by
William, 12th Duke of Hamilton, 19th
Nov., and trans, and adm. 24th Nov. 1874 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1889) ; dem. 10th Oct. 1900;
died at Holme Hill, Dunblane, 13th June
1903. He marr. 20th June 1871, Margaret
(born 14th Oct. 1843, died sp. 29th Oct.
1884), younger daugh. of Robert Ker of
Auchensaith.
EDWARD LITTON THOMPSON, born
1900 Ooleraine, Co. Londonderry, 31st
May 1841, son of Robert T., linen
merchant, and Helen Maria, daugh. of the
Rev, James Boyle, Dunluce, Co. Antrim ;
educated at Coleraine Institution and
Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh; licen.
by Presb. of Inveraray in 1865 ; assistant at
Linlithgow ; ord. to Newton-upon-Ayr 13th
May 1869 ; trans, to Second Charge of this
parish 18th March 1875; D.D. (Glasgow,
25th April 1890); trans, and adm. 18th
Dec. 1900; sometime convener of Com-
mittee on Aids to Devotion. Marr. 27th
Oct. 1916, Helena Gunn, daugh. of Walter
Nicol Russell, schoolmaster, Glendevon,
and Elizabeth Sarah Smith Keddie. Pub-
lications— The Origin and Develojyment of
Christian Liturgies [thesis for D.D. degree] ;
Farewell Words (Ayr, 1875) ; The Relation
of the Clergy to War (1900).
NORMAN MACLEOD CAIE, born
7 2nd Oct. 1874, son of George John-
stone O, D.D., min. of Forfar ; edu-
cated at George Watson's College, Edin-
262
HAMILTON
[PEESB. OF
burgh, and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1892), B.D. (1897); licen. by Presb. of
Forfar in 1898 ; assistant at St Mary's,
Partick ; ord. to New Kilpatrick 29th June
1899 ; trans, to St Matthew's Parish, Edin-
burgh, 21st Feb. 1907; trans, to Pollok-
shields 14th Sept. 1911 ; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 11th Oct. 1917.
Marr. 5th March 1901, Mary Rennie
Mathers, daugh. of Alexander Wood,
Provost of Partick, and Mary Mathers,
and has issue— Mary Mathers Wood, born
5th April 1902; Norman M'Leod, born
8th May 1905 ; Annabel Hyndman, born
23rd March 1908. Publications— 4 Trinity
of Christian Graces (Glasgow, 1905) ; The
Architecture of Life (Glasgow, 1906) ; The
Church and the Child (London, 1909) ; The
Deeper Meanings of Change [Sermon on
the War] (Glasgow, 1914); A Mother's
Goodbye [a song] (London, 1917).
Second Charge.
[With the aid of Anne, Duchess of
Hamilton, a Second Charge was secured
for the parish of Hamilton in 1695. For
the better working of the two charges, the
additional place of worship called Auchin-
gramont Church was built in 1860.
GAVIN HAMILTON, M.A. ; min. in
1590; trans, to Bothwell after
1590
1593.
1645
ROBERT HAMILTON, min. in 1594.—
1594 [Reg. Assig.]
JAMES NAISMITH, M.A. ; trans, from
Dalmellington, and adm. 23rd Nov.
1645 ; trans, to First Charge in or
about 1649.
JOHN HART, perhaps son of John H.
in West Quarter, parish of Glasford,
who suffered death at Glasgow in
1666; adm. 2nd Jan. 1653. In 1656 he
was trans, to Taughboyne, Ireland, where
he was ejected in 1662, and imprisoned on
a charge of being accessory to a plot
against the bishops. From 1681 to July
1682 he was imprisoned for holding a
fast, but was released on paying a fine of
twenty shillings. He died before 1689. —
[Reid's Ireland, ii., 359 ; Blair's Autob. ;
Wodrow's Hist., ii., 52.]
JOHN INGLIS, M.A. ; called 6th Sept.
1657 ; adm. 28th Jan. 1658 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of the Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. He became min. of the First
Charge in 1687. '
ALEXANDER FINDLATER, M.A.;
trans, from Strathaven, and adm.
9th Jan. 1695 ; trans, to First
Charge 28th June 1715.
1695
ROBERT HAMILTON, called 8th
1715 Sept., and ord. 17th Nov. 1715;
trans, to First Charge 29th July
1735.
JAMES MILLAR of Millheugh, M.A. ;
1737 ^rans- from Shotts ; called 12th July,
and adm. 27th Sept. 1737; trans, to
First Charge 28th Jan. 1766.
1766
\ JAMES BAILLIE, D.D. ; trans, from
Bothwell ; pres. by the Trustees for
James George, Duke of Hamilton,
and adm. 23rd Oct. 1766; app. Professor
of Divinity in the Univ. of Glasgow (q.v.)
19th Dec. 1775.
ALEXANDER HUTCHISON, pres. by
..,_,__ the Commissioner for Douglas, Duke
of Hamilton, and ord. 14th Nov.
1776; trans, to First Charge 26th July
1785.
ALEXANDER FLEMING, born Hawk-
1785 w0°d> 30tn Juty 1747, son of John
F., farmer ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1771) ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 28th March 1780 ; pres. by Douglas,
Duke of Hamilton, and ord. 17th Nov. 1785 ;
app. Chaplain in Ordinary to the King in
Scotland 7th Sept. 1799; D.D. (Glasgow
1800) ; died 28th May 1830. He marr. 30th
March 1786, Margaret Boyes, who died 8th
Sept. 1799, and had issue — John Boyes,
born 26th Jan. 1787 ; Jane, born 2nd March
1790 (marr. 30th Oct. 1809, Sir William
Drysdale of Pitteuchar, W.S.), died 18th
Nov. 1812 ; Alexander, W.S., Edinburgh,
born 26th Oct. 1792, died 27th July 1879.
HAMILTON]
HAMILTON
263
^WILLIAM BUCHAN, born Crieff, 1806,
1831 son of John B., brewer, and Mary
Lawson ; educated at Univs. of St
Andrews and Edinburgh ; Keen, by Presb. of
Auchterarder 6th May 1828 ; pres. by Alex-
ander, Duke of Hamilton, 20th Nov. 1830 ;
ord. 21st April 1831. Joined the Free Church
in 1843; min. of the Free Church, Hamilton,
1843-69; died 21st June 1869. He marr.
(1) 10th April 1832, Jane, daugh. of Robert
Brown, Leith : (2) 24th March 1857, Ann
Campbell (died 31st May 1901), daugh. of
William Naismith, Saffron Hall, Hamilton,
and had issue — William, advocate, died 22nd
Jan. 1917. — [Brown's Annals of the Disrup-
tion, 375.]
JOHN SMYTHE MEMES, born
1844 Brechin, lltn Feb. 1795, son of
James M. ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; LL.D. (source unknown, year
before 1826) ; rector of Ayr Academy,
1826-44; ord. 15th Feb. 1844; died at
Muirhall, 13th May 1858, "a man of com-
manding appearance and varied talents."
He marr. (1) 1822, Anne Eliza Ritchie, and
had issue — John, sometime teacher in Ayr
Academy, died in Australia ; Robert,
solicitor, died 20th Dec. 1860 : (2) 1834,
Mary (died 3rd Oct. 1841), daugh. of
Robert Shortreed, Sheriff - substitute of
Roxburghshire [the companion of Sir
Walter Scott], and Margaret Fair, and
had issue — Thomas, born 1836, died in
Australia 1916 ; James, merchant, London
and Rotterdam, died in 1905 ; Mary
Margaret Fair, born 1st Sept. 1841 (marr.
16th Sept. 1879, John Miller Maxwell,
shipper, London) : (3) 30th June 1847,
Ann M'Pherson Macallum, Glasgow, who
died s.j). 12th March 1895. Publications
— Memoirs of Antonio Canova : with a
Historical View of Modern Sculpture (Edin-
burgh, 1825) ; Memoirs of the Empress
Josephine (London and New York, 1832);
Works of William Cowper, 3 vols. (Edin-
burgh, 1834); Bourrienne's Memoirs of
Napoleon Bonaparte [translated], 3 vols.
(London, 1836) [in Library of Standard
Biographies, 1903]; History of Sculpture,
Painting, etc. (London, 1837) ; Life of
William Cowper (Edinburgh, 1837) :
Daguerre's History and Practice of Photo-
genic Dratuing [the Daguerreotype] (London,
1839) ; Poems of William Cowper, with
Notes (Edinburgh, 1840, 4th ed. 1844).—
[Air Academy and Burgh Schule, 83, 104.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born 1829,
1858 y°ungest son of John R., farmer,
Downcastle, Perthshire ; educated at
Univs. of Glasgow and Aberdeen ; ord. to
Midmar 7th Sept. 1854 ; trans, and adm.
to St Bernard's, Edinburgh, 11th April
1856 ; pres. by William, eleventh Duke of
Hamilton, 20th Aug. 1858 ; trans, and adm.
23rd Nov. 1858. On 27th Oct. 1863, he
was granted leave of absence for a year on
account of ill-health ; died at sea on board
the Damascus 4th Dec. 1863, and was
buried in the English Cemetery, Sydney,
11th Jan. 1864. He marr. Jane Fraser,
who died 15th May 1915, and had issue —
John James, Life Association of Scotland,
born 10th Sept. 1858, died 14th Nov. 1900 ;
Agnes Fraser, authoress, born 21st March
1861 ; Elizabeth Margaret, born 1st Aug.
1862.— [J. Turnbull Smith's Sketch of St
Bernard's, 108.]
HENRY MONTEITH HAMILTON,
1864 ^rans. from Durisdeer ; pres. by
William, twelfth Duke of Hamilton,
21st May 1864, and adm. 22nd Sept. 1864 ;
trans, to First Charge 24th Nov. 1874.
EDWARD LITTON THOMPSON,
^ D.D. ; trans, from Newton-upon-
Ayr, and adm. 18th March 1875 ;
trans, to First Charge 18th Dec. 1900.
JAMES MACGIBBON, M.A., B.D. ;
trans, from Blackford, and adm. 28th
April 1901 ; trans, to St Mungo's
Parish, Glasgow, 21st June 1916.
JOHN LANCELOT CONSTANTINE
1917 TULLOCH, M.A., B.D. ; trans, from
Stichill [vide vol. ii., 94], and adm.
8th Jan. 1917.
264
HARTHILL AND BENHAR— CARFIN CHAPEL [presb. of
HARTHILL AND BEN-
HAR (Q.S.).
[The parish of Harthill and Benhar was
disjoined from Shotts, 18th March 1878.]
ALEXANDER WATT, born Kintore,
18-_ Aberdeenshire, 9th Aug. 1845, son
of John W., farmer, and Agnes
Mackie ; educated at Grammar School and
Univ. of Aberdeen ; sometime teacher at
Blackheath, London ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 27th Aug. 1874 ; missionary here,
1874-7; ord. 13th Feb. 1877; adm. first
min. of the parish in 11878 ; dem. 1919.
Marr. Oct. 1878, Sarah Alice Mahon, and
has issue — Agnes Mary Stewart.
KENNEDY ADAMS, born Drumagomer,
1919 ^°' Derry' lst Oct- 1869; son of
Alexander A. and Mary Torrens ;
educated at Lisowen School and Queen's
College, Belfast; B.A. (1895); licen. by
Presb. of Tyrone June 1899; assistant at
Portglenone and Donegall Road Presby-
terian Church, Belfast ; ord. to Orritor
Presbyterian Church 24th Sept. 1902 ; trans,
to Greengairs U.F. Church 6th July 1916 ;
trans, and adm. 20th Nov. 1919. Marr. 29th
Jan. 1919, Helen Elizabeth Cumming, daugh.
of Alexander Grant, min. of Stoer.
HOLYTOWN (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1837. The
parish of Holy town was disjoined from
Bothwell, 15th July 1863.]
ROBERT GILLAN, adm. from South
1837 Shields 26th Oct. 1837; trans, to
Wishaw 23rd March 1843.
JOHN WILKIE, born Strathmartine,
1843 180^' son °^ ^n ^' anc* Margaret
Boyd ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow; ord. 15th Sept. 1843; adm. first min.
of the parish 30th Dec. 1863; died 28th
April 1885. He marr. 27th Aug. 1844,
Mary Ann Wilson, who died March 1878,
aged 69, and had issue — John George, born
30th Oct. 1845, died 22nd Feb. 1902 ;
James Wilson, born 5th March 1847, died
6th Sept. 1883 ; Lorraine Wilson, born 20th
June 1848, died 10th Jan. 1875; North
Dalrymple, born 11th Dec. 1849, died 11th
Oct. 1896.
ROBERT BARR DICKSON, elected
2 18th Dec. 1882 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 25th Jan. 1883 ; trans, to
Stair 20th March 1890.
JOHN SUTHERLAND HUNTER,
1890 son °^ J°nn H., farm servant, and
Mary Sutherland ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1884) ; assistant at
Shettleston; ord. 12th Sept. 1890; dem.
28th Nov. 1905; min. of Bonnington Chapel,
Edinburgh, 1908-11; res. in 1911. Marr.
26th Feb. 1895, Lizzie, youngest daugh. of
William Mathewson, Dunfermline, and has
issue.
JOHN DALZIEL DYKES, born Coat-
1906 brkige> 12th Sept. 1870, son of James
D. and Ann Semple ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton in 1898 ; assistant at Gartsherrie
in 1898 ; missionary at Waterside in 1900 ;
ord. to Unst 6th June 1902 ; trans, and
adm. 5th June 1906. Marr. 18th June
1901, Elizabeth Alexander, daugh. of James
Gibson and Mary Samson, and has issue —
Moira, born 13th June 1902; James, born
22nd March 1904; Elizabeth, born 12th
April 1906 ; Annie, born 9th March 1908.
CARFIN CHAPEL.
ALEXANDER SPARK, adm. 25th Sept.
1877 1877 [afterwards min. of Rousay].
MARTIN BROWN M'INNES, born
Bower, Caithness, 14th July 1858,
son of Angus M., schoolmaster, and
Charlotte Brown ; educated at Bower
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1889) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1892 ; assistant at Torthorwald ; ord. 21st
July 1899 ; died unmarr., 11th Sept. 1904.
CHARLES FAWNS JACK, born
1905 Brechin, 1850, son of James Peter
J. and Ann Mathers ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow in 1876 ; ord. to Howwood 25th
Hamilton] KENMUIR— EAST KILBRIDE AND TORRENS
265
July 1881 ; trans, to Robertson Memorial,
Glasgow, 4th Jan. 1883; dep. 28th May
1892 ; was afterwards reponed and became
assistant at Wishaw in 1902; adm. 29th
June 1905 ; clem, in 1913. He marr. 1874,
Helen M'Millan.
ALEXANDER MOIR, M.A. ; ord. 19th
1913 Sept. 1913 ; trans, to Mouswald 29th
Sept. 1916.
ROBERT FORSYTH M'GARRITY,
1918 born Armadale, 15th Sept. 1869, son
of Peter M. ; educated at Armadale
School, Univ. of Glasgow and Free Church
College, Glasgow ; licen. by Free Presb. of
Linlithgow May 1892 ; assistant at Pleas-
ance F.C., Edinburgh, and Holy Island ;
ord. to Beaumont, Northumberland, 14th
July 1895 ; trans, to Holderness Road
Church, Hull, March 1910; trans, to Wark-
on-Tyne 1913; res. 1916; app. to this
charge March 1917; adm. to the Church
of Scotland by the General Assembly 23rd
May 1918; trans, to St Thomas's, Leith,
19th May 1919. Marr. Miss Gloag, Edin-
burgh, and has issue — a son and daugh.
WILLIAM NOTMAN NEILL, born
Forfar, 4th Dec. 1879, son of
George N. and Mary Sutherland ;
educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh,
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1900),
B.D. (1906); licen. by Presb. of Forfar
1904 ; assistant at St Luke's, Glasgow, and
Kirkcudbright ; ord. to Mauritius 1910 ;
app. to Karnes Mission, Muirkirk, 1914 ;
adm. here 10th Oct. 1919 ; served as a
combatant in Royal Field Artillery during
European War, 1915-19, and was wounded
and gassed. Marr. ] 3th Sept. 1910, Agnes,
daugh. of Joseph Salmond, and has issue —
Angus George, born 3rd May 1911 ; Shiela
Salmond, born 4th May 1915.
KENMUIR (Q.S.).
[The parish of Kenmuir was disjoined
from Old Monkland, 19th March 1897.]
JOHN CURRIE HUTTON, born Glas-
1883 gow' 1841' son °^ Alexander H. and
Sarah Currie ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
1919
the United Presbyterian Presb. of Edin-
burgh. Joined the Church of Scotland,
and was assistant at Swinton, Govan, and
Newbattle; ord. 24th April 1883; adm.
first min. of the parish 20th March 1897 ;
dem. 20th Dec. 1910 ; died unmarried at
Edinburgh, 18th Jan. 1920.
GEORGE ALEXANDER STALKER,
1910 born Blair-Atholl, 22nd March 1872,
son of John S. and Margaret Stewart ;
educated at Logiealmond School, Perth
Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1892), B.D. (1895); licen. by Presb. of
Dunoon in 1895 ; ord. to Inverchaolain 25th
June 1896 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 14th April 1910. Marr. 9th June
1908, Gavina Elizabeth, daugh. of George
Christie Young and Mary Cassells Weir.
EAST KILBRIDE AND
TORRENS.
[East Kilbride and Torrens. — These two
parishes were united in 1589.
East Kilbride. — The church of Kilbride
was a prebend belonging to the Precentor
of Glasgow Cathedral. It was dedicated
to St Bride. In March 1596 the parish of
Kilbride was disjoined from the Presb.
of Glasgow and added to that of Hamilton.
In 1725 the lands of Busby were detached
from this parish and annexed to Carmun-
nock. The church of East Kilbride was
rebuilt in 1774. A tower was added in
1816.
Torrens. — A Hospital of St Leonard,
with a chapel attached to it, was founded
at Torrens in the thirteenth century.]
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, M.A. ; ex-
horter at Torrens in 1567 ; reader
in 1575.
1567
1576
ROBERT HAMILTON, son of Gavin H.
of Orbieston ; rector of Torrens in
July 1558 and prebendary of Hessil-
dean, in the Collegiate Church of Bothwell ;
min. of Hamilton in 1562 ; min. at Torrens
in 1576, and still mentioned in 1580.—
[Hamilton Tests., Hon. de Morton, 68.]
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EAST KILBRIDE AND TORRENS
[PRESB. OF
JOHN COLVILL, born about 1543,
was second son of Robert C. of
Cleish and Margaret, daugh. of
James Lindsay of Dowhill. He was edu-
cated at St Leonard's College, St Andrews,
where he graduated M.A. about 1561. In
1567 he was settled in this charge. James
VI. app. him Chantor or Precentor of
Glasgow, 20th April 1569. In 1570 he is
spoken of as being " presently at the point
of excommunication," doubtless because of
alleged acts of non-residence. Carmunnock
and Eaglesham were added to the charge
in 1574. He was created Master of
Requests in 1578, but appears as min. here
in 1585, when he left. He participated in
the Raid of Ruthven in 1582, and was twice
ambassador to the Court of England, where
he made himself specially obnoxious to the
Catholic party. He was imprisoned in
Edinburgh Castle on a charge of treason,
15th July 1583. Having obtained his
freedom, he was given a license to " pass
furth of this realm,1' but not to England
or Ireland, and to remain absent for three
years. He persisted in going to England,
and was forfeited by Parliament, 22nd Aug.
1584, a sentence which was apparently
reduced, for, in Nov. 1586, he was still
styled Chantor of Glasgow, and a deferred
payment of his pension as Master of
Requests was ordered to be made. On
2nd June 1587 he became a Senator of the
College of Justice, succeeding his uncle,
Alexander Colvill, Commendator of Cul-
ross, but nineteen days later he resigned
the post in favour of the uncle aforesaid.
He sat also in the Scots Parliament in
1587 as Commissioner for Stirling. Soon
afterwards he associated himself with the
turbulent and treasonable practices of
Francis, E^rl of Bothwell, and was obliged
to quit the kingdom, and he probably never
returned tc Scotland. He was in Holland
in 1597 ; in 1599 there is mention of his
being in London in a state of destitution,
and offering his services in vain to Sir
Robert Cecil ; in 1600 he was living in
Paris, and paying occasional visits to
Rome. He renounced Protestantism, be-
came Roman Catholic, and died at Paris,
Nov. 1605, "in great want and misery."
He marr. July 1572, Janet, sister of John
Russell, advocate, and had issue— Robert ;
John, bapt. 29th March 1590 ; Thomas ;
Margaret (marr. Sir Jerome Lindsay of
Annatland, advocate, Lord Lyon King-of-
Arms, son of David L., Bishop of Ross) ;
a daugh. (marr. Henry Stewart of White-
law). Publications — "Notes to be pre-
sented to my speciall good Lord, my Lord
Hunsdon," etc. (1584) {Miscellany of the
Bannatyne Club, i., 85) ; The Palinod of
John Colvill, wherein he doth penitently
recant his former proud Offences (Edin-
burgh, 1600; reprinted with Colvill's
" Original Letters," 1858) ; Paroynesis
Joannis Colvilli Scoti (2)ost quadraginta
annorum errores in gremium Sanctce
Catholican Romance Ecclesian quasi post-
liminis reuersi) ad suos Tribules et Popu-
lares (Paris, 1601) [this appeared also in
Lowland Scots under the title The Parce-
nese or Admonition of lo Coluille (Paris,
1602)] ; Oratio Funebris exequiis Eliza-
bethan nuperce Anglian Hibernian, etc.,
Peginos, destinata (Paris, 1604) ; In Obitu
Beatiss. Papon dementis Octaui Lacryman
Joannis Colvilli Scoti, Eiusdem in felicis-
sima Assumptione Beatiss. Papon Leonis
Vndecimi Gaudia (Paris, 1605) ; " Original
Letters " (1582-1603) [edited, with Memoir,
by David Laing for the Bannatyne Club]
(Edinburgh, 1858); Colvill was probably
(as Laing thinks) author of The History
and Life of King James the Sext [edited
by Thomas Thomson for the Bannatyne
Club] (Edinburgh, 1825) [this work was
first published anonymously as Memoirs
of the Affairs of Scotland, containing a full
and impartial account of the Revolution in
that kingdom, begun in 1567. Faithfully
publish'd from an authentick MS. (London,
1706; reprinted 1753 and 1767). Edited,
with interpolations and additions, by David
Craufurd]. The genuine work from 1566 to
1582 was edited by Malcolm Laing in 1804. —
[Peg. Min. ; M'Crie's Melville, 35 ; Acts of
Pari., iii., iv. ; Laing's Memoir ; Ty tier's
History of Scotland, xiii., 124 ; Spottiswood's
Hist., 394, 457 ; Calderwood's Hist., v., 256 ;
Brunton and Haig's Senators of the College
of Justice, 161, 212 ; Redpath's Border
History, 467 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
HAMILTON]
EAST KILBRIDE AND TORRENS
267
1580
1584
1586
ALEXANDER LINDSAY, M.A. ; reader
1575 in 1575, and at Torrens.
JAMES FLEMING, min. about 1580 ;
died 31st Jan. 1583-4. He marr.
(cont. 4th Feb. 1582-3) Janet, daugh.
of Robert Hamilton of Newhouse. She
survived him, and had issue — James, his
heir.— [Reg. Tests. ; G. R. Inhib., xl„ 70.]
[WILLIAM FLEMING, nephew of John
F. of Boghall, and probably nephew
of preceding also ; pres. by James
VI. 28th May 1584, but there is no record
of his admission.]
ROBERT DARROCH, M.A. (Glasgow
1579) ; min. of Kilmaronock in 1580 ;
min. of Stonehouse in 1585 ; was
also Regent in the Univ. of Glasgow,
1583-9; pres. by James VI. 22nd July
1586. He was app. by the Convention of
Ministers, 15th-20th Nov. 1592, to furnish
information on the practices of Papists
within the bounds of this Presb. By the
Assembly of March 1597 he was app. one
of a committee to consider grievances
against the preceding Assembly. He was
nom. constant Moderator of Presb. 12th
Dec. 1606, and the members were ordered
by the Privy Council to recognise him as
such within twenty-four hours, after receiv-
ing notices under pain of rebellion. He
died Jan. 1607, aged about 48. He marr.
Agnes Ross, who died Dec. 1614, and had
issue — James ; Robert, merchant burgess
of Glasgow.— [Reg. Assig. ; Melvill's Autob. ;
Calderwood's Hist., v., 685 ; Hamilton and
Glasg. Tests. ; Ure's Rutherglen, 207 ; Wod-
row's Biog., ii.]
DAVID SHARPE, M.A. ; son of Patrick
S., min. of Govan ; Regent in the
Univ. of Glasgow ; min. of Bothwell
in 1606 ; pres. by James VI. 14th Jan.
1608; trans, and adm. soon after; died in
1638, aged about 62. He marr. (1) Margaret
Hay, who died Sept. 1621, and had issue-
Patrick, his successor in this parish ; John ;
Janet ; Margaret ; Elizabeth : (2) 1622,
Nicolas Lindsay, probably a native of the
parish, who survived him, with four children
She had inf ef tment of the lands of Braehead
and Corse, also of the " four merk land " of
Over Mylneton or Chapelton, in the parish,
24th April 1633. In the year of her
husband's death, the College of Glasgow
[titulars of the teinds of East Kilbride]
allowed her a sum of £323, 6s. [perhaps
as ann] in aid of herself and family. She
was buried in Greyfriars', Edinburgh, 5th
Nov. 1684. — [Reg. Assig. ; Lanark Sas. ;
Hamilton Tests. ; Acts of Pari., v. ; Ure's
Rutherglen, 207 ; Melvill's Autob.]
PATRICK SHARPE, born 1603, son
of preceding ; M.A. (Glasgow 1624) ;
on the Exercise there 19th April
1626; min. here in 1639; died Sept. 1651.
He marr. 11th Oct. 1635, Janet, daugh. of
Robert Wilkie, min. of Blackfriars Parish,
Glasgow, who survived him, and had issue
— Patrick, min. of Foulden ; Robert ; Jean
(marr. James Crichton, min. of this parish) ;
Margaret. — [Hamilton Tests. ; Baillie:s
Lett., iii., 136 ; Ure's East Kilbride, 207.]
1639
1653
THOMAS CHARTERIS, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 30th July 1646): min. of
Stonehouse in 1650 ; joined the Pro-
testers in 1651 ; adm. about 1653, when he
ministered to a congregation of Independ-
ents or Anabaptists. He is said to have
occupied much of his time in the business
of horse-dealing. On a Saturday evening
in June 1656, he was kicked on the breast
by a horse pasturing in the churchyard,
and died next day, aged about 30. He
marr. 1650, Anna, daugh. of John Hamilton
of Boghall, and widow of Alexander Mont-
gomery, who survived him (marr. (3)
William Govan), and had issue — Anna,
served heir, 12th June 1669. She had an
infeftment of lands in the Mains of
Blantyre, or the Orchard Neuk, 20th Nov.
1675.— [Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 5233 ;
Reg. Sas. Lanark ; Ure's East Kilbride,
207.]
^ JOHN BURNET, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1656 22nd July 1637) ; tutor in the
family of David, Earl of Wemyss,
who characterised him as " one of the
preciousest young men that ever was in
my family in that charge " ; had a call to
Mearns in 1652, but probably did not
accept ; adm. after 20th Sept. 1656 ; de-
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[PRESB. OF
prived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.
He refused indulgence at Loudoun 3rd
►Sept. 1672. Wodrow says of him that "he
was a min. of great solidity and learning,
and though he had no freedom to fall in
with the indulgence himself, yet he was
very opposite to division upon that score,
and both heard the indulged mins., and
pressed his people at Kilbride, among
whom he lived, to do so. He had been
singularly useful in that parish, where
there were a great many Quakers and
Separatists ; and yet, by his painful and
excellent preachings, and other labours,
he reclaimed most part of them." He
died 22nd Dec. 1673, aged about 57. He
marr. Eupham Dundas, and had issue —
Andrew ; Susanna ; and others. " He had
a son lately dead before him, and seeing
him dissected and the physicians finding
fault with his vital parts, he presently
apprehends a faultiness in his own, which
apprehension stuck with him even to his
death, which the physicians took to be the
cause of his sickness : so strong is the power
of apprehension." Publication — "Eeasons
for not accepting the Indulgence " (Brown's
Hist, of the Indulgence, 42). — [Maxivells of
Pollok, ii., 283 ; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 227 ;
Law's Mem. ; Ure's East Kilbride, 207 ;
Edin. Sets., i., 359 ; G. R. Homings, 15th
Sept. 1685 ; Ross's Busby and its Neigh-
bourhood, 57 ; Wemyss Book, i., 263.]
JAMES CRICHTON [CREIGHTON],
1663 M.A. (Glasgow 1655) ; adm. after
19th Nov. 1663; deprived at the
Revolution ; D.D. (Glasgow) ; was Dean of
Faculties in the Univ. of Glasgow, 1685-9 ;
died (after long illness) April 1692, aged
about 57. He marr. (1) 15th Feb. 1667,
Jean (died Sept. 1670), daugh. of Patrick
Sharpe, min. of this parish in 1639 : (2)
Jean Elphinston, who survived him, and
had issue — Jean ; Rachel (marr. James
Walkinshaw of that ilk) ; James, a
preacher, served heir 21st Jan. 1724
John. — {Hamilton and Glasg. Tests.
Ure's East Kilbride, 207 ; Rule's Sec
Vindication; G. R. Sds., 21st Jan. 1706
Glasg. Com. Deeds, 29th July 1717.]
ROBERT MUIR, ord. (at Dalserf) 20th
March 1688 ; was a member of As-
sembly in 1690; died [buried 10th]
April 1719. He .marr. Margaret Bryson,
who purchased the estate of Neilsland in
1723. She was buried 2nd June 1730.—
[Anderson's House of Hamilton ; Ure's
East Kilbride, 207.]
MATTHEW CONNELL, educated at
1*720 Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 28th July 1702 ; called
23rd Dec. 1703; ord. 12th April 1704;
trans, and adm., jure devoluto, 14th April
1720; died 1st Oct. 1743, aged 66. He
marr. Jean Nasmyth, and had issue-
Matthew, born 31st Dec. 1714, died young ;
David, his successor in this parish ; James,
merchant, Glasgow, born 16th Jan. 1716,
died 1792; Arthur of Enochbank, West
India merchant, born 22nd Nov. 1717,
Lord Provost of Glasgow 1772-3, died 1st
March 1775; Matthew, born 9th March 1722.
—[Reg. of Deeds, Durie, 27th May 1768.]
DAVID CONNELL, born 1706, son of
i >744 preceding ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (2nd May 1727);
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 27th July
1736 ; assistant to his father. On 30 th
Aug. 1743, the parishioners petitioned the
patron — the Presb. concurring — that C.
should be settled as assistant and successor
to his father. Before any steps could be
taken, the death of the latter took place,
and a petition for his son's ordination to
the full charge was now presented. He
was pres. by George II. 21st Nov. 1743,
and ord. 19th April 1744 ; died unmarr.,
13th June 1790.— [Ure's East Kilbride, 207.]
JAMES FRENCH, born Edinburgh,
1791 l^l, son of James F., classical
master in the High School there
(a native of Tweedsmuir), and Susan,
daugh. of James Witherspoon, min. of
Yester ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th Nov.
1785 ; ord. to Carmunnock 21st Sept. 1786 ;
pres. by George III. 14th Sept. 1790;
trans, and adm. 21st April 1791 ; died
unmarr., 26th April 1835. He was tutor
to Sir Walter Scott immediately before
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269
Scott became a pupil of Edinburgh High
School in 1778. Publication— The Effectual
and Universal Influence of the Cross of
Christ, a sermon (Glasgow, 1796). —
[Steven's Edinburgh High School, App.
vi., 92) ; lire's Rutherglen, 207 ; Lock-
hart's Life of Scott, i., 97.]
WILLIAM HANNA, M.A. ; pres. by
18S5 William IV. 1st July, and ord. 17th
Sept. 1835 ; trans, to Skirling 8th
June 1837.
SIK HENRY WELLWOOD MON-
18g7 CREIFF, Bart., born Edinburgh,
21st May 1809, eldest son of Sir
James Wellwood M. of Tulliebole, Bart,
[afterwards Lord Moncreiff, Lord of
Session], and Ann, daugh. of Captain
James Robertson, R.N. ; educated at
High School and Univ. of Edinburgh, and
at New College, Oxford (where William
Ewart Gladstone was a friend and fellow-
student) ; BA. (Oxon 1831); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh ; ord. to Baldernock
17th March 1836 ; pres. by Queen Victoria ;
trans, and adm. 30th Nov. 1837. Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of East
Kilbride Free Church, 1843-52; min. of
Free St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 1852-83;
Joint Principal Clerk of the Free Church
General Assembly in 1855; D.D. (Glas-
gow 1860) ; Secretary of the Scottish Bible
Board in 1862 ; Moderator of Free Church
General Assembly 20th May 1869 ; died 4th
Nov. 1883. In 1851, on the death of his
father, he succeeded to the baronetcy and
assumed the name of Wellwood. He was
distinguished for his knowledge of Church
Law, and was one of the most influ-
ential supporters of the Free Church.
He marr. (1) 8th Feb. 1838, Alexandrina
(died s.p. 12th April 1874), daugh. of George
Bell, surgeon, Edinburgh : (2) 19th Aug.
1875, Lucretia (died s.p. 10th Sept. 1885),
daugh. of Andrew Murray of Murrayshall,
Perthshire. Publications — A Letter to Lord
Melbourne on the Appointment of Ministers
in the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh,
1840) ; Letter to the Session and Congrega-
tion of East Kilbride regarding the late
Convocation of Ministers (Edinburgh, 1843);
The Present Aspects of the Car dross Case
[a speech] (Edinburgh, 1861) ; Speech on
the Union Question (Edinburgh, 1866) ; A
Vindication of the Free Chtirch Claim of
Eight (Edinburgh, 1877) ; The I^ree Church
Principle, its Character and History
[Chalmers Lectures, 1st ser.] (Edin-
burgh, 1883) ; Practice of the Free Church
(London, 1871); Creeds and Churches in
Scotland (Edinburgh, 1869) ; History of the
Case of Professor William Robertson Smith
(Edinburgh, 1879) ; Christian Union and
Visible Characters (Edinburgh, 1860); "In-
dependence of the Church " {Communica-
tion on the Principles of the Church, iii.) ;
Account of the Parish of East Kilbride
{Neiv Stat. Ace, vi.). — [Mem. of Robert
Smith Candlish, 225-59 ; The Free Church
Principle, 330; The Life of William
Robertson Smith, 204 et seq. ; Morley's
Gladstone, i., 73 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
WILLIAM CARRICK, born Balfron,
1843 1812, second son of James C, weaver,
and Rebecca Blair ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; teacher at Balfunning ; ord.
7th Sept. 1843 ; died 24th June 1869. He
marr. 4th June 1844, Elizabeth (born 2nd
Oct. 1818, died 7th Nov. 1902), daugh. of
William Hamilton of Greenbank, Mearns,
and had issue — an only child, died in infancy.
JOHN DOWNS, born Slamannan, 1836,
1870 eldest son °f John D., farmer, and
Janet Henry ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock ;
ord. to Wishaw 28th Nov. 1861 ; pres. by
Queen Victoria 8th Dec. 1869 ; trans, and
adm. 10th March 1870 ; died 1st Oct. 1893.
He marr. 10th Nov. 1870, Mary Annette
(died 19th Sept. 1908, aged 58), daugh. of
John Cubitt, and had issue — John Cubitt,
born 15th Oct. 1871, died 2nd Aug. 1872 ;
Edith Julia, born 4th May 1873; Alice
Mary, born 1st Oct. 1874 ; Herbert Cubitt,
born 7th Aug. 1876, died 24th April 1879 ;
Walter Henry, born 18th April 1878, died
2nd Aug. 1878 ; Muriel Campbell, born 27th
Aug. 1886.
WILLIAM JACK, born Edinburgh,
1894 10th July 1862, son of George J.
and Frances Richardson ; educated
at George Watson's College, Edinburgh,
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1886);
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LARKHALL— MEADOWFIELD
[PRESB. OF
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 21st May
188S ; assistant at St Mary's Parish, Edin-
burgh ; ord. 15th March 1894. Marr. 12th
July 1S94, Margaret Gilmour, daugh. of
Cornelius Giffen, D.D., min. of St Mary's
Parish, Edinburgh.
LARKHALL (Q.S.).
[A church was first opened here, 10th
Jan. 1836. The parish of LarkhaU was
endowed by William, eleventh Duke of
Hamilton, and was disjoined from Dalserf
5th July 1855. There is in the parish a
mission chapel of St Machan.]
1837
JAMES M'LETCHIE, sometime mis-
sionary here ; ord. 27th July 1837 ;
trans, to Gartsherrie 11th Jan. 1838.
1838
ROBERT ORANGE BROMFIELD,
called 4th, and adm. 26th July 1838 ;
trans, to Auldfield [Pollokshaws] 24th
Sept. 1840.
THOMAS CLEMENT WADDELL, born
Cumbernauld, 3rd Feb. 1813, third son
1841 of William W.,. baker, and Margaret
Young ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. 29th April 1841 ; D.D. (source and date
unknown) ; dem. and became a teacher at
Cumbernauld ; died there 12th March 1880.
He marr. and had issue — Lieut. -Col.
Laurence Austine, M.B., CM. (Glasgow
1878), LL.D. (Glasgow 1895), CLE. (1901),
C.B. (1904), I.M.S., Professor of Tibetan,
University College, London, born 29th
May 1854.
JOHN CPJCHTON, born 1826, son of
Thomas C, draper, and Sarah Ann
Hilliard ; pres. by William, eleventh
Duke of Hamilton, 22nd Feb., and ord. 20th
May 1856 ; died 10th June 1885. He marr.
20th Dec. 1862, Mary Ann Slater, daugh.
of Edward John Griffin of Eyford Hill,
Twickenham.
JOHN DONALDSON M'CALLUM,
born Enterkine, Tarbolton, 19th
May 1856, son of Duncan M. and
Euphemia Cochrane ; educated at Tar-
bolton School, Church of Scotland Training
College, and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(Glasgow 1881), B.D. (1884); sometime a
1856
1885
certificated teacher under the Glasgow
School Board ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
7 th May 1884 ; assistant at Tron Parish,
Glasgow ; ord. 12th Nov. 1885 ; app. clerk
of Presb. in 1894 ; in 1906, at the request
of the Foreign Mission Committee, he
visited the African Missions of the Church
of Scotland, and took charge of Blantyre
Missionary Institution, Nyasaland. Marr.
19th Sept. 1907, Mary Gordon, daugh. of
Andrew Thomson Donald, min. of Mertoun,
and has issue — Annabel Edith Cochrane,
born 1st Feb. 1911. Publications— The
Spiritual Conditions of Effective Preaching
in the Ministry and in the Flock (Glas-
gow, 1903); The Evangelization of the
World (Edinburgh, 1910); "Self-Support
of Native Churches " {The Mission World,
Aug. 1906).
MEADOWFIELD (Q.S.).
[A church was built in 1875. The parish
of Meadowfield was disjoined from New
Monkland and Clarkston, 3rd Nov. 1905.]
JOHN MORRISON, M.A; ord. 19th
Feb. 1877; res. 23rd July 1878 on
1877
India.
appointment as chaplain at Mhow,
1878
LOCKHART DOBBIE, born New
Monkland, 1842, son of Lockhart
D. ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dunoon 22nd
Oct. 1867 ; assistant at St Peter's, Glasgow ;
ord. 12th Nov. 1878 ; res. 29th Dec. 1885 ;
died 23rd June 1911.
THOMAS MILLAR, ord. 23rd April
1886; trans, to St Paul's Chapel,
1886 Leith, 19th Jan. 1888.
DAVID TELFER, ord. 17th April 1888 ;
res. 30th Aug. 1892, and went to
1888
Australia.
1893
NEIL LIVINGSTONE THOMSON,
born Methven, 26th Aug. 1858, son
of Peter T. and Florence Living-
stone ; educated at Perth Schools and
Univ. of Edinburgh; student missionary
at Auchengray, Lanarkshire; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh in 1891 ; assistant at
Old Kirk Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 16th
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271
Feb. 1893; adm. first min. of the parish
4th Nov. 1905. Publications— Better than
Gold [Sermons] (Glasgow, 1899) ; A Tour
through the Cave of Adullam (London,
1901) ; Rank Good Luck (London, 1904).
NEW MONKLAND.
[The parish of New Monkland was dis-
joined from Monkland in 1640. There is
a mission chapel within the bounds at
Glenboig.]
LUDOVIC SOMERVELL of Drum-
gray, in the parish, born 1630, brother
1655 of David and Robert S. of Drum-
gray ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 28th May 1651);
min. in 1655 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; died July 1669. He
marr. Marion Hamilton, who was alive in
1701.— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327; Dalziel
and Shotts Sess. Begs. ; Hamilton Tests. ;
Edin. Bur. Reg. ; Lanark Sas., ii., 157,
250 ; Reg. of Deeds, Dal., 3rd Feb. 1711.]
JAMES SHARP, M.A. (Glasgow 1659) ;
passed trials for license, and had
a testimonial from the Presb. of
Glasgow 14th Oct. 1665 ; min. about 1670 ;
died Dec. 1674, aged 36. He marr. Jean,
daugh. of Andrew Hay of Inchnock. She
survived him. — [Hamilton Tests.]
ADAM GORDON, M.A. ; min. about
1676 ; trans, to North Quarter,
1676
Glasgow, 13th May 1680.
1689
JOHN HAY of Inchnock and Gayne,
in the parish, born 1654, eldest son
of Andrew H. of Inchnock [son of
John H, rector of Renfrew] and Mary
Hutcheson ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1670); adm. min. of Yester 10th
Aug. 1676 ; dep. 29th July 1680 ; reponed
27th Jan. 1681 ; trans, to Dunlop that year ;
trans, and adm. about 1689 ; outed soon
afterwards. On 3rd July 1692 the Kirk-
session wrote him to Inchnock, requesting
the return of a baptismal basin and the
Session registers. The former was restored
to the church, but in 1694 a process was
instituted against H. before the Commis-
sary of Hamilton for the return of the
1702
registers. He was still alive when William
Hamilton of Wishaw wrote his Description
of Lanark and Renfrew in 1710, but was
dead before 7th Jan. 1720. He marr. Anne,
daugh. of John Graham of Dougalston,
and had issue — John of Inchnock and
Gayne, served heir 7th Jan. 1720 ; Mar-
garet (marr. 12th May 1728, John White,
writer, Edinburgh), died 1770 ; Christian
(marr. Andrew Stalker, bookseller, Glas-
gow) ; Rebecca (marr. John Spreull of
Milton). — [Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., App., p.
132 ; Reg. of Deeds, Durie, 7th Dec. 1719 ;.
Inchnock Titles ; Hamilton Tests., ix., 25 ;
Edin. Marr. Reg. ; Macarthur's New
Monkland, 58 et seq.]
JOSEPH DREW, ord. 15th April 1691 ;
1691 trans, to Markinch 30th April 1701.
JOHN WISEMAN, son of a carrier;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 29th Oct.
1700; called 11th Nov. 1701; ord. 23rd
April 1702; died Oct. 1732. He marr.
Jan. 1704, Margaret (died s.p., buried 20th
March 1734), daugh. of William Lock-
hart of Waygateshaw. By his servant he
had a natural son called John, to whom
he left the lands of Coats. — \_Maitland
Miscell., iii. ; Hamilton Tests. ; Carluke
Sess. Reg.]
JOHN CURRIE, son of John C, min.
17_j, of Old Monkland ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (17th April
1725) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 29th
Sept. 1730; called 14th Dec. 1732; ord.
22nd March 1733; died 19th April 1758.
He marr. 20th March 1750, Helen, daugh.
of James Seton of Belses (who marr. (2)
Robert Paton, min. of Lasswade, and died
26th March 1796), and had issue — John,
born 7th April 1751; Beatrix, born 29th
Nov. 1754 (marr., pro. 18th Nov. 1789,
Alexander Lang, architect, Edinburgh) :
Jane, born 13th Nov. 1756.
PATRICK MAXWELL, born 1730,
eldest son of Alexander M„ min. of
Rutherglen ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1751); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 3rd April 1754; preacher at
Gorbals Chapel, 1754-9; called 1st March,.
1759
272
NEW MONKLAND
[PRESB. OF
and ord. 20th Sept. 1759; died 4th May
1793. He marr. 11th Nov. 1782, Agnes
Maxwell, who died s.p. 25th Jan. 1831. —
[Cleland's Annals, i.]
THOMAS FREEBAIRN [or FAIR-
BAIRN], born 31st March 1767,
fourth son of John F., min. of Dun-
barton ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
MA. (1789) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton
18th Dec. 1792 ; pres. by the Heritors and
Kirk-session 24th Oct. 1793 ; ord. 14th May
1794; died 11th April 1800. He marr. 7th
July 1794, Ann (died 15th Feb. 1830), daugh.
of Dr Watt of Glintour, and had issue —
Mary Berrie, born 24th May 1795 ; Mar-
garet Molyson, born 16th May 1796; Ann
Watt, born 6th Nov. 1797. — [Hamilton
Tests.]
JAMES BEGG, born Douglas, Lanark-
shire, 16th March 1763, son of James
B., portioner ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; assistant at St Ninians, Stirling ;
ord. to Calton Chapel, Glasgow, 29th May
1794 ; trans, and adm. 13th Aug. 1801 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, 30th Nov. 1815); died 11th
June 1845. He marr. 27th April 1802,
Mary (died 22nd Aug. 1831), daugh. of
John Matthie, merchant, Greenock, and
had issue — James, born 13th Aug. 1803,
died next day ; John, town-clerk of Airdrie,
born 11th Feb. 1805, died 1st Jan. 1837;
Margaret, born 16th Dec. 1806 (marr. (1)
12th Sept. 1825, Robert M'Culloch, writer,
Airdrie : (2) John Murdoch, min. of Middle
Parish, Perth); James, D.D., min. of
Liberton ; Jane, born 13th Oct. 1810, died
29th Oct. 1825 ; Mary, born 10th Dec. 1812
(marr. 9th July 1835, Matthew Nisbet,
M.D., H.E.I.C.S.) ; Hugh, born 2nd July
1815, died (while a student at Glasgow
Univ.) 9th Nov. 1830; William, D.D.
(twin), born 2nd July 1815, his successor
in this parish, afterwards min. of Falkirk.
Publications — A Treatise on the Use of
Organs, etc., in the Worship of God (Glas-
gow, 1808) ; A Treatise on the Use of the
Communion Table (Glasgow, 1824) ; Ac-
count of the Parish (Netv Stat. Ace, vi.). —
[Smith's Memoirs of James Begg, D.D. ;
Macarthur's Hist, of New Monkland, 131.]
1837
1846
WILLIAM BEGG, son of preceding;
pres. by the Heritors and Kirk-
session 13th July, and ord. (assistant
and successor)' 19th Oct. 1837 ; trans, to
Falkirk 24th July 1840.
ROBERT ARCHIBALD, born Tulli-
body, Alloa, 1804, second son of
Robert A., farmer, and Janet
Henderson ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. (by Presb. of Stirling) to Chatham,
New Brunswick, 1834; adm. to Kilbarchan
(assistant and successor) 14th March 1844 ;
trans, and adm. 12th Feb. 1846; died at
Pollokshields 13th June 1884. He marr.
1833, Anne (died 17th March 1870, aged
57), daugh. of William Hutton, Alloa, and
Catherine Fotheringham, and had issue —
Catherine Fotheringham, born 1837 (marr.
Peter Turner, farmer, Shotts, afterwards
in Canada), died 1908 ; Janet, born 1839
(marr. David Morren, merchant, Paisley),
died 1st May 1870; Anne, born 1843
(marr. John Watson, Glasgow), died 11th
Nov. 1876; Mary Eliza Rennison, born
31st May 1846 (marr. John Macneill,
banker, Langholm) ; Margaret Helen Watt,
born 17th March 1848 (marr. the Hon.
Jabez Bunting Snowball, Lieut. -Governor
of New Brunswick) ; Marion Birkmyre,
born 31st Dec. 1850 ; William Forrest,
M.A., V.D., Senior Presidency Chaplain at
Madras, and Chaplain to the Forces, Col-
chester (1918) ; and others, who died young.
— [Macarthur's Hist, of New Monkland,
162, 180.]
JOHN M'GAVIN BOYD, born Glasgow,
25th Sept. 1841, son of James B.,
merchant, and Elizabeth M'Gavin;
educated at Laurieston Academy and Univ.
of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
in 1868 ; assistant in Blackfriars' and St
Enoch's Parishes, Glasgow ; ord. to James-
town 13th April 1871 ; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 11th July 1876;
died 27th March 1914. He marr. 3rd Sept.
1874, Janet Fulton, daugh. of David Brown,
min. of St Enoch's Parish, Glasgow, and
had issue— James, C.E., Hamilton, Canada,
died 20th May 1918; Eleanor Brown;
Edith Elizabeth M'Gavin (marr. 1912,
George Wilson Chisholm, manufacturer,
HAMILTON]
NEW MONKLAND— MONKLAND
273
1914
Castlecary). Publication — Sermons [edited
by G. W. Chisholm] (Glasgow, 1914).—
[Macarthur's Hist, of New Monkland, 175.]
ERNEST SHERWOOD GUNSON,
born 10th Dec. 1872, son of John
G., min. of Kingston Parish, Glas-
gow ; educated at High School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1892); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow in 1894 ; assistant at High
Kirk, Paisley; ord. to St James's Parish,
Clydebank, 1st Aug. 1895 ; trans, to Turriff
17th July 1901 ; trans, to St David's [Rams-
horn] Parish, Glasgow, 26th Nov. 1907;
trans, and adm. 24th Sept. 1914 ; Chap-
lain to the Forces at Aldershot in 1917.
Marr. 3rd Feb. 1897, Georgiana Gordon
Milne, and has issue — John Gordon Hamil-
ton, born 17th Oct. 1898; Ernest Sher-
wood, born 6th Sept. 1902; Georgiana
Milne, born 14th May 1904. Publications
— The Golden Gleam (Banff, 1903); The
Measure of Manhood (London, 1905); The
Story of the Ramshorn Churchyard (Glas-
gow, 1910). — [The Kirks of the TurriJ
Presbytery.]
MONKLAND or OLD MONK-
LAND, of old BALDERNOCH.
[The parish of Baldernoch belonged to
the Abbey of Newbattle. The extensive
possessions of that monastery in this part
of Clydesdale came to be called the Monk-
lands, and the parish of Baldernoch also
was so named. There was a chapel within
the bounds at Mount Vernon, above Dal-
dowie. Monkland had also a Well of Our
Lady. The parish church was rebuilt in
1790.]
DAVID HAMILTON, exhorter, 1567 to
15&J Nov. 1572 ; was reader again in 1574 ;
styled min. 21st May 1575. He was
still in office in 1589.
1588
PATRICK WALKINSHAW, M.A.
(Glasgow 1579); min. of Stevenston
in 1581 ; trans, to Kilmaronock in
1583 ; trans, and adm. in 1588 ; pres. by
James VI. in 1589 ; a member of Assembly
in 1602 ; a member of the Court of High
Commission 15th Feb. 1610 ; died Aug.
VOL. III.
1624, aged about 66, "in wealthy circum-
stances," his inventory including debts
owing to him amounting to £5783, 13s. Id.
Scots. He marr. Isobel Boyd, and left issue
— James, M.A., min. in Glasgow 1624 ;
Jean (marr., cont. 4th Sept. 1610, Andrew,
eldest son of William Stirling of Law) ;
Christian ; Janet, who chose curators 2nd
Nov. 1624 — Peter Walkinshaw in Barnehill,
and Robert Boyd of Clerkland, nearest of
kin on father's and mother's side. — [Reg.
Assig. ; Booke of the Kirk ; Melvill's
Atitob. ; Hamilton Tests. ; Reg. of Deeds,
lxxx., 12, 28th May 1596; Glasg. Com.
Deeds, 27th Jan. 1624, 4th Sept. 1610 ; Reg.
of Deeds, dl., 165.]
JAMES JOHNSTONE, M.A. ; trans.
1626 from Stonehouse, and pres. by Sir
James CI eland of Monkland in 1626.
After ministering here for four years he
returned to Stonehouse, Parliament having
decided that the King was patron.
WALTER WHITEFORD, D.D. ; styled
1630 "mm- °f Failford, and parson of
Moffat"; pres. by Charles I. 9th
Dec. 1628, but not adm. till 1630 ; became
Bishop of Brechin (q.v.) in 1634, but carried
on his duties here by deputy for sometime.
JOHN LOTHIAN, M.A. (Glasgow
1636 1610); eldest son of William L., malt-
man burgess, Glasgow ; ord. to Dun-
donald, Ireland ; contracted with Walter,
Bishop of Brechin, to discharge the duties
of the ministry here, 4th May 1636. A sus-
pension by the General Assembly was with-
drawn Aug. 1647, and he was still min. in
1648. He marr. Agnes (died June 1645),
daugh. of Walter Neish of Dubheads, and
had issue — John, min. of Livingston, served
heir 9th June 1665 ; William ; and a
daugh. (marr. William Wilson, indweller
in Glasgow). — [Commiss. to Ass., 1638 ;
Shotts and Dalserf Sess. Regs. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Lanark, 295 ; Reg. of
Deeds, dxviii., 324; G. R. Inhib., 18th
June 1672.]
[JOHN LAWRIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1639 28th Juty 1627); licen- by Presb.
of Dalkeith 9th June 1631 ; men-
tioned by Dr Hew Scott as min. in 1639.
274
MONKLAND
[PRESB. OF
He was probably only assistant to preced-
ing, or he may have served during Lothian's
suspension, the period of which is not
known.]
HUGH WEIR, M.A. (St Andrews 1648) ;
adm. before 15th Dec. 1653 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.
He died before 18th Aug. 1664, aged about
36. He marr. 15th Dec. 1653, Janet Bogle,
who petitioned the Univ. of Glasgow 24th
Nov. 1703, being then "in great want," and
received £100 Scots "in the meantime, till
the records are searched." She died (buried
10th) July 1713. They had issue— John, in
Edinburgh. — [Glasg. (Marr.) Beg. ; Wod-
row's Hist, i., 327.]
1664
JOHN ROSE, son of John R., min. of
Mauchline ; min. of Coylton about
1662 ; deprived that year ; elected
by the Faculty of the Univ. of Glasgow 31st
Oct. 1664 ; pres. by the Masters 2nd, coll.
18th Nov., and inst. 18th and 24th Dec.
1664. He res. the sub -deanery in 1670, and
was still in the parish in 1676. — [Book of
Faculty of Glasgow College ; Lanark Fresh.
Beg. ; Acts of Pari., viii. ; G. B. Inhib.,
27th July 1669.]
JAMES MAIN, M.A. j min. of Fenwick
1684 *n -^° ' trans, and adm. after 25th
March 1684 ; deserted at the Revolu-
tion, and died the year following. He marr.
Christian Neilson, who survived him, and
had issue — William. — [Fenwick Sess. Beg. ;
P. C. Decreta, 6th Aug. 1691.]
WILLIAM KER, son of James K.,
,QOO merchant and bailie in Glasgow
looo ... _ . r
( who at one time was esteemed as
religious, till, associating with foreigners, he
threw aside his religious principles, got
embarrassed in circumstances, and latterly
was supported by a pension from the city ").
He was nephew of Alexander Hume, Sheriff-
depute of Renfrewshire ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; ord. [at Kenmuir] 6th Nov.
1688 ; was a member of Assembly in 1690 ;
dem. in 1696, and alive 4th March 1701,
when the General Assembly passed an Act
for his support. He marr. Marjory Reid,
who on 23rd Feb. 1703 petitioned the
Presb. on account of her straitened
circumstances. She was then advised to
apply to the Synod, which was recom-
mended to " make the Centesima effectual
for occasions of charity." She was buried
30th May 1718. [The Centesima was a
fund raised during the time of Episcopacy
from the contributions of incumbents in
behoof of their widows and children —
precursor of the Ministers' Widows'
Fund, founded by Dr Webster, 1743-4.]—
[Wodrow's Life of J. Wodrow ; Beg. Gen.
Ass., 1690.]
JOHN CURRIE, M.A. (Glasgow, 12th
7 April 1695); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 20th Nov. 1699 ; pres. by
the Heritors and Kirk-session [who had
acquired the patronage from the University
of Glasgow by advancing the 600 merks
appointed by Act III , William and Mary,
Cap. 53]; ord. 14th May 1700; died in
1741, aged 66. He marr., and had issue-
John, min. of New Monkland ; Grizel ;
Harriet ; Christian.
ROBERT PARK, born 1706, son of
Andrew P., Gorbals ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 1st Sept. 1736; called 26th
Oct. 1742 ; ord. 22nd Feb. 1743 ; died at
Dullatur 14th March 1789. He marr.
(irregularly) 7th Oct. 1752, Margaret
Robertson, who died April 1758. Seven
years after the death of his wife the matter
of P.'s marriage (which he had publicly
acknowledged 3rd Dec. 1753) came before
the General Assembly, when his conduct
was found to have been "imprudent and
irregular rather than criminal." He was
rebuked by the Moderator. He had issue
—Robert, born before the public declaration
of marriage ; Janet, born 5th Feb. 1755 ;
Margaret, born 6th Sept. 1756 (marr.
Captain John Stewart of the 49th Foot). —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Scots Mag., xxvii. ; Acts of
Ass., 1765.]
^JOHN BOWER, educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Pen-
pont 7th Feb. 1776; sometime in
charge of Shettleston Chapel; called 1st
April, and ord. (assistant and successor)
HAMILTON]
MONKLAND— OVERTOWN
275
20th Aug 1783 ; died 24th May 1821. He
marr. 12th Feb. 1788, Margaret (died s.p.
3rd July 1830), daugh. of John Hamilton
of Garthorn Loch. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.). —
[Cleland's Ann., i.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, born 1784,
eldest son of William T., school-
master, Kilmarnock ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; English master in Kil-
marnock Academy in 1814 ; M.A. (Glas-
gow 1818) ; ord. to North Albion Street
Chapel, Glasgow, 8th March 1821 ; pres.
by the Heritors and Kirk-session 9th Nov.
1821 ; trans, and adm. 3rd Jan. 1822 ; died
unmarr., 23rd Aug. 1841.— [Tombst.]
JOHN JOHNSTON, born Greenock,
1842 1815> second son of James J. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; B.A.
(1835), M.A. (1836); taught the Greek
classes in Glasgow Univ. after the death
of Sir Daniel Sandford ; ord. 24th March
1842 ; died at Bridge of Allan 26th June
1864. He marr. 21st Oct. 1845, his cousin,
Johan (died 28th Feb. 1858), daugh. of
John Johnston, Fishery Officer, Leith, and
had issue — James, born 23rd Aug. 1846,
died 27th July 1857 ; Janet Milton, born
25th Dec. 1847, died 26th May 1865 ; John,
born 22nd May 1849, died at Bexhill, 28th
March 1916; Margaret Orr, born 14th
March 1851 (marr. William Jenkins
Creighton, War Office) ; Joanna Catherine,
born 5th April 1853; Eliza Jane, died in
infancy ; Euphemia Elizabeth, born 19th
April 1857, died in infancy.
1864
' PETER CAMERON BLACK, born
Kirkcaldy, 26th Jan. 1831, son of
John B. and Janet Cameron ; edu-
cated at Kirkcaldy Burgh School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy in 1860 ; assistant at Abdie,
Monimail, and Dundee ; ord. to Kelvin-
haugh Chapel, Glasgow, 15th May 1862 ;
pres. by Heritors and Kirk-session 25th
Oct., trans, and adm. 22nd Dec. 1864 ; died
29th Sept. 1897. He marr. 4th April 1865,
Jane, daugh. of James Brown, Kirkcaldy,
and Grace Bisset, and had issue — Edith
Grace Bisset, born 21st Jan. 1866 (marr.
8th Nov. 1887, Robert Hamilton Dunlop,
Deputy of the Home Mission Committee) ;
Jessie Cameron, born 29th Nov. 1871, died
13th Jan. 1889 ; Jane, born 15th March 1873
(marr. 2nd March 1900, Andrew Davidson,
M.D., Cathcart) ; George Cameron, born
21st April 1877 ; Frances Isabella, born
20th Oct. 1879 (marr. 30th March 1912,
James Edward Graham, Newcastle-on-
Tyne) ; James Brown, born 4th Sept. 1880 ;
Clara Margaret, born 7th Oct. 1882 (marr.
27th July 1911, John, son of James Hamil-
ton, min. of St Leonard's, Lanark).
MATTHEW SCOTT DICKSON, born
1894 29tk ^Ug- 1866' SOn °^ J0*111 Incnes
D., min. of Kirkbean ; educated at
Kirkbean School, Hutcheson's Grammar
School, Glasgow, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1886) ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
in 1891 ; assistant at North Leith ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 2nd Aug. 1894.
Marr. 22nd April 1896, Helen Scott, daugh.
of Walter Scott Riddell [son of Henry Scott
Riddell, author of " Scotland Yet "], banker,
Shanghai, and Agnes, daugh. of David
Arnot, D.D., min. of St Giles, Edinburgh,
and has issue — Constance Frances Scott,
born 23rd June 1897. Publication— The
Secret of a Noble Life [Funeral Sermon on
the Death of John M'Gavin Boyd, min. of
New Monkland] (Glasgow, 1914).
OVERTOWN (Q.S.).
[The parish of Overtown was disjoined
from Wishaw, 17th July 1876.]
-GEORGE BURNETT, born Edinburgh,
1872 1827, son of William B. and Margaret
Smith ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ;
was headmaster of St George's Sessional
School, Edinburgh ; ord. in 1869 ; adm.
here 11th July 1872; adm. first min. of
the parish in 1876 ; died 25th Jan. 1888.
He marr. Janet (died s.p. 18th Jan.
1909), daugh. of William Kerr, Greenend,
Liberton.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE THOMSON,
1888 k°rn Methven, 26th Feb. 1860, son of
Peter T. and Florence Livingstone ;
educated at Perth Schools and Univ. of St
276
OVERTOWN— QUARTER— SHOTTS
[PRESB. OF
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee in
1884 ; assistant at Annbank and Carluke ;
ord. 11th May 1888. Marr. 25th Dec. 1905,
Margaret, daugh. of James M'Farlane and
Mary Wilson, and has issue — Florence
Livingstone, born 14th Oct. 1906 ; Maurice
Livingstone, born 20th March 1908 ; Phyllis
Livingstone, born 27th Dec. 1909 ; Enid
Livingstone, born 27th Aug. 1912. Pub-
lication— God's Theatre (Paisley, 1902).
QUARTER (Q.S.).
[The parish of Quarter was disjoined
from Hamilton, 12th July 1901.]
ARCHIBALD' CONNEL M'PHAIL,
1862 ord. 20th Feb. 1862 j trans, to Beath
20th Oct. 1870.
CHARLES WEST MACKENZIE, ord.
1871 9th Feb. 1871 ; trans, to Durisdeer
16th May 1872.
JAMES ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL,
M.A. ; ord. 10th Oct. 1872 j trans, to
Fetlar, Shetland, 6th Sept. 1881.
- GEORGE BLAIR, born Dalkeith, 5th
Feb. 1851, son of George B. and
Helen Stewart ; educated at Dal-
keith Free School, Edinburgh Institution,
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (21st April
1875) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 16th
May 1878 ; assistant at St John's Parish,
Edinburgh, and Dairy, Ayrshire ; ord. 22nd
Dec. 1881 ; adm. first min. of the parish in
1901 ; dem. June 1920. Marr. 14th Nov.
1882, Mary, daugh. of David Laing and
Margaret Morrison, and has issue — Mar-
garet, born 29th Oct. 1884; George, Inland
Revenue, born 23rd Dec. 1886.
SHOTTS, called also BOTH-
WELL MUIR AND BERT-
RAM SHOTTS.
[This was of old part of the parish of
Bothwell. In 1471, James, Lord Hamilton,
built at the Shotts in Bothwell Muir a
chapel, which he dedicated to St Catherine
of Siena. Near it was St Catherine's Well.
Within the bounds of what is now the
parish of Shotts, Lord Hamilton founded
also, in 1476, St Catherine's Hospital of
the Shotts. Soon after 1560 this parish
was disjoined from Bothwell. A stone in
Shotts Churchyard marks the grave of
William Smith, tenant in Moremellan
[Moormailing], who was hanged in 1679
for taking part in the Pentland Rising.
The church of Shotts was rebuilt in 1821.]
1571 JOHN ROBESON, reader in 1571.
JOHN HAMILTON, min. in 1571 [Acts
1571 of Assembly, 225, 503, 575, 667, 766.]
THOMAS HAMILTON, perhaps brother
15?4 of John H., min. of Cambusnethan ;
reader 1574 to 1591.
THOMAS MUIRHEAD, M.A. ; adm. in
1591 1591 ; trans, to Cambusnethan about
1592.
JOHN MUIRHEAD, M.A. j trans, from
1592 Rutherglen, and adm. before 1592 ;
trans, to Glasford in 1594.
PETER CAMERON, M.A. ; trans, from
1594 Glasford, and adm. about 1594 ; re-
trans, to Glasford in 1597.
v JAMES BAILLIE, M.A. ; adm. in
lsg7 1597 ; trans, to Lamington 24th
Dec. 1598.
1599
JOHN HOME, min. in 1599 ; died July
1640. He marr. Katherine Green-
shields, who survived him, and had
issue — William, apprenticed to George
Ker, tailor, Edinburgh, 26th March 1623;
Thomas. Robert Fleming narrates that
at 20th June 1630, during a Communion
season here, "there was so convincing an
appearance of God, and down-pouring of
the Spirit," that "near five hundred had
a discernible change wrought on them, of
whom most proved lively Christians after-
wards."— [Fleming's Fulfilling of Scripture;
Glasg. Tests. ; Reg. Old Dec, i. ; Reg.
Assig. ; Wodrow's Biog., ii. ; Glasg. Com.
Deeds., 23rd Jan. 1629.]
v ROBERT BIRNIE, M.A. ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) in 1632 ; trans, to
Houston in 1634.
HAMILTON]
SHOTTS
277
JOHN SCOTT, M.A. ; ord. (assistant
1640 and successor) 24th June 1640 ;
trans, to Glenluce 1st March 1648.
JAMES CURRIE, MA. (Edinburgh,
164g 15th April 1645); called 27th May
1649, and adm. soon afterwards ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.
On three occasions he was charged before
the Privy Council with attending Con-
venticles— in 1669, when he did not com-
pear ; on 7th Aug. 1677, when the case was
dismissed, on his asserting that he went
only to "expostulate with the preacher
for withdrawing his people from him " ; and
on 2nd July 1684, when the charge was
found not proven. He accepted an "in-
dulgence " in his own parish 3rd Sept.
1672. This so incensed the people that
they refused to hear him preach, and he
was obliged to shut the church. He
failed to read the proclamation anent the
deliverance of the King and the Duke of
York from the Rye House Plot, and his
indulgence was withdrawn 8th Oct. 1684.
He was put in prison, but set at liberty
on 30th Oct., "upon condition that he
preach none, or forfeit his bond of 5000
merks." He was again imprisoned, but was
liberated on the same terms, 12th March
1685. He returned at the Toleration, and
officiated from 30th Aug. 1687 to 14th Feb.
1688; died before 21st March 1688, and
was buried at Torphichen. He marr. 30th
June 1646, Elizabeth Cunningham, and
had issue — Robert, merchant and burgess
of Edinburgh, his heir ; James.— [Maitland
Jfiscell., iv. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 7326 ; Wod-
row's Hist., ii. 348, iv. 39 ; The Bass Bock,
92 ; G. R. Homings, 13th Sept. 1670, 17th
Dec. 1689.]
JOHN SHAW of Dalquharn ; licen. by
1665 George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 22nd
Nov. 1664 ; min. in 1665 ; died un-
marr., in April or May 1670. His brother
James succeeded to Dalquharn. — [Reg.
Collat. ; Stirling and Glasg. Tests.]
1672 JAMES CURRIE, M.A. [see above].
ALEXANDER SKIRVING, M.A. (Edin-
16g6 burgh 1672) ; ord. to Queensferry in
Oct. 1683 ; trans, and adm. in 1686 ;
outed at the Revolution.
1687 JAMES CURRIE, M.A. [see above].
GEORGE CLELAND, probably of the
1688 ^am^y °f Cleland of Cleland, parish
of Bothwell, brother of Robert C,
writer, Edinburgh ; was a student who was
"ready to be brought on trials" at the
first meeting of Presbyterian mins. 6th
July 1687; ord. (at Rosehall) 1st Oct.
1688 ; member of Assembly in 1692 ; died
after 26th April 1698. He marr. Isabel
Hadden, and had issue — Robert ; William ;
Elizabeth (marr. pro. 16th May 1714,
Richard Strachan, writer, Edinburgh). —
[Inq. Ret. de Tut., 1174 ; Reg. of Ass., 1692 ;
Reg. Old Dec]
ROBERT LAW, ord. to Skirling 12th
16g9 March 1690 ; called 10th July 1698 ;
trans, and adm. 18th July 1699 ;
died 24th Nov. 1727. He marr. Beatrix
Crichton, who died 13th Aug. 1709, aged
45, and had issue— Mary (marr. July 1741,
Charles Craigie, Edinburgh, son of John
O, min. of St Monans) ; Jean (marr. pro.
2nd June 1720, William Laurie, writer,
Edinburgh. — [Tombst. ; Law's Memorialist]
JAMES MILLAR, M.A. ; ord. 26th
1728 Sept. 1'728- ^e ca^ WaS mucn
opposed by the tenants of Sir
James Inglis of Murdiston, and others.
On the Sunday when M. had been ap-
pointed to preach, some twenty-six of
these men barricaded the doors of the
church and abused those who attempted to
enter. The Baron-bailie endeavoured to
read the Riot Act, but the paper was torn
from his hands and destroyed. Many were
injured in the melee that followed. Ulti-
mately M. preached, not without difficulty,
from the window of an inn where he was
staying, the rabble threatening to throw
stones while he was in the act of praying.
He was trans, to Second Charge, Hamilton,
27th Sept. 1737.
278
SHOTTS
[PRESB. OF
DAVID ORR, M.A. (Glasgow, 3rd May
7 1726) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
30th Sept, 1732; called 23rd Feb.,
and ord. 9th May 1738; dem. 9th Dec.
1753 ; was found dead by the wayside,
near Cleland, 25th Feb. 1758. His settle-
ment in the parish was much opposed. A
number of the parishioners formed a con-
gregation in connection with the Associate
Presbytery. He marr. 27th Nov. 1739, Jane
Dick, who died 15th Feb. 1771, and had
issue — John, born 15th Oct. 1740.
JAMES BAILLIE, pres. by James, Duke
1754 of Hamilton, June, and ord. 7th Nov.
1754; trans, to Bothwell 2nd Sept.
1762.
LAURENCE WELLS, probably a
176^ native of Dumfriesshire ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (27th
April 1742) ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy
21st Sept. 1752 ; pres. by the Trustees for
James George, Duke of Hamilton, Oct.
1762. An extraordinary and prolonged
opposition followed his appointment. The
Presb. record says that the objection was
" universal by all ranks and orders of men
in the parish, with the single exception of
one heritor." Various allegations were
made against W., but evidence was pro-
duced that, as regarded certain of these,
he had been absolved by the Church six
years before receiving license. The Presb.,
finding insuperable difficulties in the way
of a settlement, requested the Trustees to re-
consider their presentation to the vacant
parish. This the Trustees refused to do,
and the case went before the Church
Courts. W.'s trials were not sustained by
the Presb., on the ground that his attain-
ments in divinity were "very low and
mean," that he was "unacquainted with
the rules of composition," and "greatly
wanting in the talents necessary for com-
municating knowledge, and making a suit-
able impression upon the minds of common
and ordinary hearers." The General As-
sembly of 1765 instructed the Presb. to
proceed de novo, and conduct the examina-
tion in writing. That was done, but the
Presb. saw no reason for changing its
opinion. The Commission of Assembly,
3rd June 1766, heard W., and unanimously
approved of his trials. Not till 25th May
1768, however — and then only when ordered
by the Assembly — were steps taken to carry
out the ordination. Having met for that
purpose, the members of Presb. encountered
a "tumultuous concourse of people, who,
armed with clubs and staves, told them in
a threatening manner that, if they pro-
ceeded to the ordination, the most fatal
consequences would follow." The Presb.
"was refused access to the churchyard,
and every house about the place, the doors
being locked, and the keys removed."
Another attempt a week later fared
likewise, and finally the Presb. "being
apprehensive that any future attempt to
ordain Mr W. at the church of Shotts would
be rendered unsuccessful or dangerous," he
was ordained in that Court's own meeting-
place at Hamilton, 16th Aug. 1768. As a
result the bulk of the people left the parish
church, and formed at Shottsburn a congre-
gation of the Associate Burgher Seceders.
W. died unmarr., 27th Jan. 1786.— [The
Scots Mag., xxvi.-xxx. ; Annals of U.P.
Church, 366 ; Grossart's Historic Notices
of Shotts, 82.]
^ARCHIBALD BRUCE, born Lanark,
i7ae ab°ut 1740, fourth son of Ralph B.,
merchant; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1762) ; ord. to Fintry 19th
Nov. 1772 ; pres. by Douglas, Duke of
Hamilton ; trans, and adm. 7th July 1786.
He died suddenly, on Sunday 17th Feb.
1799, after having walked from the manse
to the session-house apparently in his usual
health. He marr. (1) 17th Feb. 1780,
Forbes Anne (died 1st Aug. 1797), daugh.
of Alexander Turing, min. of Oyne, and
had issue — William, born 15th Nov. 1780,
apprenticed to a W.S. in 1804 ; Alexander
Robert, born 28th July 1782; Mary Anne
Leslie, born 22nd Feb., and died 23rd July
1784; Archibald, born 27th Feb. 1785;
Ann, born 26th Aug. 1786 ; James, born 1st
Oct. 1788 : (2) 28th Dec. 1798, Janet (died
30th Dec. 1809), daugh. of James Meek, and
had issue — James, East India House. Pub-
lication— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xv.).— [Scots Mag., lxi.]
HAMILTON]
SHOTTS— STONEFIELD— STONEHOUSE
279
JAMES HAMILTON, pres. by Douglas,
17g9 Duke of Hamilton, and ord. 26th
Sept. 1799 ; trans, to Lesmahagow
7th July 1814.
WILLIAM PKOUDFOOT, pres. by
1814 Alexander, Marquess of Douglas,
29th July, and ord. 22nd Sept. 1814 ;
trans, to Avendale 13th Sept. 1821.
^ JOHN BLACK, licen. by Presb. of Edin-
1822 burgh 26tu March 1806 ; pres. by the
Commissioner for Alexander, Duke
of Hamilton, in 1821 ; ord. 7th March 1822 ;
died 1st Nov. 1835. He marr. 6th May
1834, Margaret (died s.p. 19th Sept. 1841),
youngest daugh. of Patrick Waddell,
Glasgow.
WALTER LAIDLAW COLVIN, MA. ;
pres. by Alexander, Duke of Hamil-
ton, and ord. 11th Aug. 1836 ; trans,
to Cramond 2nd Nov. 1843.
WILLIAM MARTIN WATT, born New
Monkland, 11th Nov. 1820, only son
of the Rev. Hugh W., schoolmaster
there for over sixty years, and a licentiate
of the Presb. of Hamilton [28th Nov. 1809] ;
educated at New Monkland School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 27th June 1843 ; assistant at
Crosshill ; pres. by Alexander, Duke of
Hamilton, and ord. 29th Feb. 1844; died
4th June 1904. He marr. 23rd April 1844,
Mary (born 4th Dec. 1818, died 17th Feb.
1889), eldest daugh. of James Thomson of
West Arbuckle, New Monkland, and had
issue — Hugh Smith, born 21st May 1845,
died 11th March 1846 ; James Thomson,
born 25th Oct. 1846, died 2nd July 1887;
Mary, born 30th March 1848 (marr. 28th
Dec. 1871, Dr Joseph Farrar, author of
The Human Voice), died 18th Aug. 1907 ;
Elizabeth Helen, born 24th July 1849, died
3rd Sept. 1850; William Charles Hugh,
M.B., CM., born 18th April 1851, died 11th
Jan. 1875 ; Hugh George, D.D., min. of St
Enoch's Parish, Dundee, born 28th Jan.
1853 ; Thomas Rose, born 19th Sept. 1854 ;
John Campbell, M.A., Fellow of Jesus
College, Cambridge, Lecturer in Mathe-
matics there, born 25th May 1856 ; Charles
Thomson, born 8th April 1858, died 18th
Nov. 1912 ; Robert Martin, architect, Auck-
land, N.Z., born 30th Dec. 1859, died 14th
April 1907; Helen Elizabeth, born 13th
July 1862.
• [ANDREW BAIRD, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
lggo (assistant) 3rd Dec. 1890 ; afterwards
min. of Broughton.]
JOHN M'NICOLL RAMSAY, born
1892 23rd ^U^y 1863> SOn °* James R.,
min. of Alyth ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; student missionary at Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh in 1891 ; assistant at Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh ; assistant to preceding
min.; ord. (assistant) 25th Oct. 1892;
elected min. of the parish and was adm.
16th Sept. 1904.
STONEFIELD (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1880. The
parish of Stonefield was disjoined from
Blantyre, 24th Feb. 1890.]
THOMAS PRYDE, born Logie, Fife,
22nd Dec. 1850, son of James P. and
Elspeth Colon; educated at Logie
School, Madras College, and Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1873); licen. by Presb.
of Cupar-Fife 16th May 1876; assistant
at Leslie, Fife, 1876, Tron Parish, Glasgow,
1876-8, and St Cuthbert's Edinburgh,
1878-80 ; ord. 29th June 1880 ; adm. first
min. of the parish 25th March 1890 ; dem.
Dec. 1919.
JAMES LAMONT, ord. 1901, min. of
Augustine U.F. Church, Glasgow;
trans, and adm. 1920.
STONEHOUSE.
[The church of Stonehouse was dedicated
to St Ninian. It belonged to the collegiate
church of Bothwell. There was a hospital
at Stonehouse, and the Knights Templars
had a preceptory there. At Chapel, in the
parish, there was a Chapel of St Laurence.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON, reader in 1560.
1560 — [Naismith's Stonehouse, 114.]
WILLIAM STRUTHERS, exhorter in
1562 1562.
1880
280
STONEHOUSE
[PRESB. OF
THOMAS NEILSON, vicar.—
1566 [I'reasurer's Accoimts, xi., 328.]
JOHN RANKINE, reader in 1571.—
1571 [Naismith's Stonehouse, 114.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, reader in
1574 1574 ; trans, to Avendale in 1576.
ANDREW HAMILTON, reader in 1579;
1579 went to Dalserf after 1584.
ROBERT DARROCH, M.A. ; formerly
min. of Kilmaronock ; adm. in 1585 ;
1585 trans, to East Kilbride in 1586.
ARCHIBALD NORMAN [NORMON,
NORMOND], M.A. ; min. in 1586 ;
1586
trans, to Avendale in 1588.
ANDREW LAW, M.A. ; adm. in 1591 ;
1591 trans, to Glasford in 1593.
LUKE STIRLING, M.A. ; min. in 1593 ;
1593 trans, to Dalziel about 1594.
ALEXANDER THOMSON, son of
1595 William T. of Aschinyards ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; min.
in 1595 ; styled " perpetual prebendary of
Hezildean," in the collegiate church of
Bothwell ; died 16th July 1634. He marr.
(1) before 1619, Jean Sempill, and had issue
— Andrew ; Alexander, min. of Cambus-
lang and St Giles, Edinburgh ; Jean (marr.,
cont. 10th Sept. 1619, John, son and ap-
parent heir of Thomas Sempill of Cath-
cart) ; Sarah ; Malie ; William, bursar in
the Univ. . of Edinburgh ; Susannah :
(2) Ann Duncan, who died before 16th
March 1684, with issue — perhaps some of
of the above-named.— [Beg. Assig. ; Beg.
Mag. Sig., 1625 ; Edin. and Lanark Tests. ;
G. B. Inhib., 21st April 1620, 8th Feb.
1626; Beg. of Deeds, cccxvii., 285, 290;
Acts and Dec, cccclxxiv. 12, ccccxciii. 380 ;
Naismith's Stonehouse, 115.]
JAMES JOHNSTONE, M.A. (Glasgow
1618) ; ord. (assistant and successor)
in 1625 ; trans, to Monkland in
1626, but returned here in 1630 ; was a
member of the Glasgow Assembly in 1638 ;
died before 4th June 1661. He marr. Helen
Hamilton, who survived him, had a grant
from Parliament of £1000 Scots for herself
and her family, and had issue — James,
W.S., buried 18th May 1684, progenitor of
1650
the Johnstones of Straiton, Mid-Lothian ;
Andrew, apprenticed to John Meyne, mer-
chant, 29th July 1646 ; Anna ; Margaret ;
Barbara. — [Acts of Pari., vii. ; Stevenson's
Hist. ; Peterkin's Becords ; P. G. Beg.,
3rd ser., i., 276.]
THOMAS CHARTERIS, M.A. ; min.
in 1650, when he obtained decreet
against the heritors for the stipend
of crops of that year ; trans, to East
Kilbride about 1653. — [Lanark Hornings,
17th March 1653.]
JOHN OLIPHANT, adm. about April
1654 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662, but was granted in-
dulgence here 27th July 1669. He refused
to read the Proclamation regarding the
deliverance of the King and the Duke of
York from the Rye House Plot, and his
indulgence was withdrawn 8th Oct. 1684.
He returned in 1690, but was trans, to
Carluke in 1691.
ANGUS MACKINTOSH, M.A. ; adm.
to Symington, Lanarkshire, 24th
April 1682 ; trans, and adm. after
1st April 1685 ; outed on the return
of John Oliphant in 1690. He went to
Edinburgh, and in 1692 was accused by the
Kirk-session of Canongate Parish of cele-
brating irregular marriages. — [Rule's Sec.
Vindication.']
1690 JOHN OLIPHANT [see above].
ARCHIBALD FOYER, bursar in the
Univ. of Glasgow in 1690 ; ord. 30th
July 1696. He was censured by the
Synod for "injurious reflections on some
of his brethren, and a co-Presbyter was so
highly displeased with his conduct that
he declined to sit in Presb. with him." He
died 18th Dec. 1710, aged 42. The inscrip-
tion on his tombstone describes him as
one who " was an enemy to sloth and
carnal ease : preaching and study were
his works, his pleasure and delight by night
and day. He sin and duty did most tell,
feared neither wrath of man nor rage of
hell : a Knox for courage, Phinehas for
zeal, Job for affliction — where his parallel ? "
He marr. Agnes Goodlet, who died 30th
1696
HAMILTON]
STONEHOUSE
281
Sept. -1734, aged 66, and had issue— John ;
Sarah ; Archibald ; Alexander. On 27th
March 1726 his widow received from the
Kirk-session of Shotts £3 in charity. Pub-
lication — An True Account of ivonderful
signs of God's judgments against mockers
and, slighter s of God's ministers, which has
been from time to time publicly seen on the
mockers and maligners of God's servants :
and especially on James Shearer [in Wats-
toun], in the parish of Stannos, near
Hamilton, who at first pretended to be a
great friend to Mr Foyer, minister in
Stannos, and thereafter the said James
Shearer turned the said Mr Foyer's greatest
enemy (n.p., 1714). The authorship of the
following pamphlet is attributed to him : —
A defence of the Scots Settlement at Darien,
with an ansiver to the Spanish Memorial
against it and arguments to prove that it is
the interest of England to join with the Scots
and protect it ; to which is added a descrip-
tion of the Country and a ])a?~ticular account
of the Scots Colony {Edin. 1699). — [Wodrow's
Corresp. ; Naismith's Stonehouse, 120.]
JOHN SCOTT, chaplain to Sir Eobert
Sinclair of Stevenston ; licen. by
Presb. of Haddington 10th June
1710; ord. 22nd July 1713; died 27th
Aug. 1759. He marr. 16th Dec. 1714,
Anne Somerville, who died 2nd Sept. 1774,
and had issue— John ; Eobert; Isobel;
Richard, min. of Ewes ; Martha ; Jane —
all above the age of 22 in 1758.— [Lanark
Tests.]
JAMES MOREHEAD [MUIRHEAD],
1760 born 1732, eldest son of John M.,
min. of Glasford ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1754); licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 24th Dec. 1759 ; pres. by
John Lockhart of Castlehill; ord. 25th
Sept. 1760 ; died unmarr., 2nd April 1800.
Publication— Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, ii.).
WILLIAM STARK, trans, from Airdrie
1801 Chapel ; pres. by John Lockhart of
Castlehill, and adm. 5th Feb. 1801 ;
trans, to Dirleton 19th Dec. 1805.
1806
1822
DANIEL WILKIE, pres. by James
Lockhart of Castlehill ; ord. 28th
Aug. 1806 ; trans, to Yester 6th Dec.
1821. — [Vide notice in Naismith's Stone-
house, 121.]
HUGH DEWAR, bora Fenwick, 7th
July 1794, second son of James D.,
min. of the Burgher Congregation
there ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1810). Joined the Church of Scot-
land while a student in the Associate
Divinity Hall ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling
3rd May 1820; pres. by Robert Lockhart
of Castlehill 25th Jan., and ord. 1st May
1822; died 21st May 1861. He marr. 23rd
July 1822, Jessie (died 6th Dec. 1858),
youngest daugh. of James Henderson of
Enochbank, and had issue — Jessie Hender-
son, born 29th July 1823 (marr. Thomas
Jardine, min. of Arnsheen) ; Mary Elliot,
born 24th May 1825; Margaret Thomson,
bora 15th Jan. 1827, died 1st Aug. 1852 ;
Elizabeth Henderson, born 28th May 1828,
died 2nd June 1828; James, born 29th
March 1831, died 1847 ; Hugh, born 13th
June, and died 23rd July 1835. Publication
— Account of the Parish {New Stat Ace, vi.).
1861
JAMES DUNN, born Doune, Perth-
shire, 21st Sept. 1821, son of James
D. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunoon ; missionary at
Renton, Dunbartonshire ; ord. to Wishaw
14th Oct. 1852 ; pres. by James Sinclair
Lockhart of Castlehill ; trans, and adm.
22nd Aug. 1861 ; died unmarr., 24th March
1887.
1887
JAMES WYPER WILSON, bora
Lesmahagow, 5th Nov. 1854, son
of James W. and Jane Wyper ;
educated at Stonehouse Parish School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 6th May 1885 ; assistant at St Paul's,
Glasgow, and Alexandria, Dunbartonshire ;
ord. 15th Sept. 1887. Marr. 16th July 1896,
Elizabeth, daugh. of Philip Oliphant and
Elizabeth Bonthrone, and has issue — James
Wyper Oliphant, born 2nd June 1897, died
11th Aug. 1901; Philip Oliphant, born
23rd Oct. 1898 ; William Bonthrone, born
13th Oct. 1900.
282
UDDINGSTON— WISHAW
[PRESB. OF
UDDINGSTON (Q.S.).
[The parish of Uddingston was disjoined
from Both well, 7 th Dec. 1874.]
JOHN MACKINTOSH, born Nairn,
- g74 14th Jan. 1846, son of Charles M.
and Anne Falconer ; educated at
Nairn Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
MA. (1867), B.D. (1870) ; licen. by Presb.
of Nairn 25th Oct. 1870; ord. to Scots
Church, Lowick, Northumberland, May
1871 1 adm. to this charge 8th May 1874;
adm. first min of the parish 7th Dec. 1874;
dem. 30th Sept. 1913, and retired to Edin-
burgh; vice-convener of Jewish Mission
Scheme, 1916. Marr. 30th Nov. 1887,
Annie Alexander, daugh. of David Alex-
ander Lindsay, and had issue — a daugh.
(still-born) : a son, who survived only
one day.
CHARLES WILLIAM GRAY
1914 TAYLOR, born Edinburgh, 5th
Feb. 1879, son of Alexander T. and
Jane Davidson ; educated at Daniel
Stewart's College, Edinburgh, and Univ.
of Edinburgh; MA. (1900); Travelling-
Secretary of the Universities' Christian
LTnion, London, 1900-6 ; London Secretary
of the same Union, 1904-6 ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1904 ; Warden of Edinburgh
Univ. Settlement, 1906-7 ; ord. to Glencairn
1st Nov. 1907 ; Honorary Organising Secre-
tary of the Church of Scotland Foreign
Mission Committee, 1909 - 10 ; trans, and
adm. 10th March 1914 ; trans, to St George's
Parish, Edinburgh, 18th Jan. 1918. Marr.
23rd Nov. 1907, Catherine Beatrice, daugh.
of James Hill Sayer, London, and Ann
Day.
GUY STEEL PEEBLES, born Airdrie,
12th Feb. 1873 ; son of John Kidd P.,
solicitor and town-clerk, and Agnes
Miller ; educated at Airdrie and Univ. of
Glasgow ; MA. (1894) ; B.D. (1895) ; licen.
by Presb. of Lanark 1st May 1895 ; assistant
at Old Monkland, Abbey Parish, Edinburgh,
and New Kilpatrick ; ord. to Kinloss 7th
Nov. 1900 ; trans, to South Parish, Aber-
deen, 23rd Oct. 1907 ; trans, to Wick 8th
Sept. 1911 ; trans, and adm. 4th July
1918
1918. Marr. 22nd April 1903, Ann Eleanor,
daugh. of Alexander Ross, LL.D., architect,
Inverness, and Marianne Finlayson, and
has issue — Margaret Eleanor, born 25th
Feb. 1904; Mary Agnes, born 10th Oct.
1905 ; Ian Alexander Ross, born 20th Jan.
1908; James Ross, born 12th June 1909.
Publication — " Kinloss Abbey and Parish "
{Inverness Field Club Transactions, 1910).
WISHAW (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1837. On
29th May in that year a chapel constitu-
tion was granted to the district. The
parish of Wishaw was disjoined from
Cambusnethan 25th Sept. 1855. There
are mission chapels within the bounds at
Sunnyside and Berryhill.]
GEORGE HALLIDAY, ord. 22nd April
1841 1841 ; dem. 25th Oct. 1842.
ROBERT GILLAN, trans, from Holy-
1843 town, and adm. 23rd March 1843 ;
trans, to Abbotshall 7th Sept. 1843.
HUGH AIRD, ord. 7th March 1844;
1844 tratls- t0 Neilston 17th April
1845.
ROBERT M'FARLANE, third son of
47 Robert M., merchant, Glasgow ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 7th
Jan. 1847 ; dem. 28th March 1848, and
went to Canada. His deposition by Presb.
of Montreal was reported to Presb. of
Hamilton 30th March 1852.
GEORGE ALEXANDER, ord. 10th
i0/IO Aug. 1848; trans, to Renfrew 26th
Dec. 1850.
THOMAS HARDY, ord. 15th May
, __, 1851 ; trans, to Fowlis Wester 23rd
Jan. 1852.
JAMES DUNN, ord. 14th Oct. 1852;
1852 a(^m' nrst mm- °f tne Parish 25th
Sept. 1855 ; trans, to Stonehouse
22nd Aug. 1861.
JOHN DOWNS, pres. by Lord Belhaven
1861 4ttl ^ePt-' and ord- 28tla Nov- 1861 3
trans, to East Kilbride 10th March
1870.
HAMILTON]
WISHAW
283
ALEXANDER HARPER, born Grange,
187o Banffshire, 4th Aug. 1832, son of
George H. and Isobel Ritchie ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; MA. (1862) ;
licen. by Presb. of Garioch 12th July 1866 ;
assistant at St George's Parish, Edinburgh ;
pres. by Lady Belhaven 31st May, and ord.
11th Aug. 1870; died 27th Oct. 1910. He
marr. 25th July 1882, Mary, daugh. of
Thomas Thomson, M.D., Wishaw, and
Margaret Steel, who survived him, and
had issue — Margaret Steel, born 10th May
1884; Alexander Bain [M.A., B.D. (Glas-
gow), licentiate of the Church of Scotland,
assistant at Tarves, lieut. R.F.C., 1917],
born 24th Oct. 1886 ; Mary, born 12th Feb.
1889 ; Caroline Charteris, born 25th Sept.
1892 (marr. James Waddell M'Millan, coal-
master); William Strang Steel, MA. (Glas-
gow), lieut. Seaforth Highlanders, born 7th
May 1894.
WILLIAM CLARK, born Larkhall, 8th
1911 ^ec# 18^' educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; MA. (1902), B.D. (1908) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunblane in 1908 ; assistant
at St George's and St Mungo's Parishes,
Glasgow; ord. 9th May 1911. Marr. 9th
Aug. 1912, Lilian Wilson, Dunaskin,
Cambuslang.
PRESBYTERY OF LANARK
[This Court was erected by the General Assembly in 1585. The Presbytery Register
begins at 26th June 1623. There are gaps in the records from 2nd Oct. 1651 to 1st June
1655, and from 2nd May 1688 to 20th Oct. 1691.]
CARLUKE, of old EGLIS-
MALUAG.
[The vicarage of Carluke belonged to the
priory of Lesmahagow. Its church, often
called the Forest Kirk, was dedicated to
St Andrew ; but there was an earlier
dedication to St Luag, or Maluag. On
the lands of Braidwood, in the south of the
parish, there was a chapel of St Oswald.
The lands of Spitalshiels, within the bounds,
belonged to the hospital of St Leonard,
near Lanark. Carluke Church was rebuilt
in 1799.]
JOHN DOBIE [DOBBIE], reader at
1568 May 1568 ; dep. Nov. 1571.— [Beg.
Min.]
JAMES RAITH [or RAITT], min. at
1574 Lanark and Carluke in 1574.
DAVID FORREST, reader, 1574 to
1574 1576.
THOMAS MACASKIE, reader, 1578 to
1578 1579.
WILLIAM WILSON, reader in
1580 1580.
ROBERT MAXWELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1585) ; min. of Percetown, Ayrshire,
in 1590 ; trans, to Dairy, Ayrshire, in
1591 ; trans, and adm. in 1591 ; still min.
11th March 1605.— [Reg. Assig.]
JOHN LINDSAY, M.A. (Glasgow 1601) ;
1607 ac^m- m 1607 ; member of Assembly
in 1610; died after 29th Aug.
1632. He marr., and had issue — John,
his successor.
284
JOHN LINDSAY, son of preceding;
16S3 M.A. (St Andrews 1632); pres. by
Charles I. 30th Nov., and adm. Dec.
1633; dep. for "absence, contempt, and
desertion," 25th Sept. 1638. " Being over-
shott in debt," he went to Ireland, had a
charge there, and was alive 11th May 1645.
He marr. Christian, daugh. of Thomas
Muirhead, min. of Cambusnethan, and had
issue. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Rankin's Carluke, 59 ; Lanark Horn., 7th
Jan. 1636 ; Irving's Upper Ward, 399.]
[RICHARD INGLIS, min. of Wiston;
1639 trans- to tn^s charSe 1st Aug. 1639,
but not settled. He became min.
of Douglas in 1641. On 9th Jan. 1640 the
Presb. resolved that " no preacher who has
but lately joyned himself to our Covenant,
and has not given full evidence of his
sinceer affection thereto, sail get entrie in
thir tymes to any of our vacant kirks :
and, therefoir, the brethern desyre Mr
Alexander Foebes, who had been per-
mitted to preach some days in the Kirk
of Carlouk, at the desyre of the people,
being destitut, that he would be pleased to
withdraw himselff, and abstain from farther
preaching there."]
JOHN WEIR, M.A. ; trans, from Morton,
1640 anc* a(*m" 13tn ^u°' I640; trans, to
South Leith 12th May 1647.
WILLIAM JACK, probably son. of
1650 Gideon J. of Braxfield ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 16th April 1645) ; ord. 28th
Feb. 1650 ; joined the Protesters in 1651 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.
PKESB. OF LANARK]
CARLUKE
285
He removed to Lanark, taking with him
the silver Communion cups of the church.
These were restored in 1671 by John
Howieson, Baronald. He died at Lanark
in 1664, aged about 39, having marr. a lady
whose name has not been ascertained, and
had issue — Martha and Mary, joint pro-
prietors of Braxfield, Lanark. — [Lanark
Tests.; Wodrow's Hist., i., 327; Wodrow's
Anal., ii., 374 ; Livingston's Charac. ; Reg.
Old Dec, i. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Acts of Pari.,
vii. ; Rankin's Carluke, 63.]
v JOHN BIRNIE of Broomhill j ord. 29th
1666 March, and inst. 9th May 1666 ; trans,
to Caerlaverock, and coll. after 20th
April 1671.
ALEXANDER LIVINGSTON, M.A.;
1672 m*n' °^ ^&gar » was &ranted indulg-
ence here 3rd Sept. 1672.
PETER [not FRANCIS as in Baillie's
Lett.] KID, perhaps a native of Fife ;
MA. (St Andrews 1650); ord. (by
the Protesting Party) to Douglas in 1654 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662 ; indulged here with preceding 3rd
Sept. 1672. For not observing the Anni-
versary of the Restoration he was summoned
before the Privy Council, 8th July 1673,
and again 11th Aug. 1677, when he was
fined in one-half of his stipend. For a
similar offence his indulgence was with-
drawn, 8th Oct. 1684, and he was ordered
to leave the country. From May 1685 to
21st Sept. 1686 he was a prisoner on the
Bass, and set at liberty only because of
advanced age and failing health. He was
living at Waygateshaw, Carluke, 28th May
1687, as appears from a bond in his favour
of that date. It is uncertain whether he
returned to Douglas or not, or if he sur-
vived the Revolution. He was buried at
Carluke, where his epitaph may still be
seen : —
A faithful, holy pastor here lies hid—
One of a thousand — Mr Peter Kid :
Firm as a stone, but of a heart contrite,
A wrestling, praying, weeping Israelite.
A powerful preacher, far from ostentation,
A son of thunder and of consolation.
His face, his speech, and humble walk might tell
That he was in the Mount and Peniel.
He was in Patmos, and did far surpass
In fixed steadfastness the Rocky Bass.
His love to Christ made his life to be spent
In feeding flocks and kids beside his tent.
His frail flesh could not equal paces keep
With his most willing spirit, but fell asleep.
His soul's in heaven, where it was much before,
His flesh rests here in hopes of future glore.
Passenger ! ere thou go, sigh, weep, and pray—
Help, Lord, because the godly do decay.
He marr. Susanna (died March 1697),
daugh. of Sir John Cheisley of Kersewell,
and had issue — John ; Elizabeth ; Anna ;
Grizell, who were served heirs, 17th Feb.
1694.— [Wodrow's Anal., iii., 720 ; Tombst. ;
Bass Rock, 375; Rankin's Carluke, 69;
Irving's Upper Ward, ii., 404 ; G. R. Sas.,
xxxix., 233 ; G. R. Lnhib., 3rd Nov. 1663.]
JAMES CHEYNE, MA.; inst. 11th
1684 "^ec- 1684J °uted after 4th April
1688 ; intruded at Rathen, Aberdeen-
shire, about 1695. — {Faithful Contending
Displayed, 368.]
JOHN OLIPHANT, trans, from Stone-
168g house, and adm. in 1689 [as is seen
from his having raised an action for
stipend against the heritors of Carluke for
that year] ; trans, to Carstairs 25th Jan.
1693.
JOHN SCOTT, ord. 15th June 1694;
16g4 trans, to Outer High [now St Paul's
Parish], Glasgow, in 1713.
JAMES DICK, ord. 23rd Dec. 1713;
l7l3 trans, to St Andrew's [The Wynd]
Parish, Glasgow, 29th Oct. 1730.
ANDREW ORR, born 1700, son of John
1732 ^'' m*n" °^ tne Second Charge, Old
Kirk Parish, Edinburgh ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (6th May
1721); licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 26th
Jan. 1731 ; pres. by John Lockhart
of Lee 10th April 1731 ; ord. (after
much opposition) 27th April 1732 ; died
unmarr. 2nd June 1762. In 1745 he com-
manded a company of Fencibles, whom he
drilled in the churchyard after the Sunday
service.
JAMES SCOTT, born Wardhill, Camp-
l763 sie, 1734, son of Marcus S., farmer ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Lanark ; assistant at Douglas ;
ord. to Libberton and Quothquhan 18th
286
CARLUKE
[PRESB. OF
Feb. 1761 ; pros, by John Lockhart of Lee
4th Oct., also by George III. 31st Dec.
1762; trans, and adm. 13th May 1763;
D.D. (Glasgow 1797); died Sunday, 4th
Oct. 1812, immediately on returning home
from church. " He was a tall, well-propor-
tioned man, with an open and manly coun-
tenance, and fair complexion. His mien
was stately and dignified — his address mild
and homely. Any child might speak to
him, and secure his attention in gentle-
ness." On a fly-leaf of Brown's Exposition
of the Romans, he wrote some observations
headed " Mistakes in this Commentary,"
which so shocked the religious feelings of
the owner of the volume [Robert Lawrie]
as to evoke a printed reply entitled " Mis-
takes of a Clergyman corrected by a
Weaver, 1770." This created some sensa-
tion in the parish, but remained unnoticed
by the assailed. He marr. 4th Nov. 1762,
Janet (died 11th July 1791, aged 59),
second daugh. of William Hamilton, min.
of Douglas, and had issue — Christian, born
6th Oct. 1763, died 7th May 1779 ; James,
born 5th April 1765, died 8th May 1794;
William, Receiver-General of Customs, Isle
of Man, born 12th Oct. 1766; Janet, born
10th Feb. 1768 (marr. 31st Dec. 1787, James
Watson, merchant, Glasgow), died 27th
July 1789) ; Archibald, min. of Pettinain ;
Rebecca, born 23rd Oct. 1771, died 30th
Dec. 1824 ; Robert, army surgeon, born 2nd
Nov. 1773, died 8th Feb. 1797 ; Douglas, a
sailor, born 20th June 1780. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
viii.). — [Dean Ramsay's Reminiscences ;
Rankin's Carluke, 84-99.]
1813
JAMES WALKER, pres. by Sir Alex-
ander Macdonald Lockhart of Lee
and Carnwath, Bart., Dec. 1812 ;
ord. 6th May 1813 ; trans, to Carnwath 3rd
April 1817.
JOHN WYLIE, born 1793, son of William
W., Rector of the Grammar School
of Dundee ; educated at Grammar
School of Dundee and Univ. of St An-
drews ; tutor in the family of Sir Alexander
Macdonald Lockhart of Lee and Carnwath,
Bart. ; travelled on the Continent with
Charles, eldest son of Sir Alexander,
1815-17 ; pres. by his pupil Nov. 1817 ;
ord. 1st May 1818; D.D. (St Andrews
1851); died 15th Dec. 1873. He was a
close friend of John M'Leod Campbell,
D.D., whom he followed in much of his
teaching and manner of life. He marr.
29th Sept. 1823, Caroline Ann (died 29th
July 1876), daugh. of John Dick, advocate,
sheriff-substitute of Hamilton, and had
issue — William, born 9th Sept. 1824,
drowned in the St Lawrence, Canada, 7th
Aug. 1853 ; John Dick, M.D., born 23rd
Nov. 1825, died at Nynee Tal, Bengal, 19th
March 1866 ; Richard Northcote, St Peters-
burg, born 27th July 1827; Francis, born
7th Dec. 1829, died 15th Dec. 1830 ; Caro-
line Frances, born 2nd Dec. 1831 (marr. 8th
May 1867, Edward Caird, LL.D., D.C.L.,
Master of Balliol College, Oxford), died
19th May 1915; Francis, born 18th Dec.
1833, died 3rd March 1835 ; Ann, born 3rd
Aug. 1835 ; Catherine, born 3rd Aug. 1837,
died 25th March 1915 ; James Vere, born
17th Dec. 1839 ; Christian, born 1841.
(marr. John Sime, min. of Dundonald).
Publications— Poetical Remains of William
Lightbody (1828); Two Discourses, being
Christ's Way to Unity, and Christ's Prayer
for Unity (Edinburgh, 1846) ; Pastoral
Reminiscences (Carluke, 1868) ; Account
of the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, vi.).
DANIEL M'LAREN, born Edinburgh,
1874 17th Aug. 1831, son of John M. and
Janet Macfarlane ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh ; assistant at St George's Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Lady Glenorchy's
Parish, Edinburgh, 29th Jan. 1863; pres.
by Sir Simon Macdonald Lockhart, Bart. ;
trans, and adm. 19th March 1874 ; died
18th Nov. 1887. He marr. July 1865,
Elizabeth Grace James (died 3rd Feb.
1889), daugh. of Francis James Colquhoun,
surgeon-general, Madras Staff Corps, and
had issue — Francis James, born 22nd April
1866, died 12th Aug. 1881 ; Kenneth Daniel,
min. of Errol,born 11th May 1868; Herbert
Wroughton, C.A., London, born 14th June
1870; Alexandrina Grace Janet, born 3rd
Sept. 1876 (marr. Sept. 1898, Neville
Goldsmid, South Africa).
LANARK]
CARLUKE— CARMICHAEL
287
FRANCIS MARMADUKE HAUX-
1888 WELL, born Paisley, 6th Dec.
1851, son of Robert H. and Margaret
Dunn ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley in 1876 ; ord.
min. of the Presbyterian Church, Malvern,
Presb. of Christchurch, New Zealand, 23rd
Dec. 1878 ; trans, to Papanui and Belfast,
in the same Presb., Jan. 1882 ; res. 8th
Sept. 1885 ; adm. to Church of Scotland
28th May 1886 ; adm. to this parish 19th
April 1888. Marr. 14th Feb. 1877, Helen,
daugh. of David Stalker, and has issue-
Alice Jane, hospital nurse, London, born
27th Jan. 1883 ; Francis, M.B., captain
R.A.M.C., born 7th Oct. 1884; Harry
Gordon Campbell, sugar-cane planter,
Queensland, born 11th Aug. 1891. — {History
of Netv Zealand Presbyterian Church,
458.]
CARMICHAEL, of old
PLANMICHAEL.
[The parish church was dedicated to St
Michael. Within the bounds were St
Michael's Well and St Michael's Rog.
There was in the parish a chapel of St
Bride. Carmichael Church was rebuilt
in 1750 and again in 1905.]
NINIAN SWAN, exhorter here, was
adm. min. 1st May 1569. — {Reg.
Min.]
JOHN LEVERANCE [LAWRENCE],
1574 Juni°r J reader in 1574 ; trans, to
Lesmahagow in 1585.
JAMES FOTHERINGHAM, reader,
1586 1586 to 1588.
[ANDREW WALKER, pres. by William,
158Q Earl of Angus, 17th March 1589, but
not settled.] — [Chalmers' Caledonia,
vi., 728.]
ROBERT LANDELLS, trans, from
158g Crawford, and adm. in 1589; trans,
to Lesmahagow in 1595.
JOHN SYMINGTON, natural son of
1597 William S. in Ryhills ; min. in 1597 ;
died before 27th Nov. 1606. He
marr. Jean Inglis, widow of William Wilson,
min. of Crawford. — {Reg. Assig. ; North
1636
Berwick Sess. Reg. ; Reg. Sec. Sig., lxxv.,
199 ; Acts and Dec, ccxxiii., 291 ; G. R.
Inhib., xxxii., 56.]
JAMES HEIGHE [HAIG, HEGGIE],
letf_ min. in 1607 ; app. clerk of Presb.
21st Aug. 1628 ; died before April
1642.— {Reg. Assig. ; Roll of Synod, 1642.]
ROBERT NAIRNE, M.A. (St Andrews-
1633) ; as an " expectant " he was
employed by the Town Council of
Edinburgh to teach in vacant parishes in
the city 28th Nov. 1634 ; adm. here before
27th April 1636. Not having read the
National Covenant to his congregation, he
dem. 7th March 1639 ; became insane, and
died before April 1642. He marr. Mary,
daugh. of Thomas Lindsay, min. of
Walston. — {Edin. Counc. Reg. ; Roll of
Synod, 1642.]
[WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.A.; pres.
1640 ky William, Marquess of Douglas,
in 1640, but not settled; afterwards
min. of Glasford.] — [Irving's Upper Ward,
ii, 7.]
ALEXANDER LIVINGSTON, M.A. ;
ord. 11th June 1640 ; trans, to Biggar
3rd Feb. 1647.
JAMES SEMPLE, brother of John S.,
1647 W.S. ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow; ord. 18th March 1647; died
unmarr. in Edinburgh, 11th Aug. 1649. —
{Lanark Tests.]
JOHN [or JAMES] HAMILTON, M.A.
1650 (Glasgow 1639) ; son of David H. of
Elrick ; entered on trials for licence
1st June, and called 2nd Dec. 1649 ; ord. 16th
May 1650 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
1 1th June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662. He had an indulgence here 3rd
Sept. 1672 ; was fined by the Privy Council,
8th July 1673, for failing to observe the
anniversary of the Restoration, and com-
plaint was made that he baptized children
from neighbouring parishes. He died Sept.
1674, aged about 56. He marr. Helen
Ferguson of Caitloch, who survived him,
and had issue — John, min. of Avendale ;
Grizell ; Margaret. — [Wodrow's Hist., i.,
327 ; Lanark Tests. ; G. R. Sas., xxviii.,
203 ; Reg. of Deeds, Durie, 1st July 1678.]
288
CARMICHAEL
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER FOULIS, M.A., son of
_ Henry F., Commissary of Edin-
burgh ; pres. by Alexander, Arch-
bishop of Glasgow jure devoluto, Nov.
1664 ; inst. 23rd March 1665 ; trans, to
Innerwick 5th July 1666.
JOHN MACQUEEN, M.A.J adm.
8th Nov. 1666; trans, to Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, 29th Jan. 1669.
PETER PEIRSON, MA. ; pres. by
James, Marquess of Douglas, and
adm. before 29th Sept. 1669 ; min.
of Carsphairn in 1684.
JOHN HAMILTON, MA. [see
1672 above].
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, MA. (Edin-
burgh, 15th April 1652); adm. (by
the Protesting Party) to Crawford -
john before 24th Nov. 1660 ; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; granted
indulgence here 3rd Sept. 1672. — [Wodrow's
Hist., i., 327 ; Law's Memorialist
JOHN FORREST [or FOREST], MA. ;
min. of Tulliallan in 1660; granted
indulgence here (in preference to
Tillicoultry) by the Privy Council 15th
July 1676 ; afterwards min. of Prestonkirk
in 1692.
WILLIAM CHEYNE, a native of Aber-
deen, brother of Thomas C. ; M.A.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 7th July
1677) ; passed trials, and was recommended
for licence by Presb. of Ellon 12th Dec.
1683 ; pres. by James, Marquess of Douglas,
and adm. after 2nd Sept. 1685 ; died next
month, aged about 28. He was unmarr. —
[Lanark Tests. ; Ellon iVesfr. Beg.]
LACHLAN ROSS, born Keith, 1650,
1687 brother of John R. of Allanbruie ;
M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen, 24th
Aug. 1670); pres. by James, Marquess of
Douglas, Nov. 1686 ; adm. March 1687 ;
outed at the Revolution ; became vicar of
Mohill, Ireland, where he died s.p. May 1724.
He marr. Mary Whiting, who survived
him. — [Prim/ Seal Eng. Reg. vii., 456.]
[The parish was vacant from 1688 to 1694.
In 1693 the Marquess of Douglas, the patron,
employed the stipend in " restoring church
and manse, building a school-house, repair-
ing a bridge, and maintaining two students
of Philosophy [Arts] at the University of
Edinburgh for three years." — [Irving's
XJp>per Ward.]
JAMES GARTHSHORE, son of James
1694 *■*" °^ ^at ^ ' been, by Presb. of
Lanark 25th Oct. 1693; ord. 25th
Jan. 1694 ; died Father of the Synod
29th Nov. 1745. He marr. 20th July 1697,
Jean Grahame, who died 8th Aug. 1756, and
had issue — Beatrice, bapt. 18th June 1698
Mary, died before 3rd Sept. 1748; James
W.S., died 22nd Jan. 1774 ; Margaret (marr.
pro. 21st June 1752, Thomas Mutter, mer
chant, Edinburgh) ; Ann. — [Lanark Tests.
Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., App. 301.]
WILLIAM MILLAR, been, by Presb. of
1747 Hamilton 30th Sept. 1729; called
30th June, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1747 ;
died 2nd Feb. 1772, aged 71. He marr.
29th Nov. 1749, Lilias Simpson, who died
s.p. 30th Aug. 1788.— [Tombst.]
ROBERT INGLIS, born Lanark, 1746,
-,_,-_ fourth son of Cornelius I., surgeon,
and brother of James Inglis, M.A.,
medical practitioner, Lanark ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 6th April 1768 ; assistant at Ochil-
tree ; pres. by John, Earl of Hyndford, 15th
July 1772; ord. 25th Feb. 1773; died at
Rothesay 14th Jan. 1814. He marr. 23rd
Dec. 1773, Janet, daugh. of William Millar,
bookseller, Edinburgh. Publications — Ad-
dress to the Inhabitants of the Parish upon
the Alarming Situation of the Country
(Glasgow, 1804); Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii.). — [Tombst.]
WILLIAM LAMB, born 1777, second
son of George L., farmer, Langlands,
Covington ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; tutor at Kersewell, parish of
Carnwath, and at Torwoodlee, Selkirk-
shire ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 10th
July 1804 ; ord. to Pettinain 2nd Sept.
1807 ; pres. by Andrew, Earl of Hyndford,
14th June, trans, and adm. 16th Sept.
1814; D.D. (Glasgow, Nov. 1853); died
unmarr., 14th April 1863. He left his
LANARK]
CARMICHAEL— CARNWATH
289
1863
1884
library to the parish, and founded the
Lamb Bursary in the Univ. of Glasgow.
Publication— Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, vi.).
JOHN VARY, born Lanark, 1810, third
son of Richard V., Crossford, writer,
Provost of Lanark ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 25th April 1832 ; ord. to Pettinain
24th Dec. 1835 ; trans, and adm. 6th Aug.
1863; died 5th July 1884. He marr. 11th
Oct. 1836, Ellen (died s.p. 29th Feb. 1896),
daugh. of Alexander Craik, D.D., min. of
Libberton and Quothquan. He left £1200,
the interest to be divided annually among
six deserving poor persons, four in the
parish of Carmichael and two in Pettinain.
Publication — Account of the Parish of
Pettinain [partly prepared by George
Dickson, his predecessor there] (New Stat.
Ace, vi.).
JAMES DUNCAN WALKER
GIBSON, born 2nd Feb. 1860, son
of Henry G„ min. of Glenapp ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1879),
B.D. (1882) ; licen. by Presb. of Wigtown ;
assistant at Sandyford and St George's,
Glasgow; ord. 18th Dec. 1884; dem. 4th
June 1918. Marr. 21st April 1885, Jessie
Blackburn, daugh. of James Craig, Glasgow
and has issue — Henry James Craig, M.A.
M.B., Ch.B., Capt. R.A.M.C., bom 13th
April 1888. Publication — Birds of Car-
michael (Edinburgh, 1897).
THOMAS WATT M'ANDREW, formerly
min. of Fauldhouse (q.v.): trans, from
1918
St Margaret's, Tollcross, and adm.
28th Nov. 1918.
CARNWATH.
[The church of Carnwath was dedicated
to St Mary. It formed a prebend for the
treasurer of the Chapter of Glasgow. In
1424 Sir Thomas Somerville of Carnwath
rebuilt the church, and endowed it with a
collegiate foundation. There still stands in
the churchyard the fine north transept of
the old church, probably added to it in the
.sixteenth century. It is used as a place of
VOL. III.
burial by the Lockharts of Lee. Within it
is a stately altar tomb with recumbent
figures of Hew, seventh Lord Somerville,
who died in 1549, and his second wife,
Janet, daughter of William Maitland of
Lethington. She died in 1550. There was
a chapel in the parish at Muirhall. Carn-
wath Church was rebuilt in 1798, and again
in 1866. There are mission chapels within
the bounds at Auchengray and Tarbrax.]
THOMAS KING, exhorter in 1567;
1567 min. in 1574 ; trans, to Quothquan
about 1588.— [Reg. Min.]
THOMAS MAXWELL, M.A. ; min. in
1588 1588 ' trans, to Quothquan after
10th Feb. 1597.
THOMAS LIVINGSTON, mentioned
as "parson of Carnwath" 9th Aug.
1594.— [Reg. of Deeds, xlviii., 274.]
J ROBERT BANNATYNE, M.A. (Glas-
^ gow 1592) ; min. in 1597 ; member of
Assembly in 1602 ; a witness of the
infef tment of the Earl of Mar in the barony
of Carnwath 15th Feb. 1602 ; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 13th March 1605 ;
died May 1628, aged about 56. — [Reg.
Assig. ; Tombst.]
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, M.A.
(St Andrews 1620), son of Walter A.,
wright burgess of Cupar ; min. in
1629; died before 18th July 1639, aged
about 39.— [Synod Roll, 1642.]
[GAVIN HAMILTON, M.A. ; pres. by
Gavin, Lord Dalziel, in 1639. On 19th
Sept. the Presb. declined to sustain
his appointment, " having been in England
and kythed [shown] himself opposite to the
present work of Reformation, and unknown
to us." He was min. of Cadder in 1645.] —
[Selections from Lanark Presb. Reg.
(Bannatyne Club).]
JAMES DOUGLAS, M.A. ; trans, from
1640 D°uglas5 and adm. 31st Dec. 1640 ;
dep. " for malignancy " between 2nd
April and 21st May 1646 [afterwards min.
of Lady, Orkney].
THOMAS KIRKCALDIE, M.A. ; ord.
1646 30tk ^ept' 1646^ trans- t0 Tranent
1st April 1658.
1629
1639
290
CARNWATH
[PRESB. OF
1660
WILLIAM BROWN, licen. by the Pro-
testing Presb. of Linlithgow 8th
June 1653; ord. to Second Charge,
Linlithgow, 12th Sept. 1655 ; trans, and
adm. before 5th July 1660; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.— [Wodrow's
Hist., i., 327 ; Livingston's Charac]
JAMES LAW, nephew of Mungo L.,
min. of the Greyfriars', Edinburgh ;
M.A. (St Andrews, 28th July 1656) ;
adm. in 1663 ; died before 22nd Nov. 1684.
He marr. 17th Sept. 1668, Elizabeth Inglis,
and had issue — Mungo of Pittilloch,
advocate. — [Edin. Reg. Marr. ; G. R.
Homings, 2nd Jan. 1685.]
THOMAS HAMILTON, M.A. ; trans.
1675 from Bothwell ; pres. by Gavin,
Earl of Carnwath, and inst. 21st
May 1675 ; trans, to Stenton before 3rd
June 1679.
JAMES GILLON [or GILLAN], a
1680 native °f Aberdeen ; M.A. (King's
College, 19th July 1666); min. of
Lesmahagow in 1677 ; trans, and inst. 9th
Jan. 1680 ; outed at the Revolution. He
died unmarr., at Dryden, Lasswade, 2nd
July 1719, aged 71. He left 100 merks to
the poor of Lesmahagow and Carnwath
respectively, £200 Scots to the suffering
clergy, and a third of all his substance
to Alexander, Bishop of Edinburgh. —
[Edin. Reg. (Bur.); Edin. Tests.']
JAMES M ALPINE, a student at Univ.
1692 °^ Glasgow in 1687 ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 5th Oct. 1691 ; called
11th Jan., and ord. 24th March 1692; dep.
for immorality 6th March 1695, but was
reponed 12th Sept. 1711. He marr. Isobel
Hamilton.
JOHN GOOD, M.A. (Edinburgh, 3rd
1699 ^U^ 1693)i 0I"d- by the Scots Presb.
in London ; chaplain to Lord Strath-
naver's Regiment ; was recommended by
the General Assembly, 3rd Feb. 1699, to go
to Galloway, of which he was probably a
native ; called to this charge 26th March
following; adm. 4th May 1699; dem. 4th
Nov. 1713 ; died at Auchencairn 24th June
1746, aged 73. He marr. Mary, daugh. of
James Somerville of Gledstanes, and had
issue — John; George; Grizell (marr. William
Russell, wright, Edinburgh) ; Helen (marr.
Alexander M'Derment, baker, Whitehaven).
— [Dumfries Sas., viii., 87.]
PATRICK SCOTT, licen. by Presb. of
1718 Edinburgh 18th Nov. 1713; called
15th July, and again on 18th Nov.
1717 ; ord. 24th Sept. 1718 ; died 16th May
1748. He marr. Mary (died 22nd Jan.
1786), daugh. of James Muir of Roddens,
Co. Down, and had issue — James ; Eliza-
beth ; Archibald ; Euphame ; George ;
Thomas ; Hutcheson, born 17th May 1739 ;
Jean (twin), born 17th May 1739; Mary,
born 5th June 1743. — [Lanark Tests. ; Acts
of Ass., 1718.]
ROBERT JACK, M.A. (St Andrews,
1749 3rd May 1721); licen. by Presb. of
Tain 13th March 1728; ord. to
Biggar 27th Oct. 1732 ; pres. by Alex-
ander, Earl of Galloway, 24th Oct. 1748;
trans, and adm. 27th June 1749 ; died 30th
March 1758. He marr. 27th Aug. 1733,
Katherine (died Dec. 1775), daugh. of
Robert Lawrie, merchant, Edinburgh, and
had issue— Malcolm, born 25th July 1734;
William, born 14th Sept. 1735; Rachel,
born 8th Jan. 1737; John, born 1st Jan.
1739; Margaret, born 18th Feb. 1743;
Robert, born 20th May 1744, died 14th
Sept. 1746.
JAMES CAMPBELL, trans, from Dull ;
1758 Pres- ^ Alexander, Earl of Galloway,
3rd April and 17th May, and adm.
8th Nov. 1758 ; trans, to Kenmore 8th
Nov. 1759.
JOHN CHRISTIE, born 1718 ; educated
1760 at Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to Lib-
berton and Quothquan 14th Sept.
1758 ; pres. by Alexander, Earl of Gallo-
way, 16th Jan., and trans, and adm. 29th
May 1760 ; died 16th Dec. 1776. He marr.
27th Jan. 1766, Susanna (died 20th Nov.
1783), daugh. of Thomas Harvie, merchant,
Glasgow, and had issue — Elizabeth, born
17th Nov. 1766 (marr., pro. 13th April
1799, James Millar, merchant, Glasgow) ;
John Harvie, advocate, Judge of Appeal,
LANARK]
CARNWATH
291
Mauritius, born 26th March 1768, died 14th
Jan. 1840; Janet, born 27th Sept. 1769;
William, born 3rd June 1772 ; Thomas,
M.D., physician, Cheltenham, born 2nd
April 1774, died 11th Oct. 1829.
GEORGE MARK, born 1730, son of
777 James M., farmer, Braeland, Kirk-
urd ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; licen. by Presb. of Lanark; ord.
to Covington 17th Sept. 1767 ; pres. by
General James Lockhart of Lee 19th May,
trans, and adm. 29th Oct. 1777 ; died
unmarr., 28th May 1816. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, x.).
JAMES WALKER, born Carslogie, Fife,
1776, son of Andrew W., farmer ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Cupar 26th Aug. 1800;
assistant at St Mary's, Dundee ; tutor to
the family of Sir Alexander Macdonald
Lockhart of Lee ; ord. to Carluke 6th May
1813 ; pres. by Sir Charles Macdonald
Lockhart of Lee and Carnwath, Bart., 22nd
Oct. 1816; trans, and adm. 3rd April 1817 ;
died 7th April 1839. He marr. (1) 20th
Dec. 1813, Sarah (died s.p. 15th April 1818),
daugh. of Jonathan Middleton, farmer,
Libberton : (2) 3rd Oct. 1820, Jane (died
5th June 1887, aged 88), daugh. of James
French, Carnwath, and had issue — James,
D.D., min. of the Free Church, Carnwath,
author of The Theology and Theologians of
Scotland in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Centuries, born 17th Sept. 1821, died 5th
July 1891 ; Agnes Gibson, born 3rd March
1823, died 17th Oct. 1896 ; Andrew, born
20th Oct. 1824, died 6th Jan. 1856 ; Norman
Macdonald Lockhart, D.D., min. of the
Free Church, Dysart, author of Robert
Buchanan, D.D., an Ecclesiastical Bio-
graphy, sometime editor of the Free Church
Missionary Record, born 16th June 1826,
died 1st July 1905 ; Isabella Aitken, born
12th May 1829, died 5th July 1830 ; Jane
French, born 1st May 1831 (marr. David
Edie, Eliothead) ; Charles Macdonald Lock-
hart, born 31st Jan. 1834 ; Helen Spalding,
born 17th Dec. 1835, died 5th July 1855 ;
John Martin, born 18th Oct. 1837, died 1st
Jan. 1860. Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, vi.). — [Rankin's
Carluke, 99 ; Logan's Memoir of James
Walker, D.D., Carnwath.]
ALEXANDER HUGH M'LEAN, born
1839 Campbeltown, 25th Feb. 1809, eldest
son of John M., writer ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Kintyre 15th May, and ord. to Symington,
Lanarkshire, 26th Sept. 1834 ; pres. by his
brother-in-law, Sir Norman Macdonald
Lockhart of Lee and Carnwath, Bart. ;
trans, and adm. 5th Dec. 1839 ; died 25th
Jan. 1878. He marr. 20th Nov. 1838, Sarah
Anne Thomas (born 23rd May 1812, died
25th Sept. 1849), daugh. of Major-general
Thomas Kerr, and had issue — Sarah Anne
Margaret Sinclair Kerr, born 19th Sept.
1849, died 31st March 1850.
LEWIS BEATON, born 30th Sept.
1878 1832> son °f Charles B., merchant,
Knockando ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1850) ; sometime school-
master of Strichen ; ord. to Muirkirk 10th
Jan. 1867 ; trans, and adm. 1st Aug. 1878 ;
died 28th March 1908. He marr. 8th Sept.
1864, Annie (died 30th June 1912, aged 70),
daugh. of Alexander Inkson, and had issue
— Lewis Alexander, born 28th Aug. 1865,
died 19th Dec. 1900; Jane Elizabeth, born
27th Nov. 1867, died 14th Jan. 1892 ; Annie,
born 6th Sept. 1869, died 30th March 1911 ;
Elsie, born 16th July 1871 ; Patricia Ink-
son, born 8th June 1873 ; Eliza Inkson, born
13th Dec. 1875; Charles, born 25th April
1878 ; Margaret Isabella, born 20th April
1880 ; Harriet Inkson, born 23rd April 1882.
DAVID HAY SAWERS, born Edin-
1905 burgh, 7th Aug. 1870, son of James
Stewart S. and Margaret Hay ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1899) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 9th May 1902 ;
assistant to preceding, 1902-4 ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 13th Jan. 1905. Marr.
15th Sept. 1909, Agnes, daugh. of John
M'Kean, and widow of Alexander Lunan,
Leith, and has issue — James Stewart Hay,
born 27th July 1910 ; David Hay, born 10th
Oct. 1915.
292
AUCHENGRAY AND TARBRAX— CARSTAIRS [prksb. of
AUCHENGRAY AND TARBRAX
CHAPEL.
[A mission station here was erected into
a Chapel-of-Ease in 1895. Tarbrax Mission
was begun in 1912. Among those who
served as missionaries at Auchengray were
James Kobertson Sabiston, afterwards
min. of the Abbey Parish, Edinburgh, and
Hugh Mitchell Jamieson, afterwards
min. of Auchterarder.]
ROBERT ROBERTSON, app. in 1891 ;
ord. 7th Feb. 1895 ; app. to Dal-
whinnie in 1907.
1895
WILLIAM RICHMOND SCOTT, born
1908 Kilmarnock, 27th July 1852, son of
James S. and Janet Richmond ;
educated at Kilmarnock Academy, Ander-
son's College, Glasgow, Univ. and Evan-
gelical Union Theological Hall, Glasgow ;
spent some time on the Continent and in the
East in the study of Oriental Languages and
Literature ; min. of the Evangelical Union
Church, Langholm, 1878-87; of Nelson
Street Evangelical Union Church, Greenock,
1887-91. Joined the Church of Scotland,
and adm. as a licentiate by General As-
sembly May 1893 ; assistant at Canonbie,
Cadzow (Ferniegair), Craigellachie, and St
Thomas's, Glasgow; ord. 18ttr March 1908.
Publication — Contributions to Proceedings
of Glasgow Univ. Oriental Society.
CARSTAIRS, of old CAER-
TARRES (CASTELTARRES).
[The church of Carstairs was a prebend
of Glasgow. It was dedicated to St Mary.
In 1794 Carstairs Church was rebuilt.
There is a Chapel-of-Ease in the parish
at Carstairs Junction.]
1571
JAMES STIRLING, pres. by James VI.
3rd Dec. 1570 ; adm. Nov. 1571 ;
dem. before 21st Feb. 1574. "He
made a simoniacal sale of the benefice to
John Kinnaird. In a list of delinquents
laid before the General Assembly in Aug.
1575 there are found the names of James
Stirling, ' who sold the parsonage of Car-
stairs, and John Kinnaird, who waiteth not
upon his cure, and hath slain the laird of
Corston.' Kinnaird appears to have been
deposed."— [MS. Life of John Colvill, quoted
in Hamilton of Wishaw's Description, 55 ;
Reg. Min. ; Irving's Upper Ward, ii., 449.]
JAMES FOTHERINGHAM, exhorter
ifrtfi *n Nov. l^^O ; reader at Lanark in
1574 ; returned here probably as
min. in 1576 ; trans, to Roberton about
1581.
JOHN LINDSAY, natural son of John
L. of Covington; min. of Lesmaha-
gow in 1580 ; pres. by James VI.
6th Nov. 1581 ; trans, and adm. soon after ;
still min. in 1608. He marr. (1) Isobel
Wilkie of Provanside, widow of Robert
Livingston, and had issue — John, min. of
this parish ; James ; Elizabeth (marr. (1)
William Birnie, min. of Ayr : (2) James
Harper, surgeon : (3) John Harper, min.
of West Kilbride) ; Anna (marr., cont. 22nd
and 24th March 1614, William Telfer) ;
Isobel (marr., cont. 30th Sept. 1625, John
Hamilton, merchant) : (2) Janet Forrest,
who died 12th Nov. 1603, and had issue —
Agnes. — [Family of Pirnie of Proomhill ;
Lanark Sas. Over Ward, ii., 210 ; Peg. of
Deeds, ccclxxxix., 405 ; G. R. Inhib., 29th
Aug. 1615.]
JAMES LINDSAY of Padcrook and
Kirkbank, born 1582, natural son of
John L. of Covington, and brother
of preceding ; M.A. (Aberdeen 1604) ; pres.
to Dunsyre 16th Jan. 1607 ; trans, and
adm. in 1616; died 20th June 1621. He
marr. Jean Livingston, and had issue —
John, died before 20th Feb. 1622; Jean
and Elizabeth, who became heirs to their
brother. — [Lanark Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Lanark,
136, and Gen., 998, 999, 2061; Irving's
Upper Ward, ii., 449 ; Lanark Sas., ii., 44.]
JOHN LINDSAY, of Padcrook, born
1596, son of John L., min. in 1581 ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1614) ; min. in 1621 ;
member of the Court of High Commission
21st Oct. 1634; nominated Constant
Moderator of Presb. by Archbishop
Lindsay 30th Sept. 1635 ; dep. for his
prelatic tendencies 13th April 1639. The
LANARK]
CARSTAIRS
293
1672
General Assembly reponed him 28th Aug.
following ; he was pres. de novo by the
patron 19th Sept. 1639, and re-ord. by
the Presb. 30th April 1640, "as if he
had not been a min. before." He was a
member of Commission of Assembly in
1646, and one of a committee on the Psalter
Jan. 1647. He died 30th March 1672. He
marr. Janet Melvill, who died 29th Sept.
1667, aged 69.— \Lanark Tests.; Baillie's
Lett. ; Beg. Old Dec, i. ; Tombst.]
JOHN GPvEIG, MA. ; min. of Skirling
7 in 1655 ; was granted indulgence
here by the Privy Council 3rd Sept.
1672 ; had his indulgence forfeited 7th
Aug. 1677; returned to Skirling in 1687.—
[Wodrow's Hist., ii., 204, 347.]
[JAMES KIRKTON, MA..; formerly
min. of the Second Charge, Lanark,
and of Mertoun ; granted indulgence
here with preceding, 3rd Sept. 1672, but
there is no record of his having obeyed the
order.] — [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 204.]
ALEXANDER LIVINGSTON, MA. ;
min. of Carmichael in 1639, and of
Biggar in 1647 ; said to have been
granted indulgence here (probably in place
of James Kirkton) 29th Dec. 1672. He
may be the A. L. who died 13th April 1678.
ANTHONY MURRAY, MA. ; min. of
Coulter in 1654 ; granted indulgence
here in place of John Greig 7th Aug.
1677; returned to Coulter in 1687 —
[Wodrow's Hist., ii., 347.]
ALAN JOHNSTON, MA. (Edinburgh
1685 1672) ; min. of Broughton in 1684 ;
trans, and inst. 27th May 1685 ; outed
at the Revolution. He marr. Katherine
Rule, who died at Edinburgh in 1698, and
had issue — Andrew, engraver, London
(whose daugh. Jane marr. Andrew Millar,
publisher of Johnson's Dictionary) ; David ;
Thomas ; William. — [G. B. Homings, 6th
Dec. 1686.]
THOMAS THOMSON, of Cochlea;
1690 ^"^" (Glasgow 1651); min. of
Parton about 1659; deprived in
1662 ; was granted indulgence at Dairy in
1672 ; restored to Parton 25th April 1690,
but having been called to this charge, was
1672
1677
adm. soon after ; was a member of Assembly
in 1690. He is not mentioned after 20th
Oct. 1691. He marr. 21st Sept. 1659,
Isobel, daugh. of Thomas Mercer, advocate,
Aberdeen. — [Hamilton Presb. Beg.]
JOHN OLIPHANT, son of Thomas O.
1693 °^ Hillcairnie ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; tutor to Archibald
Johnston of Warriston ; adm. min. of Stone-
house about April 1654 ; deprived in 1662 ;
granted indulgence at Stonehouse 27th
July 1669, and apparently again 3rd Sept.
1672. He refused to read the Proclamation
regarding the deliverance of the King and
the Duke of York from the Rye-house Plot,
and had his indulgence cancelled 8th Oct.
1684. He returned to Stonehouse at the
Toleration ; had a call to Hamilton in 1688,
and was restored to Stonehouse by Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690. On 4th July
of that year, he was app. one of the Visitors
of Universities, and was a member of
Assembly ; trans, to Carluke in 1689, and
to this parish 25th Jan. 1693. He died
3rd March 1698. He left £100 to the poor
in each of the parishes of Stonehouse and
Carstairs, and 500 merks to Carstairs, " for
pious uses — buying ane mortcloath and
casting a bell for the paroch." He marr. (1)
Jean Crawford or Campbell, and through
her was infeft in an annual rent of 4500
merks from the lands of Kilcadzow, parish
of Carluke, and a similar sum from the lands
of Overmains, parish of Stonehouse : (2)
Nov. 1694, Jane, daugh. of James Hamilton
of Halcraig, Carluke, who survived him,
s.p. She left to the poor of the parish
£36, 13s. 4d. Scots. — [Carluke Sess. Beg. ;
Lanark Tests. ; Lanark Sas., ix., 242 ; G. B.
Sas., 16th Jan. 1701, lxxxi., 38 ; Rankin's
Carluke, 70 ; Naismith's Stonehouse, 118.]
JOHN M'LAREN, trans, from Kippen,
and adm. 16th Jan. 1699 ; trans, to
Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh, 29th
July 1711.
JOHN WILSON, chaplain to Sir Alex-
7 ander Hope of Kerse ; licen. . by
Presb. of Linlithgow 4th July 1711 ;
called 20th April, and ord. 7th Sept. 1713 ;
died 18th March 1746, aged 63, "a valuable
and worthy man." — [Tombst.]
1699
294
CARSTAIRS— CARSTAIRS JUNCTION
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM FORRESTER, born 1709,
174 son of James F., min. of Coulter
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh
licen. by Presb. of Biggar 30th Aug. 1773
ord. to St Mungo, Dumfriesshire, 2nd Sept.
1 736 ; pres. by Sir James Lockhart of Car-
stairs 1st Sept. 1746 ; trans, and adm. 19th
Oct. 1748; died 24th May 1785. He marr.
11th Aug. 1743, Mary (died 1st July 1807),
daugh. of Alexander Bayne, min. of Keir,
and had issue — James, min. of Kilrenny,
born 16th Dec. 1744; Isobel, born 28th
Jan. 1746 (marr., pro. 30th May 1778,
Samuel Somervell of Ampherlaw, baker,
Edinburgh), died 12th May 1820; Alex-
ander, born 1st April 1747, died 11th May
1764 ; Robert, Secretary to the Bank of
Scotland, born 20th May 1748 ; Lockhart,
born 15th April 1750, died 28th Jan. 1769 ;
William, born 6th March 1752, died 2nd
June 1773; Janet, born 11th April 1756
(marr. William Watson, min. of Biggar) ;
John, born 26th Sept. 1758, died 1st Sept.
1766 ; George, Surveyor of Customs, born
29th Nov. 1760 ; Archibald, born 7th July
1762 ; Alexander, min. of West Linton. —
[Tombst.~\
JOSEPH CRICHTON, pres. by William
Fullarton of Carstairs Oct. 1785 ;
ord. 5th July 1786 ; trans, to Ceres
6th Aug. 1793.
1786
JAMES FINLAYSON, born 15th May
1794 ^43, son °f John F. ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunbar, 4th Jan. 1769; ord. to Sand-
sting, Shetland, 8th Aug. 1770 ; trans, to
Symington, Lanarkshire, 8th May 1783 ;
pres. by William Fullarton of Carstairs
22nd Jan., and trans, and adm. 14th Aug.
1794 ; died 20th Dec. 1808. He marr. 26th
March 1770, Mary (died 3rd June 1812),
daugh. of Captain William Coats of Lime-
house, and had issue— Mary, born 19th Jan.
1773; James, R.N., born 18th April 1774,
died at Demerara, 5th Oct. 1818; William,
merchant, Liverpool, born 5th June 1776 ;
Thomas, merchant, Glasgow, born 10th Jan.
1779 ; John Mitchell, merchant, Glasgow,
born 17 th Jan. 1780 ; George Blair, writer,
Glasgow, born 20th Jan. 1783, died 6th
June 1812; Leslie, born 14th Sept. 1784.
Publications — Accounts of the Parishes of
Symington and Carstairs (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, viii., xviii.). — [Lanark Tests. ; Tombst.']
GEORGE MUNRO, born in the neigh-
1809 b°urnoo(i °f Glasgow, 1778, eldest
son of William M. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1798); licen. by
Presb. of Lanark 20th April 1808 ; pres.
by the Trustees of William Fullarton of
Carstairs, and ord. 21st Sept. 1809 ; died
16th March 1857. He marr. (1) 10th Oct.
1809, Margaret (died 14th Jan. 1850),
daugh. of John Smith, Glasgow, and had
issue — William, boru 25th Sept. 1816, died
17th Sept. 1825 ; Rachel Katen, born 16th
Sept. 1818, died 16th Oct. 1825; John
Smith, born 24th July 1820, died 1st May
1851 : (2) 1st Nov. 1853, Catherine Watson,
Kirkfieldbank House, who survived him,
and marr. secondly, 24th Nov. 1858. Pub-
lication— Account of the Parish (JVetv Stat.
Ace, vi.)
WILLIAM STRUTHERS, born Glas-
^ gow, 1806, second son of William
S., merchant ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; MA. (1825) ; ord. to St Leonard's,
Perth, 1844 ; trans, and adm. 4th June
1857; died unmarr. 14th Dec. 1887.
ROBERT MEREDITH SHARPE, born
1888 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 31st
Oct. 1858, son of James S. and
Helen Patillo ; educated at Hamilton,
Canada, and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow June 1887; assistant at
Irvine; ord. 23rd May 1888. Marr. 6th
June 1889, Helen Russell, daugh. of John
Orr, min. of Tron Parish, Glasgow.
CARSTAIRS JUNCTION
CHAPEL-OF-EASE.
[Opened as a Chapel-of-Ease in 1879. A
church was built in 1879.]
JOHN BELL, born Kirkpatrick-Fleming,
Dumfriesshire, 2nd Dec. 1842, son
of Archibald B. and Jean Irving ;
educated at St Mungo Public School, Dum-
friesshire, and Univ. of St Andrews ; MA.
LANARK]
CARSTAIRS JUNCTION— CRAWFORD
295
1917
(1871) ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews ;
assistant at Kilwinning ; ord. in June
1880; died s.p. 8th Aug. 1913. He marr.
12th Jan. 1904, Janet Ballantyne, daugh.
of John Mosson and Grace Ballantyne.
JOHN CAMPBELL MACLELLAN,
1913 trans- from Kincardine-on-Spey, and
adm. 23rd Dec. 1913; trans, to
Kinloch-Rannoch 16th Feb. 1917.
WILLIAM DUNCANSON MACGILL,
born Irvine, 22nd Feb. 1884, son of
William M. and Agnes Duncanson ;
educated at Bank Street School and
Academy, Irvine, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1905), B.D. (1908); licen. by Presb.
of Irvine in 1908 ; assistant at Caddonfoot
in 1909, and Rutherglen, 1910-17 ; ord. 11th
May 1917.
CRAWFORD.
[Crawford was called sometimes for
distinction Crawford Lindsay, and in later
times Crawford Douglas. The church of
Crawford belonged to the Abbey of Holy-
rood. It was dedicated to St Constantine
the Martyr. The ruins of the old church,
rebuilt in 1670, are standing in the church-
yard. Beside Crawford Castle there was a
chapel of St Thomas the Martyr. A fair
was held at Crawford on St Barnabas' Day,
the 11th of June. Crawford Church now
stands at the village of Crawford, where it
was rebuilt in 1875. There is a mission
chapel in the parish at Elvanfoot.]
RICHARD WEIR, reader, Nov. 1570 ;
1570 "held also the vicarage thereof."
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, min. of
^ Libberton in 1567; pres. by James
VI. 24th July 1574, having also
Crawfordjohn in his charge ; still min. in
1586.— [Beg. Assig.]
ROBERT LANDELLS, min. in 1588;
trans, to Carmichael in that or
1588
following year. — [Beg. Assig.]
JAMES FOTHERINGHAM, exhorter
at Carstairs in 1570 ; reader at
Lanark in 1574 ; returned to Car-
stairs in 1576 ; trans, to Roberton about
1581, having also Carmichael in his charge.
He appears as reader there, 1586-8; as
reader at Crawfordjohn, 1589 91 ; was
trans, to this charge in 1593, and is still
mentioned in 1601. — [Beg. Assig.]
WILLIAM WILSON, son of David W.,
1607 maltman, burgess of Glasgow ; min.
in 1607; died 3rd Sept. 1623. He
left £20 to "the puir of the kirk." He
marr. Isobel Inglis, daugh. of Jean Syming-
ton, who survived him, and marr. secondly,
John Symington, min. of Carmichael, and
had issue — David ; Thomas ; John ; James ;
Sarah ; Elizabeth (marr., cont. 26th March
1636, James Dobie, bailie of Crawford) ;
Jean. — [Beg. Assig. ; Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Lanark
Tests. ; Beg. of Deeds, ccccxlii., 78 ; Lanark
Sas. Over Ward, iii., 340 ; Glasg. Com.
Deeds, 6th Oct. 1630.]
JOHN WILSON, born 1592, son of
1623 Matthew W., min. of Wiston ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1613); pres. by James VI.
8th Sept., passed trials 28th Sept., and adm.
13th Nov. 1623. On 1st Oct. 1646 he was
suspended for admitting to the Communion-
table William, first Marquess of Douglas,
who, after signing the Covenant in 1644,
had gone over to the King's party and
joined the Marquess of Montrose. On
1st July 1647, W. was ordered to desist from
marrying persons "when there is a great
multitude and pypers at the bridal." He
died Dec. 1649. He marr. (cont. 1st June
1621) Jean, daugh. of James Baillie, min.
of Lamington, who survived him, and had
issue— James, student of arts in Univ. of
Glasgow ; William, apprenticed to Ralph
Weir, tailor, Edinburgh, 8th Sept. 1647 ;
Elizabeth ; Abigail ; Jean. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Lanark Tests. ; Beg. of Deeds, cccxlviii.
321, ccclxxxiii. 6; William Davidson's
Lanark, 60.]
GILBERT HAMILTON, M.A. ; called in
1651 1650; adm. 15th Jan. 1651 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He
was cited before the Privy Council, May
1669, " but either through mistake or moyen
(influence) was not called " ; granted in-
dulgence at West Kilbride 3rd Sept, 1672.
296
CRAWFORD
[PEESB. OF
ROBERT SMITH, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1666 28t}l ^Uty 1648); schoolmaster of
Peebles ; was a preacher for ten
years ; pres. by George, Bishop of Edin-
burgh, 2nd March, passed trials before the
Presb., and was recommended for ordina-
tion 15th March, and inst. 9th May 1666.
He either died or left the parish after 28th
Sept. 1681, when his name disappears from
the register.
JOHN BROWN", M.A. (St Andrews, 6th
1682 ^aru 1681) -; Pres- ^ John, Bishop of
Edinburgh, and inst. 27th June 1682 ;
outed at the Revolution. He was alive
19th Feb. 1696. He marr., and had issue
— Isobel (marr. James Nasmyth of Earls-
haugh, Tweedsmuir, writer, Edinburgh). —
[Reg. Old Dec, ii.]
JAMES HEPBURN, educated at Univ.
1698 °^ Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 28th April, and called 17th
Oct. 1697; ord. 23rd Feb. 1698; died 5th
July 1738, aged 71. He marr. 16th Oct.
1699, Elizabeth, daugh. of Thomas Car-
michael of Eastend, and had issue — John,
his successor here. H. was proprietor of
lands in Quothquan purchased in 1707. —
[Tombst.]
JOHN HEPBURN, born 1709, son of
1739 Precec^Dg '; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 30th April 1735 ; pres. by George
II. 22nd Dec. 1738 ; ord. 30th Aug. 1739 ;
died 27th April 1759. He marr. 18th Nov.
1740, Elizabeth (died 25th Aug. 1759),
daugh. of John Rankine, min. of Inchture,
and had issue — James, born 8th Oct.
1741, died young; Elizabeth, born 12th
Sept. 1742 ; John, born 1st May 1744,
died 5th Sept. 1746 ; Charles, born 17th
June 1746 ; John, born 25th April 1748 ;
James, born 1st Oct. 1752 ; Alexander, born
28th Sept. 1755 ; Susanna, born 8th Sept.
1757 ; Alison (posthumous), bom 7th Nov.
1759.-— [Tombst.]
JOHN KINGAN [his name is not found
1760 on ^e ^t0^ °^ an^ Scots Univ.];
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
2nd Oct. 1751 ; app. by the Presb. jure
devoluto 29th April, and ord. 28th Aug.
1760; died 9th Feb. 1781, aged 59. He
marr. 26th April 1764, Helen (died at Glas-
gow, 18th Nov. 1805), daugh. of Charles
Hunter, min. of Pettinain, and had issue —
William, merchant, Glasgow, born 12th
July 1766, died in 1864; Charles, born
16th Oct. 1768, died 26th April 1769;
John [called fifth son in Addison's
Matriculation Albums of Univ. of Glas-
goio], merchant, Glasgow, born 29th Aug.
1771, died at Cheltenham 5th April 1864.—
[Lanark Tests. ; Tombst.]
JAMES MACCONOCHIE, born Banff-
17al shire ; licen. by Presb. of Strath-
bogie 1st Sept. 1773 ; pres. by George
III. 29th March, and ord. 20th Dec. 1781 ;
died 29th June 1806. He marr. 8th Feb.
1782, Barbara (died at Edinburgh, s.p., 23rd
April 1809), daugh. of Alexander Sharp,
Edinburgh. Publications — A Sermon
preached on the National Fast (Edin-
burgh, 1794) ; A Dissertation concerning
the Writer of the Fourth Gospel (Edin-
burgh, 1803) ; Thoughts on National De-
fence (Edinburgh, 1813).
JOHN ROSS, born Aberdeen, 1767, son
1807 °^ Alexander R., merchant ; educated
at Marischal College and Univ. of
Aberdeen; M.A. (1785); licen. by Presb.
of Forres 29th Aug. 1797 ; tutor in the
family of Archibald Campbell Colquhoun
of Clathick, Lord Clerk Register ; pres. by
George III. 2nd Aug. 1806 ; ord. 2nd April
1807; died 2nd Oct. 1828. He marr. 19th
Oct. 1804, Mary Clark, who died 27th Oct.
1882, and had issue — Agnes Colquhoun,
born 11th Feb. 1806 (marr. 19 th Aug.
1822, Robert Bower, surgeon, R.N.) ; John
Campbell Colquhoun, born 29th Oct.
1807 ; Archibald Campbell Colquhoun,
M.D., born 15th July 1809; Helen Camp-
bell, born 25th July 1813 ; William Hamil-
ton, M.D., H.E.I.C.S., born 11th June
1816 ; Alexander Johnston, D.D. (Edin-
burgh 1879), min. of the Free Church, Lang-
holm, the Presbyterian Church, Brighton,
vicar of St Philip's, Stepney, and rector of
Snelston, Derbyshire, born 2nd June 1819,
died 1887 [when he preached in St
Giles', Edinburgh, in 1879, at the request
of Dr Cameron Lees, he read before the
LANARK]
CRAWFORD— CRAWFORDJOHN
297
sermon, the Collect for the Seventh Sunday
after Trinity — the collect at the reading of
which Jenny Geddes is said to have thrown
her stool at Dean Hannay's head] ; James
Finlay, born 24th June 1822; Robert
Bower, born 14th April 1824; Charles
Grant Hope, born 28th March 1826 ; Eliza-
beth Fletcher, born 13th Aug. 1828.—
[Memoir of Alexander Johnston Ross.~\
THOMAS ANDERSON, born Living-
182g ston, Bathgate, 15th March 1780,
son of William A., farmer; tutor
(at Keith House) in the family of Lieut.-
col. Alexander Maclean of Ardgour ; licen.
by Presb. of Haddington 21st March 1812 ;
ord. chaplain at Leadhills 3rd May 1820;
pres. by George IV. in March, and adm.
17th Sept. 1829 ; died 25th May 1869. He
marr. 23rd Oct. 1832, Elizabeth (died 26th
April 1882), daugh. of John Harvie of Shir-
garton, Kippen, and had issue — William,
bom 21st Aug. 1833, died 13th May 1846 ;
John Harvie, born 1835, died 31st March
1837 ; Thomas Alexander, writer, Glasgow,
born 10th March 1837, died 13th Feb. 1897 ;
Harvie of Quarter and Shirgarton, mer-
chant, Glasgow, born 2nd Nov. 1841.
WILLIAM MORRISON, born Glasgow,
j about 1830, second son of Alexander
M., schoolmaster ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow and U.P. Theological Hall, Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (Glasgow 1852). Joined the
Church of Scotland; ord. (assistant and
successor) 7th May 1863 ; died suddenly in
the street at Edinburgh, 28th Dec. 1869,
unmarr.
v JAMES ALEXANDER BURDON,
187o trans, from East Parish, Perth, and
adm. 25th Aug. 1870; trans, to
Lasswade 16th May 1876.
CHRISTOPHER M'KUNE, born Kel-
head, Cummertrees, 19th March
1844, son of John M. and Margaret
Wilson ; educated at Cummertrees School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Greenock April 1867 ; ord. to St George's
Parish, Paisley, 17th July 1868 ; trans, and
adm. 26th Sept. 1876. Marr. 11th Dec.
1890, Anne Elizabeth, daugh. of Henry
Shute, R.E.
1876
CRAWFORDJOHN.
[The vicarage of Crawfordjohn belonged
to the Abbey of Kelso. Its church appears
to have been dedicated to St Anne, on
whose day, the 26th of July, a yearly fair
was held here. In the early part of the
thirteenth century the lands of the parish
were owned by John, a near kinsman of
Baldwin of Biggar, and from him they
got the name of Crawfordjohn. There is
a mission chapel within the bounds at
Abington.]
CHARLES FOREST, exhorter in
1567 1567.
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, min. in
1567 1567, with Libberton also in the
charge. In 1574 he was trans, to
Crawford, but ministered here to 1587. —
[Reg. Min.]
JOHN HAMILTON, called " parson of
lr-8S Crawfordjohn," was included in the
general Act of Restitution in 1583.
In 1605 he and his servant were indicted
"for the mutilation of Alexander Lockhart,
tutor of Waygateshaw, and for bearing and
wearing pistolettis." — [Acts of Pari., iii.,
383 ; Pitcairn's Criminal Trials, ii., 474 ;
Irving's Upper Ward, i., 116.]
JAMES FOTHERINGHAM, reader
15 here, 1589 to 1591 ; trans, to Crawford
in 1593.— [Reg. Assig.]
JOHN LEVERANCE [LAWRANCE],
15g_ held the charge in conjunction with
Douglas in 1599 ; returned to
Douglas before 1601.
ROBERT LINDSAY, M.A. (Glasgow
1603 1601) » adm- in 1603 » died 7ttl June
1651, aged about 70. He had sasine
of two oxgates of the lands of Balgray in
the parish 31st Dec. 1627, which he
renounced 24th Dec. 1638. He marr.
Lilias Maxwell, and had issue — William;
Matthew. — [Reg. Assig. ; Lanark Tests. ;
Neiv Gen. Reg. Sas., iii., iv. ; Tombst.]
ROBERT HUME, M.A. ; adm. in 1652 ;
1652 deprived *n 1661 » adm- t0 Oxnam
14th May 1666.— [P. C Decreta.]
298
CRAWFORDJOHN
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, M.A. ; adm.
1660 ^y ^e Protesters) before 24th Nov.
1660 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662; granted indulgence at Car-
michael 3rd Sept. 1672.
WILLIAM THOMSON, M.A. (Edin-
1665 burgh, 27th July 1663); licen. by
George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 14th
Oct. 1663 ; inst. 3rd Dec. 1665 ; still min.
at 28th Sept. 1681, and was perhaps deprived
for not taking the Test. He marr. Jean
Symington, who was alive 1st June 1700. —
[Reg. Collat.]
JOHN NISBET, M.A. ; pres. by William,
Duke of Hamilton, and inst. 21st
Sept. 1682 ; trans, to Houston in
1686.
1682
SAMUEL MOWAT, M.A. (Edinburgh
16g(7 1669); min. of Kirkconnel about
1676 ; deprived in 1681 for declining
the Test ; min. here in 1687 ; outed in
1688, and went to Ireland. He returned to
Scotland, when the Archbishop of Glasgow
commended him " to the charity of all good
Christians." He received help from the
Kirk-sessions of Muthill and Scoonie. In
April 1702 he was imprisoned in the Tol-
booth of Edinburgh for having celebrated
clandestine marriages in the city. He died
at Edinburgh, 20th July 1717, aged 68. He
marr. Marion M'Adam, and had issue —
Annathaniel ; Margaret [vide vol. ii., p.
319]. — [Muthill and Scoonie Kirk - Sess.
Begs. ; Edin. Reg. {Bur. and Marr.).'}
V JOHN BRYCE, educated at Univ. of
1693 Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow 7th Dec. 1692; ord. 12th June
1693; died 16th Feb. 1704. He marr.
Agnes Crichton, who survived him. —
[Tombst.]
ROBERT LANG [or LAING]. From
17og 1st Nov. 1704, when it was pro-
posed to call Thomas Linning, to
26th Dec. 1708, when, on the nomination
of the Presb. jure devoluto, R. L. was app.
to preach, neither heritors nor parishioners
could agree on a suitable minister. Great
opposition was made to R. L., who was
1713
1750
obliged to conduct service in the church-
yard, some of the leading men of the parish
having barricaded the church doors against
him. He was ord. 9th March 1709, and
trans, to Newburgh-on-Tay 17th July 1711.
ROBERT DAVIDSON, bom 1681;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 23rd
Feb. 1708 ; was chaplain to Lady
Blantyre ; called 22nd Dec. 1712 ; ord.
25th Nov. 1713; died 7th Jan. 1749, "an
amiable, humorous, and faithful minister."
He marr. 26th Aug. 1716, Barbara Auldcorn,
who died 14th Aug. 1764, and had issue-
John, min. of Old Kirkpatrick ; Robert ;
Christopher^ apprenticed W.S. in 173^ ;
William ; Archibald, D.D., Principal of the
Univ. of Glasgow (q.v.) ; Lilias.— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM MILLAR, born Kilmaurs,
1719, son of William M. ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1741) ;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 3rd March 1748 ;
pres. by the Commissioners for Dunbar,
Earl of Selkirk, 16th June 1749 ; ord. 3rd
May 1750 ; died unmarr. 3rd Feb. 1801.
Publication— Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, vi.).— [Tombst.]
JOHN AIRD, born Auchinleck, Ayr-
shire, 1745, son of William A. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; pres.
by George Colebrooke of Crawford 5th
March, and ord. 3rd Sept. 1801 ; died 23rd
April 1815. William Wordsworth and his
sister Dorothy, with Samuel Taylor Cole-
ridge, passed through the parish during their
tour in Scotland in 1803. Miss Words-
worth writes in her Diari/ for 20th Aug. :
" The people of the village, who were
making hay, all stared at us and our
carriage. We inquired the road of a
middle-aged man, dressed in a shabby
black coat, at work in one of the hay
fields ; he looked like the minister of the
place, and when he spoke we felt assured
he was so, for he was not sparing of hard
words, which, however, he used with great
propriety, and he spoke like one who had
been accustomed to dictate. Our car
wanted mending in the wheel, and we
asked him if there was a blacksmith in
the village. 'Yes,' he replied, but when
we showed him the wheel he told William
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299
that he might mend it himself without a
blacksmith and he would put him in the
way; so he fetched a hammer and nails
and gave his directions, which William
obeyed, and repaired the damage entirely
to his own satisfaction and the priest's,
who did not offer to lend any assistance
himself ; not as if he would not have been
willing in case of need, but as if it were
more natural for him to dictate and because
he thought it more fit that William should
do it himself. He spoke much about the
propriety of every man's lending all the
assistance in his power to travellers and
with some ostentation or self-praise." He
marr. 3rd Oct. 1773, Isabella M'Kune,
who died 1st June 1827, and had issue —
Christina, Elizabeth, and John, all above
the age of twenty-one in 1801 ; Mary, born
1st April 1783; Douglas, born 23rd Dec.
1791. — [Tombst. ; Dorothy Wordsworth's
Tour in Scotland (1803), p. 26.]
WILLIAM GOLDIE, born 14th May
1816 1788, son °f George G., min. of Athel-
staneford ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Perth 25th
Nov. 1812 ; pres. by the Trustees of George
Colebrooke Sept. 1815 ; ord. 9th May 1816 ;
died 9th March 1862. He marr. (1) 25th
Sept. 1820, Anna (died 4th March 1833,
aged 32), youngest daugh. of Jonathan
Middleton, Libberton, and had issue —
George, born 6th Sept. 1821, died 12th
July 1839 ; Jonathan Middleton, born 12tb
Dec. 1822, died 30th March 1833 ; William,
M.D., Edinburgh, born 7th May 1824, died
1905 ; Sarah Middleton, born 17th Dec.
1825 (marr. Angus Willins, min. of Whal-
say) ; Magdalene Howden, born 28th Sept.
1827, died 1904 ; Andrew Balfour, born 7th
July 1829, died 25th March 1846 ; Kobert
George Middleton, born 27th March 1831 ;
John Alexander (twin), born 27th March
1831, died 23rd June 1832 ; James Murray,
born 29th Dec. 1832, died 6th March 1842 :
(2) 22nd Feb. 1848, Mary (died 27th May
1891, aged 76), daugh. of James Smith,
Wiston, and had issue — Margaret, born
31st Jan. 1850 ; Jane, born 10th Oct. 1851,
died 7th Nov. 1852 ; James Smith, min. of
Walkerburn ; Isabella, born 18th July 1855 ;
Thomas Smith, min. of Granton. Publica-
tions— Remarks on the Striking of Fiars in
the County (Edinburgh, 1850) ; Account of
the Parish (New Stat. Ace, vi.).
JOHN ALLAN HUNTER PATON,
1862 °rd' 23l'd July 1862' tranS' t0
Duddingston 13th Sept. 1866.
JAMES COWAN, born Moffat, 5th Feb.
1866 1836, son of James C. and Mary
Murray ; educated at Moffat School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh ; assistant at Carluke and
Maxton; ord. 8th Nov. 1866; died 7th
Aug. 1892. He marr. 21st Jan. 1868, Jessie
Landles (died 25th Jan. 1916), youngest
daugh. of • James Dickson, St Boswells,
and Margaret Newsome Sharpe, and had
issue — James Murray, born 29th Oct. 1868 ;
Margaret Newsome Sharpe, born 15th April
1870 ; Samuel Campbell, M.B., Ch.B., Kirk-
intilloch, born 14th Oct. 1871, died 22nd
June 1918 ; Frederick Adam Dickson, born
4th March 1873, died at Wangaratta,
Australia, 21st July 1893; Mary Murray
Gracie, born 10th Sept. 1874 ; Jessie Landles
Dickson, born 20th April 1876 ; Sybil Agnes,
born 28th Feb. 1878 (marr. Robert Leslie
White, Weliand, Whitecraigs) ; Elizabeth
Colebrooke, born 4th Nov. 1879 (marr.
Reginald Alcock, F.R.C.S., Hanley) ; Mary,
born 9th May, and died 19th May 1881 ; Dora
(twin), born 9th May 1881, died 25th April
1915; Amy Jane, born 28th Oct. 1882;
William John Dickson, Lieut. R.N.R., born
20th Aug. 1885.
GEORGE MACWILLIAM, born Forgie,
lg93 Boharm, Morayshire, 26th Oct. 1859,
son of James M., farmer, and Mar-
garet Russell ; educated at Keith Public
School, Grammar School, Aberdeen, and
Univs. of Aberdeen and Edinburgh : M.A.
(Aberdeen 1884) ; master in Gordon's
College, Aberdeen, 1884-6. Spent a year
in South Africa in educational work ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh in May 1889; ord.
29th June 1893. Marr. 1st Nov. 1893,
Mary, daugh. of Robert Inglis, min. of
Craigie, Ayrshire, and has issue — Katherine
Mary Marguerita, born 23rd Nov. 1894.
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[PRESB. OF
1560
DOUGLAS.
[The church of Douglas was dedicated to
St Bride. It was a prebend of Glasgow.
Of the ancient church, the choir and the
south aisle are still standing, being care-
fully preserved by the Earl of Home, whose
ancestors lie buried within. To several of
these members of the race of the Earls of
Douglas fine monuments have been erected
and survive in the ruined building. It con-
tained also altars of St Mary and St Thomas.
There were in the parish three chapels,
one founded by James IV. at Parochholm,
another at Glentagart (Gleann an t-sagairt
=the priest's glen), and the third at Ander-
ston, with a holy well beside it. There was
a yearly fair at Douglas on St Barnabas'
Day the 11th of June.]
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, who had
been trained in France for the priest-
hood, conformed to Protestantism,
and became parson of Douglas about 1560.
He is still so described in 1570. In 1571
he became parson of Glasgow [vide St
Mungo;s, Glasgow].
JOHN LEVERANCE [LAWRANCE],
1567 min. of Lanark in 1567 ; trans, and
adm. in Nov. of that year ; trans, to
Coulter in 1569. He returned here before
1574, when Carmichael, Roberton, and
Wiston were also in his charge ; app. to
the vicarage by James VI. 9th Dec. 1581 ;
a member of Assembly, 1581 and 1590. On
10th Aug. 1590, he was ordered to " make
confession for having rashly excommuni-
cated" William, ninth Earl of Angus. In
1599 Crawfordjohn was substituted for the
parishes aforesaid, but latterly he had
charge of Douglas only, and is still
mentioned as min. in 1601. He had issue —
John, min. of Roberton. — [Reg. Min. ; Reg.
of Deeds, xxxvi. ; Lanark Tests. ; Calder-
wood's Hist., v., 105.]
THOMAS CARNEBAIRNS, reader in
1601 1601.
ROBERT WILKIE [or WILKIN], min.
1603 *n 1^3 ' trans, to Blackfriars' Parish,
Glasgow, before 18th July 1621.
'THOMAS BANNATYNE, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 7th Aug. 1594); min. of
Castleton in 1607 ; trans, to North
Berwick 25th Nov. 1610; trans, and adm.
after 27th June 1621 ; died before Aug.
1639. He marr. (pro. 20th March 1614)
Margaret Cockburn (who survived him, and
marr. secondly, Andrew Lauder, at Mel-
ving Mill), and had issue — William, served
heir 17th Jan. 1649 ; Captain John of
Staneflat, born 6th Feb. 1616; Alexander.
—[Inq. Ret. Edin., 791, 1004 ; Reg. of Deeds,
dxxxvii. 150, dxl. 101, dxiv. 479; Reg.
Mag. Sig., xi., 153.]
JAMES DOUGLAS, M.A. ; min. in 1638.
In the summer of 1640, having spoken
in defence of the country-folk who
had been forced into the Levy at Biggar
and Lanark Moor, and had run away from
the muster, he was censured by the Presb.,
was compelled to make recantation in his own
church and in the Laigh Kirk of Lanark,
and ordered to resign his charge 5th Nov.
1640. He was trans, to Carnwath 31st
Dec. 1640.
RICHARD INGLIS, " a Douglas man
1641 born"; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (16th July 1620);
licen. by Presb. of Lanark ; ord. to Wiston
12th June 1628 ; trans, to Carluke 1st Aug.
1639, but not settled; trans, and adm.
before 6th May 1641. On 3rd March 1642
he had a full glebe measured and designed ;
was a member of Commissions of Assembly,
1644 and 1649, and sympathised with the
Resolutioners. He was frequently called
upon by the Presb. to remonstrate with the
Marquess of Douglas and his wife, Lady
Mary Gordon, in their attachment to
Popery. He died March 1654, aged about
54. He left forty merks to the poor of the
parish, commending his wife and family
" to the Lord of Angus and the Sheriff of
Teviotdale to use their friendlie mediation
with my children's uncle [William Wilkie],
whom the Lord has blessed with a plentiful
fortune for helping their mean portions."
He marr. Margaret Wilkie, who survived
him, and had issue — Archibald, his suc-
cessor in this charge ; Christian (marr.
Captain Robert Johnston, brother of John-
LANARK]
DOUGLAS
301
ston of Wamphray) ; Grizell (marr. Robert
Bell). — [Lanark Tests. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Maxwell's House of Douglas, ii., 190 ; G. R.
Inhib., 4th June 1670.]
ARCHIBALD INGLIS, MA., son of
1654 Prece(iingj adm. in 1654, "after all
tryells duly performed, with the
blessings and tears of the congregation";
trans, to Moffat before 1660.
PETER KID, MA. j ord. (by the Pro-
1654 testing Party) in 1654 ; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662;
granted indulgence at Carluke 3rd Sept.
1672.
1663
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, M.A. ; min.
in 1663; trans, to Cavers 22nd June
1664.
ALEXANDER INGLIS, born 1638, son
of George Inglis, burgess of Arbroath ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
M.A. (26th July 1658); passed trials in
Presb. of Dumfries 13th Oct., with a view
to being ordained at Torthorwald ; ord.
here before 8th Dec. 1664 ; died July 1677.
He marr. (cont. 14th March 1673) Jean,
daugh. of Sir Francis Douglas of Sandi-
lands, and niece of William, Marquess of
Douglas. She survived him, and marr.
secondly, Thomas Hamilton, min. of Carn-
wath. — [Ing. Bet. Forfar, 472, 615 ; Lanark
Tests. ; Reg. of Deeds, Durie, 22nd March
1679.]
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, M.A. ;
, 7_ trans, from Dolphinton, and inst.
7th Nov. 1678 ; was probably de-
prived for refusing the Test in 1681 ; min.
of Lesmahagow in 1683.
WILLIAM THOMSON, M.A. ; pres. by
1682
James, Marquess of Douglas, and
inst. 20th Sept. 1682; trans, to
Bo'ness 8th July 1685.
ANDREW SYMSON [SIMSON], born
1686 Pr°babby in England about 1638,
youngest son of Andrew S., son of
Alexander S., min. of Mertoun, Berwick-
shire, and grandson of Andrew S., min. of
Dunbar. [S.'s father is described as a
" minister of God's Word," but he never held
a charge in Scotland. He was author of
two learned treatises — An Exposition ujyon
the Second Epistle of St Peter (London,
1632), and a Lexicon, Anglo - Graeco-
Latinum Novi Testamenti (London, 1658).
He also published, in 1655, a new edition of
Thomas Wilson's Christian Dictionaries
He was educated at the High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (19th July
1661). From 2nd March 1G61 to 4th May
1663 he was Latin master in the Grammar
School of Stirling, where his brother
Matthias was min. ; was sometime amanu-
ensis to Sir George Mackenzie, Lord
Advocate. He was licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 23rd Jan. 1663, and
adm. to Kirkinner, Wigtownshire, that
year. His " entry," he says, was so peace-
able, so orderly, and so very generally
assented to, " that he experienced no trouble
whatever from the people, only two of whom
joined the Presbyterian Rising of 1666. In
1679, following the successes of the Cove-
nanters at Drumclog and Bothwell Bridge,
he was obliged to accept protection from
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Galloway, his
former " condisciple " at Edinburgh. The
parishioners deserted his ministrations, and
he was left with less than a handful of
hearers. On 15th Oct. 1684 he gave in a
List of Disorderly from his parish, on which
is found the name of Margaret M'Lauchlan,
one of the two women known as the " Wig-
town Martyrs." In 1686 he was pres. to
this charge by James, Marquess of Douglas ;
was coll. on 6th, and inst. on 12th Jan. He
either left of his own accord, or was outed
after the Revolution. He denied that he
was "an abdicat preacher," as a pamphlet of
William Forbes had described him (1706) :
"Neither did I abdicat, nor was I abdi-
cated." In 1690 he was in Stirling; on
28th June 1692, at Dalclathick, Glenartney,
Perthshire ; he appears as a burgess of
Edinburgh in 1698. Prior to that date he
had begun business as a bookseller and
printer "in the Cowgate, near the Foot of
the Horse Wynd " [now Guthrie Street],
where much of his work was the production
of Jacobite tracts and pamphlets. He died
suddenly, 20th Jan. 1712, and was buried
in Greyfriars' churchyard. He published
302
DOUGLAS
[PRESB. OF
a considerable quantity of his own verse,
which hardly rises above mediocrity. One
piece — " An Elegy on the Unexpected
Death of the Vertuous Lady, Mrs Janet
Dalrymple, Lady Baldone, Younger :! —
furnished Sir Walter Scott with material
for his Bride of Lammermoor, Janet Dal-
rymple being the "Lucy Ashton" of the
novel. His library, consisting of several
thousands of volumes, was sold by auction
after his death, when a catalogue was
printed entitled, Bibliotheca Symsoniana
(36 pp. ; Edinburgh, 1712). From 25th
Oct. 1664 to 27th April 1671, he was clerk
to the Synod of Galloway. The register in
which he recorded its proceedings was
recovered by Principal John Lee, in an old
bookshop in Edinburgh. In 1856 it was
edited by John Milligan, min. of Twyn-
holm, and published by John Nicholson,
Kirkcudbright, under the title of The
Register of the Synod of Galloway from
Oct. 1664 to April 1671. Symson marr.
Jane Inglis, of whom nothing is known,
and had issue — Andrew ; David, under-
keeper of the library of Holyrood House
and Historiographer Royal ; Matthias, born
about 1672, died 1742. [He was sometime
printer in Edinburgh ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
23rd June 1699) ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 1738) ;
successively rector of Moorby, Lincolnshire,
and 29th May 1728, of Wennington, Essex,
and Prebendary of Lincoln ; author of Geog-
raphy Compendiz'd, or the World Survey'd
(Edinburgh, 1702), and other works.] Pub-
lications— Octupla, hoc est, octo Paraphrases
poeticce P salmi CIV. authoribus totidem
Scotis (Edinburgh, 1696) : [the versions
were those of George Buchanan, George
Eglisham, Thomas Reid, Arthur Johnston,
Henry Henrison, William Stuart, Ninian
Paterson, and Walter Deniston] ; Tripatri-
archicon : Or, the Lives of the three
Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
Extracted forth of the Sacred Story, and
digested into English Verse (Edinburgh,
1705); De Gestis Illustrissimi Herois
Gulielmi Vallas, Scotice olim Custodis
Collectanea Varia (Edinburgh, 1705); A
Letter from A. Symson to Mr William
Forbes, advocat [1st Aug. 1706] (n.p.) ; Unio
Politico - Poetico - Joco - Seria (Edinburgh,
1706); Elegies (n.p., n.d.). He edited Sir
George Mackenzie's Laws and Customs of
Scotland in Matters Criminal (Edinburgh,
1699 j 2nd ed.) ; Mackenzie's Observations
upon the XVII. Act, Parliament XXIII,
K. James VI., against Depositions made in
Defraud of Creditors (Edinburgh, 1699);
and Sir Alexander Seton's Treatise of Mutila-
tion and Dismemberment (Edinburgh, 1699.)
For " AevrepocrKOTna., or a Brief Discourse
concerning the Second Sight, commonly so
called," he wrote an Account of the Author
[John Frazer, min. of Tiree], who died
while the work was passing through the
press (Edinburgh, 1707). S. was publisher
of The Edinburgh Flying Post (1707), and
printer of the Edinburgh Courant Reviewed
(1707). He may have been also author
of A New Vocabulary, English and Latine
(Edinburgh, 1707 ; 2nd ed.) ; of the Good
Expedient for Innocence and Peace [of
which no extant copy is known]; and of
A True and Impartial Account of the Most
Rev. Father in God, Dr James Sharpe,
Archbishopi of St Andrews, with a Narra-
tive of his Murder. He left in manu-
script Ane Alphabetical Account of all the
Churches or Paroch Kirks in Scotland by
Mr Andrew Symson; as well as the most
important of his works, The Large Desert) <-
tion of Gallotvay. This book was drawn
up in reply to a circular sent throughout
Scotland by Sir Robert Sibbald, Geographer
Royal, requesting information for a descrip-
tive account of the whole country. It was
edited by Thomas Maitland, afterwards
Lord Dundrennan, and was published at
Edinburgh in 1823. In 1841 it appeared as
an Appendix to vol. ii. of William Mac-
kenzie's History of Galloway, and in 1907
it was incorporated in vol. ii. of the Mac-
farlane Geographical Collections, issued by
the Scottish History Society. — [Edin. Reg.
Bur. ; Watson's Hist . of Printing ; Mac-
kenzie's Hist, of Gallotvay, ii. ; Stewart's
History Vindicated, 27, 71 ; Hutchison's
High School of Stirling, 75 ; Introduction
to The Bride of Lammermoor (Border
Edition) ; Notes and Queries, 1st ser., xii.,
452 ; 2nd ser., x., 490 ; 3rd ser., xii., 348 ;
Crockett's The Scott Originals, 258 ; Cata-
logue of Abbotsford Library, 78 ; Couper's
Lanark]
DOUGLAS
303
Edinburgh Periodical Press, i., 225-6; Cou-
per's "Andrew Symson, Preacher, Printer,
Poet " (Scottish Historical Revieiv, vol. xiii.,
Oct. 1915) ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
1689
KOBEKT KENNEDY, enrolled as a
student at Glasgow Univ. 1st Feb.
1680; mentioned as min. here in
1689, but probably this was only a tem-
porary appointment.
v ARTHUR BIRNIE, probably school-
1698 master °f Kilwinning; licen. by
Presb. of Lanark 14th Oct. 1696;
called 31st Oct. 1697, and ord. 9th March
1698; died 9th Nov. 1712. He marr. 9th
April 1699, Isobel, daugh. of Thomas Forbes
of Rubislaw, who survived him, and marr.
secondly, Robert Inglis, Douglas.- — {Lanark
Tests. ; Macfarlane's Gen. Col., ii., 257.]
ALEXANDER M'BEAN, MA. ; trans.
1714 from Avoch ; called 18th April, and
adm. 28th May 1714; trans, to
Third Charge, Inverness, 6th Dec. 1720.
1721
WILLIAM HAMILTON, born 1689, son
of Archibald H, min. of Cambus-
lang ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1st July 1710) ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 27th Jan. 1718 ; called 23rd Jan.,
and ord. 21st Sept. 1721 ; died 15th July
1769. He marr. 8th April 1729, Christian
(died before 1758), daugh. of Robert Din-
woodie, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue
—Janet, born 7th May 1733 (marr. 4th
Nov. 1762, James Scott, min. of Libberton),
died 11th June 1791 ; Jean, born 26th May
1737, died 15th Oct. 1811 ; Archibald, born
31st Dec. 1738 ; Sarah, born 20th Oct. 1740
(probably the daugh. mentioned by Dean
Ramsay as having lived upwards of ninety
years); Lawrence, born 14th July 1742,
died 6th June 1758; Gilbert, born 13th
May 1744; Douglas, born 20th Dec. 1746.
— [Ramsay's Reminiscences of Scottish
Life and Character.']
WILLIAM M'CUBBIN, licen. by Presb.
177o of Linlithgow 20th Sept. 1760 ; pres.
by Archibald Douglas of Douglas
11th Nov. 1769; ord. 1st March 1770; died
18th April 1820, aged 84. He had a fund
of inexhaustible wit, and was well known
as a racontezir. He marr. 3rd Dec. 1765,
Hathorn (died 16th April 1805), daugh. of
Walter Thomson, macer, High Court of
Justiciary, and had issue — an only son,
Robert, born 9th Sept. 1767 [M.A. (Glasgow
1790), licentiate of the Church of Scotland,
entered the army and was employed in the
Army Accountant Office, Dublin], died 16th
April 1805; Ann, born 1st March 1769.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, viii.). — [Tombst. ; Dean
Ramsay's Reminiscences.']
ALEXANDER STEWART, born Edin-
burgh, 1781 ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; sometime conducted a
private school in Edinburgh ; tutor in the
family of Stewart of St Fort ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 18th Sept. 1805 ; pres.
by Archibald, Lord Douglas, 30th May, and
ord. 28th Sept. 1820 ; LL.D. (Glasgow, 27th
March 1854) ; died 14th Nov. 1862. He
was an accomplished scholar, an able
preacher, and a sincere, good man. Some
of his publications — notably his Geography
for Schools — went into numerous editions.
He read all the Septuagint and the Works
of Plato in the original, during the last
years of his life. He marr. 27th April 1810,
Isabella Thomson, who died 2nd Sept. 1848,
aged 59, and had issue— Grace, born 18th
Feb. 1811 (marr. 23rd Jan. 1838, John
Nicol, Stirling) ; Alexander Maule, born
27th Sept. 1812, died 5th Dec. 1826;
Martha, born 27th June 1814 ; Jane, born
24th March 1816 (marr. 4th Jan. 1837,
William T. Brown, Government Surveyor,
Albany and Somerset, Cape of Good Hope) ;
Isabella, born 5th April 1818; Francis
Walker, born 11th May 1820; Margaret
Elizabeth Crichton, born 27th April 1822 ;
James Howison, born 27th Aug. 1824, died
13th March 1844; Agnes, born 5th July
1826 (marr. 27th April 1853, John French.
Leith) ; Mary, born 5th Jan. 1828 (marr.
John Glass Malloch, Judge of Bathurst,
Canada) ; Alexander, born 15th Jan. 1832.
Publications — Life of Principal Robertson
(Edinburgh, 1822) ; History of Scotland
from the Roman Invasion till the Suppres-
sion of the Rebellion in 1745 (Edinburgh,
1826); Stories from the History of Scot-
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DOUGLAS— DOUGLAS WATER— FORTH [presb. of
land (Edinburgh, 1827) ; A Compendium
of Modern Geography (Edinburgh, 1828) ;
Discourses on some important points of
Christian Doctrine and Duty (Edinburgh,
1829); Sermon 2>reached before the Grand
Lodge of Scotland [at Lanark] (Edinburgh,
1834) ; Continuation of Goldsmith's History
of England (Edinburgh, 1836); A Dis-
sertation on the Genuineness of Ossian's
Poems (circa 1838) ; The First Book of
Modern Geography (Edinburgh, 1839) ;
Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the
Rev. Adam Averell [in collaboration with
George Rivington] (London, 1849) ; Sermon
XII. {Church of Scotland Pulpit) ; Contribu-
tions to The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia.
He edited a school edition of Cornelius
Nepos. (Edinburgh, 1819); John Mair's
Lntroduction to Latin Syntax ; and other
classical works. — [Hugh Davidson's Lan-
ark, 184.]
WILLIAM SMITH, born Old Monkland,
27th Jan. 1832, eldest son of Thomas
S., schoolmaster, Carmyle, and Mar-
garet Kankin ; educated at Carmyle School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton in 1854 ; assistant to preceding,
Jan. 1855 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
22nd April 1858. Marr. 5th June 1860,
Elizabeth (died 9th May 1919), daugh. of
James Symington, min. of Muirkirk, and
has issue — Mary Gordon, born 14th Feb.
1861, died 23rd Aug. 1918; Margaret
Rankin, born 7th Feb. 1864 (marr. Alex-
ander Galloway, min. of Minto) ; Thomas,
M.B., CM., born 12th June 1865, died 21st
Sept. 1896 ; Elizabeth Symington, born 3rd
March 1871 ; James, engineer, Glasgow,
born 30th Dec. 1873, died 26th Aug. 1910 ;
William, banker, born 16th May 1878, died
19th Nov. 1911. Publication— " My Pre-
decessors " {Lanark Presb. Magazine, 1884).
DOUGLAS WATER (Q.S.).
[The church here belonged to the Re-
formed Presbyterians. At the union of
that body with the Free Church in 1876,
a minority joined the Church of Scotland,
and procured a title to Douglas Water
Church from Lucy, Countess of Home. A
mission station was opened, 17th March
1885, and the parish of Douglas Water was
disjoined from Carmichael, Douglas, and
Lesmahagow, on 28th Nov. 1892.]
ANDREW HUTTON GILRUTH, born
1892 ^vtn> Perthshire ; son of John G. ;
educated at Univ. and New College,
Edinburgh ; licen. by Free Presb. of Edin-
burgh ; ord. (assistant and successor) to the
Free Church, Carnwath, 1881. Joined the
Church of Scotland 2nd June 1884; adm.
first min. of the parish 7th Dec. 1892 ; dem.
20th Oct. 1914. Marr. 20th Dec. 1887,
Jessie, daugh. of Peter Ferguson, min. of
the Free Church, Inch, Wigtownshire, and
has issue — John Grant, M.B., Ch.B., born
25th Jan. 1890; Margaret Douglas, born
9th April 1891. Publication — Douglas
Water Kirk (Lanark, 1896).
STANLEY BUCHANAN CAREY,
igi5 M.A. ; ord. 25th March 1915 ; trans,
to Wallacetown, Dundee, 29th Jan.
1919.
THOMAS M'CAUGHAN, born Bally-
castle, Antrim, 11th March 1876, son
of John M. and Elizabeth Dunlop ;
educated at Queen's College, Belfast; Magee
College, Derry; and Trinity College, Dublin ;
M.A. (1915); licen. by Presb. of Route,
Nov. 1908 ; assistant at Donegall Pass
Church, Belfast; ord. to Killyleagh, Co.
Down, 25th Aug. 1910 ; trans, and adm.
3rd July 1919. Marr. 10th Oct. 1917.
Maude, daugh. of James Wreath and Eliza-
beth Morrison, and has issue— Kathleen,
born 31st July 1919.
FORTH (Q.S.).
[The parish of Forth was disjoined from
Carnwath on 14th March 1881.]
ROBERT SINCLAIR MILLAR, ord.
1875
7th Oct. 1875 ; adm. to Calderbank
14th Feb. 1878.
WILLIAM SMITH, born 1843 ; taught
1878 *n ®* Enoch's School, Glasgow,
the West Church School, May-
bole, and Brodick ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1877); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow ; app. to Forth Chapel in 1878 ;
lanakk]
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adm. first min. of the parish 14th March
1881 ; dem. on appointment as Principal
of the General Assembly's Institution at
Calcutta in 1884 ; died of sunstroke,
during a holiday excursion at Keadom,
Sikhim, 21st Oct. 1889. He marr. Helen
Sutherland who died in 1889, and had issue
— John Macgregor. — [Lawson's Persons who
have Influenced my Life, 87-101.]
v WALTER PATERSON BROCK, born
Eday, Orkney, 22nd Dec. 1857, son
of Walter B., min. of Eday ; educated
at George Square Academy and Univ. of
Glasgow; MA. (1879), B.D. (1883); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1883; ord. 25th
Sept. 1884 ; clerk of Presb. 21st April 1908.
Marr. 27th June 1893, Harriette Jessie,
eldest daugh. of Henry John Pearce,
Edinburgh, and has issue — Edith Frances
Jessie, born 29th Aug. 1894 (marr. 22nd
June 1917, William Nicol Forrest, H.M.
Stationery Office, Edinburgh).
HAYWOOD.
[The parish of Haywood was disjoined
from Carnwath on 28th May 1897.]
ANDREW THOMSON, served from
1878 to 1884 when he dem., and
became assistant at St Paul's Parish,
Perth [afterwards min. of St Stephen's,
Church of Scotland, Watford, Herts].
GILBERT CLARK, born Auchenlong-
1884 ^0rc^ ^orn> Ayrshire, 24th March
1852, son of James C, farmer, and
Marion Lindsay ; educated at Sorn School,
Madras College, St Andrews, Univs. of
Glasgow and Edinburgh, and at Heidelberg
and Leipzig; MA. (Glasgow 1877); licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 4th Dec. 1878 ; assistant
at Portobello, Penninghame, Prestonpans,
and Buittle ; ord. 3rd Oct. 1884 ; adm. first
min. of the parish 28th May 1897. Marr. 21st
Nov. 1919, Ada Julia Walrond, daugh. of
Henry William Moffat Barrow, widow of
Septimus Wells, editor of St George's
Chronicle, West Indies. Publications—
Home, and Other Poems and Songs (Brechin,
1889); Ballads and Shorter Poems of
Frederick von Schiller, translated into
English Verse (London, 1898).— [Edwards's
Modem Scottish Poets, xi., 147.]
VOL. III.
1878
1870
KIRKFIELDBANK (Q.S.)
[A church was built here in 1871. The
parish of Kirkfieldbank was disjoined from
Lesmahagow on 26th May 1884.]
[JAMES FRENCH, served as a licentiate
from June to 7th Dec. 1870; after-
wards of New Lanark.]
• JAMES BURNESS, born 27th Sept.
1872 184^> son °f David B., min. of
Wiston ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Lanark ; ord. 1872 ;
died unmarr. 18th Dec. 1874.
WALTER CAMERON, born Dalbeth,
? 26th Oct. 1840, son of James C. and
Helen Craig; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow ; ord. in 1875 ; adm. first min. of
the parish 2nd July 1884. He marr.
Williamina Stuart (born 3rd Nov. 1863),
daugh. of Patrick Gordon, min. of Duncans-
burgh, and had issue — Williamina Margaret
Grant, army nurse (1915-17), mentioned in
despatches, born 12th Feb. 1890 (marr. 23rd
June 1917, Lionel Charles Hunter Philpott,
M.M.) ; Walter Henry Gordon Craig, born
31st May 1891, died 10th June 1892 ; James
Maxwell Adams, born 7th Dec. 1894;
William, born 13th July and died 7th Oct.
1897 ; Helen Jean Stuart, born 25th March
1904.
WILLIAM SMITH SIMPSON, born
1903 Leslie, Fife, 30th Jan. 1874, son of
James S., schoolmaster, and Annie
Smith ; educated at Leslie School, High
School, and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M A.
(26th Oct. 1895) ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh in 1898; ord. 13th May 1903; died
unmarr. 2nd Oct. 1914.
CHARLES WALKER STOBIE, MA. ;
1915 orc*' 25t^ "^ek" ^15 > ffans- t0 Forgue
29th Dec. 1916.
JOHN ARNOTT HAMILTON, born
lgl7 Edinburgh, 9th July 1891, son of
James H., A.R.S.A., and Catherine
Highet; educated at Daniel Stewart's
College and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1912) ; B.D. (1917) ; student missionary at
Culloden Moor in 1913; President of the
Students' Representative Council in 1914;
U
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KIRKFIELDBANK— LANARK
[PRESB. OF
Blackie Scholar, Univ. of Edinburgh,
1913-14; member of the British School at
Athens, 1913-14; licen. by Presb. of
Chanonry April 1916 ; assistant at Cromarty
in 1916, and Dunblane, 1916-17 ; ord. 10th
May 1917. Publication — The Church of
Kaisariani in Attica: its History, Archi-
tecture, and Mural Paintings, a Study in
Byzantine Art (Aberdeen, 1916).
LANARK.
[The church of Lanark was dedicated to
St Kentigern. After 1150 it belonged to
the Abbey of Dryburgh. Its ruins stand
in the churchyard outside the town ;
hence called the Outkirk, sometimes the
High Kirk. Within the burgh stood the
Chapel of St Nicholas, with four altars, one
of which was dedicated to St Catherine,
commonly called the Laigh Kirk. The High
Kirk was abandoned in 1668, the congrega-
tion meeting in St Nicholas Church, which
was declared the legal parish kirk in 1708.
In 1774 [not 1777 as in Chalmers's Cale-
donia— the Town Council records are con-
clusive on this point] it was rebuilt. Half
a mile east of the town stood the Hospital
of St Leonard. The parish of Nemphlar
and Cartland was united to Lanark in the
reign of William the Lion. There was a
chapel at Cleghorn. At the West Port
was the monastery of the Greyfriars, said
to have been founded by Robert I. There
is a mission chapel within the bounds at
New Lanark.]
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, M.A.; min.
1562 *n 15^2 ' trans, to Lesmahagow Nov.
1570, but probably continued to
serve here also, for which he was allowed
a sum of forty merks.
JOHN LEVERANCE [LAWRANCE],
min. in 1567. He met with violent
abuse and personal injury at the
hands of those who adhered to the old
faith ; trans, to Douglas that year.
JAMES RAIT [or RAITT], trans, from
15?4 Tannadice in 1574, Carluke also being
in the charge ; trans, to Forfar in or
before 1576.
1567
ROBERT LINDSAY, reader here in
t_7B 1572; min. of Lesmahagow in 1574;
trans, and adm. in 1576 ; member of
Assembly April 1581 ; on a Committee
appointed by the Assembly for enforcing
the Acts against Jesuits, 1589 and 1592 ;
died, probably unmarr., before 28th Dec.
1597. From 1576 to 1581 he was school-
master of Lanark. In 1588 the vicarage
was held, without collation, by Gavin
Hamilton, servitor to Lord Chancellor
Maitland of Thirls tane, and it is stated
that L. did not reside in his parish,
"because he had other kirks annexed
where he findeth a residence." — [Lanark
Burgh Records ; Feu Charters of KirMands,
ii., 195.]
^WILLIAM BIRNIE, M.A. ; pres. to the
15g(_ vicarage by James VI. 28th Dec.
1597; trans, to Ayr in 1612.
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON of Burn-
1613 sy^e' Kilsyth, born Monyabroch
[Kilsyth], 1576, only son of Alex-
ander L., min. of that parish ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1596); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 27th Jan. 1596 ; app. to
supply Kilsyth (in succession to his father,
who had been dep.) and ord. 13th July
1596 ; pres. to the full charge (on the
request of the parishioners) by Alexander,
Earl of Linlithgow, and adm. 15th July
1599. On 18th Oct. 1607, James VI.
addressed a letter to the Privy Council,
fulminating against L.'s denunciations of
Episcopacy, and ordering him to be con-
fined to his parish. "Let this wild
young minister keep to his mosses and
his badgers. They are his native place,
and the best place for him." L. was
accordingly virtually a prisoner within the
bounds of his parish for five years. He
was dep. in 1613, but was pres. by the King
to this charge on 1st Oct. of the same year.
For preaching against the Five Articles of
Perth, he was again dep. by the Court of
High Commission, 28th March 1620, and
again confined to his old parish of Kilsyth.
In 1623 he was restored to Lanark, and
was a second time before the Court of High
Commission for allowing his son John
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307
[min. at Killinchy, Ireland, who had been
dep. for non-conformity] to assist him at
a Communion in 1635. He was given the
honour of heading the five hundred mins.
who welcomed the Marquess of Hamilton,
the King's Commissioner, at Leith in 1637,
and of laying before him the whole case of
the suffering Church. Next year he was
a member of the Glasgow Assembly, and
though Henderson was Moderator, L. was
probably the ruling spirit of its proceed-
ings. He died before Oct. 1641. A remark-
able dream which he had in 1623 is said
to have been the means of saving a
neighbour's life. L. was lying in bed fast
asleep in his house at Lanark, when he was
awakened by hearing the words, "Arise,
go and help Crossrigs, for he is in great
hazard." This was repeated three times,
and L. set out for Crossrigs, a small estate
in Lesmahagow parish, about four miles
distant. The door was opened by the
laird himself, who had been sitting up
late. L. explained his errand, found that
his friend, suffering from extreme spiritual
depression, had sent to Edinburgh for cats-
bane, which he declared he had been
directed to take. L. was able to dissuade
him from his purpose, with the result that
the story of the dream circulated far and
wide, and was accepted as a direct inter-
vention of Providence. He marr. (1) 6th
Jan. 1601, Agnes (died 1617, aged 32, "a
rare pattern of meekness and piety "), daugh.
of Alexander Livingston, portioner, Falkirk,
brother of the Laird of Belstane, and had
issue — John, min. of Ancrum ; Samuel ;
Barbara ; Lillias ; Anna (marr., cont. 5th
May 1627, Thomas Vassie, min. of Tor-
phichen [son of William V., burgess of
Lanark]) ; Margaret (marr. 4th Jan. 1632,
Matthew Young, schoolmaster in Lanark),
died Nov. 1632 : William, apprenticed to
James Nairn, merchant, Edinburgh, 21st
July 1630 : (2) Nicolas Somervell, and had
issue — Jean (marr. Sept. 1651, Gideon Pen-
man, min. of Crichton); Martha; Janet,
died 3rd April 1690 ; Henry • (3) Marion
Weir, who died s.p. 7th Jan. 1632. Pub-
lication— The Conflict in Conscience of a
deare Christian, named Bessie Clarkson in
the jxirish of Lanerk, tohich she lay under
three years and a half (Edinburgh, 1631)
[frequently reprinted]. — [Lanark Tests. ;
Livingston's Charac. ; The Livingstons of
Callendar, 290 ; Calderwood's Hist., vii.,
427, 432; Baillie's Lett. ; Anton's Kilsyth,
12-24; Lanark Burgh Records; Reg. of
Deeds, cccclxxviii. 337 ; ibid., ccxciv. 217 ;
G. R. Inhib., 6th July 1620, 10th Nov.
1662 ; Lanark Sas. Over Ward, ii., 334.]
^ROBEPtT BIKNIE, born 27th March
1643 1608 [Easter Day], third son of
William B., min. of this parish in
1597 ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
MA. (1627) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr ; ord.
to Shotts in 1632 ; trans, to Houston in
1634 ; pres. by Charles I. 18th March, and
coll. 28th Nov. 1643 ; was a member of the
Commissions of Assembly 1645 and 1647 ;
dem. at the Eevolution, and died Father
of the Church 29th Jan. 1691. He was-
noted for his piety and learning, and he
had not a little humour. In a sharp
contest between the tailors' and shoe-
makers' crafts on a question of precedency,.
B. solved the difficulty by the witty
distich : —
" It is weel kenned throughout our toun,
We draw on our hose afore our shoon."
He left £100 to the poor of the parish.
He marr. Christian, second daugh. of
Patrick Melvill, D.D., Professor of Oriental
Languages, New College of St Andrews,
and had issue — John, min. of Caerlaverock ;
Elizabeth (marr. 2nd Jan. 1657, Thomas
Kirkcaldie, min. of Dalserf ; Janet (marr.
8th Dec. 1668, John Irvine, min. of Peter-
culter). Publication — He left ready for
publication a MS. of 324 pages, entitled
Opera Poetica, now in the Library at
Shieldhill. — [Family of Birnie of Broom-
hill ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Lanark Sas. ; Nisbet's
Heraldry, ii., app., 68 ; Lanark Tests. ;
Lanark Burgh Records.]
1683
JOHN BANNATYNE, born 1641, said
to be son of John B. of Corehouse,
parish of Lesmahagow. Nothing is
known of his earlier career. Though called
"of Corehouse," he was probably only a
connection of Sir John B. of Corehouse,
who sold the estate in 1694. Wodrow
308
LANARK
[PRESB. OF
mentions his imprisonment, 24th July 1683,
"for rebellion, reset of rebels, and other
treasonable crimes." On 1st April 1685
he was again before the Court, but was
liberated on 11th Sept. following upon
giving his bond and paying a fine. Later,
his name appears on a list of Fugi-
tives, where he is described as "brother
of the Laird of Corehouse." He was
apparently licensed as a preacher some
years before 3rd April 1688, when he
was appointed to supply Lesmahagow " as
occasion served." He preached in a meeting-
house in Lanark, and "took possession of
the church without any title," on the
demission of Kobert Birnie. On 4th Feb.
1689 the Town Council allowed him £60
Scots yearly for house rent till he obtained
the benefit of the legal stipend. He appears
to have been legally settled as min. shortly
before 20th March 1690 ; was a member of
Assembly 1690, 1692, and 1693 ; clerk of the
General Assembly 17th Dec. 1695-9, and a
member of the Commissions of 1703 and
1706. He strongly opposed the Parlia-
mentary Union, and died shortly before
it was consummated 22nd March 1707.
" He was a man sincerely pious, eloquent,
bold, and enterprising ; famed for his great
gift of prayer." He marr. 11th June
1689, Elizabeth Young (buried 8th May
1710), widow of David Sharp, and had
issue — Rebecca. Publication — A Letter
from a Presbyterian Minister in the
Country to a Member of Parliament (1703).
— [Wodrow's Hist., iii. 466, iv. 64, 213;
Reg. Old Dec. ; Lanark Tests. ; Lanark
Burgh Records ; Morrison's Diet, of Dec,
9913, 10th July 1701 ; Tombst.]
JOHN ORR, M.A. (Edinburgh, 23rd
l708 June 1699) ; chaplain to Sir William
Denholm of Westshields ; licen. by
Presb. of Lanark 11th Sept 1705; called
23rd Feb., and ord. 4th Aug. 1708; died
3rd Aug. 1748. In 1709, and again in 1714,
the Presb. prohibited him from continuing
the practice of bowing from the pulpit
after sermon to heritors in church. He
marr. (1) Susanna (died 29th Jan. 1731
[in the Introduction to Hay's Diary the
date is given as 1723]), daugh. of Andrew
Hay of Craignethan, and Mary, daugh. of
Sir James Maxwell of Calderwood, and
had issue — Andrew ; Anna ; Margaret ;
Eupham ; John : (2) 7th July 1737, Jean
(died s.p. 20th Oct. 1754), daugh. of William
Foulis of Woodhall, and had issue — Helen,
born 26tb Jan. 1738; David, born 29th
March 1742 ; Robert, born 9th Aug. 1744 ;
Margaret, born 3rd April 1747. — [Lanark
Burgh Records ; Lanark Tests. ; Tombst.]
ROBERT DICK, M.A; pres. by John
7 Lockhart of Lee 23rd Sept. 1748.
The Magistrates of Lanark, and also
the Crown, claimed right of presentation,
and nominated another min. The General
Assembly ordered D.'s ordination to be
proceeded with. Great opposition followed,
and D. was ultimately ord. (in the Tron
Church, Glasgow) 4th Oct. 1750. Even
after that had been done, litigation was
encountered, the case going to the House
of Lords. Stormy and hostile demonstra-
tions were frequent in the parish, and the
matter came to an end only by D.'s transla-
tion to New Greyfriars', Edinburgh, 11th
Oct. 1754. — [Scots Mag., xii.-xv. ; Connell's
Paroch. Law ; Report on Auchterarder
Case ; William Davidson's Hist, of Lanark,
44-58.]
JAMES GRAY, born 1721, son of John
,,___ G., merchant, Lanark, and nephew
of John Orr, min. in 1708 ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 4th July 1747 ; ord. to Rothes
14th April, and pres. by George II. 20th
Dec. 1748, but not adm. till 18th June
1755; died 12th June 1793. He marr.
13th Jan. 1755, Mary (died 8th Jan. 1768),
daugh. of Alexander Irvine, min. of Elgin,
and had issue — Anna, born 26th May 1756 ;
John, writer, Edinburgh, born 17th Nov.
1758 ; Sophia, born 27th Oct. 1760 (marr.,
pro. 7th May 1782, William Bannatyne,
surgeon, Edinburgh) ; Alexander, born 6th
June 1762; James, born 20th July 1764,
died 10th July 1765; Mary, born 16th
June 1766 (marr. Charles Wood, min. of
Wiston); William, born 23rd Oct. 1767,
died 8th Feb. 1768.— [Scots Mag., xiii. ;
Lanark Burgh Records ; Tombst.]
Lanark]
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309
1793
WILLIAM MENZIES, born Kinghorn,
Fife, 6th Dec. 1763, son of William
M., farmer and boat builder; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; was employed
as a clerk in the Stamp Office, Edinburgh,
1780-93; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 1st
Sept. 1790 ; pres. by George III. in Sept.,
and ord. 27th Dec. 1793 ; clerk of Presb.
31st March 1813 to 30th March 1842 ; died
8th May 1848. In 1795, when he introduced
the Paraphrases and discontinued " reading
the line," a dissentient minority organised
a congregation in connection with the
Relief Church. In 1797 he proposed to
hold a second Communion service — in winter
— but exception was taken by the magis-
trates of the burgh, on the ground that
Fast Day observances interfered with
business. He conducted a controversial
correspondence between the Presb. and
Robert Owen, managing director of the
New Lanark Cotton Mills, whose socialistic
and anti-Christian views were condemned
by the Presb. He opened the first Sunday-
school in Lanark, and was a warm advocate
of Foreign Missions. He marr. 27th Sept.
1796, Jean (born 25th Aug. 1771, died 13th
July 1837), daugh. of Robert Newbigging,
writer, Lanark, and had issue — William,
D.D., min. of Keir ; Jane, born 29th Sept.
1798 (marr. Alexander Gillespie of Sunny-
side, Lanark), died 28th Dec. 1839 ;
Catherine, born 23rd Dec. 1799 (marr. 19th
Oct. 1824, Charles Cowan of Logan House,
M.P. for Edinburgh, 1847-59), died 26th
Feb. 1872 ; Robert, D.D., min. of Hoddam ;
Elizabeth Baillie, author of The Lanark
Manse Family, born 14th Aug. 1802, died
unmarr. 3rd July 1882 ; Alan, W.S., Pro-
fessor of Conveyancing, Univ. of Edinburgh,
1847-56, born 28th Feb. 1804, died 13th
Feb. 1856 [father of Sir William John M.,
W.S., agent of the Church of Scotland,
1868-1905, and grandfather of Alan Lock-
hart M., W.S., app. agent of the Church of
Scotland in 1906] ; James, born 25th Sept.
1805, died 15th Feb. 1833 ; John, surgeon,
born 31st March 1807, died 12th Jan. 1835 ;
Janet Anne, born 21st Dec. 1808 (marr.
18th June 1839, William Bonar, banker,
London), died 1881 ; Thomas, born 13th
Feb. 1811, died 8th April 1824; Margaret
Dryburgh, born 17th June 1812 (marr. 7th
July 1835, John Coldstream, M.D., Leith,
one of the founders of the Edinburgh
Medical Missionary Society, and its first
secretary), died 17th July 1871. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, vi.). — [Hugh Davidson's Lanark,
211-43 ; The Lanark Manse Family [edited
by Thomas Reid, M.A.].]
ROBERT NISBET, ord. (assistant and
1842 successor) 4th May 1842 ; app. clerk
of Presb. 19th July 1843 ; trans, to
West St Giles, Edinburgh, 7th Dec. 1843.
ALEXANDER M'GLASHAN, born
1846 Alexandria, Dunbartonshire, 1806,
eldest son of John M., chemist, and
Mary Ferrie ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; ord. min. of St Andrew's Scots
Church, Commercial Road, London, 1842 ;
adm. here (assistant and successor) 8th
Jan. 1846 ; died unmarr. 10th July 1871,
and was buried at Alexandria.
THOMAS LITTLE, born Kirkton,
la72 Hawick, 1837, son of Thomas L.,
schoolmaster, and Margaret Turn-
bull, and brother of Simon L., min. of
Ballantrae ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; B.D. (1866) ; ord. to Stranraer 24th
Oct. 1867 ; trans, and adm. 15th March
1872; died 10th March 1898. He marr.
10th March 1874, Annie Gairdner (died
1st Sept. 1911), daugh. of John Mure Steel,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Thomas Gavin
Steel, writer, born 23rd July 1875 ; Simon
Mure, born 10th June 1877 ; John Russell
Steel, born 15th Nov. 1878; Margaret
Annie Alison, born 13th Sept. 1882 (marr.
at Duke Town, Calabar, 14th Aug. 1916,
George Graham Paul, advocate) ; Dora
Turnbull, born 27th April 1885, died 12th
Aug. 1892.
JOHN CRAIG, born Bonnyrigg, Mid-
lothian, 20th June 1870, son of
James C, tailor, and Christina
Smith ; educated at Lasswade School (dux
1883), High School (dux 1885), and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1889), B.D. (1892) ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith in 1892 ;
assistant at Loanhead and St Mary's Parish,
Dumfries ; ord. to Second Charge, Laigh
310
LANARK— NEW LANARK— ST LEONARD'S [presb. of
Kirk, Kilmarnock, 19th July 1894 ; trans.
and adm. 23rd Sept. 1898 j died 30th May
1905. He was a gifted scholar and preacher,
a min. of considerable promise. He marr.
17th Sept. 1902, Margaret Jane Smyth
Miller, daugh. of George Moore, Lome
House, Kilmarnock, and had issue — James
Martin, born 10th Sept. 1903. His widow
marr. secondly, 7th June 1910, William
Douglas Frew, M.E.C.S.— [Life of Rev.
John Craig, by Thomas Eeid, M.A.
(Lanark, n.d.).]
ROBERT MARCUS DICKSON, born
1905 13th Dec. 1877, son of Robert D.,
min. of St David's Parish (Rams-
horn), Glasgow ; educated at High School
and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1897), B.D.
(1900) ; and at Berlin ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1901 ; assistant at Cambus-
nethan ; ord. to St John's Parish, Hawick,
3rd Sept. 1902 ; trans, and adm. 17th Nov.
1905 ; Chaplain to the Forces, 1917. Marr.
29th April 1914, Cordelia, daugh. of John
Elliot, engineer, Cardiff, and has issue —
Leonard Elliot, born 17th March 1915.
Second Charge.
[From 1655 to 1657 the parish of Lanark
had a Second Charge. A congregation of
the Original Secession Church (Burgher)
was formed in Lanark in 1799, and a
church was built in 1829. In 1839 this
congregation joined the Church of Scot-
land, but supply of ordinances ceased soon
after the vacancy of *1840. The building
was purchased by the Free Church in 1845.]
JAMES KIRKTON, M.A., who belonged
to the Protesting Party, was settled
here early in 1655 as min. of the
Laigh Kirk of St Nicholas. His name
appears for the first time on the sederunt
of Presb. 1st June 1655, when Protesters
and Resolutioners met in a united body.
On 23rd Feb. 1657 the Town Council agreed
to settle a stipend upon him. He was
called to Mertoun 5th Feb. 1657. The
Presb. was unwilling to acquiesce, but K.
declared that he "could not subsist under
the burden of the ministrie of Lanark,
quilk already had broken his heart and
brought him into a languishing condition."
He was trans, to Mertoun in Oct. 1657. —
[Lanark Burgh Records.']
PETER RUSSELL SAWERS, born
183Q Shotts 1806, third son of John S.,
farmer; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Original Secession, Presb.
of Glasgow, 13th Jan. 1835 ; ord. 29th Nov.
1836. Joined the Church of Scotland 11th
Sept. 1839 ; trans, to the Scots Church,
Highbridge, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 25th Feb.
1840; min. of the Free Church, Gar-
gunnock, Stirlingshire, 1843-73; dep. in
1873; died 19th June 1885.
NEW LANARK {Mission).
[A mission was begun here in Nov. 1876.
The church was built in 1899 and dedicated
on the 21st May.]
JAMES FRENCH, born Boghouse,
lg76 Crawfordjohn, 19th Sept. 1839, son
of William F. and Elizabeth French ;
educated at Univs. of Glasgow and St An-
drews ; licen. by Presb. of Lanark 28th
June 1868 ; assistant at Bedrule and Athel-
staneford ; missionary at Kirkfieldbank in
1870 ; assistant at Dunsyre ; app. to New
Lanark Mission Nov. 1876 ; ord. 14th May
1896; dem. 15th Oct. 1914. Publications
— Masonry (Jedburgh, n.d.); Sermon
(Lanark, n.d.).
[JAMES DUNN BOWMAN, app. as a
licentiate 1st Feb. 1915 ; res. 7th
Aug. 1917 ; assistant at Larbert in
1918.]
1915
ST LEONARD'S, LANARK (Q.S.).
[On 27th May 1839 a constitution was
granted to a chapel here, and a district
assigned to it. A church was opened in
March 1841. It was, however, closed from
1845 to 1851, when it was reopened as a
Chapel - of - Ease. On 23rd June 1873 St
Leonard's Parish was disjoined from
Lanark.]
LANARK]
ST LEONARD'S— LAW
311
THOMAS STARK, born Chryston 1803,
1841 son °^ James S., tailor ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow j assistant at Lanark, 1836-41 ;
elected 12th May, and ord. 29th June
1841 ; app. clerk of Presb. 30th March
1842. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Lanark Free Church, 1843-69 ; died
2nd Dec. 1869. He marr. 1846, Helen
(died 10th April 1898, aged 84), daugh. of
William Purdie, Lanark, and Helen Moody,
and had issue — Helen Moody, born 20th
Aug. 1847 (marr. 30th Oct. 1874, Samuel
Miller Thomson, grain merchant, Lanark) ;
James, consulting engineer, Glasgow, born
20th March 1849 ; Christina Elizabeth, born
16th Nov. 1850, died 23rd April 1855 ; Mar-
garet Mary, Belvidere, Lanark, born 7th
Oct. 1853; Christina Elizabeth, born 29th
April 1856, died 7th March 1857.
THOMAS JARDINE, app. missionary
1850 (after a vacancy of seven years) ; res.
1st Sept. 1852 [afterwards min. of
Arnsheen].
ANGELO MACREADY, born Ayrshire,
1811, son of Matthew M., clothier,
and Catherine Gait; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine ; ord. 29th Sept. 1853 ; adm. first
min. of the parish in 1873 ; died unmarr.,
23rd Dec. 1877.
JAMES HAMILTON, born Calderwood,
187g 2nd July 1841, son of James H.,
farm-steward, Craigneath, East Kil-
bride, and Jane Hamilton ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1872) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 9th June 1875; ord. to
Langside Chapel-of-Ease, 23rd Jan. 1877 ;
adm. to this charge 14th May 1878 ; died
21st June 1902. He marr. 15th Nov. 1881,
Agnes Munro, widow of John Lochie
Taylor, Bowling, and had issue — Agnes
Jane, born 29th Sept. 1882; John, born
1st June 1884 ; Janet, born 27th March
1886 ; Margaret Stewart, born 14th May
1888.
1902
JOHN GRAHAM CRANMER, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 20th Nov. 1902 ; trans.
to Grange, Banffshire, 23rd June
1915.
ROBERT LANG PINKERTON, born
1915 Dunbarton, 26th Nov. 1886, son of
James P., marine engineer, and
Agnes Brown Partington ; educated at Vale
of Leven Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1911) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton
June 1914 ; assistant at Blackfriars Parish,
Glasgow, 1914-15; ord. 28th Sept. 1915.
Marr. 29th Sept. 1917, Cecilia Alston,
youngest daugh. of Joseph Murphy, Castle-
yett, Lanark, and has issue — Janessa Ball,
born 11th June 1919.
LAW (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened here 8th Jan.
1880. The parish was disjoined from Car-
luke 16th March 1885.]
ALEXANDER IRONSIDE, served as a
1880 licentiate 1880-2; ord. 27th Sept.
1882 ; [afterwards chaplain to the
Forces, Shorncliffe, Kent].
ARCHIBALD ALISON M'KENZIE,
1883 ord. 18th July 1883; adm. to St
James's, Dulwich, London, 14th
March 1884.
WILLIAM COWAN WAGNER, born
1885 Glasgow, son of Henry W., brass-
founder, and Elizabeth Bennie ; app.
assistant here 19th March 1884 ; ord. 8th
May 1885 ; adm. first min. of the parish
in 1885 ; died 29th Nov. 1907. He marr.
12th Jan. 1887, Sarah Drysdale (died s.p.
25th Aug. 1916, aged 62), daugh. of William
Crockett.
JOHN CHAMBERS, ord. 18th May
1908 1^(^8 » trans, to Greenlaw Parish,
Paisley, 23rd April 1914.
WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, born
Port-Glasgow, 19th Jan. 1883, son
of James W. and Annie Bethune
Robertson ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1905), B.D. (1909); licen. by Presb.
of Greenock in 1909 ; ord. 10th Sept. 1914.
Marr. 1st June 1918, Jessie Elizabeth
Taylor, eldest daugh. of Peter Chalmers,
Bearsden, and had issue — a daugh. born
and died 2nd July 1919.
312
LEADHILLS
[PRESB. OF
LEADHILLS (Q.S.).
[In 1656 occasional services were begun
at Leadhills. On 15th Oct. 1699 the Presb.
began a long-continued series of appeals to
the Earl of Hopetoun, with the view of
providing a suitable stipend, and the matter
was discussed in the Scottish Parliament.
On 19th May 1738 regular services were
begun, the cost of maintaining them being
borne by Charles, Earl of Hopetoun. On
17th July 1867, the parish of Leadhills was
disjoined from Crawford.]
EDWARD BUNCLE [afterwards of
1722 Kirkmahoe].
1722 ALEXANDER DUNCAN.
ALEXANDER HENDERSON [after-
1728 wards of Portpatrick].
ROBERT HUNTER [afterwards of
1732 Kirkconnel].
WILLIAM MONCRIEFF [afterwards
1746 of Annan].
WILLIAM PETERKIN, trans, from
Macduff and adm. 2nd Nov. 1785 ;
1785
1787.
trans, to Ecclesmachan 11th July
JAMES SANSON, born about 1750 at
1788 Bridgehaugh Mill, parish of Leger-
wood, Berwickshire ; educated at
Earlston School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Earlston 24th Nov. 1778;
assistant at Earlston ; tutor to the family
of Thomas Scott (uncle of Sir Walter Scott)
at Elliston, St Boswells ; preacher at Caer-
lanrig Chapel [Teviothead] in 1785 ; ord.
(by Presb. of Earlston) for service at Lead-
hills 22nd Jan. 1788 ; died unmarr. in 1795.
His appearance perhaps suggested to Sir
Walter Scott some of the features in his
character of " Dominie Sampson." " He was
very tall ; his person was coarse, his limbs
large, and his manners awkward. His soul
was pure and untainted, the seat of many
manly and amiable virtues.'— [Irving's
Upper War J, i., 16; Chambers's Illustrations
of Waverley ; Crockett's The Scott Originals
(portrait), 82 ; The Scotsman, Feb.-March
1903.]
WILLIAM LANG, born Carluke, 1754,
17 eldest son of William L., farmer ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
3rd Aug. 1796; died unmarr., 8th April
1819.
1820
THOMAS ANDERSON, ord. 3rd May
1820 ; trans, to Crawford 17th Sept.
1829.
JOHN HOPE, ord. 1834; trans, to
1884 Dunscore 14th Sept. 1843.
STEWART SMITH, born in 1816, third
son of Stewart S., merchant ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
1847 ; adm. first min. of the parish 17th
July 1867 ; died 9th Jan. 1878. He marr.
Helen Stein, who died 27th July 1907.
JAMES SYMINGTON, born Muirkirk,
26th Sept. 1842, son of James S., min.
of Muirkirk ; educated at Hamilton
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. "by
Presb. of Lanark June 1867 ; assistant at
Dairy, Ayrshire; ord. to Belhaven 18th
Feb. 1869 ; trans, and adm. 25th July 1878 ;
dem. 5th June 1917. Marr. (1) 12th Jan.
1887, Sceva Jane (died 10th June 1897),
daugh. of the Rev. Thomas Grubb, Tenby,
and had issue — Mary, army nurse, served
in Russia, born 9th Nov. 1888; Nora
Erskine, army nurse, born 9th Feb. 1 890 :
(2) 23rd Dec. 1903, Elizabeth Renney,
Arbroath, and had issue — Gilbert, lieut.
Royal Scots, born 20th Aug. 1905.
JOHN YOUNGSON THOMSON, born
7 Edinburgh, 29th July 1878, son of
John T. and Ann Youngson ; edu-
cated at James Gillespie's School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; qualified as a solicitor Oct.
1905 ; studied at M'Cormick Theological
Seminary, Chicago, U.S.A., 1910-13 ; licen.
by Presb. of Chicago 21st April 1913 ; ord.
a min. of the Presbyterian Church of
America 30th April 1913; adm. min. of
Elder Memorial Free Church, Leith, 19th
Feb. 1914 ; adm. to this charge 18th Dec.
1917 ; trans, to Greenock (South) 1920.
LANARK]
LESMAHAGOW
313
LESMAHAGOW, First Charge.
[The church of Lesmahagow was dedicated
to St Machuit, whose mission was seated
here. Out of that mission grew the early-
Celtic Abbey of Lesmahagow, whose build-
ings stood on the Abbey Green. To the
later Tyronensian Priory of Lesmahagow
the parish church belonged. This monas-
tery, a cell of Kelso Abbey, was founded
by David I. in 1144. It was dedicated to
St Machuit, and in it the saint's relics were
shown to pilgrims. King David granted
the priory a right of sanctuary ; and four
crosses were erected marking the limits of
protection thus given. In 1335 the monas-
tery was burned by an English army led by
John of Eltham, a son of Edward II. Over
this exploit, in 1336, John and his brother
King Edward III. quarrelled at Perth,
when John was slain by a thrust of the
king's dagger. There were chapels in the
parish at Chapelhill, Greenrig, and Black-
wood. A fair was held at Lesmahagow on
St Machuit s Day, the 15th of November.
The parish church was rebuilt in 1804.]
ROBERT LETHE [or LESLIE], min.
1 in 1566; died about 1570.— [Reg.
Min. ; Acts and Dec, xxv., 298.]
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, M.A. ; trans.
157o from Lanark, and adm. Nov. 1570 ;
trans, to Cadder in 1572.
ROBERT LINDSAY, min. in 1574;
1574 trans, to Lanark before 1576.
JOHN SPOTTISWOOD, trans, from
1578 Bolton, and adm. before 1578 ; trans,
to Cramond in or about 1580.
JOHN LINDSAY, min. in 1580 ; trans.
1580 to Carstairs in 1581.
ALEXANDER MENZIES, mentioned
1584 in 1584.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., Hi., 41.]
JOHN LEVERANCE [LAWRANCE],
junior ; trans, from Carmichael 1585 ;
trans, to Roberton in ] 594.
1602
1585
1595
ROBERT LANDELLS, trans, from
Carmichael, and adm. in 1595; still
min. in 1599. Had issue — David.
JAMES HAMILTON, born 1580, second
son of Robert H. of Newhouse ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1599) ; adm. after 24th March 1602 ; died
between 25th Aug. and 22nd Sept. 1631. He
was regarded as a strict disciplinarian. He
marr. Marion Livingston, who survived
him, and had issue — Robert, his successor
in this parish ; Agnes (marr. Alexander
Weddell, merchant, Glasgow) ; James ;
Alexander ; Isobel. — [Hamilton's Deser-
tion ; Reg. Assig. ; P. C. Reg., 3rd ser.,
i., 19 ; Records of the Presb. of Lanark
(Abbotsford Club) ; Reg. of Deeds, cccxcii.,
392 ; Lanark Homings, 23rd March 1646.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, born 1603, son
of preceding ; M.A. (Glasgow 1623) ;
pres. by the Commissioners for
James, Marquess of Hamilton, 3rd Nov.,
and adm. after 17th Nov. 1631. At a
meeting of Presb., 8th Feb. 1638, he
adhered to the Prelatic Party along with a
small minority, who left the meeting. In
Aug. following he was "very ill-used by
the women in Lanerick," and is "fully
resolved to be revenged for his wounds,
and for this end wrote sharply to the
Thesaurer and Chancellour." He was
suspended for erroneous doctrine and
scandalous life 15th Nov., and dep. by the
General Assembly 14th Dec. 1638. He
went to England and died before the
Restoration. In 1661 his sister Agnes
(wife of Alexander Weddell) petitioned
Parliament for a reimbursement of out-
lays in supporting her brother in his exile,
and was allowed £20 out of vacant stipends.
In 1662 she received £1000 Scots from the
same source in the diocese of Glasgow. —
[Peterkin's Records.]
JOHN HUME [or HOME], born 11th
Feb. 1608, son of Alexander H., the
grammarian ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (24th July 1630) : pres.
by Presb. of Lanark, jure devolvto, 12th
Aug., and adm. 16th. Dec. 1641. On 2nd
Oct. 1645, the Presb. enquired into his con-
duct for having, with seven co-presbyters,
"retired immediately after Kilsyth to
Berwick and not returning till after
Philiphaugh." He became chaplain to the
1641
314
LESMAHAGOW
[PRESB. OF
Earl of Lanark's Regiment of Foot |in
1646; was a member of the Assembly
Commission of 1648, and joined the
Resolutioners in 1651. On 20th Jan.
1660, he was app. rector of the High
School of Edinburgh, and died Oct. 1665.
He marr. 9th March 1643, Isobel, daugh. of
Henry Hope, merchant, Edinburgh, and
had issue — William, bursar in the Univ.
of Edinburgh, Nov. 1658. Publication —
Rudiments of the Latin Tongue (Edin-
burgh, 1660).— [Steven's Hist, of the High
School, 68, App. 54 ; Edith. Bapt. and Bur.
Reg. ; Acts of Pari., x., 289.]
THOMAS LAURIE, born 1630, son of
1660 J°sePn L-j mm- °f Perth, and brother
of Robert L., min. of Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh, sometime Bishop of Brechin ;
M.A. (St Andrews, 20th July 1650) ; adm.
min. of Roberton before 1st July 1654 \
trans, and adm. probably in 1660 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662; died
Jan. 1674. He marr. Margaret Veitch
(who had sasine of an annual rent of fifty
shillings from the lands of Nether Letham
4th May 1676), and had issue — Robert,
served heir, 12th Oct. 1676, bursar in Univ.
of Edinburgh 17th May 1678; Thomas,
bursar in Univ. of Edinburgh 17th Feb.
1682 ; Margaret (marr., cont. 5th Feb. and
11th March 1684, John Gibb, younger of
Pow). — {Lanark Tests. ; Lanark Reg. Sas. ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 5941 ; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack, 13th Nov. 1685 ; Tombst.]
■ JAMES BROTHERSTONE, M.A. ;
1672 m*n" °^ Olencairn in 1653; was
granted indulgence here by the Privy
Council 3rd Sept. 1672.— [Wodrow's Hist.,
L, 326.]
JAMES GILLAN [or GILLON], M.A. ;
1&7tJ pres. by Archibald, Archbishop of
Glasgow,jMre devoluto, and inst. 23rd
May 1677 ; trans, to Carnwath 9th Jan. 1680.
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, M.A. ; inst.
to Dolphinton 28th Sept. 1675 ; trans.
to Douglas, and inst. 7th Nov. 1678 ;
was probably deprived for refusing the Test
in 1681 ; min. here 3rd Jan. 1683 ; outed at
the Revolution.
1683
THOMAS LINNING [or LINING] [he
wrote his name as LINEN], perhaps
a native of the locality, is mentioned
as a student at the Univ. of Glasgow in
1678. He went to Holland soon afterwards,
and studied theology at Emden, where he
was supported by the Cameronians. He
was ord. by the Classis [Presb.] of Emden
early in 1688. In company with William
Boyd [afterwards min. of Dairy, in Gallo-
way] and Alexander Shields [afterwards
min. of St Andrews], he returned to Scot-
land, preached in the parish church here,
and at Borland Hill, to large gatherings of
sympathetic hearers, 2nd and 3rd March
1689, when the Covenants were renewed,
and the sacraments dispensed amid much
reverent enthusiasm and deep emotion. He
became dissatisfied with the " Societies,"
and at the first General Assembly after the
Revolution, sought admission to the Church
of Scotland. Boyd, Shields, and he were
received on 25th Oct. 1690. Linning was
called to this charge in Feb., and adm. 13th
May 1691; app. Chaplain-in-Ordinary to
the King in Scotland Nov. 1727 ; died 18th
Oct. 1733, aged 76. He has been described
as " one of the most eminent clergymen in
his day, and an able defender of the rights
and privileges of the church : scrupulously
honest in his principles, and well skilled in
church discipline." He marr. Margaret
(died in 1739), second daugh. of Robert
Ker of Kersland), and had issue— Robert ;
James, died 24th Feb. 1754 ; Barbara
(marr. Robert M'Clellan of Barscobe) ;
Jean. Publication — He edited [with
"Epistle to the Reader"] An Enquiry
into Church Communion [by Alexander
Shields] (1706). — [Faithful Contendings,
381 ; Greenshield's Annals of Lesmahagoiv,
123 ; Hutchison's Reformed Presbyterian
Church in Scotland, 79, 103 ; Tombst.']
1737
THOMAS WHARRIE [or MACQUAR-
RIE], born 1679, son of Robert M.
and Margaret Wharrie of Rosside, in
the parish ; educated at Univs. of Edin-
burgh and Glasgow ; Presb. bursar 3rd
June 1700 ; chaplain to Kennedy of Auchty-
fardle, in the parish ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 13th Dec. 1710 ; app. to the Second
LANARK]
LESMAHAGOW
315
Charge by the Presb., jure devoluto, 17th
April, and ord. 6th May 1718; pres. by
James, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, in
June, trans, and adm. 28th Aug. 1737 ; died
15th Jan. 1761. He marr. 29th Dec. 1746,
Rachel (died 2nd July 1806, aged 86), daugh.
of Andrew Dinning, schoolmaster of the
parish, and had issue — Robert, M.D., Path-
head, born 26th Nov. 1748, died 28th Nov.
1818 ; Catherine ; Andrew, died young ;
James ; Thomas. — [Tombst.]
THOMAS LINNING, born 1726, son of
1761 Thomas L., min. of the Second
Charge ; MA. (Glasgow 1751) ; licen.
by Presb. of Kintyre 21st July 1755 ;
preacher at Shettleston Chapel-of-Ease,
1759-61 ; pres. by the tutors of James
George, Duke of Hamilton, 18th March,
and ord. 10th Sept. 1761 ; died 3rd Jan.
1791. When a youth of nineteen, along
with a local joiner named Meikle, he seized,
on the Broken-Cross Muir, in the parish,
the ill-fated Donald MacDonald of Kinloch-
Moidart, who was making his way south to
join Prince Charles in 1745. He marr.
2!»th Nov. 1764, Martha Cochrane, who
died 30th Dec. 1819, and had issue— Janet,
born 21st Oct. 1765, died 5th Oct. 1772;
Thomas, born 5th April, and died 19th
Dec. 1767; Isobel, born 6th Sept. 1768,
died 21st Oct. 1787 ; Martha, born 25th
Aug. 1770 ; Michael of Colzium, W.S., born
24th Sept. 1774, died 17th Nov. 1838;
Thomas, licentiate of the Church of Scot-
land, born 10th July 1776, died May 1803 ;
Janet, born 26th April 1778, died 16th June
1830 ; John of Cumberhead, born 12th
March 1780 ; Matilda, born 8th Feb. 1782
(marr. 1st May 1809, James Woodman,
physician, Bognor, Sussex), died 9th May
1812. Publication — Christ the Light of
the World, a sermon (Glasgow, 1796). —
[Cleland's Annals of Glasgow, i. ; Scots
Mag., lxv. ; Chambers's Rebellion.']
JAMES HALL, born Largs, 1750, second
i*7fli son °^ James S. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 14th June 1786 ; pres. by Douglas,
Duke of Hamilton, 18th Jan., and ord. 1st
Sept. 1791 ; died at Kenmore, 5th Oct.
1813. He marr. 19th May 1794, Mar-
garet Hay (died at Portobello, 31st Dec.
1830), daugh. of James Balcanquhal of that
ilk, and had issue — James Melville, born
25th April 1796, died 26th Aug. 1798;
John Sharp, W.S., born 7th Feb. 1798,
died at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 30th Sept.
1885. Publications — Two Fast Day Ser-
mons (Glasgow, 1793, 1794).— [Tombst.]
JAMES HAMILTON, born at Alton, in
1814 ^e Pa"sn' 23rcl March 1763, second
son of Gavin H. of Alton and Janet
Greenshields ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow; MA. (1783); ord. to Shotts 26th Sept.
1799; D.D. (Glasgow, 29th March 1814);
pres. by the Commissioner for Alexander,
Duke of Hamilton, 14th Dec. 1813 ; trans,
and adm. 7th July 1814; died 8th June
1838. He marr. 28th Dec. 1801, Ann (died
22nd March 1840), daugh. of Alexander
Hutchison, D.D., min. of Hamilton, and
had issue — Anne, born 5th Dec. 1802;
Janet, born 18th July 1804 (marr. 12th
Oct. 1840, James Barr, M.D., R.N.) ;
Christina, born 21st Oct. 1806 (marr.
Alexander Gibson, min. of Balmaghie) ;
Marion, born 20th April 1808; Grizel
Dundas, born 16th Feb. 1810 (marr. 24th
Feb. 1835, John Hamilton of Fairholm,
Falkirk) ; Gavin, born 16th Oct. 1811 ;
student at Univ. of Glasgow in 1825, died
30th July 1830.
ANDREW BORLAND PARKER, born
Newton-upon-Ayr, 1810, seventh son
of William P., engineer ; educated at
Ayr Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
MA. (1832); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
2nd Oct. 1833; ord. to Levern 22nd July
1836; pres. by Alexander, Duke of Hamil-
ton, 21st Nov. 1838; trans, and adm. 4th
April 1839. Joined the Free Church in
1843; min. of the Free Church, Lesma-
hagow, 1843-54 ; of Wellpark Free Church,
Glasgow, 1854-67; D.D. (Glasgow 1862);
died 4th April 1867. He marr. 8th Nov.
1837, Agnes Steele (who predeceased him),
and had issue — William, insurance and
metal broker, Glasgow, student at Univ. of
Glasgow in 1856. Publications— Theological
Education in the Free Church ; The Fulness
316
LESMAHAGOW
[PRESB. OF
of the Mediator. In 1864 Dr Parker began
to collect material for Annals of the Dis-
ruption, which, after his death, was com-
pleted and published by Thomas Brown,
D.D.
1844
ALLAN MACNAUGHTON, born Ken-
more, 1st March 1794 ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews; licen. by Presb.
of Dunkeld 24th Feb. 1818 ; ord. to Hatton
Garden Chapel, London, 2nd March 1819 ;
trans, to Second Charge, Campbeltown,
2nd May 1821 ; trans, to First Charge
there, 22nd Oct. 1825 ; trans, to Kilbride,
Arran, 30th May 1826 ; D.D. (St Andrews,
1837) ; trans, and adm. here 1st Feb. 1844 ;
tied with Principal Tulloch for the Prin-
cipalship of St Andrews University, 1854 ;
died 10th Jan. 1875. He marr. 24th April
1823, Mary (died 1st Dec. 1872), daugh. of
James Maxwell, Aros, Mull, Chamberlain
to the Duke of Argyll, and had issue — Janet,
born 18th April 1824, died 25th Oct. 1862 ;
Agnes Macleod, born 15th Aug. 1826 (marr.
Thomas Burns, min. of the Second Charge
of this parish) ; Catherine Roberton, born
10th Oct. 1828, died 6th Oct. 1912 ; Jemima
Maxwell, born 1st April 1830; Alexander,
S.S.C., born 19th May 1832, died 2nd Dec.
1876; Allan, born 8th June 1834; Neil
Maxwell, min. of Kinclaven, born 8th
March 1836; Mary Jane, born 19th July
1837 (marr. Robert James Stevenson, min.
of Dolphinton). Publications — Sermon X.
(Church of Scotland Pidpit) ; Account of
the Parish (New Stat. Ace, vi.).
THOMAS HARDIE TURNBULL,
1873 born 29th Sept. 1848, son of William
Bell T., min. of Gladsmuir ; educated
at Dumfries Academy, and Univs. of Edin-
burgh and Glasgow ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 8th May 1873 ; died 22nd May 1894.
He marr. 4th June 1873,Annabella Robertson
(died s.jo. 24th Oct. 1894), daugh. of George
Paterson, Meadowpark House, Strathaven,
niece of Mrs James Ferguson of Auchen-
heath and Wiston. She bequeathed £1000
for the renovation of Lesmahagow Church,
£700 for a hall, and £50 towards endow-
ment of the church organist.
JAMES GILLIES, born Dundee, 3rd
1894 June 1865, son of James G. and
Isabella M'Lean ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews, and at Jena, Germany ;
B.Sc. (St Andrews 1886), M.A. (1887), B.D.
(1890); licen. by Presb. of Dundee April
1890 ; assistant to Professor of Mathe-
matics, Univ. of St Andrews, 1887-90;
assistant at St Andrews, St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh, and Scots Church, Melbourne ;
ord. 30th Nov. 1894; chaplain to Clyde
Defence, 1914-15 ; to K.O.S.B. in Gallipoli
in 1915 ; senior chaplain, Egyptian Ex-
peditionary Force, in 1916. Marr. 24th
July 1895, Helen, daugh. of William
Halliday, contractor, Melbourne, and
Helen MTntyre, and has issue — Halliday
Gordon, born 21st June 1897, Scholar of
Eton College, 1911-15, Scholar elect
(Chambers Postmastership) of Merton
College, Oxford, 1915, cadet, Sandhurst
Military College, 1915, 2nd lieut. 1st R.S.F.
July 1915, posted "missing in France"
13th Nov. 1916; Hilda Helen Halliday,
born 13th Oct. 1899 ; Marshall MacDonald,
born 27th April 1901, Scholar of Eton in
1913 ; Isabel M'Lean, born 13th May 1905.
Second Charge.
[A Second Charge was erected for Lesma-
hagow by Anne, Duchess of Hamilton, in
1644, but its first min. was not settled in
the parish till 1648.]
ROBERT SEMPILL [SEMPLE], M.A. ;
pres. by James, Duke of Hamilton,
and adm. 18th May 1648 ; trans, to
Slamannan 13th April 1658.
ROBERT LOCKHART, M.A. ; ord. 1st
Sept. 1669 ; trans, to Kirkbride
(Penpont) in 1677.
v ROBERT BLACK, M.A. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow, where he held a
bursary 28th Oct. 1696 ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 25th Feb. 1701 ; called
16th Sept. 1702 ; ord. 10th Feb. 1703 ; app.
min. of the Scots Church, Rotterdam,
trans, (by vote of the General Assembly)
11th May, and entered on his duties 10th
Aug. 1715 ; died at Aix-la-Chapelle (where
he had gone for the recovery of his health),
27th May 1735, and was interred in the
1648
1669
1703
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317
French Protestant Church at Vaals. He
was one of the founders of the Scottish
Poor-house at Rotterdam. He marr. before
1715, Mary (died s.p. at Rotterdam, Sept.
1736), daugh. of John Brysson.— [Steven's
Scottish Church in Rotterdam, 147.]
THOMAS WHARRIE [or MACQUAR-
71 RIE], pres. by Presb. of Lanark, jure
devoluto 17th April 1718 ; ord. 6th
May 1719; trans, to First Charge 28th
Aug. 1737.
THOMAS LINNING, born 1693, nephew
1740 °^ Thomas L., min. of the First
Charge in 1691 ; educated at Univ
of Glasgow (where he was Howieson bursar
in Arts Dec. 1707); MA. (31st May 1711) ;
licen. by Presb. of Lanark 1st July 1719;
pres. by James, Duke of Hamilton, 9th Oct
1739 ; ord. 30th April 1740 ; died 9th Oct
1765. He marr. 14th Dec. 1719, Isobel
Hastie, who died in 1778, and had issue —
Thomas, min. of the First Charge in 1761 ;
John ; Robert ; James ; Elizabeth ; Cath-
erine (marr. Robert Bell, min. of Avondale),
and others, who died young. — [Lanark
Tests.; Tombst.]
JAMES MEEK, pres. by the tutors of
James George, Duke of Hamilton,
2nd April, and ord. 25th Sept. 1766 ;
trans, to Cambuslang 1st Sept. 1774.
"^ROBERT BUCHANAN, born 1724;
17„R licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 28th
Aug. 1759 ; pres. by the Commis-
sioner for Douglas, Duke of Hamilton, 29th
Sept. 1774; ord. 4th May 1775. He was
pres. to Cathcart by Colin Rae of Little
Govan, March 1784, but withdrew his
acceptance though the settlement had been
ordered by the Assembly ; died unmarr.
16th April 1796. — [Lanark Tests. ; Acts of
Ass., 1784 ; Tombst.]
JOHN WILSON, born 1764, son of
1796 Hugh W., Ferguslee, and Margaret
Wilson ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; MA. (1782); licen. by Presb. of
Lanark ; pres. by the Commissioner for
Douglas, Duke of Hamilton, 7th July, and
ord. 28th Sept. 1796 ; D.D. (St Andrews,
12th Nov. 1836); died 13th Feb. 1842.
He marr. 27th July 1795, Agnes (died 6th
17
Aug. 1860), daugh. of Thomas Clark, min.
of Eaglesham, and had issue — William
Clark, born 13th May 1796, died 1863;
John Colin, W.S., born 8th July 1797, died
27th Dec. 1837 ; Margaret Hay, born 21st
Feb. 1799, died 1865 ; Agnes Clark, born
28th March 1801 (marr. John MacMichan
Pagan, M.D., Professor of Midwifery, Univ.
of Glasgow), died July 1868 ; Hugh
Humphry, born 25th March 1803, died
22nd July 1820; Jane Bogle, born 6th
March 1805 (marr. 4th June 1839, Andrew
Macfarlane, min. at Demerara) ; Thomas
Clark, min. of Dunkeld and Dowally, born
22nd Dec. 1806; Rachel Hay, born 15th
July 1808 (marr. Robert Gibson, Lesma-
hagow), died 1878 ; Robert Cairns, mer-
chant, Glasgow, born 14th Sept. 1810, died
1851 ; Alexander Bennet, born 25th Sept.
1812 ; Archibald Macindoe, born 22nd
Sept. 1814, died 1878 ; James Russell, born
10th Dec. 1816, died 1846 ; Henry George,
born 30th April 1819, died 13th May 1838 ;
Hugh Mosman, born 15th Dec. 1820, died
12th Jan. 1844.
1842
VTHOMAS BURNS, born Cambusnethan,
24th Oct. 1807, eldest son of John B.
of Bonkle, Newmains ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to High Church,
Airdrie, 15th Aug. 1839 ; trans, and adm.
29th Sept. 1842; died 9th Nov. 1868. He
marr. 16th April 1845, Agnes Macleod
(died 30th Dec. 1865), third daugh. of Allan
Macnaughton, D.D., min. of the First
Charge, and had issue — Mary Maxwell, born
29th Jan. 1846 (marr. Thomas M'Ghie), died
28th April 1920 ; John, born 21st Aug. 1847,
died 10th Feb. 1911 ; Sarah, born 8th June
1849, died 29th May 1920 ; Allan, born 10th
July 1851, died 21st Aug. 1910; Thomas,
D.D., min. of Lady Glenorchy's Parish,
Edinburgh ; William, mining engineer, New
South Wales, born 4th May 1855 ; Agnes,
born 4th March 1857; Janet, born 1st Feb.
1859, died 28th Feb. 1912 ; Catherine, born
21st Dec. 1861 ; James Alexander, born
28th Dec. 1865, died 2nd June 1866.
THOMAS WILSON, born about 1840,
1869 y°unSer son °f James W., farmer,
East Kilbride ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1861); ord. to Calder-
318
LESMAH AGO W— PETTINAIN
[PRESB. OF
bank Chapel, Old Monkland, 29th Jan.
1867; trans, and adm. 8th July 1869.; died
17th Nov. 1894. He marr. (lj Elizabeth
Warnock, who died 12th Sept. 1875, and
had issue — James Alexander, born 6th
Aug. 1869 ; Elizabeth Robertson, born 19th
July 1871 ; Agnes Alexander, born 18th
June 1873: (2) 17th Oct. 1877, Helen
Renwick (died 14th Feb. 1919), daugh. of
Thomas Watson of Wheatpark, Lanark, and
had issue— Thomas Watson, born 31st July
1878 ; Alexander Cunningham, born 14th
Dec. 1879 ; Mary Helen Renwick, born 9th
Aug. 1881 ; Douglas Hamilton, born 25th
June 1883 ; George, born 8th Feb. 1890.
WILLIAM LYALL WILSON, M.A. ;
ord. 6th June 1895 ; trans, to St
Mary's Parish, Dundee, 29th June
1905.
v ALFRED BROWN, trans, from St
1905 Columba's Parish, Oban, and adm.
21st Dec. 1905; trans, to Maxwell
Parish, Glasgow, 16th May 1912.
ANDREW TEMPLETON, M.A., B.D. ;
trans, from Bargeddie, and adm. 26th
Sept. 1912 ; dem. on appointment as
Professor in the Scottish Churches College,
Madras, 25th March 1913; res. 1917
[assistant at Galashiels in 1918].
ROBERT ROBERTSON LINDSAY,
born Crosshill, Glasgow, 30th Oct.
1881, son of Andrew L., engineer,
Rosspark, Stepps, and Margaret Wilson
Robertson ; educated at John St. Higher
Grade School, Pupil Teachers' Institute,
Dundas Vale College, and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (1905), B.D. (1909) ; certificated
teacher under Glasgow School Board ; mis-
sionary in Killean Parish, Kintyre ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow May 1909 ; assistant
at Cadzow, Hamilton, 1909-10 ; ord. to
Bluevale Parish 1st Sept. 1910 ; trans, and
adm. 17th Sept. 1913. Marr. 24th April
1911, Mary Helen, daugh. of Charles Mac-
intyre, Garthland Drive, Glasgow, and has
issue —Amelia Monteath Adam, born 29th
April 1912; Margaret Wilson Robertson,
born 30th June 1915.
Third Charge.
[An off-shoot from the Original Secession
(Burgher) Church at Carluke formed a con-
gregation here 19th July 1814. In 1839
both min. and congregation joined the
Church of Scotland. In 1843 the min.
seceded, and the church was closed.]
WILLIAM LOGAN, born 1798, fifth
1839 son °^ William L., farmer, New Kil-
patrick ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; Associate Burgher Synod Hall ;
licen. by Original Secession Presb. of
Glasgow Jan. 1819 ; ord. min. of the
Original Secession congregation here 1st
March 1820. Joined the Church of Scot-
land 11th Sept. 1839. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free Church,
Sanquhar, 1843-63; died 3rd Feb. 1863.
He marr. 12th June 1821, Ann, third daugh.
of Robert Aitken of Chapelton, and had
issue — William, min. of Langton Free
Church, born 1824, 'died 23rd June 1880;
Joseph, min. of Kingston Free Church,
Glasgow, born 1832, died 28th June 1866.—
[Greenshield's Annals of Lesmahagow, 125 ;
Scott's Annals of the Original Secession
Church, 399.]
PETTINAIN.
[The church of Pettinain belonged to the
Abbey of Dryburgh.]
ROBERT FISHER, exhorter from 1st
1569 Aug. 1569 till after 2nd Feb. 1571.
ROBERT SCOTT, reader, 1574 to
1574 1591.
WILLIAM LAWRIE, M.A. (Glasgow
1600 1598); pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 3rd Sept. 1600; died
26th March 1640, aged about 62. He marr.
(1) Margaret Inglis of Listschiell, and had
issue — Margaret ; Eupham : (2) cont. 5th
Nov. 1618, Marion, sister of James Lock-
hart, who died Oct. 1623, and had issue —
William of Blackwood, served heir to his
mother 30th Oct. 1627. — [Beg. Assig. ;
Lanark Tests. ; Sed.-book of Teinds ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 1363 ; Reg. of Deeds, cccxcviii. ;
Ibid., Mack., 6th May 1674 ; Tombst.]
LANARK]
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319
ALEXANDER CRAIG, bom 1616, a
1641 natiye °f Edinburgh ; MA. (St
Andrews, 11th Aug. 1636); adm.
18th, and pres. by the Presb. jure devoluto
20th May 1641 ; died unmarr. 21st April 1642.
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE [SOMER-
1642 VELIj]' styled younger ; MA. (Edin-
burgh, 25th July 1635) ; pres. by Sir
James Carmichael of Ilyndford, Bart., and
adm. 11th Aug. 1642 ; coll. in 1643 ; was a
member of the Commission of Assembly
in 1649 ; joined the Protesters in 1651, and
was app. by the Privy Council of England
one of a committee to authorise admissions
to the ministry within the Synod of Glas-
gow and Ayr. He died 28th June 1661,
aged 45. He marr., cont. 8th Jan. 1659,
Catherine [or Christian], daugh. of Matthew
Baillie of Muirhouse. She survived him.—
[Lanark Tests. ; Nicoll's Diary ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Reg. of Deeds, Dal., 13th Oct. 1663 ;
Tombst. ; Lanark Sas., ii., 157.]
ALEXANDER CARMICHAEL, born
about 1639, son of Frederick C,
min. of Markinch ; M.A. (St An-
drews, 14th July 1660) ; passed trials at
the Presb. of St Andrews, and had a testi-
monial for licence 29th June 1664; pres.
by James, first Lord Carmichael, 4th Aug.
1664, and adm. soon after. Forsaking
Episcopacy, he joined the Presbyterians,
and was dep. in 1667. On 22nd Feb. 1672,
he was before the Privy Council charged
with holding conventicles. He was banished
from Scotland and sent to London by sea.
There he established the earliest congrega-
tion of Scottish Presbyterians at Founder's
Hall, off Lothbury, and was min. till his
death in July 1677. He marr. Christian,
daugh. of John Inglis, min. of Hamilton,
and had issue — Gershom, Professor of Moral
Philosophy in the Univ. of Glasgow, died
26th Nov. 1729. His widow marr. secondly,
as his second wife, James Fraser of Brea,
min. of Culross. Publications — The Believer's
Mortification of Sin by the S]ririt (London,
1677); An Essay on Hypocrisy (London,
1730 ; edition with Preface by W. K.
Tweedie (Edinburgh, 1 846)).— [Wodrow's
Hist., ii., 195 ; Calamy's Cont., ii. ; Wilson's
Dissenting Churches, ii. ; Black's The Scots
Churches in England, 39 ; Edinburgh Tests ,
30th July 1678.]
JAMES ADAMSON, M.A. ; pres. by the
166g Archbishop before 14th May 1668,
and adm. soon after ; trans, to Lang-
newton in 1677.
WILLIAM FYFE, M.A. (King's College,
1679 Aberdeen, July 1674) ; inst. 1st May
1679 ; outed after 2nd May 1688.
^ JOHN BRADFUTE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
168g 30th June 1658); ord. 30th Oct.
1689; member of Assembly 1690,
1692 ; died 30th July 1709, aged 70. He
marr. a lady whose name has not been
ascertained, and had issue — James, min. of
Dunsyre. — [Hamilton Presb. Reg. ; Tombst.']
CHARLES HUNTER, M.A. (Edinburgh,
17 26th June 1699) ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 14th Nov. 1705 ; chaplain to
John, third Earl of Hyndford ; called
20th March, and ord. 23rd Aug. 1710 ; died
12th Jan. 1760, aged 80. He marr. (1)
April 1722, Janet (died 22nd Jan. 1730,
aged 37), daugh. of John Buchanan, min. of
Covington, and had issue— Catherine, above
the age of 21 in 1758 (marr. 21st Nov.
1758, John M'Caul, min. of Symington,
Lanarkshire); Helen (marr. John Kingan,
min. of Crawford): (2) 9th Nov. 1736,
Janet Gray, who died 8th May 1784, aged
71, ^and had issue — Grisell, born 1st Oct.
1737; Elizabeth, born 16th Jan. 1739;
Robert, born 5th June 1742 ; Janet, born
14th Aug. 1746.— [Tombst.]
DAVID CARMICHAEL, licen. by Presb.
1761 of Lanark 11th July 1744; preacher
at Norriston Chapel-of-Ease, Perth-
shire ; pres. by John, fourth Earl of Hynd-
ford, 30th May 1760 ; ord. 9th Sept. 1761 ;
died 4th April 1779. He marr. 30th March
1762, Catherine Paterson, Stirling, who
died s.p. 28th June 1775.
JAMES FERGUSON, born 14th Dec.
17 1745, son of George F., farmer,
Roberton Mains, parish of Dolphin-
ton, and Elizabeth Steven ; M.A. (St
Andrews 1764) ; licen. by Presb. of Biggar
20th Oct. 1768; ord. to Dolphinton 7th
320
PETTINAIN
[PRESB. OF
1804
April 1773; pres. by John, fourth Earl of
Hyndford, Nov. 1779 ; trans, and adm. 30th
March 1780; D.D. (St Andrews, 5th Nov.
1796); died unmarr. 18th May 1803. "He
was much esteemed for his literary abilities,
and possessed in a very eminent degree the
qualities of the gentleman, the scholar, and
the Christian.1' Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.). —
[Tombst.]
ARCHIBALD SCOTT, born 28th Jan.
1770, son of James S., D.D., min. of
Carluke; M.A. (Glasgow 1788) ; Keen,
by Presb. of Lanark 9th May 1792 ; declined
a presentation to Anstruther-Easter in
1795 ; pres. by Thomas, fifth Earl of Hynd-
ford, 14th Nov. 1803; ord. 29th March
1804; died 21st Dec. 1805. He marr. 28th
Oct. 1799, Helen (died at Edinburgh, 3rd
Aug. 1819), daugh. of John Allan, min. of
Row, and had issue — Janet, born 27th
Oct. 1800 ; George Cuming, born 30th Nov.
1802 ; Robert Allan, Snell Exhibitioner,
1825 ; M.A. (Oxon.) 1831 ; author of Trans-
lations and Imitations of Anacreon and
other works; vicar of Cranwell, Lincoln-
shire, born 22nd Nov. 1804, died 25th March
1870.— [Tombst. ; Snell Exhibitions, 108.]
ALLAN FRAME, born 29th March
1806 1764' elclest son °f William F.,
farmer, Waygateshaw, parish of
Carluke ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th Aug. 1800 ;
pres. by Thomas, fifth Earl of Hyndford,
29th May, and ord. 18th Sept. 1806 ; died
unmarr. 9th Nov. following — a ministry of
fifty-two days.
WILLIAM LAMB, pres. by Thomas,
1807 fifth Earl of Hyndford, in May, and
ord. 2nd Sept. 1807 ; trans, to Car-
michael 16th Sept. 1814.
GEORGE DICKSON, pres. by Andrew,
181_ sixth Earl of Hyndford, 5th Dec.
1814; ord. 27th April 1815; trans,
to Kilrenny 20th Aug. 1835.
JOHN VARY, pres. by the Commis-
sioner for Sir Windham Carmichael
Anstruther of Anstruther and Car-
michael, Bart., 1st Sept., and ord. 24th Dec.
1835 ; trans, to Carmichael 6th Aug. 1863.
1835
JOHN BELL, born 1809; ord. in 1842;
app. to All Saints' Church, Berbice,
1855 ; adm. here 5th Nov. 1863 ; died
25th March 1881. He marr. 6th Feb. 1866,
Aurora Marie Elizabeth Havemann, who
died at Hanover 10th Aug. 1885, and had
issue — Margaret Wilma Elizabeth, born
19th Jan. 1867, died at Hanover, 27th Dec.
1885 ; John Stephen, born 2nd Aug., and
died 7th Sept. 1869 ; Frederick James
Emil, a min. in Hanover, born 6th June
1870 ; Jane Isabella Baurmann, born 23rd
Nov. 1871.
JAMES MACMEEKEN, born 11th Feb.
1881 lg56> son of John West M., min. of
the Reformed Presbyterian congrega-
tion, Lesmahagow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; assistant at Lamlash, Arran ;
ord. 18th Aug. 1881 ; app. clerk of Presb.
in 1892 ; died 12th April 1908. He took a
keen interest in Freemasonry, and was
Worshipful Grand Bard of Grand Lodge
of Scotland, 1903-5. He marr. 1st June
1887, Agnes, daugh. of John Kidd Peebles,
Procurator-Fiscal, Airdrie, and had issue —
John West, born 21st Oct. 1888 ; James,
born 13th Feb., and died 14th March 1890 ;
Guy Steel Peebles, Capt. Royal Scots,
born 13th March 1891, died of wounds, a
prisoner of war in Germany, 5th May 1918 ;
Agnes Millar, born 9th April 1892 ; Andrew
Peebles, born 25th March 1894; James,
born 7 th Feb. 1898, 2nd lieut. North-
umberland Fusiliers, killed in action 27th
May 1918; Edward Noel, born 25th Dec.
1901. Publication — Masonic Odes and
Anthems and Hymns set to Music [Memoir
by Thomas Reid, M.A.] (Lanark, 1909).
J JAMES BAIRD, born 16th July 1871,
1908 son °^ James B- and Sarah B. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1900); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 4th
May 1904 ; assistant at Shettleston,
Uddingston, and Springburn ; ord. 21st
Sept. 1908. Marr. 22nd Oct. 1908, Jane
Hutton, daugh. of Robert and Margaret
Binnie.
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WISTON AND ROBERTON
321
WISTON AND ROBERTON.
[These two parishes were united in 1772.
The parish of Wiston derives its name from
an early lord of the manor, Wisk, who,
about 1155-6, granted his church, with its
two dependent chapels of Koberton and
Crawfordjohn, to the Abbey of Kelso. His
two brothers also have given their names
to adjoining lands in Clydesdale. One
brother was Lambert, or Lambin, of Lam-
ington, and the other, Kobert of Roberton.
The vicarage of Wiston belonged to the
priory of Lesmahagow. Its church was
dedicated to St Ninian.]
WILLIAM SIMSON, reader in
1567 1567.
ROBERT ALLAN, reader about
1568 1568 to 1570.
WILLIAM ROBESON [or ROBERT-
1574 SON], reader in 1574.
JOHN FRASER, reader from 1st May
1575 1575 to 1578.
1579 ADAM BROWN, reader in 1579.
THOMAS LINDSAY, son of John L.,
Covington ; reader from 26th Nov.
1579 to 1586 or 1588.
WALTER HAL DEN, trans, from
Biggar, and adm. in 1586 or 1588 ;
dep. 7th May 1588 ; being reponed,
he officiated at Roberton in 1589, and was
trans, to Coulter about 1590. — [Reg. Assig.]
MATTHEW WILSON, M.A. (Glasgow
1587); pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. before 5th Jan. 1592 ;
died between 20th Sept. 1627 and 24th
April 1628. He had two sons — John,
min. of Crawford ; Robert. — [Reg. Assig. ;
Reg. of Deeds, cccxlviii. 321, ccclxxxiii. 6.]
RICHARD INGLIS, M.A. ; pres. by
1628 Charles I. 24th April, and ord. 12th
June 1628 ; trans, to Douglas before
6th May 1641.
WILLIAM MORTON, pres. by the
1642 Fresh., jure devoluto, 12th May 1642 ;
still min. 5th Aug. 1668. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of Robert Stewart,
VOL. III.
1579
burgess of Glasgow, and had issue — James,
apprenticed to Arthur Temple, surgeon,
Edinburgh, 8th April 1663.— [Baillie's Lett. ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 4313.]
ALEXANDER KEITH, MA.; inst.
1674 between 20th May and 18th July
1674; trans, to Tillicoultry 17th
Feb. 1676.
THOMAS HARPER, M.A. (Edinburgh
1678 1669) ; adm. min. of Walston 5th
April 1676 ; trans, and adm. in
1678 ; outed at the Revolution.
PATRICK EASON [ESON, ESSON],
1694 M.A. (Glasgow 1659); ord. to West
Linton 17th Dec. 1691 ; called
between 18th July and 15th Aug.,
trans, and adm. 14th Nov. 1694. At a
visitation of Presb. 7th June 1699, esti-
mates were reported " for the repair of his
ruined church." Five days later he was
dead, and "the affair of the church sists
for a time." He was aged 60. He marr.
in 1694, a daugh. of William Bertram of
Nisbet, and had issue — William ; Patrick ;
Alexander. —[Lanark Tests.]
[On 15th Nov. 1699, a call was given to
1699 J°nn Murray, min. of Tynron. The
Presb. of Penpont agreed to translate
him, but " ane Northern paroch [Trinity
Gask] competing with Wiston, did appeal
to the General Assembly," and no settle-
ment was effected.]
ROBERT GRAY, born Bothwell, 1675 ;
1TO1 educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1st April 1695); licen. by
Presb. of Lanark 11th Dec. 1700; called
16th April, and ord. 17th Sept. 1701 ; died
14th May 1741. He marr. Dec. 1703,
Janet Dickson, Carluke.— [Carluke Kirk
Sess. Reg. ; Tombst. ; Wodrow's Anal.]
JAMES PORTEOUS, a native of
1742 Lanarkshire, licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 4th June 1740 ; pres. by
George II. 25th Aug. 1741; ord. 22nd
Sept. 1742 ; became min. of the united
parishes 22nd Sept. 1772 ; died 3rd May
1785, aged 82. He marr. 11th Aug. 1757,
Marion King, who died 19th Sept. 1812,
and had issue — Henrietta, born 5th May
322
WISTON AND ROBERTON
[PRESB. OF
1764 (marr. Robert Forrester, treasurer of
the Bank of Scotland), died 3rd May 1785.
— [Tombst.]
JOSEPH HENDERSON, born 1745;
l786 licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 4th
March 1778; pres. by George III.
2nd July 1785 ; ord. 27th April 1786 ; died
26th Dec. 1801. He marr. 20th Dec. 1790,
Margaret Telfer, who died sj). 26th June
1830, aged 80. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.). —
[Tombst.]
CHARLES WOOD, born 27th Dec. 1759,
1802 son °^ J°nn W-, min. of Rosernarkie ;
M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen,
1779); sometime teacher in Fortrose
Academy ; licen. by Presb. of Chanonry
2nd Sept. 1800 ; pres. by Archibald, Lord
Douglas, 14th May, and ord. 9th Sept.
1802; died 12th June 1838. He marr.
27th Dec. 1794, Mary (died 18th Aug.
1843), daugh. of James Gray, min. of
Lanark, and had issue — Mary, born 13th
Nov. 1795 (marr. 22nd Nov. 1826, William
Brown, farmer, Nether Lennie, parish of
Cramond) ; John, born 28th June 1797,
died in Jamaica, 13th Jan. 1819 ; Sophia,
born 7th July 1801 (marr. John Black,
schoolmaster of Roberton) ; William Tod,
born 16th April 1803 ; Elizabeth, born 13th
April 1805 ; James Gray, min. of Renfrew,
born 7th Dec. 1807. Publication — Account
of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, vi.).
1839
DAVID BURNESS [BURNES], born
Kinneff, 1806, second son of James
B., farmer; M.A. (Aberdeen 1828);
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 7th Feb. 1833 ;
ord. to East Church, Strathaven, 2nd Aug.,
and pres. by Queen Victoria Oct. 1838 ;
trans, and adm. 21st March 1839, died at
Dumfries, 25th Feb. 1856. He marr. (1),
26th March 1845, Jessie (died 26th March
1851), daugh. of David Phillip, Cliff House,
Arbroath, and had issue — Elizabeth Watson
born 3rd Feb. 1846 ; James, min. of Kirk-
fieldbank : (2) 11th Jan. 1853, Agnes,
youngest daugh. of Archibald Jamieson,
Paisley. She marr. secondly, 4th Dec.
1861.
DAVID SMITH, born Coldstream, 21st
Jan. 1814, son of Archibald S. and
Jane Ferguson ; educated at Cold-
stream School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Selkirk ; ord. to West
Parish, Perth, 12th March 1846 ; trans, and
adm. 30th July 1856 ; died 9th Aug. 1879.
He marr. 19th Jan. 1849, Jane Elspeth
(died 1st Jan. 1901), daugh. of John Smith,
factor to Lord Douglas, and Jessie Halkett,
and had issue — Jane Ferguson, born 3rd
July 1850, died 6th Feb. 1916 ; John, born
25th Jan. 1852, died 21st April 1853 ; Jessie
Amelia, born 17th Sept. 1853 ; Elizabeth
Montague, born 23rd May 1855 (marr. Alpen
Macleod, Inverness) ; Archibald, born 16th
Oct. 1856 ; Joanna Alice, born 7th Sept.
1858 ; Catherine Margaret, born 22nd Nov.
1860, died 12th Oct. 1865 ; Emma Victoria,
born 19th April 1863 ; Georgina, born 4th
May 1864, died 13th March 1865; David
Halkett Gordon, insurance manager, Leeds,
born 5th Dec. 1866 ; Francis Halkett, born
21st Sept. 1868 ; George Albert, born 30th
Oct. 1871. Publications — various Sermons
during the Crimean War and Indian Mutiny.
HENRY LITTLEDALE DICK, born
Edinburgh, 5th Aug. 1853, son of
John D., min. of Tweedsmuir ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Peebles 17th May 1877 ; assistant
at South Parish, Dundee, and St Mary's,
Par tick; ord. 11th Feb. 1880; dem. 23rd
June 1914. Marr. 14th Sept. 1880, Louisa
Jane, daugh. of George Schrader, merchant,
Glasgow, and has issue— Mary Littledale,
born 9th Jan. 1882 (marr. Henry Elcock,
artist, London) ; Evelyn Gibb, born 3rd
Oct. 1884 (marr. Arthur Alison Bradbarne,
F.R.C.S.E., Southport).
^ROBERT BOYD, born 24th Oct. 1867,
7 son of Gavin B., The Croft, Larkhall,
and Margaret Lohoar ; educated at
Larkhall Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1891) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
May 1892 ; ord. 23rd April 1901 chaplain to
the Glasgow Infirmaries ; adm. (assistant and
successor) 22nd June 1907. Marr. 5th July
1899, Bertha Matilda, daugh. of Charles
Hunter, Northiam, Sussex, and has issue —
Gavin Charles Hunter, born 20th Oct. 1904.
LANARK]
ROBERTON
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1581
ROBERTON.
[The vicarage of Koberton belonged to
the Abbey of Kelso. The parish was
united to Wiston 22nd Sept. 1772.]
PATRICK TWEEDIE, son of Roger T.
7 of Midding-Coittis [Middencoats] ;
pres. 10th Nov. 1573, but probably
not settled.
ROBERT ALLAN, reader, 1574 to 1581.
1574 —[Beg. Min.]
JAMES FOTHERINGHAM, reader in
1581 ; trans, to Carmichael in 1586
as reader.
[WALTER HALDEN, officiated here in
1589 1589 ; went to Coulter about 1590.]
JOHN LEVERANCE [LAWRANCE]
(secundus), son of John L., min. of
Douglas ; reader at Carmichael in
1594 ; adm. to Lesmahagow in 1585 ; trans.
and adm. in 1594; died 18th Nov. 1623.
He marr. Grizel Hamilton, and had issue —
Jean (marr. James Baillie, min. of Laming-
ton). — [Beg. of Deeds, cclv., 14th Nov. 1616 ;
Beg. Assig. ; Edin. and Lanark Tests. ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 1318.]
JOHN VEITCH, born 1589, perhaps
grandson of James V., Dalkeith,
where his ancestors had considerable
property, brother and heir of David V.,
schoolmaster of Saltoun; M.A. (St An-
drews, 29th July 1611); adm. in 1624.
He joined the Resolutioners in 1651, and
was dep. by the Protesters about 1654 as
"insufficient"; was appointed schoolmaster
of Lanark in 1660. He died at Lanark on
New Year's Day 1673. He marr. Eliza-
beth Johnston, "a pious and frugal woman,"
daugh. of a Glasgow merchant, and had
issue— Robert, who sold the last of the
family estate, died aged 85 ; John, min. of
Westruther ; James, min. of Mauchline ;
David, min. of Govan ; William, min. of
Dumfries ; Alexander. — [M'Crie's Memoirs
of William Veitch, 3, 504 ; Baillie's Lett.,
ii., 374 ; Tombst. ; Beg. Old Dec, iii. ; Inq.
Bet. Gen., 5464 ; Lanark Burgh Becords ;
Betours, 5th Aug. 1662.]
1624
THOMAS LAURIE, M.A. ; adm. [by
the Protesters] before 28th Dec.
1654 ; trans, to Lesmahagow about
1660.
ALEXANDER KINNEAR, M.A. ; adm.
(assistant) before 1st June 1655 ;
trans, to Bathgate 10th Dec. 1656.
1655
/ NICHOLAS BLAKIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
15th April 1652); was resident (prob-
ably as tutor) in the family of James
Guthrie, min. of Stirling, when exertions
were made for his settlement at Balder-
nock in 1659; min. here about 1660;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.
He preached at a conventicle " at young
Hardentoun's house" [Hardington] in the
parish, complaint being made to the Presb.
on 6th Sept. 1666. Soon after he went to
London, and was one of those who preached
there in the years immediately following the
great Plague and Fire, 1665-6. He was adm.
min. of the Scots Kirk, Founder's Hall,
Lothbury, in 1684 ; returned here about 8tb
July 1690 ; dem. 7th Oct. that year ; died
in London in the beginning of Dec. 1698,
aged 66. Publications — Lazarus Bedi-
vivus ; or, A Discovery of the Trials and
Triumphs that accompany the Work of God,
in and about His People (London, 1671 ;
Edinburgh, 1760 ; Glasgow, 1795) ; Baruch's
Work Finished [a collection of Sermons].
— [Steven;s Scottish Church, Botterdam,
129-33 ; Black's Scottish Churches in Eng-
land, 46 ; Wilson's Dissenting Churches,
ii., 461.]
[JOHN CALDWELL, M.A. ; pres. by
1664 Alexander, Archbishop of Glasgow,
jure devoluto, 3rd Nov. 1664. On
5th Jan. 1665, it is recorded that the
Presb. " considering the disposition and
humours of the people of Roberton
(though they could not say he was unfit
for some meaner and quieter charge) durst
not in conscience give him a testimonial as
a man fit to be min. of that congregation."
He was min. of Portpatrick in 1666.]
ROBERT RAIT, M.A. ; coll. before 18th
June 1665 ; trans, to Aberluthnot
[Marykirk], 14th March 1666.
324
ROBERTON
[PRESB. OF LANARK
WILLIAM SELKRIGG [SELCRAIG,
SELKIRK] ; M.A. ; adm. after 16th
Aug. 1666 ; trans, to Glenholm in
1679.
1666
1680
JOHN TAYLOR, pres. 18th July 1679 ;
inst. 18th Feb. 1680 J trans, to Dron
in 1682.
1682
JAMES LEIPER, M.A. ; min. of Kirk-
cowan in 1667 ; inst. 7th March 1682 ;
outed at the Revolution, and de-
prived by Act of Parliament 25th April
1690, restoring the Presbyterian mins.
1690 NICHOLAS BLAKIE [see above].
GAVIN HAMILTON, M.A. (Glasgow,
27th July 1676); licen. by united
Presb. of Hamilton and Lanark 27th
Dec. 1687; ord. 11th Feb. 1691; died
1691
Father of the Synod 6th March 1741,
aged about 85. He marr. 28th Nov. 1691,
Helen, probably daugh. of William Selkrigg,
min. in 1666, and had issue — Jane (marr.,
pro. 4th May 1729, William Brown, pew-
terer, Edinburgh. Publication — A Modest
Reply to a Letter from a Friend (1712). —
[Glasg. (Marr.) Reg. ; Reg. Old Dec, i.]
WILLIAM NIMMO, perhaps a native
of Carnwath, Lanarkshire, sometime
schoolmaster in Lanark ; licen. by
Presb. of Lanark 17th Oct. 1733; pres. by
Archibald, Duke of Douglas, 25th July
1741, but [on account of a competing pres-
entation to John Rodger] not ord. till 25th
Sept. 1746; died 29th March 1772. He
marr. 11th July 1750, Henrietta (died s.p.
14th Oct. 1798), daugh. and co-heiress of
William Nimmo of Brighouse. — [Morren;s
Ann., i., 65, 71, 91, 358 ; Acts of Ass., 1744-6.]
PRESBYTERY OF DUNBARTON
[In 1581 the erection of this Court was under discussion in the General Assembly. In
1586 the Presbytery of Dunbarton was in existence, its parishes having been taken out of
the Presbytery of Paisley. The Presbytery Register begins at 24th Dec. 1639. There
are gaps in the records from 31st Oct. 1654 to 21st April 1657, from 26th Sept. 1660 to
2nd Dec. 1662, and from 15th May 1688 to 6th Feb. 1689.]
ALEXANDRIA (Q.S.).
[The church was opened 3rd Sept. 1840.
The parish of Alexandria was disjoined
from Bonhill 18th July 1866. There is at
Alexandria a mission chapel of St Andrew.]
1841
HENRY DOUGLAS, ord. 22nd April
1841 ; trans, to Kilsyth 28th Sept.
1843.
WILLIAM KIDD, born Arniston, Mid-
1844 Lothian, son of David K. and Isabella
Young ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 30th
June 1835 ; ord. 25th Jan. 1844 ; became
first min. of the parish in 1866 ; died 20th
Sept. 1891. He marr. in 1846, Margaret
(died 12th Feb. 1900), daugh. of Alexander
M'Clure and Catherine M'Cosh, and had
issue — Isabella ; Catherine ; Margaret ;
Isabella ; James Veitch ; Eliza M. Gray ;
William ; David ; Alexander Smollett.
JAMES CROMARTY SMITH, M.A.,
1888 "^•"^, > orc^ (assistant and successor)
28th June 1888 ; trans, to Coatdyke
11th March 1905.
1905
JAMES WEDDERSPOON, M.A., B.D.;
trans, from Newmill 6th Sept. 1905 ;
trans, to Yetholm 7th March 1916.
WILLIAM GORDON MACLEAN,
1916 k°rn Dundee, 15th Aug. 1886, son
of William Justus M. and Margaret
Barty ; educated at Univs. of St Andrews
(M.A., 1909) and Aberdeen (B.D., 1912) ;
licen. by Presb. of Dundee May 1912 ; ord.
to St Andrew's, Alloa, 15th Dec. 1914;
trans, and adm. 6th Sept. 1916.
325
ARROCHAR.
[The parish of Arrochar was disjoined
from Luss in 1658. Arrochar Church was
rebuilt in 1733, and again in 1847. There
is a mission chapel within the bounds at
Ardlui.]
ARCHIBALD M'LACHLAN, was on
1658 trials before the Presb. of Inveraray
in 1655 ; adm. here in 1658 ; dem.
4th Nov. 1701, on ground of ill-health.
He was accused of solemnising clandestine
marriages in the parish ; died Oct. 1731,
aged 94, having served for the long period
of 73 years in the ministry. He marr.,
and had issue — Colin. — [Perth Syn. Reg. ;
Tombst.]
ROBERT MACFARLANE, called Dec.
1703 1701; ord. 11th March 1703; app.
by General Assembly to supply
pulpits in Sutherland 24th March 1704 ;
trans, to Fintry 14th June 1705.
DANIEL REID, licen. by Presb. of
l7o7 Dunbarton 6th Aug. 1706 ; ord.
28th Aug. 1707; dep. 16th Oct.
1716 for ante-nuptial fornication with his
servant, Janet M'Phun ; was reponed in
1717 ; died about 1729.
JOHN M'ALPINE, M.A. ; called 31st
172Q July, and ord. 25th Sept. 1729;
trans, to Second Charge, Campbel-
town, 28th Feb. 1750.
ALEXANDER MACFARLANE, licen.
1754 ky Presb. of Dunoon 4th July 1737 ;
ord. to Kilninver and Kilmelford
18th Nov. 1740; called 17th June 1753;
326
ARROCHAR
[PRESB. OF
adm. 17th Jan. 1754 ; died 23rd July 1763.
He raarr. 17th Feb. 1743, Susan Campbell,
■who died s.p. 5th Feb. 1808. Publications —
Translations into Gaelic, Baxter's Call to
the Unconverted (Glasgow, 1750) (this was
the first work of English divines published
in Gaelic); The Psalms of David, with
forty-five Paraphrases of Sacred Scripture,
(Glasgow, 1753), for which he received the
thanks of the Synod 5th Aug. 1751. —
[Maclean's Typographia Scoto-Gadelica, 9,
322.]
JOHN GRANT, pres. by Sir James
1764 Colquhoun of Luss, Bart., and ord.
27th Sept. 1764; trans, to Abernethy,
Inverness-shire, 26th Sept. 1765.
WILLIAM GRANT, pres. in March, and
17 adm. 14th May 1766 ; trans, to Luss
6th May 1773.
JOHN STUART, pres. by Sir James
1774 Colquhoun of Luss, Bart., Oct. 1773 ;
ord. 12th May 1774 ; trans, to Weem
2nd May 1776.
JOHN GRANT, pres. by Sir James
1776 Colquhoun of Luss, Bart., and adm.
26th June 1776; dem. 2nd Dec.
1779 ; adm. to Kirkmichael (Abernethy),
10th March 1780.
HUGH M'DIARMID, trans, from Gaelic
1780 Chapel, Glasgow ; pres. by Sir James
Colquhoun of Luss, Bart., in April,
and adm. 11th May 1780; dem. 4th Dec.
1780 ; adm. to Comrie 13th July 1781.
JOHN GILLESPIE, licen. by Presb. of
1782 Dunbarton 3rd Oct. 1780; pres. by
Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, Bart.,
in 1781 ; ord. 23rd July 1782. In an
action for augmentation of stipend at his
instance, an old valuation of teind was
set aside by the Court of Session 4th
Feb. 1795 (affirmed by House of Lords
15th Feb. 1797), as the min. had not
been a party to it. He died 28th Aug.
1816. He marr. 30th Sept. 1793, Bethia
Erskine, who died 1st Sept. 1842, and had
issue — Margaret, born 25th Feb. 1796 (marr.
James Pearson, min. of Kilmeny, Islay) ;
John, born 23rd Nov. 1797, died at St
Vincent 24th Sept. 1833; Walter, born
30th Sept. 1801 ; James, born 21st April
1803; Colin, born 4th Jan. 1805, died 14th
June 1820 ; George, merchant, Glasgow,
born 13th Aug. 1806.
PETER PROUDFOOT, born 1794;
1817 eaucat;ed at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 7th
May 1816 ; pres. by Sir James Colquhoun
of Luss, Bart., 21st Jan., and ord. 8th
May 1817; died 27th Oct. 1843. He
marr. (1) 15th April 1819, Jane Hyslop,
Moffat, who died 22nd June 1829, and had
issue — Jane, born 12th Oct. 1820 ; Christian,
born 6th Nov. 1821 ; Marion, born 28th
June 1823; Andrew, born 9th Jan. 1825,
died 9th Jan. 1846 ; James, born 28th
April 1826: (2) 3rd July 1838, Janet
Clark, who died s.p. 22nd Dec. 1855.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, viii.).
JOHN MACFARLAN, born 1792, second
1844 son °^ J°nn ^-> schoolmaster, Argyll-
shire; educated at Univ. of Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Kintyre 8th Aug. 1822 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) to Saddell
and Skipness 9th Oct. 1822 ; trans, and
adm. 21st March 1844 ; D.D. (Glasgow
1854); died unmarr., 26th Dec. 1868.
Publication — Account of the Parish of
Saddell (Neio Stat. Ace, vii.).
JAMES DEWAR, born Tarbet, 24th
July 1824, second son of Donald D.,
schoolmaster, Arrochar, and Mar-
garet M'Gibbon ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1847); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 8th Jan. 1851 ; ord. to Kil-
modan 25th Sept. 1851 ; trans, and adm.
3rd June 1869; died 17th Sept. 1901.
He marr. 29th June 1852, Isabella (died
17th April 1886), second daugh. of Archibald
Edmiston, Glasgow, and Janet Martin, and
had issue — Daniel, born 18th June 1853 ;
Jessie Edmiston, born 16th April 1855 ;
Archibald Edmiston, min. of Sanquhar,
born 2nd Oct. 1856; Margaret M'Gibbon,
born 23rd March 1858, died 21st April
1880 ; Isabella Alice, born 30th Aug. 1861 ;
James Alexander, born 30th Jan. 1863, died
20th March 1885.
dunbarton]
ARROCHAR— BALDERNOCK
327
DUGALD MACFARLANE, trans, from
1902 Glencoe 9th Jan. 1902 ; trans, (assist-
ant and successor) to Kingussie 21st
Dec. 1906.
COLL ARCHIBALD MACDONALD,
1QQtJ M.A., B.D. ; trans, from Ardrishaig
2nd May 1907 ; trans, to Logierait
4th June 1913.
HUGH SINCLAIR WINCHESTER,
1913 k°rn Kinloss, 11th Aug. 1870, son of
Alexander W. and Isabel Sinclair ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1897), B.D. (1913) ; sometime headmaster
of Clyne Higher Grade School, Brora ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 9th May
1912; assistant at South Leith ; ord. 11th
Sept. 1913 ; chaplain to the Forces in Egypt
in 1918. Marr. 10th June 1914, Ann Eliza,
daugh. of Robert Forbes, Westseat, Gartly,
and Helen Innes. Publication — Traditions
of Arrochar and Tarbet, and the Clan
Macfarlane.
BALDERNOCK.
[The rectory of Baldernock was of old a
very small parish. In 1749 the Commis-
sioners for the Plantation of Kirks greatly
enlarged its area by adding part of the
parish of Campsie. Baldernock Church
was rebuilt in 1795.]
JOHN LANDALLS, reader from Nov.
1568 1568 to 1585.
1586 ADAM LOCH, reader in 1586.
JAMES STIRLING, pres. by Sir James
15g8 Stirling of Keir 30th March, and adm.
20th April 1588; again pres. May
1593, but the Presb. found him unable to
enter the function of the ministry ; was
min. of Strathblane in 1597.
ARCHIBALD BLACKBURN, M.A.,
15g8 reader in 1588 ; pres. by Sir James
Stirling of Keir 10th May 1588;
trans, to Dairy, Irvine, about Sept. 1593.
WILLIAM STIRLING, son of John S.
1598 °^ CH°rati and Annabella Graham ;
adm. 12th Feb. 1593-4; coll. 30th
July 1594; died Sept. 1623. He marr.,
and had issue — John, his successor; James.
— [Reg. Assig.; Glasg. Tests.; Reg. of Deeds,
ccccv., 161 ; Glasg. Com. Deeds, 25th Nov.
1623 ; The Stirlings of Glorat, 24.]
JOHN STIRLING, son of preceding;
1624 ^■"^- (Glasgow 1618) ; was on trials
before Presb. of Haddington 11th
Dec. 1622 ; pres. by Sir Archibald Stirling
of Keir 4th Nov. 1623 ; on the Exercise at
Glasgow 10th March, and adm. before 11th
June 1624 ; was a member of Assembly
in 1638; died after 1st July 1658, aged
aboxit 60. He marr. Elizabeth Hamilton,
who survived him, and had issue — William,
min. of Balfron ; Jean ; Anna ; Mary (marr.
John Robison, jun., merchant, Glasgow);
Elizabeth. — [Haddington Presb. Reg. ;
Glasg. and Stirling Tests. ; Stirling Sas.,
25th May 1663; Glasg. Com. Deeds, 17th
Dec. 1661, 9th Jan. 1662 ; Stirling Inhib.,
12th Dec. 1661.]
JAMES WALK1NSHAW, second son of
1659 J°k-n W- of that ilk ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 26th Aug. 1657 ; adm.
26th July 1659 ; had sasine from his father
of the lands of Galrig and Kilcumhill 17th
April 1660 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662 ; was cited before Privy
Council for holding conventicles, 13th Nov.,
and ordered to obey the law at his peril ;
was recommended, with others, by General
Meeting of Presbyterians, 20th Jan. 1675, to
take oversight of the bounds of Dunbarton ;
had an indulgence granted by Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1677 at Kilbarchan, but refused
to accept. He marr. Margaret Maxwell,
who survived him, and had issue— Margaret
(marr. Alexander Cuninghame of Cherrie-
lands. — [Bail, of Cunningham Deeds, 15th
Jan. 1686 ; New Gen. Reg. of Sas., iii. ;
Wodrow's Hist., i., 328; Metcalfe's Renfrew,
293.]
GEORGE STIRLING, M.A.; pres. by Sir
1663 Ceorge Stirling of Keir in May ; ord.
(at Edinburgh) and adm. 6th Oct.
1663; trans, to Dunbarton 11th Dec. 1666.
WALTER STIRLING, son of Walter
1667 ^' at baldernock ; M.A. (Glasgow
1664); passed trials before the
Presb. ; recommended 27th Aug. for ordina-
328
BALDERNOCK
[PRESB. OF
tion, and inst. 8th Oct. 1667; deprived
by the Privy Council 4th Sept. 1689, for
neither reading the Proclamation of the
Estates nor praying for William and Mary.
His house was assaulted about this time by
five men seeking arms, and he took refuge
at Stirling, where he officiated to a congre-
gation. He marr., and had issue — a daugh.
— [Rule's Sec. Vindication.]
ROBERT WALLACE, licen. by Presb.
1688 oi Glas§'ow 30tn Nov- 1687 ; ord. at
Balmore 30th May 1688 ; died 17th
July 1739. He marr. (cont. 6th Sept. 1688)
Janet, daugh. of Gavin Hamilton of Airdrie,
and had issue — Robert, born 1691 ; Anna,
born 1693.— [Glasg. Tests.; Macfarlane's
Revivals ; Maitland Miscell. ; Lanark Sas.,
xi., 93.]
JOHN COLQUHOUN, son of James C.
1745 in Old Kilpatrick ; M.A. (Glasgow,
17th July 1735) ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton 10th July 1739 ; pres. by George
II. 28th Nov. 1739 ; ord. 16th April 1745,
after a lengthened opposition in the Church
Courts, culminating in a process of libel,
which was dismissed by the Commission
of Assembly in 1745 as being unfounded ;
died 21st July 1772. He marr. 30th April
1752, Elizabeth Aitken, who died 15th Jan.
1785, and had issue — James, born 11th
May 1753, died at Glasgow 7th Jan. 1802 ;
Lillias, born 31st July 1754 (marr. William
Henry of Barrowstoun), died 23rd Aug.
1792. Publication — The Aj)ostles the Light
of the World, a sermon (Glasgow 1766).
JAMES CARRICK, pres. by George III.
1773 6th Aug. 1772 ; ord. 10th June 1773 ;
trans, to New Kilpatrick 31st Oct.
1776.
WILLIAM TAYLOR, pres. by George
1777 III. 25th Nov. 1776 ; ord. 24th April
1777 ; trans, to St Enoch's Church,
Glasgow, 14th Nov. 1782.
JAMES COUPER, born 9th Aug. 1752,
1783 son °^ J°nn C'» m^n* °f Lochwinnoch ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1775); licen. by Presb. of Paisley 26th July
1780; pres. by George III. 23rd Nov.
1782; ord. 8th May 1783; D.D. (Glasgow,
Feb. 1800) ; Dean of Faculties in the Univ.
of Glasgow, 1800-12 ; dem. 3rd Nov. 1803,
on appointment as Professor of Practical
Astronomy in same Univ. ; died 7th Jan.
1836. He marr. 11th Nov. 1783, Margaret
Thomson, and had issue — John, merchant,
Glasgow, born 16th Jan. 1785; James, M.A.,
vicar of Roath, Glamorganshire, born 17th
Aug. 1786, died 29th March 1822; Sarah,
born 5th April 1788 (marr. George Sym,
min. of New Kilpatrick) ; Robert Thomson,
born 6th Jan. 1790, died 4th Feb. 1803 ;
William, M.D., Professor of Natural
History, Glasgow, born 30th April 1792,
died 4th Aug. 1857; Henry Glassford,
born 20th May 1793, died 27th Oct. 1800;
Henry, born 20th Sept. 1801.
JOHN M'EWEN, youngest son of
1804 Parlane M., farmer, Luss; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 11th June 1800; pres.
by George III. in Feb., and ord. 19th
April 1804; died 16th June 1835. He
marr. 29th Jan. 1828, Isabella Monoch, who
died s.p. 28th May 1846.
[Sir] HENRY WELLWOOD MON-
CREIFF TBart.], B.A.; pres. by
William IV". 7th Oct. 1835 ; ord. 17th
March 1836; trans, to East Kilbride 30th
Nov. 1837.
JOHN POLLOCK, born 1808, youngest
son of Alexander P., merchant,
Paisley; M.A. (Glasgow 1831);
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 20th Feb. 1834 ;
missionary at Duntocher ; ord. there 6th
Oct. 1836 ; pres. by Queen Victoria 12th
Dec. 1837 ; adm. 29th March 1838. Joined
Free Church in 1843; min. of Baldernock
Free Church, 1843-55; died 20th Dec.
1855. He marr. 4th March 1841, Elizabeth
(died 15th March 1890), daugh. of John
Wright, and had issue — Margaret Innes,
born 30th Feb. 1842, died 12th Jan. 1919 ;
Elizabeth Smith, born 1st April 1843
(marr. 18th Dec. 1867, William Neilson,
Bank of Scotland, Glasgow), died 1908 ;
Anna Charlotte, born 13th Jan. 1845 ;
Caroline Mary, born 21st June 1846 ; Isa-
bella Louisa, born 20th Jan. 1849 ; Alex-
ander James, born 28th Feb. 1851 ; John
dunbarton]
BALDERNOCK— BALFRON
329
1875
1878
Innes Wright, born 25th Feb. 1853;
Charles Frederick, born 8th March 1854.
WILLIAM HUNTER, born 1802, son
1843 of William H., min. of Middlebie ;
became missionary at Lanark ; ord.
to St Thomas's Chapel, Glasgow, 17th
Nov. 1836 ; trans, and adm. 9th Nov. 1843 ;
died unmarr. 14th June 1882.
JOHN ROY, ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 18th Feb. 1875 ; trans, to
Drymen 19th March 1878.
JAMES SMITH, born Glasgow, son of
James S. and Margaret Brown ;
educated at High School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton ;
assistant at Cathcart ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 20th Aug. 1878; res. 13th Oct.
1884 ; ind. to Presbyterian Church, New-
castle, Natal, Nov. 1884 ; died 7th Jan.
1891. He marr. 9th Oct. 1884, Jemima
Aikman, daugh. of William Thomson, min.
of Plantation U.P. Church, Glasgow, and
had issue — William James, min. of St
Marnock's, Kilmarnock, born 9th Aug.
1885 ; James Cathcart and Bessie Aikman
(twins), born 5th Nov. 1890.
^ MORISON BRYCE, born Glasgow, 18th
lg85 Dec. 1859, son of Morison B. and
Jane Miller ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow April
1884 ; ord. 6th Jan. 1885.
BALFRON.
[The church of Balfron belonged to the
Abbey of Inchaffray. Balfron church was
rebuilt in 1832.]
1560 ALEXANDER CALLENDAR.
1569 JAMES HUNTER, reader.
1569 JOHN SNELL, reader.
1574 JOHN PORTERFIELD.
WILLIAM RUSSELL, reader 1574 to
1574 1580.
JOHN GALBRAITH, M.A. ; pres. to
161g the vicarage by James VI. 1st July
1619 ; trans, to Bothkennar 17th
Feb. 1629.
JOHN NORWELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1629 1604); pres. to Bothkennar 5th
Nov. 1622; trans, and adm. in 1629 ;
still min. in 1642 ; died at Stirling, Sept.
1671, aged about 87. He marr., and had
issue — John, his executor ; Alexander,
served heir 26th Sept. 1678, became
insane; George, indweller in Stirling; and
probably a daugh., who marr. his pre-
decessor.— [Stirling Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
6100, 7996.]
WILLIAM STIRLING, M.A. ; adm.
,„. 11th June 1656; trans, to Drymen
Iboo , _
15th Dec. 1663.
ALEXANDER CAMERON, adm. 12th
1664 Ju*y *664 ; trans, to Rosneath 25th
April 1665.
V JAMES BUCHANAN of Cremannen ;
1666 M.A. (Glasgow 1663); pres. by
Charles II. 18th April, and inst.
8th May 1666; dep. 13th Aug. 1690 for
contumacy. He marr. at Holyrood 29th
April 1668, Bessie Johnstone, parish of
Inniscailloch. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Canongate
Marr. Beg.}
DAVID FLECKFIELD, educated at
Univ. of Glasgow in 1676; called
in May, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1691 ;
died 31st May 1729. He marr. (1) 8th
Dec. 1692, Janet, daugh. of Hugh Dunlop,
merchant, Glasgow, and widow of James
Hamilton of Langton, and had issue — a
daugh. (marr. Robert Gourlay of Kep-
darroch) : (2) Janet Paterson, and had
issue — Margaret ; Jean ; Anna (marr. John
Craig of Ballewan) ; David ; Walter, born
1710; Robert; William, born 11th July
1712 : (3) Jean Callendar, who survived
him and married again. — [Glasg. Marr.
Reg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Reg. Old Dec. ; Wod-
row's Anal., iv., 62].
GEORGE SINCLAIR, a native of the
^ Upper Ward of Lanarkshire ; licen.
by Presb. of Biggar 12th April 1722 ;
called 26th May 1730 ; ord. (by a com-
mittee of the Commission of Assembly
with one member of Presb.) after 6 p.m.,
23rd April 1731, under protection of the
military. He died 7th Oct. 1759. He
marr. 11th Dec. 1747, Jean (died 20th
330
BALFRON
[PRESB. OF
April 1784), daugh. of James Baine, min.
of Bonhill. [A True and Ingenuous Repre-
sentation . . . of the State of the Parish
of Balfron and of the xinaccountahle steps
taken far settling George Sinclair there ;
Wodrow's Anal., iv., 224.]
HUGH GOURLAY, born 1732, fourth
1760 son °^ R°bert G. of Kepdarrocb,
and grandson of David Fleckfield,
min. in 1691 ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling 26th
April, called 24th July, and ord. 25th Sept.
1760 ; died 11th Jan. 1787. He marr. (1)
Margaret Lauder: (2) 30th July 1782,
Elizabeth Colquhoun, who died 18th Jan.
1787, and had issue —Margaret, born 23rd
July 1783; Agnes, born 10th May 1785;
Hugh, born 13th, and died 22nd Jan. 1787.
JAMES JEFFREY, born 1750; M.A.
1787 (St Andrews 1770) ; licen. by Presb.
of Cupar 2nd Feb. 1779 ; pres. by
Thomas, Earl of Kinnoul, 23rd Feb., and
ord. 13th Sept. 1787 ; died 10th Feb. 1824.
He marr. 8th June 1798, Margaret (died
25th May 1852), daugh. of Archibald
Bathie, surgeon, Auchtermuchty, and had
issue — Margaret, born 22nd July 1799, died
30th March 1800 ; Frances, born 2nd March
1801 (marr. 21st Aug. 1832, William Auld,
snuff manufacturer, Glasgow) ; James, born
21st April 1803, died 3rd March 1804;
Isabel, born 25th Nov. 1804, died 14th
Feb. 1879. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvii.).
1825
ALEXANDER NIVEN, born 8th Jan.
1798, third son of Alexander N.,
D.D., min. of Dunkeld ; M.A. (St
Andrews 1817) ; licen. by Presb. of Dun-
keld 28th Aug. 1821; pres. by Thomas
Robert, Earl of Kinnoul, 19th July 1824 ;
ord. 17th March 1825 ; D.D. (U.S.A. 1871) ;
died 14th Feb. 1872. He marr. 22nd Sept.
1829, Eliza (died 24th Oct. 1879), daugh.
of Thomas Brown, D.D., min. of St John's,
Glasgow, and had issue — Alexander Thomas,
C.A., Edinburgh, born 15th Oct. 1830, died
19th March 1918 ; Thomas Brown William,
D.D., min. of Pollokshields, born 15th
March 1834 ; Eliza Susanna, born 14th
April 1839, died 1st Oct. 1856 ; Frederick
1872
Charles, min. of North Parish, Paisley, born
4th Oct. 1844. Publication— Account of the
Parish {Xew Stat. Ace, viii.).
JAMES BALLINGAL, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 16th May 1872 ; trans, to
Rhynd 24th Jan. 1878.
ALEXANDER SLESSOR, born Rathen,
Aberdeenshire, son of George M. S.,
M.A., Rathen ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; became a teacher in English
Schools ; assistant at Renfrew ; ord. 14th
May 1878 ; died 17th July 1904. He marr.
6th Aug. 1878, Elizabeth Ross, who died
s.p. 29th April 1914.
v JAMES BLACK, born Elgin, 8th Nov.
1870, younger son of James B.,
1905 LL.D., of Sheriffston, Lord Provost
of Elgin ; educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1891); English Master, Madras
College, St Andrews, 1S92-7 ; assistant at
St George's, Edinburgh ; ord. 5th Jan.
1905 ; res. 6th Feb. 1912, on appointment
to Scottish Church, Simla; O.B.E. 1919.
Marr. 5th July 1905, Roberta Cecilia (died
s.p. 6th Jan. 1909), daugh. of Robert Cecil
Williamson, Moray Place, Edinburgh.
WILLIAM JOHN SYM, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 5th June 1912; trans, to
Broughty Ferry 20th Oct. 1915.
ALEXANDER CAMERON CAMP-
BELL, born Glasgow, 1873, son
of Alexander C. and Jean
Cameron ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; L.R.C.P.&S.Edin. (1901); some-
time a medical practitioner ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow May 1913 ; ord. to
St Mark's, Glasgow, 2nd Sept. 1914 ; trans,
and adm. 5th April 1916 ; captain R.A.M.C.,
European War, 1917-18; res. 16th July
1919. Marr. 31st Oct. 1901, Helen, daugh.
of James Buchanan and Jessie M'Phie.
ARCHIBALD MACKENZIE, born
Alexandria, 30th March 1882, son of
John Buchanan M., min. of Polmont,
and Mary Mushet ; educated at Daniel
Stewart's College, Edinburgh, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
6th June 1916 ; assistant Linlithgow and
South Leith ; ord. 14th Dec. 1919.
1912
1916
dunbakton]
BON HILL
331
Marr. 24th Aug. 1918, Frances Theodora,
only daugh. of James Philips, Grayholm,
Bearsden.
BONHILL, of old BUCHNULL.
[The church of Buchnull {Both an aillt =
the hut by the stream) belonged to the
Collegiate Church of St Mary at Dun-
barton. In 1650 the Commissioners for
the Plantation of Kirks enlarged the
parochial area by annexing to it the lands
of Tullichewan, Stuckragent, Cameron, and
Auchendennan, taken from the parish of
Luss, and the lands of Balloch, Milton,
Blairquhois, Ballagan, and Ledrestbeg,
taken from Kilmaronock. There was a
chapel within the bounds at Auchenheglish
(Achadh na h - eaglais = the field of the
church). Bonhill Church was rebuilt in
1836.]
1560 PATRICK REID, vicar and reader.
1567 NINIAN GALT, reader.
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, M.A. ;
reader at Dunbarton ; adm. in 1588 ;
trans, to Cardross about 1597.
MALCOLM STEVENSON.— [Irving's
1597 Dunbartonshire, ii., 218.]
GEORGE LINDSAY, M.A. ; adm. in
1599 ; trans, to Rosneath before
15S8
1599
1614.
ANDREW SEMPLE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1618 30th July 1614) ; adm. about 1618.
WILLIAM STIRLING, M.A. (Glasgow
1632 1616); schoolmaster of Dunbarton
in 1620; adm. about 1632; died
Feb. 1634, aged about 38.— [Glasg. Tests.;
Irving's Dunbartonshire, ii., 218-19.]
JOHN CORBET [in his time pro-
1637 nouncea Corbey], son of William C,
portioner of Gorbals ; M.A. (Glasgow
1623); became schoolmaster at Renfrew;
adm. about 1637 ; declining the authority
of the General Assembly of 1638, he was
dep. 16th April 1639, and fled with his wife
and family to Ireland. He was recom-
mended by the Earl of Strafford to Archi-
bald Adair, Bishop of Killala, for a living ;
being coldly received, he was provided
1639
for otherwise. He was murdered in the
arms of his wife by two swine-herds in
1641, aged about 38, his goods being also
plundered. Publications — The Ungirding
of the Scottish Armour, dedicated to the
Earl of Strafford (Dublin, 1639); The
Epistle congratulatorie of Lysimachus
Nicanor of the Society of Jesu, to the Cove-
nanters in Scotland (1640 ; Oxford, 1684).
— [Baillie's Lett., i., 152 ; Ware's Works,
ii. ; Reid's Ireland, i., 260 ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Irving's Scot. Writers, ii., 65 ; Ing. Bet.
Gen., 4298, 4299; Gordon's Scots Affairs;
Craven's Scottish Worthies, 74; Stevenson's
Hist., ii., 686-95.]
JOHN STEWART, probably son of
James S., min. of Campsie ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1632); adm. 29th Dec.
1639 ; inst. 3rd Feb. 1640 ; became pro-
prietor of Little Tullichewan ; died April
1 676, aged about 64. He marr. Margaret,
daugh. of George Lundie of Gorthie, and
had issue — William, min. of Inchinnan ;
Katherine. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Stirling Sas., vii., 325.]
WILLIAM M'KECHNIE, M.A. (Glas-
gow 1665) ; passed trials before the
Presb., and got a testimonial 3rd
Jan., and another for ordination 8th Aug.
1671; inst. 19th Sept. 1676 ; deprived, by
Privy Council 10th Oct. 1689, for neither
reading the Proclamation of the Estates
nor praying for William and Mary, saying
he had taken an oath to King James that
he would not obey King William's authority,
and for encouraging others to do the same ;
died at Edinburgh, 17th Jan. 1704, aged
59. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Greyfriars Bur. Reg. ;
Rule's Sec. Vindication.']
ALEXANDER KING, called 2nd Dec
1690 ; ord. 1st April 1691 ; trans, to
1691
Elgin 27th April 1701.
1702
JAMES BAINE, M.A. (Edinburgh, 13th
July 1695) ; studied theology at
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Dun-
barton 27th Aug. 1701 ; called 9th July,
and ord. 24th Sept. 1702; died 6th Dec.
1755, aged 79. He marr. Oct. 1705, Grizel
Semple of Dalmoak, who died 5th March
1756, and had issue — James; William,
332
BONHILL
[PRESB. OF
1756
1768
min. of High Kirk Parish, Paisley ; Janet ;
Jean (marr. George Sinclair, rain, of Bal-
f ron) ; Anne (marr. Malcolm Brown, min.
of Kilbirnie) ; Mary ; John ; Margaret. —
[Glasg. Tests.]
JAMES GRAHAM, son of William G.
of Monteith ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; Keen, by Presb. of Dun-
blane 27th Oct. 1747 ; pres. by William,
Duke of Montrose, in April, and ord. 23rd
Sept. 1756 ; died 27th Jan. 1767. He marr.
9th Jan. 1764, Mary (died at Glasgow,
24th March 1814, aged 83), daugh. of John
Buchanan of Ardoch, writer, Glasgow, and
had issue — James, lieut.-colonel, born 7th
Dec. 1764, died about 1820.
GORDON STEWART, born 1735, son
of Gavin S., Inveraven ; educated
at Marischal College, Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 2nd Feb. 1762 ;
ord. to Cumbrae 18th April 1765 ; pres. by
William, Duke of Montrose, July 1767 ;
adm. 21st April 1768 ; died unmarr., 4th
Oct. 1802. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.).
PATRICK SLIGHT, born in parish of
Innerwick ; licen. by Presb. of Dun-
blane 19th July 1791 ; ord. assistant
in this parish 6th Aug. 1793; pres. by
James, Duke of Montrose, 29th Nov. 1802 ;
adm. 20th Jan. 1803 ; died unmarr., 31st
May 1808.
WILLIAM GREGOR, born near Edin-
burgh 1769; licen. by Presb. of
Arbroath 10th May 1797; pres. by
James, Duke of Montrose, 16th July 1808 ;
ord. 20th April 1809 ; died at Mill of Balloch,
unmarr., 22nd Nov. 1848. He was famed for
extensive erudition and critical acumen, as
well as for shrewd and somewhat eccentric
sayings. Robert Smith (afterwards Princi-
pal) Candlish was his assistant, 1831-3.
Publications — A Correct Vieiv of John
xviii., 36, " My Kingdom is not of this
World" (1835); Essay on the Headship of
the Lord Jesus Christ (Edinburgh, 1842) ;
A Review of Dr Candlish' s Letter to Lord
Normanby on the Subject of the Professor-
ship of Biblical Criticism. — [Neill's Records
of Bonhill, 265.]
1803
1809
JAMES M'GOWAN, M.A. : adm. (as-
sistant and successor) 27th Aug.
1840 ; trans, to Laurencekirk 15th
Jan. 1846.
1840
WILLIAM SHAW, M.A. ; adm. (assist-
ant and successor) 22nd April 1847 •
1847
trans, to Second Charge, Ayr, 16th
May 1851.
FREDERICK LOCKHART ROBERT-
SON, ord. 4th Sept. 1851 ; trans.
1851
1861.
to Greenock Middle Parish 16th May
JOHN ALISON, M.A. ; trans, from
Paisley Middle Parish, and adm. 21st
Nov. 1861 ; trans, to Newington,
Edinburgh, 19th Oct. 1871.
DANIEL JOHN FERGUSON, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 7th March 1872; trans.
1872
to Strathblane 19th May 1874.
1874
JOHN MARTIN, born Scone, 1838, son
of David M. and Agnes Pirnie ; edu-
cated at Scone Parish School and
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Perth; ord. to Paisley High Kirk Parish
7th Sept. 1865 ; trans, and adm. 24th Sept.
1874; res. 20th June 1877, and went to
Australia. He marr. 24th April 1866,
Isabella, daugh. of John Crombie, D.D.,
min. of Scone, and had issue — Frances,
born 9th Feb. 1867 ; David Henry, born
30th Nov. 1868; Agnes, born 13th Dec.
1869; Isabella Crombie, born 28th Dec.
1870.
WILLIAM SIMPSON, born Alyth, 22nd
Feb. 1842, son of William S. and
Ann Stewart ; sometime engaged in
business ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
missionary at the Barony Parish, Glasgow,
and secretary to Norman Macleod, D.D. ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st Dec. 1869 ;
ord. assistant at Auchterarder 13th April
1871 ; adm. 9th Jan. 1878 ; clerk of Presb.,
1887-1913; clerk of Synod, 1894-1913;
depute-clerk of General Assembly, 1912-13 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, 25th June 1912); died 17th
Aug. 1913. He was a recognised authority
on Church law, and was much consulted by
ministers of the Church. He marr. 5th
Sept. 1871, Margaret, daugh. of Robert
1878
dunbartonJ BONHILL— BOQUHANRAN— BUCHANAN
333
Wilson and Margaret Arbuckle, and had
issue — William, engineer, born 13th July
1872; Eobert Wilson, born 5th June 1874,
died 13th Dec. 1896 ; Margaret Annie, born
15th July 1876 (marr. Hugh Climie, min.
of Meigle) ; Elizabeth Mary, born 7th Feb.
1879; James Alexander, born 12th June
1883, went to America. Publications —
Facts and Theories concerning the Church
of Scotland (Glasgow, n.d.) ; several
pamphlets on Church Law; edited The
Church of Scotland Year-Book, 1902-13.
— [Neill's Bonhill, 227.]
1914
DUGALD CLARK, trans, from Glassary
26th Feb. 1914 ; trans, to Springburn
8th April 1918.
JOHN ROLLAND M'NAB, born Crieff,
8th Aug. 1862, son of James M.
and Marion Rolland ; educated
at Morrison's Academy, Crieff, and
Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1885) ; licen. by
Presb. of Auchterarder 2nd May 1888;
assistant at St Paul's Parish, Perth; ord.
to Strathkinness, Fife, 30th July 1890;
trans, to St David's, Kirkintilloch, 26th
Jan. 1897 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) to Johnstone 7th Oct. 1908 ;
trans, and adm. 25th Oct. 1918. Marr.
17th Feb. 1891, Marion, daugh. of Robert
Johnston, and has issue — James Strathearn,
M.A., assistant, Alloa, born 14th May 1892 ;
Robert Johnston, born 23rd June 1894 ;
Janet Paterson Johnston, born 29th Oct.
1897 ; Marion Rolland Johnston, born 24th
Jan. 1900; Winifred Elizabeth (twin), born
24th Jan. 1900; Doris Maud Jane, born
29th April 1901 ; Margaret Helen Johnston,
born 21st Feb. 1908.
BOQUHANRAN (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1908. The
parish of Boquhanran was disjoined from
Old Kilpatrick and Clydebank on 12th
Dec. 1913.]
WILLIAM M'KEAN CAMPBELL,
l 7 born Bishopbriggs, 17th June 1868,
son of Alexander C. and Margaret
Murdoch ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow :
M.A. (1888), B.D. (1892) ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow June 1892 ; assistant at Ander-
ston ; ord. to Fintry 12th May 1896 ; trans,
and adm. 16th May 1907 ; became first
min. of parish in 1913. Marr. 30th Sept.
1897, Margaret Magdalen, younger daugh.
of Hugh Ramsay, min. of Baillieston, and
has issue — Margaret Winifred, born 5 th Nov.
1898 ; Alister Hilton, born 1st Aug.1901.
BUCHANAN, of old INNIS-
CAILLOCH.
[The church of Inniscailloch {Innis
Cailleach = " the Isle of Nuns ") was
dedicated to St Kentigerna, the mother
of St Fillan of Glendochart. Its site is
on an island in Loch Lomond. In 1621
the lands of Buchanan were taken from
the parish of Luss and annexed to Innis-
cailloch. In 1643 the Parish Church was
removed from the island to a more ac-
cessible situation at Buchanan. In early
times there had been at Inniscailloch a
nunnery of St Kentigerna. At the place
where the Water of Endrick flows into
Loch Lomond there was a chapel of St
Mary. At Inversnaid, in the parish, there
is now a mission chapel of St Kentigerna.]
JAMES WALKER, parson and min.—
1561 [Compt. of Collector of Thirds.]
JOHN PORTERFIELD, called min. of
1561 Inchcalzeoch and Drymen on 6th Oct.
1561. — \Dunbarton Prot. Book.]
JAMES WALLACE, parson in 1565,
15 5 forfeited that year. — [Lord High
Treas. Ace, xi., 452.]
DAVID CONYNGHAM, min. in 1567 ;
1S67 still min. in 1585 ; afterwards Bishop
of Aberdeen.
JOHN ADAM, M.A., formerly priest in
15_,_ St Mary's Chapel of Buchanan, be-
came reader in 1567.
1588
DUNCAN ERROLL [or ARROL],
reader from 1567 to 1580 ; adm.
about 1588 ; removed to Luss before
1593; returned in 1594; still min. 15th
Feb. 1601.
334
BUCHANAN
[PRESB. OF
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, M.A. ; pres.
1604 *n Jan-' ana- &dm. March 1604 ; trans,
to Dunlop 14th Oct. 1606.
ARCHIBALD CAMERON, younger
son of John C, merchant burgess,
Glasgow; M.A. (Glasgow 1607); on
the Exercise at Glasgow 1st June 1612 ;
pres. by John, Earl of Glencairn, 29th Oct.
1613; coll. by the archbishop 6th Jan. 1614.
He complained to the Privy Council in
1638 of his ill-usage by the Clan Buchanan.
In 1660 he was engaged to correct a work
of Principal Baillie, then in the press ;
died Jan. 1662, aged about 75. He marr.
(1) Mary Cowper, who died at Dunbarton
in Jan. 1626, and had issue — Archibald,
student at Glasgow ; Walter in Stuck ;
Lilias : (2) Christian M'Aulay, who
survived him, and had issue — Alexander,
min. of Rosneath ; AVilliam, min. of
Greenock ; Aulay, merchant, Glasgow
John, min. of Kincardine.— [Baillie's Lett.
Glasg. Tests. ; Acts and Dec, cclxxxv., 411
Argyll Sas., viii., 352 ; G. B. Inhib., xxiv.,
24th Aug. 1663.]
WILLIAM ANDERSON, M.A. ; trans,
from Balquhidder ; adm. between
22nd April and 9th June 1663; trans,
to Luss 21st July 1685.
DUNCAN COMRIE, M.A. (St Andrews,
26th July 1673) ; adm. to Campbel-
town about 1685 ; pres. in Aug., and
adm. 24th Sept. 1685 ; deprived in 1688 by
the Privy Council (being a Jacobite), but
continued in possession of living till 1707 ;
died at Edinburgh, 21st March 1722, aged
about 69. — [Greyfriars Bur. Beg.]
ROBERT MACFARLANE, educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Dunbarton 7th Jan. 1701 ;
ord. to Arrochar 11th March 1703; trans,
to Fintry 14th June 1705 ; called 6th June,
trans, and adm. 9th July 1708 ; died 22nd
Oct. 1758. He marr. March 1704, Marion
Gilhagie, and had issue — Mary ; Agnes
(marr. 26th Nov. 1728, John Graham,
merchant, Glasgow). — [Tombst.]
DAVID M'GIBBON, born 1724; M.A.
(St Andrews 1750) ; ord. to Glen-
devon 12th May 1757; called 30th
1663
Aug., trans, and adm. 25th Oct. 1759 ; died
9th Sept. 1805. He marr. 22nd July 1773,
Henrietta Ferguson, who died 7th Dec.
1819, aged 86, and had issue — David, born
18th Oct. 1774, died 20th Dec. 1789. Pub-
lication— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ix.). — [Tombst.]
WILLIAM FREELAND, born 1775,
1806 second soQ of William F., weaver,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; pres. by James, Duke of Mon-
trose, 3rd Dec. 1805 ; ord. 17th April 1806 ;
died unmarr., 5th Nov. 1847. — [Tombst.]
WILLIAM LOGIE, B.A. ; ord. (assistant
1846 anc* successor) 2>7tn March 1846 ;
trans, to Firth and Stenness 13th
May 1847.
WILLIAM MACKINTOSH, born
j Leven, Fife, 1821, son of William M.,
Leven, and Christian Henderson ;
educated at St Andrews and Edinburgh
High Schools and Univs. of St Andrews
(M.A. 1840) and Tubingen ; licen. by Presb.
of Cupar ; assistant at Whittinghame ; ord.
1st June 1848 ; D.D. (St Andrews 1876) ;
res. 12th Sept. 1893 ; died 10th Aug. 1894.
He marr. 27th July 1852, Anne Blyth
(died s.p. 13th March 1902), eldest daugh.
of Henry Burrell, surgeon, R.N. Publica-
tions— The Scottish Batronage Act (1875) ;
Contributions to Scotch Sermons (Edin-
burgh, 1880) ; 'The Natural History of the
Christian Beligion (Glasgow, 1894). —
[Knight's Some Nineteenth Century Scots-
men, 317.]
WILLIAM HOULDSWORTH
1892 MACLEOD, born 30th March 1863,
son of Sir George Husband Baird
M., Kt., M.D., LL.D., Professor of Surgery,
Univ. of Glasgow, and Sophia, daugh.
of William Houldsworth of Belvedere,
Lanarkshire ; educated at Univs. of Cam-
bridge (B.A., 1885) and Glasgow (B.D.,
1888) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow May
1888 ; assistant at Govan ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 28th June 1892 ; chaplain
to the Lord High Commissioner (Duke of
Montrose), 1916-17.
dunbarton]
CARDROSS AND KILMAHEW
335
CARDROSS AND KILMAHEW.
[These two parishes were united towards
the end of the sixteenth century. The
church of Cardross was a prebend of
Glasgow, being a mensal church of the
Archbishop. Cardross Church was rebuilt
on a new site in 1826.]
1560 SIMON SHAW.
1567 WILLIAM or JOHN CUKE, reader.
JOHN FLITTSBERRY, exhorter at
1569 Lammas in 1569.
THOMAS ARCHIBALD, parson in 1570
and 1574. — [Feu Charters of Kirk-
lands, ii., 173 ; Maxwells of Poll ok,
L, 310.]
ANDREW ROBISON, reader from 1574
1574 to 1589.
JOHN BELL, formerly min. of Kil-
barchan ; adm. in 1594 ; trans, to
Tron Parish, Glasgow, 1594.
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, M.A. (Glas-
1596 &ow 159^) > reader at Dunbarton,
1585-6; adm. to Bonhill in 1588;
pres. by James VI. 4th Jan. 1596-7 ; died
before 10th May 1603, aged about 44. He
marr., and had issue — James, merchant. —
[Beg. Assig. ; Irving's Dunbarton, 362 ;
Reg. of Deeds, ccccxxxviii., 118.]
s. JOHN BLACKBURN ; trans, from
io«o Cathcart ; pres. by James VI., 10th
May 1603, to parsonage and vicarage,
which he held in conjunction with the
mastership of the Grammar School of
Glasgow ; trans, to the Barony Parish,
Glasgow, 1615.
ROBERT WATSON, M.A. (Glasgow
1616 1610) ; became schoolmaster of Dun-
barton ; pres. by James VI. 9th, coll.
16th March, and inst. 10th April 1616 ; was
member of Assembly in 1638 ; joined the
Resolutioners in 1651 ; died March 1654,
aged about 64. He marr., and had issue —
Robert, apprenticed to James Edmondston,
merchant, Edinburgh, 30th Aug. 1654, after-
wards provostof Dunbarton. — [Glasg. Tests. ;
Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Inq. Ret.
den., 4943 ; Stevenson's Hist. ; Irving's
Dunbarton, 362.]
ROBERT WATSON, probably nephew
j of preceding ; M.A. (Glasgow 1648);
called 5th Jan., and adm. assistant
25th March 1651 ; joined the Resolutioners;
pres. by Charles II. after the Restoration ;
died 7th Sept. 1671, aged 42. He marr.
(cont. 29th May 1659) Christian, daugh.
of James Elliot, D.D., min. of Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh (she survived him, and
marr. (2) cont. 16th March 1674, John
Campbell of Carrick). — [Glasg. Tests. ; Reg.
Sec. Sig.; Baillie's Lett.; Law's Memorialls ;
Chambers's Ann., ii.]
JAMES GARTSHORE, D.D.; trans.
1673 ^rom Monyabroch [Kilsyth] ; pres.
by Charles II. 30th Nov. 1672 ; adm.
8th July 1673 ; trans, to Tranent about
July 1683.
NEIL GILLIES, M.A.; called by the
16*79 Presbyterians of Greenock in 1679 ;
was granted an indulgence in this
parish by Privy Council, 18th Dec. 1679 ;
returned at the Toleration, and was at first
meeting of Synod 30th Aug. 1687 ; trans,
to Tron Parish, Glasgow, 15th April 1690.
HUGH GORDON, son of Alexander G.
1683 °^ Carroll, and Florence Munro ;
M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen,
1643); adm. to Fortingall prior to 10th
Oct. 1654 ; trans, to Comrie between 9th
April and 14th Oct. 1656 ; trans, to Row
in 1665 ; trans, and inst. 18th Sept. 1683 ;
outed at the Revolution. He marr. Bessie
Ogg, an Irishwoman, and had issue —
James, min. of Rosneath. — [St Andrews
Tests.]
1687 NEIL GILLIES [see above].
JAMES GORDON, min. of a Presby-
terian Church at Glendermot in
Ireland ; was called (being unable
to get access to his former charge) in May,
which call he accepted 29th July 1690 ;
died in 1693. — [Reid's Ireland, iii., 18;
Irving's Dunbarton, 363.]
ARCHIBALD WALLACE, eldest son
1695 °^ William W., maltman and bailie,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; called 12th Nov. 1694 ; ord. 25th
April 1695 ; died 3rd Jan. 1725. He marr.
1690
336
CARDROSS AND KILMAHEW
[PKESB. OF
Susanna Smith, who survived him, and had
issue — John ; William ; Patrick, min. of
Largs ; Anna (marr. John Allan, min. of
Eow) ; Joan ; David ; Elizabeth ; Susanna.
—[Hamilton Tests ; Glasy. Counc. Ree.,
v., 309, 386.]
JOHN EDMONDSTONE, M.A. ; called
1727 23rd Jan. and 26th Sept. 1726; pres.
by George II. 9th Aug. 1726; ord.
23rd Feb. 1727; died 21st March 1771,
aged 80. He marr. 27th Jan. 1731, Mar-
garet Leitch, who died 2nd Nov. 1755, and
had issue— Margaret, born 8th Oct. 1732
(marr. James Young, merchant, Glasgow),
died 19th July 1792; John, born 29th
May 1734, died 29th July 1747 ; Susanna ;
Andrew, born 30th July 1738 ; Janet,
born 11th Aug. 1742 ; John, born 26th Aug.
1747 ; George, in Grenada, born ISth Dec.
1748.— [Tombst.]
[JOHN DAVIDSON, min. of Old Kil-
patrick ; pres. by George III. 13th April
1771, but his resignation was accepted by
the Assembly 2nd June 1772.]
JOHN MACAULAY, born 1720, son of
77 Aulay M., min. of Harris ; M.A.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 27th
March 1739) ; ord. 5th Jan. 1745 to South
Uist, but the General Assembly ■ reversed
the settlement ; again adm. 1st May 1746 ;
trans, to Lismore and Appin 30th July
1755 ; trans, to Inveraray 26th March 1765;
pres. by George III. 30th Sept. 1772 ; trans.
and adm. 4th May 1774 ; died 31st March
1789. He marr. (1) 18th July 1747, Isobel
M'Neill, who died 21st May 1749, and had
issue— Hector, born 14th May 1749 : (2)
15th Dec. 1757, Margaret (died 12th June
1790), third daugh. of Colin Campbell of
Inveresregan,and had issue — Alexander, his
successor; Aulay (twin), rector of Frowles-
worth and vicar of Rothley, miscellaneous
writer (see Diet. Nat. Biog.), born 20th
Oct. 1758, died 24th Feb. 1819; Colin,
lieut.-general, was present at the siege of
Seringapatam, and shared Sir David Baird's
imprisonment by Hyder Ali, was afterwards
M.P. for Saltash, born 13th April 1760,
died 20th Feb. 1836; Helen, born 18th
Jan. 1762 ; Margaret, born 8th May 1763
(marr., pro. 23rd Sept. 1796, James Hender-
son, printer, Edinburgh) ; Jean, born 2nd
Dec. 1764 (marr. Thomas Babington, M.P.,
of Rothley Temple, Leicestershire) ; Eliza-
beth Henrietta, born 29th May 1766;
Zachary, F.R.S., African merchant, gover-
nor of Sierra Leone, advocate of the
abolition of negro slavery, father of
Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay, born
2nd May 1768, died 13th May 1838;
Penelope born 19th June 1769 (marr.
Gavin Hamilton, min. of Hoy) ; Kenneth,
K.C., M.P., Cambridge, born 2nd Dec.
1770 ; John, born 26th May 1772, died 24th
July 1774 ; Katherine Campbell, born 19th
July 1773 (marr., pro. 3rd Nov. 1798,
George Greig, missionary, Edinburgh).
ALEXANDER MACAULAY, born 20th
l7ql Oct. 1758, son of preceding; licen.
by Presb. of Peebles 24th March
1779 ; ord. assistant in parish of Monzie
3rd Feb. 1784 ; trans, to Strathblane 23rd
Sept. 1784 ; pres. by George III. 24th June
1789 ; trans, and adm. 12th May 1791 ;
died 15th Oct. 1800. He' marr. 1st Oct.
1792, Margaret (died 28th Dec. 1813),
daugh. of Thomas Ewing of Keppoch, and
had issue— John, merchant, Greenock, born
7th Sept. 1793 ; Jean, born 31st May 1796 ;
Thomas, merchant, Limerick, born ]3th
Sept. 1798 ; Margaret, born 5th July 1800.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace., xvii.).
ARCHIBALD WILSON, born San-
1801 1unar' eldest son of John W.,
merchant ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1792) ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton 2nd Aug. 1796 ; pres. by George
III. 11th Dec. 1800 ; ord. 3rd Sept. 1801 ;
died 17th Nov. 1838. He marr. 21st Sept.
1801, Margaret (died 19th March 1829),
daugh. of John Maclachlan, Glasgow, and
had issue — Colin Maclachlan, student at
Univ. of Glasgow in 1819, born 30th Aug.
1806 ; Jean, born 10th April 1808, died 31st
March 1835 ; and others.
WILLIAM DUNN, born 1811, eldest
1838 son °^ William D., merchant, Doune ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen.
by Presb. of Dunblane 31st March 1835 ;
dunbaeton] KILMAHEW— CLYDEBANK— CRAIGROWNIE
337
ord. to St Peter's Chapel, Glasgow, 21st
July 1836; pres. by Queen Victoria 14th
May, and adm. (assistant and successor)
6th Sept. 1838; died 8th Dec. 1885. He
marr. 28th Jan. 1845, Margaret (died 29th
April 1905), fourth daugh. of James Croil,
merchant, Glasgow, and Jane Eichardson,
but had no issue. Publication— Lecture
V. ("On the Evidences of Revealed
Religion ").
WILLIAM MAXWELL, born Hamilton,
__. son of James M. and Janet Simpson ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1875); licen. by Presb. of Hamilton in
1877 ; assistant to preceding min. ; adm.
(assistant and successor) 17th Feb. 1881.
Marr. (1) 11th July 1882, Margaret
Russell Service (who was divorced 25th
Feb. 1888): (2) 14th April 1891, Helen
Buchanan, youngest daugh. of Archibald
Lawson, Glasgow, and Mary Ann Gilbert,
and has issue— Margaret Dunn, born 23rd
Jan. 1892 ; William James, born 13th Nov.
1893; Helen Campbell, born 19th June
1896 (marr. 2nd July 1919, Henry Shannon
Brisby, min. of West Church, Galashiels) ;
Elizabeth Frances.
KILMAHEW.
[The church of Kilmahew was dedicated
to St Machuit. Its ruins still stand at the
Kirkton of Kilmahew, with St Machuit's
Well near them.]
ADAM HUCHESON, reader from
1568 Candlemas 1568 to 1580.
WILLIAM CHIRNSYDE, trans, from
Luss, with Bonhill also in his charge
in 1585 ; returned to Luss before
1588.
1585
CLYDEBANK, ST JAMES1 (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1875. St
James's Parish was disjoined from Old
Kilpatrick and Renfrew 6th March 1876.]
JAMES HOME PRINGLE, born Bolton,
24th July 1849, son of James P.
and Marion M'Robert ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1869) ; licen.
VOL. III.
1889
1873
by Presb. of Dunfermline in 1872 ; app. as
missionary in 1873; ord. 1st June 1876;
died 27th Nov. 1888. He marr. 8th Aug.
1877, Christina Laurence (died s.p. 17th
Feb. 1905), younger daugh. of William
Watson, Leamington.
*" ROBERT BUCHANAN, born Cardross,
10th Oct. 1858, son of Robert B. and
Mary Craig ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1883), B.D. (1886); licen.
by Presb. of Dunbarton 4th May 1886 ;
assistant at Riccarton, Ayrshire ; ord. 6th
June 1889 ; res. 26th Feb. 1895, and went to
Middelburg, South Africa; min. of Preston-
field, Edinburgh, 1898-1903; res. Oct. 1903;
died at Portobello 12th Jan. 1908. He marr.
15th April 1890, Margaret (died 15th Nov.
1895), third daugh. of William Gray, New
Kilpatrick, and Elizabeth Moffatt.
ERNEST SHERWOOD GUNSON,
18g5 M.A. ; ord. 1st Aug. 1895; trans, to
Turriff 17th July 1901.
v WILLIAM STEVENSON BROWN-
1Q01 LEE, born 7th Aug. 1870, son of
John B., min. of West Parish,
Rutherglen ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow; MA. (1890), B.D. (1893); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 7th June 1893 ; assistant
at West Rutherglen, 1893-7, and Parti ck
1897-1900 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
to Unst 18th Oct. 1900; trans, and adm.
26th Dec. 1901. Marr. 11th March 1902
Jane Briggs Burns (died 21st April 1919),
daugh. of John Smith, D.D., min. of
Partick.
CRAIGROWNIE (Q.S.).
[The church was opened in Feb. 1853.
The parish of Craigrownie was disjoined
from Rosneath 16th March 1864. There is
a mission chapel in the parish at Peaton.]
GEORGE CAMPBELL [afterwards min.
1853 of Eastwood].
DAVID SHANKS, born Airdrie, Sth
April 1828, son of Robert S. and
1854
Agnes Hay ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1853 ; assistant at St Paul's, Glasgow ; ord.
338 CRAIGROWNIE— DALMUIR— DALREOCH— DRYMEN [presb. of
31st Aug. 1854 ; first niin. of parish in 1854 ;
clerk of Presb., 1875-87; D.D. (Glasgow
1885); died 1st March 1887. He rnarr. 3rd
March 1869, Agnes Bowie (died 18th April
1920), daugh. of Henry Fyfe, manufacturer,
and Jeanie Slater, and had issue — Edwin
Arthur, born 5th April 1870 ; Ethel Louisa,
born 15th May 1874 ; Mabel Olivia, born
22nd Feb. 1876; Alfred David, born 9th
June 1878 ; and another, deceased.
KENNETH ALEXANDER MAC -
LEAY, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 19th July
1887
1913.
1887 ; trans, to Cartsburn 16th Jan.
1913
1920
FREDERICK ALEXANDER STEU-
ART, M.A., B.D.; ord. 13th May 1913;
trans, to Inchinnan 10th Sept. 1919.
JOHN FORD MACLEOD, born Mon-
trose 26th September 1888, son of
Alexander Roberts M. and Helen
Ford ; educated at Montrose Academy and
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1911); B.D.
(1919) and Heidelberg; licen. by Presb.
of Perth in 1914 ; elected Fellow of Royal
Economic Society 1915 ; served as comba-
tant (captain) in European "War ; assistant
at St Mungo's, Glasgow, and Moulin ; ord.
15th Jan. 1920.
DALMUIR (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1903. The
parish of Dalmuir was disjoined from Old
Kilpatrick on 12th Nov. 1909.]
WILLIAM M'LAUCHLAN GOLDIE,
ord. 26th Dec. 1894; adm. first min.
of parish 13th Nov. 1909 ; trans, to
Kilmaronock 17th May 1920.
1894
DALREOCH (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1871. The
parish of Dalreoch was disjoined from
Cardross on 17th March 1873.]
JAMES M'BAIN, born Douglas, 1843,
son of James M. and Jean Davidson ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Lanark in 1871 ; ord. to
Tighnabruaich in 1871 ; trans, and adm. 3rd
1910
July 1873; died 7th July 1910. He marr.
6th June 1876, Margaret, daugh. of Robert
Cowan, M.D., and had issue — James Cowan,
major A. & S. Highlanders, born 6th June
1877 ; Robert Cowan, in America, born 1st
July 1878 ; Isabella Cowan, born 3rd Dec.
1879 ; Archibald Cowan, in America, born
14th Oct. 1884 ; Douglas Cowan, lieut.
A.S.C., born 4th Oct. 1886; Margaret
Cowan, born 24th June 1890.
ROBERT ALEXANDER ORR, born
Glasgow, 13th Jan. 1883, son of
James O. and Elizabeth Fleming ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1907); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow May
1909 ; assistant at St Michael's, Dumfries,
June 1909; ord. 14th Dec. 1910. Marr.
20th June 1911, Marion, daugh. of Henry
Campbell and Margaret M'Lellan, and has
issue — David Campbell, born 27th Aug.
1914.
DRYMEN.
[The church of Drymen was dedicated to
St Columba or St Kessog. It was a mensal
church of the Archbishop of Glasgow. St
Vildrin's Well, on the lands of Finnich-
Drummond in the parish, was much resorted
to by pilgrims. Close by it, at Knockan-
h eglish {Cowc na h-eaglais = the hill of the
church), there was a chapel. Within the
bounds stood two other chapels — St Mary's,
at Chapel Laroch near Gartmore, which be-
longed to the Priory of Inchmahome, and
St Kessog's,on the lands of Finnich-Tennent.
Drymen Church was rebuilt in 1771.]
THOMAS ARCHIBALD, vicar in 1560;
1560 probably did not conform.
ALEXANDER CONYNGHAM, reader
1569 at Beltein in 1569.
NEIL MENTEITH, reader from 1574
1574 to 1590.
JOHN PORTERFIELD (min. of Kil-
1574 maronock).
ARCHIBALD SPITTALL, M.A. (Glas-
gow 1583) ; adm. to Kilmacolm in
1580; trans, to Kilmaronock before
1588 ; trans, in 1591 though he appears to>
dunbakton]
DRYMEN
339
have held both charges in 1590 ; died May
1601. He marr. Janet Murray, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — William ; Archi-
bald ; Janet.— [Glasg. I'ests.]
v EDWARD BRYCE, a native of Airth
1602 M.A. (Edinburgh, 12th Aug. 1593)
adm. to Bothkennar 30th Dec. 1595
pres.by James VI. 22nd May, and adm. 30th
Sept. 1602 ; having strongly opposed the re-
ceiving of Archbishop Spottiswood as con-
stant moderator at the Synod of Glasgow,
he went to Ireland in 1607; was dep. by
the Archbishop and Presb. of Glasgow for
adultery (of which he was innocent) 29th
Dec. 1613; adm. to Ballycarry or Broad-
island by Robert, Bishop of Down, that year,
and to Prebend of Kilroot Sept. 1619; but
dep. for nonconformity in 1636 ; died in
1636. He marr., and had issue — Robert,
ancestor of Braces of Kilroot, died Dublin
22nd Nov. 1670 ; and three others. — [Reid's
Ireland, i., 98 ; Balfour's Hist. Works, ii., 22 ;
Burke's Landed Gentry ; Tombst. ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.~]
1614
ROBERT MUIR, M.A. (Edinburgh,
27th July 1605); ord. to Second
Charge, Stirling, 30th July 1607 ;
trans, and adm. about 1614 ; died between
15th Feb. and 22nd Aug. 1648, aged about
63. He marr. before 3rd June 1612, "an
honest woman, whereby his family (at
Stirling) is distrest mair nor it was, swa
that his provision is not able to sustain
his charges." He had issue— John.— [Glasg.
Comm. Deeds, 15th Dec. 1619; Glasg.
Tests. ; Supplication to Pari., 1641 ; G. R.
Sas., xlviii., 407.]
ALLAN FERGUSON, M.A. (Glasgow
1623); on the Exercise at Paisley
14th Dec. 1626 ; adm. to Strathblane
in 1632 ; called 31st Aug., and adm. 28th
Nov. 1648 ; joined the Resolutioners in
1651 ; died at Glasgow April 1663, aged
about 60. He marr. (1) 11th Nov. 1638,
Christian Nicoll : (2) Katherine Edmon-
stone, who died Feb. 1666, and had issue
—Mary, and others.— [Edin. Marr. Reg.;
Glasg. Tests.; Baillie's Lett., iii., 315.]
WILLIAM STIRLING, M.A. ; trans.
1663 fr°m Balfron; pres. by Andrew,
Archbishop of Glasgow, in Nov., and
adm. 15th Dec. 1663 ; trans, to South
Quarter, Glasgow, 7th Juue 1665.
1666
JAMES GILLESPIE, M.A. (Glasgow
1638) ; adm. to Row in 1641 ; trans,
to Rhynd and adm. 11th June 1645 ;
became schoolmaster in this parish ; adm.
31st Jan. 1666 ; was charged before the
Privy Council with illegally proceeding
against persons as witches and torturing
them ; dep. 15th Aug. 1690, for breach of
the Sabbath, drunkenness, etc. — [P. C.
Reg., 3rd ser., i., 188.]
1692
JOHN ANDERSON, son of William A.,
min. of Inniscailloch ; M.A. (Glas-
gow, 20th July 1675) ; passed trials
before the Presb. of Dunbarton ; got a
testimonial for ordination 19th Sept., and
inst. to Kilmaronock 10th Oct. 1682 ; dem.
13th Aug. 1690 ; adm. 12th May 1692 ; died
at Glasgow, Father of the Church, 19th
June 1740, aged about 85. He marr., and
had issue — William, Professor of Ecclesias-
tical History, Univ. of Glasgow ; Jean. —
[Glasg. Tests.]
1739
GEORGE BUCHANAN, son of Thomas
B., min. of Dunfermline ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Biggar 17th March 1737; called
27th June 1738 ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 11th July 1739; dep. 11th Sept.
1741 for fornication, which sentence was
affirmed by the Commission of Assembly,
May 1742. He marr. Bethia Melvin, who
was buried 30th Sept. 1741.
DUNCAN MACFARLAN, born 9th
1743 June 1708 > licen- by Presb. of Dun-
barton 5th Dec. 1732 ; pres. by George
II. 9th Aug. 1742 ; ord. 12th May 1743 ;
died 30th June 1791. He was a man of
great shrewdness and vigour of mind ;
took a considerable interest in the affairs
of the Church, and was a firm supporter
of patronage. Being a strong powerful
man, and in the habit of carrying a cudgel,
his presence at disputed settlements pro-
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[ PRESB. OF
duced a kind of terror among his opponents,
who nicknamed him " Duncan Rungs."
He marr. 5th Jan. 1768, Ann (died 10th
Feb. 1823), daugh. of John Allan, min. of
Row, and had issue — Ann, born 25th Oct.
1769, died 5th Oct. 1770; Duncan, his
successor in the parish ; John, born 14th
Aug. 1773, died 7th Feb. 1791.
DUNCAN MACFARLAN, D.D., son of
1792 Preceding ; pres. by George III. 11th
Aug. 1791 ; ord. 23rd Feb. 1792 ; res.
on appointment as Principal of Univ. of
Glasgow 2nd Dec. 1823. He was adm. to
St Mungo's, Glasgow, 20th July 1824.
1824
ALEXANDER LOCHORE, born 2nd
Dec. 1792, son of Robert L., shoe-
maker, Glasgow (the author of some
songs and pieces of poetry), and Isobel
Browning ; educated at Grammar School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1814) ; tutor
in the family of James Dennistoun of
Dennistoun ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
19th Oct. 1819; pres. by George IV. in
Feb., and ord. 22nd April 1824; D.D.
(Glasgow 1874); died 17th Aug. 1877.
He marr. 18th Jan. 1825, Elizabeth Price,
Jamaica, who died 7th May 1885, and had
issue — Isabella, born 23rd Oct. 1825 (marr.
Peter Bald, Blairmore) ; died 2nd May
1919 ; James Dennistoun, born 9th Nov.
1827, went to New Zealand ; Elizabeth,
born 12th June 1829; Robert, born 13th
Dec. 1830, went to New Zealand ; Frances
Pearson, born 26th June 1832 ; Alexander,
born 30th Jan. 1834, went to New Zealand ;
John, merchant, Glasgow, born 2nd Dec.
1836; Agnes, born 14th Sept. 1838 (marr.
James Earl Whitworth, Peckham). — [Eyre-
Todd's The Glasgoiv Poets, 108-15.]
JOHN ROY, born Muthill, 8th Dec.
7 1846, son of William R. ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1869);
licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder 12th Nov.
1872; ord. to Baldernock 12th Feb. 1875;
trans, and adm. 19th March 1878 ; died 14th
Feb. 1920. He marr. 2nd July 1878, Margaret,
daugh. of James Ferrie, Torrance of Campsie,
and had issue — Margaret Anderson, born
20th May 1879; William, born 18th Feb.
1881 ; Katherine, born 24th Jan. 1883 ;
James Ferrie, 2nd lieut. Black Watch, born
5th July 1885, killed in France, Aug. 1916 ;
Elizabeth M'Lellan, born 28th July 1887;
Edith Lucinda, born 21st Feb. 1890 ; Cecilia
Buchanan, born 8th Oct. 1893 ; Helen Mary,
born 26th March 1897.
JOHN LENNOX HOWAT, M.A., ord.
lgl5 (assistant and successor) 6th April
1915 ; res. in 1918 ; [min. of John-
stone (Paisley) 16th June 1919.]
JAMES TAYLOR MONTEITH, born
1918 Greenside, Abernethy, Perthshire,
17th July 1890, son of Andrew M.
and Bathia Taylor ; educated at Perth
Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1913), B.D. (1917) ; student assistant St
George's, Edinburgh ; licen. and ord. by
Presb. of Perth, May 1917, as locum tenens
St Andrew's Church, Perth ; adm. to this
parish 10th Dec. 1918. Marr. 3rd May
1918, Mary Gordon, daugh. of Bartlett
Greenburn, Rothes.
DUNBARTON.
[The church of Dunbarton was dedicated
to St Patrick, and belonged to the Abbey of
Kilwinning. It had a chapel of St James
and an altar of St Ninian. About the year
1450, the Collegiate Church of St Mary at
Dunbarton was founded by Isobel, Countess
of Lennox, widow of the Regent, Murdoch,
Duke of Albany. The town contained a
hospital of Bedesmen, a chapel of St Peter,
and a Well of St Serf. In Dunbarton
Castle was a chapel of St Patrick. At
the Chapeltoun, outside the town, stood
a chapel of St Mary. Dunbarton had a
Lammas Fair, and two others in the year,
on the festivals of St John the Baptist and
St Patrick. From 1627 to 1690 there was
a Second Charge in the parish of Dunbar-
ton. The Parish Church, rebuilt in 1811,
has undergone considerable renovation
since.]
JOHN PORTERFIELD, min. in 1564 ;
1564 adm. to Kilmaronock in 1567.
dunbarton]
DUNBARTON
341
1568
EDWARD CUSAK, entered at Candle-
mas 1568, having Cardross also in
charge; still min. 12 th April
1582; died before 9th Feb. 1585-6. He
marr. Jean Porterfield, probably a daugh.
of preceding min. She survived him, and
was, with her children, in poverty. — [Reg.
Min. ; Reg. Sec. Sig., liii., 103.]
JOHN ROSS, son of William R., burgess
1580 of Dunbarton; M. A. (Glasgow 1576);
min. in 1580 ; was relieved of the
charge of Cardross in 1590 ; pres. to the
parsonage and vicarage by James VI.
before 28th Nov. 1595 ; died before 23rd
June 1601. He marr. Margaret Dunlop,
who survived him, and had issue — John. —
[Reg. Assig. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Reg. of Deeds,
lxxxv. ; Glasg. Coram. Deeds, 25th March
1613.]
WILLIAM SYMSON, son of Andrew
S., min. of Dalkeith ; member
(perhaps as elder) of Assembly in
1593; adm. to Burntisland before 1597;
pres. by James VI. 23rd June 1601 ;
still min. 15th April 1614. He marr.
Alice Wakeman. Publication — De Ac-
centibus Hebraicis breves et perspicuce
Regulce (London, 1617) (the first produc-
tion on Hebrew literature in Scotland).
— [Reg. Pres. ; Glasg. and Edin. Tests. ;
Glasg. Comm. Deeds, 22nd Dec. 1615.]
WILLIAM BLAIR, M.A., son of John
1620 •^'' mercnant, and Beatrix Mure ;
regent in the Univ. of Glasgow ;
adm. before 9th Feb. 1620; died Dec.
1632. He bequeathed a house as a manse
for the parish, and also left £66, 13s. 4d.
for helping poor youths to trades. He
marr. Barbara Robertson, who survived
him, and had issue — Jean; Marjorie ;
Janet ; Isabel ; Anna. — [Glasg. rTests. ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 4002, 4037 ; Blair's Autob. ;
Bannatyne Miscell., iii.; Irving's Dxmbarton-
shire, ii., 153; Elegiac Verses (Edinburgh,
1842).]
DAVID ELPHINSTON, eldest son of
1633 James E., glazier, Glasgow; M.A.
(Glasgow 1620); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 22nd March 1626 ; servitor
(probably chaplain) to Lady Elphinston of
Blythswood in 1627 ; assistant in this
parish ; was adm. in 1633 ; signed the
National Covenant in 1638 ; one of the
commissioners for visiting the University
of Glasgow in 1639 ; confined to the parish
on the restoration of Episcopacy in 1661 ;
dem. June 1666, and still alive 10th June
1673. He marr. (1) Janet (died Sept. 1653),
daugh. of Walter Dennistoun of Colgrain,
and had issue — Janet ; (2) Jean M'Farlan,
who died 12th March 169-, and had issue —
James, min. of Strathblane.— [Glasg. Tests.;
Baillie's Lett. ; Mem. of Montrose, i. ;
Wodrow's Hist., i., 328.]
GEORGE STIRLING, M.A. (Glasgow
1666 1657); brother of John S. of Kil-
bride ; adm. to Baldernock 6th Oct.
1663 ; pres. by the Town Council in Nov.,
and adm. 11th Dec. 1666; died 3rd Nov.
1676, aged about 40. He marr. 2nd Sept.
1664, Anne, daugh. of Thomas Alexander
of Skedoway, who survived him. — [Glasg.
Tests. ; Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 7th April
1668 ; G. R. Inhib., 29th Jan. 1668.]
ARTHUR MILLAR, M.A. ; pres. by
1&n the Town Council in Feb., passed
trials and got a certificate for ordin-
ation 27th said month ; was inst. 3rd
April 1677 ; trans, to Inveresk 9th June
1680.
JAMES DONALDSON of Murrock,
1681 k°rn 1641, son of James D. ; M.A.
(St Andrews, 14th July 1660) ; licen.
by George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 10th Sept.
1666 ; ord. to Port of Menteith, 15th Nov.
1667; trans, and adm. 10th May 1681;
outed in 1690 ; died 1722. He marr. Ann
Stirling, and had issue — Henry, born 1683,
died young; James, born 1686, died young;
William of Murrock, born 1687, died 1764.
— [Burke's Colonial Gentry, 496.]
ROBERT MAXWELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1651) ; ord. under the Toleration 3rd
Aug. 1688 ; still min. in 1690.
JOHN HARDIE, licen. by Presb. of
1693 Pauley 2nd March, and called 8th
Sept. 1692; ord. 21st March 1693;
died unmarr. Nov. 1696. According to
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[PEESB. OF
the superstitious belief of the time, his
death was said to have been hastened by
the secret malice of the Bargarran witches,
who were afterwards executed at Paisley.
The manse garden at Dunbarton was
described at the trial as the scene of
their midnight revels. — [Irving's Dun-
bartonshire, ii., 158.]
JOHN ANDERSON, MA. ; called in
March, and ord. 14th Sept. 1698 ;
Presb. Clerk, 1701-4 ; trans, to New
or North West Church, Glasgow, by General
Assembly 23rd May 1718.
ARCHIBALD SYDSERFF, born 1690,
1720 son °f J°nn S.| merchant, Dunbar,
and Margaret, daugh. of Walter
Ranken of Orchardhead, Stirlingshire ;
MA. (Edinburgh, 21st April 1709); licen.
by Presb. of Dalkeith 2nd April 1717;
called 18th April, and ord. 14th Sept.
1720; dem. 5th April 1756; died 25th
Jan. 1764. He marr. (1) July 1727, Sarah
(died Jan. 1730), daugh. of David Brodie,
niin. of Dalserf, and had issue — John of
Ruchlaw, born 1728, died 1782 : (2) 31st
Dec. 1736, his cousin, Martha (died s.p.
24th Jan. 1772), daugh. and heiress of
James Sydserff of Ruchlaw and Katherine,
daugh. of George Suttie of Addiston, East
Lothian.
JOHN FREEBAIRN [FAIRBAIRN],
19W born Dunbarton 1723, son of James
F. ; app. schoolmaster of Ecclesgreig
16th Nov. 1743; MA. (King's College, Aber-
deen, 29th March 1744) ; licen. by Presb. of
Fordoun 20th March 1751 ; assistant to
preceding min. ; pres. by the Town Council
in April, and ord. 23rd June 1757 ; died
10th July 1773. He was a leader of the
popular party in the Church. He possessed
great native humour, and had a happy
talent of turning the laugh against his
opponents by keen sarcasm, which in the
General Assembly he applied against the
vigorous exercise of church patronage.
Alexander Carlyle says of him that he
was "brisk and foul-mouthed, that he
stuck at nothing, and was endowed with
a rude popular eloquence." He marr. 24th
Aug. 1757, Barbara (died 28th May 1783),
daugh. of James Molison, min. of St Cyrus,
and had issue— James, born 8th Sept. 1758;
John, born 16th Sept. 1760; Katherine,
born 10th Aug. 1762 ; Mary, born 6th May,
and died 8th Sept. 1763; Charles, born
26th April 1764; Richard, writer, Dun-
barton, born 27th Nov. 1765, died 19th
Nov. 1799 ; Thomas, min. of New Monk-
land, born 31st March 1767 ; Helen, born
10th May 1768; Mary, born 12th Oct.
1769, died 10th Jan. 1791. Publications—
Tivo Occasional Sermons (Glasgow, 1765 ;
Edinburgh, 1771); "Speech on the St
Ninians Cause" (Scots Mag., xxxiv.).—
[Mackenzie's Life of John Home; Carlyle's
Autob., 453; Weekly Mag., xxi., xxxiii.,
xxxvi.]
JAMES OLIPHANT, born Stirling 1734,
1^7„ second son of William O. ; educated
at Associate Burgher Hall and
Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1756). Joined
the Church of Scotland ; licen. by Presb.
of Kintyre 19th May 1760; adm. to
Gorbals in 1763 ; ord. to Kilmarnock
Chapel-of-Ease 17th May 1764; pres. by
the Town Council (at the request of the
inhabitants) in Oct., trans, and adm. 23rd
Dec. 1773 ; clerk of Presb. 1783-1817 ; died
10th April 1818. Owing to his powerful
voice, the poet Burns said of the church
of Kilmarnock he "aft made her yell."
He was blind for some years previous
to his death. He marr. (1) 27th Nov.
17,64, Elizabeth Hay, who died 29th March
1780, and had issue — Susanna, born 31st
Aug. 1765, died 28th Jan. 1797; Ann,
born 6th Aug. 1768, died 30th April 1809 ;
Charlotte, born 31st July 1769 (marr.
Captain David Denny, Glasgow), died 6th
Oct. 1811 ; William, student of divinity,
born 16th April 1772, died 2nd Jan. 1792 ;
James, born 25th Nov. 1773, died 15th Feb.
1774 ; Janet, born 9th Dec. 1774, died 2nd
Nov. 1788 ; Charles, born 4th March, and
died 31st May 1780 : (2) 27th April 1784,
Janet (died 27th June 1805), daugh. of
Humphrey Colquhoun of Barnhill and
Margaret Williamson, and had issue —
Margaret, born 6th Feb. 1785 ; Isabella,
born 21st July 1787 (marr. William Taylor,
dunbarton]
DUNBARTON
343
min. of Wilson Burgher Church, Perth),
died 17th Oct. 18—; Janet, born 26th
July 1790 (marr. 22nd April 1822, Kobert
Hart, merchant, Glasgow) ; Elizabeth, born
27th May 1792, died 22nd March 1793;
Susanna, born 23rd June 1797, died 1829.
Publications — The Mother's Catechism,
doctrinal and historical ; A Sacramental
Catechism, designed for Communicants,
Old and Young (1779); Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).—[Tombst.;
M'Kay's Hist, of Kilmarnock ; Biographical
Notice of Rev. William Taylor ; Wallace's
Burns, i., 299.]
WILLIAM JAFFRAY [JAFFREY] of
Boghead, born St Ninians, 1790,
third son of William J. ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Jedburgh 12th June 1816 ; assistant to
preceding min. ; pres. by the Magistrates
and Town Council 20th Aug. 1818; ord.
6th May 1819; died 7th Dec. 1840. He
marr. 10th April 1820, Elizabeth Jane
(died 15th July 1839), eldest daugh. of
Jacob Dixon, provost of Dunbarton, and
Catherine MacAulay, and had issue —
William, born 19th Feb. 1821 ; Jacob
Dixon, born 20th Feb. 1823, died at
Calcutta July 1841 ; Thomas George, born
5th Aug. 1824; John Anthony, born 20th
March 1826, died 13th Jan. 1829; Catherine
Ann, born 24th March 1828, died 15th
Feb. 1829; Walter Lennox, born 12th
Dec. 1829 ; Louisa, born 11th Oct. 1831 ;
Frances, born 24th Sept. 1835, died 15th
Jan. 1836.
JAMES SMITH, born 28th April 1806, son
1841 °^ Alexander S., D.D., min. of Chapel
of Garioch ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1820) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 3rd Sept. 1823 ; became
missionary at Parkhead, and afterwards at
Auchterarder ; ord. to Wellpark, Glasgow,
25th April 1 839 ; trans, and adm. 25th
June 1841. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of Dunbarton Free Church,
1843-62; died at Aberdeen 1st Nov. 1862.
He marr. 21st Sept. 1841, Elizabeth (died
24th May 1877), daugh. of Alexander
Campbell, writer, Glasgow, and Mary
Scott, but had no issue. Publication —
Lecture V. ("On Sabbath Schools").
ANDREW GRAY, born Bothwell, 1806,
second son of George G., merchant,
Glasgow ; educated at Univs. of
Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 5th Nov. 1828 ; became
schoolmaster at Baillieston Toll, then
missionary in parish of Old Monkland ;
ord. to Crossbill 29th Oct. 1835 ; trans.
and adm. 28th Sept. 1843 ; died at
Stanley Lodge, near Cove, 3rd Aug. 1881.
He marr. 8th Dec. 1836, Margaret Stewart,
who died 23rd Nov. 1854, and had issue —
Janet Jopp, born 10th July 1838 ; Eliza-
beth M'Fie, born 19th March 1840 ; George
William, shipbroker, Glasgow, born 23rd
Sept. 1843.— [Macleod's The God's Acres
of Dunbarton, 54-8.]
GEORGE ALPINE, born Kilmarnock,
1843, son of George A. and Janet
Reyburn ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1866), B.D. (1869) ; some-
time a teacher ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine
11th May 1869; ord. to Calderhead 19th
Jan. 1871 ; trans, to Coats 7th April 1874 ;
trans, and adm. 14th Feb. 1882; died 28th
Nov. 1914. He marr. (1) 17th June 1879,
Mary Russel Turner (died 29th Nov. 1884),
daugh. of Robert Wilson, surgeon, Coat-
bridge, and had issue — Mary Turner, born
16th Dec. 1880 ; Janet Reyburn, born 4th
July 1883: (2) 10th Dec. 1889, Emma,
youngest daugh. of James Pope, Leith.
WILLIAM WALKER REID, born Kirk-
hill, 30th April 1873, son of James
R., farmer, Inchberry, and Isabella
Walker ; educated at Univs. of Aberdeen
(M.A., 1894) and Edinburgh (B.D., 1898);
licen. by Presb. of Inverness May 1898 ;
ord. to Mannofield 29th July 1910; trans,
and adm. 24th June 1915. Marr. 15th
Oct. 1912, Mary, daugh. of Thomas Scott
and Helen Bridgeford, and has issue —
Robert Scott, born 3rd March 1914 ;
William Alan, born 16th Feb. 1917; a
daughter, born 10th Aug. 1919.
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[PRESB. OF
DUNBARTON, Second Charge.
ROBERT KAY, entered on the Exercise
1638 at Stirling 26th July 1627, and con-
tinued there 29th March 1632;
min. in 1638 ; as he had been absent more
than a year, the charge was declared vacant
16th Jan. 1644 ; trans, to Dunfermline 16th
Jan. 1645.— [Wood's East Neuk of Fife, 95.]
ROBERT ANDERSON, M.A. ; formerly
1 min. of Row ; min. here about 1689 ;
dem. 10th Sept. 1690 ; received into
communion by the Synod 7th April 1691.
DUNTOCHER (Q.S.)
[The General Assembly granted a con-
stitution for a chapel and district here on
30th May 1836. The chapel was not
opened for worship till 25th Sept. of that
year. The parish of Duntocher was dis-
joined from Old Kilpatrick on 11th Dec.
1882.]
JOHN POLLOCK, after labouring in
the district for two years as mission-
ary, was elected by the subscribers
21st July, and ord. 6th Oct. 1836; trans.
to Baldernock 29th March 1838.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, born 1808,
1838 son °^ James A., schoolmaster,
Fowlis-Easter ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee
19th Oct. 1831 ; assistant at Pittenweem
and Paisley ; elected 9th Aug., and ord.
23rd Oct. 1838. Joined the Free Church
in 1843; min. of Free Church, Duntocher,
1843-90; died 2nd June 1890. Publica-
tions— Two single Sermons (Cupar, 1834 ;
London, 1847).
JOHN LYNN TEMPLETON, eldest
„„„. son of James T., farmer, Lanark -
1844
shire ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. 18th April 1844 ; died 15th Dec. 1881.
JOHN ELLIS RAE, born Thornhill, son
of Alexander R., farmer; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to Scottish
Church, Belford, in 1852 ; trans, to Port
Dundas Church, Glasgow, 13th Jan. 1870 ;
dep. 29th May 1874 ; was afterwards re-
poned, and adm. to this charge (assistant
and successor) in 1878; became first min.
of the parish in 1882; res. 11th Aug.
1890; died 5th Feb. 1901. He marr. (1)
17th Aug. 1858, Sarah Selby, niece of
George Martin of Torrhill, Kinross-shire :
(2) Elizabeth John Jones Stevenson Bilton,
who died 20th Dec. 1907, and had issue.
ROBERT M'KISSOCK BARNES, born
18go Beath, Fife, 17th July 1853, son of
John B. and Mary M'Kissock ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(i885) ; ord. 9th Sept. 1890 ; res. 3rd Dec.
1912 ; died unmarr. 9th March 1913.
DAVID DUNCAN, born St Ninians,
Stirling, 3rd Oct. 1869, eldest son of
Alexander M'Isaac D. and Anne
Jamieson, Easter Ellister, Islay ; educated
at Kilchoman and Portnahaven Schools,
Garnethill School, Glasgow, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Mull 5th
May 1897; ord. to South Uist 17th Oct.
1900; trans, to St Thomas, Glasgow, 11th
Aug. 1908 ; trans, and adm. 16th April
1913 ; trans, to North Esk 17th Oct. 1917.
Marr. (1) 25th April 1907, Catherine (died
March 1912), only daugh. of Archibald
M'Caig, Mount Florida, Glasgow, and sister
of Neil M'Caig, B.D., min. of Annan, and
has issue — Alastair Jamieson, born 29th
Aug. 1908; Archibald M'Caig, born 22nd
Feb. 1910 : (2) 30th June 1915, Jessie Mary
Brydie, youngest daugh. of Peter M'Ainsh,
timber merchant, Crieff and Strathspey,
and Janet Brydie.
NEIL M'GILL, born Aitkenhead, Udd-
ingston, 2nd Feb. 1876, son of
Duncan M. and Ann Black ; edu-
cated at Aitkenhead School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Free Church
Presb. of Edinburgh April 1913; ord.
to Perth Free Church 24th July 1913;
trans, and adm. 13th May 1918. Marr.
19th Sept. 1917, Bessie, daugh. of James
Grant.
dunbarton]
FINTRY
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FINTRY.
[The church of Fintry, dedicated to St
Modan, belonged to the Collegiate Church
of St Mary at Dunbarton. Fintry Church
was rebuilt in 1823.]
JOHN STODDART, was min. of Fintry,
1560 Campsie, and Strathblane in 1560.
GEORGE WATSON, exhorter in 1560;
1560 reader in 1574. He had a son, James,
apprenticed to John Murdo, tailor,
Edinburgh. 12th Aug. 159C.
GEORGE AULD, reader from 1574 to
1COQ 1585: still here March 1625.— [Reg.
Assig. ; Glasg. lests.\
DAVID ADAMSON, born 1600, son of
1634 J°nn A., notary in Stirling; M.A.
(Glasgow 1619); adm. about 1634;
joined the Resolutioners in 1651 ; dep. for
drunkenness 26th Oct. 1659 ; proposed to
be reponed by the Archbishop 31st Jan.
1665, but the Presb. refused ; he retired
to Stirling, and died there, Sept. 1676.
He bequeathed 800 merks to found a
bursary in philosophy in the Univ. of
Glasgow in favour of a son of a trades-
man in any of the seven Incorporated
Trades of Stirling. He marr. 1634, Eliza-
beth (died March 1697), probably daugh.
of William Nairn, parson of Dysart. He
left in MS. " Practiques regarding Manses
and Bargains about them."— [Inq. Ret.
Stirling, 227 ; Dysart Sess. Reg. ; Stirling
Tests. ; Reg. Old Dec, i. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Acts of Pari. ; Stirling Sas., 1st July 1687.]
JAMES SEMPLE, M.A. (Glasgow 1663) ;
1666 inst. 9th May 1666 ; deprived by
the Privy Council, 10th Oct. 1689,
for neither reading the Proclamation of
the Estates, nor praying for William and
Mary, and for saying, "Let the Whigs
pray for them, for he would not, for he
never got good by them," and "That he
would not pray for the Queen till she
got her father's blessing ; and God keep
him from having such a daughter." He
marr. Margaret Muschet, and had issue —
George, a min., residing in Dunbarton ;
Margaret. — [Argyll Sas., ix., 442, 1758.]
HUGH ALLAN, educated at Univ. of
1691 Glasgow ; called 21st May, and ord.
21st Sept. 1691; died 1694. He
marr. 1st Dec. 1693, Marion Fullarton,
who was buried 15th Nov. 1723. — [Edin.
Marr. Reg.]
JOHN KINNEAR, licen. by Presb. of
1696 Glasgow 30til Nov- 1687 ; called
Feb. 1695 ; ord. 1st Jan. 1696 ; died
unmarr. 23rd March 1704.
ROBERT MACFARLANE, trans, from
l705 Arrochar ; called in May, and adm.
14th June 1705 ; trans, to Buchanan
12th Aug. 1707.
JOHN SMITH, licen. by Presb. of
17og Hamilton 24th Feb. 1702 ; called in
1708 ; ord. 5th Jan. 1709 ; died 27th
July 1751. He marr. 21st June 1716, Ann
(died 3rd Jan. 1770), second daugh. of
Archibald Napier of Ballochairn, and had
issue — James, born 1 720 ; Archibald, his
successor ; Margaret. — [Reg. of Deeds,
Durie, 13th Feb. 1733, 3rd Feb. 1743.]
ARCHIBALD SMITH, son of preceding ;
1752 Pres- by William, Duke of Montrose,
23rd Jan., and ord. 9th June 1752 ;
trans, to Rotterdam 11th Oct. 1765 [after-
wards min. of Kinross].
t- WILLIAM BROWN, born 1736, son of
1766
David B. of Park, Earlston ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Earlston 5th Sept. 1758;
pres. by William,' Duke of Montrose, in
June, and ord. 4th Sept. 1766 ; died
unmarr. 18th Oct. 1771. Part of his
library was extant at Newstead, Melrose,
in 1920.
[WILLIAM GRANT, min. of Arrochar ;
1W2 pres. by William, Duke of Montrose,
but his resignation of presentation
was accepted by the General Assembly 1st
June 1772.]
I ARCHIBALD BRUCE, pres. by William,
l772 Duke of Montrose, in Aug., and ord.
19th Nov. 1772; trans, to Shotts 7th
July 1786.
346
FINTRY— GARELOCHHEAD
[PKESB. OF
GAVIN GIBB, pres. by William, Duke
l787 of Montrose, 21st Sept. 1786 ; ord.
19th April 1787; trans, to Strath -
blane 22nd Sept. 1791.
JOHN MITCHELL, licen. by Presb. of
17g2 Linlithgow 9th Jan. 1788; pres. by
James, Duke of Montrose, 25th Feb.,
and ord. 20th Sept. 1792; dem. 5th Feb.
1805; died 14th Aug. 1831. He marr.
26th Dec. 1803,. Jane (died 14th Sept.
1839), daugh. of John Somerville, jailor,
Haddington.
JOHN GRAHAM, M.A. ; pres. by
lg05 James, Duke of Montrose, 7th May,
and ord. 12th Sept. 1805 ; trans, to
Killearn 30th May 1822.
JAMES COLT ART, born 1781 ; tutor in
1822 ^e ^am^y °f Colonel Maclean of
Ardgour ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 27th March 1810 ; pres. by
James, Duke of Montrose, 10th June,
and ord. 26th Sept. 1822 ; died while
preaching in Campsie Church 11th June
1840, unmarr. Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, viii.).
WILLIAM GRIERSON SMITH, ord.
1840 lst ®ct" 1840 > trans- to Ashkirk 11th
April 1861. He had issue (omitted
in Vol. II., p. 171)— Alfred William, born
7th June 1846, died 13th July 1848.
WILLIAM LOGIE, B.A., trans, from
1861 Firth and Stenness, and adm. 12th
Sept. 1861 ; trans, to Dirleton 5th
July 1864.
MATTHEW MEIKLE, sixth son of
1864 James M-'j Clockston, Tarbolton, and
Mary Millar; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1855) ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 7th Dec. 1859; assistant at Killearn;
ord. 22nd Sept. 1864; died 28th Nov. 1895.
He marr. 6th June 1866, Jane (died 8th
April 1877), daugh. of John Davidson,
min. of Symington, Ayrshire, and had
issue — James Douglas, born 30th March
1867, died 3rd Jan. 1914; John Davidson,
born 12th June 1868; Matthew Wallace,
born 19th Nov. 1869; William Hay, born
29th March 1871; Daniel Murray, born
31st May 1872, died 24th April 1877;
Duncan Mackinnon, born 18th Nov. 1873 ;
Janet Helen, born 24th March, died 5th
May 1877.
WILLIAM M'KEAN CAMPBELL,
M.A., B.D.; ord. 12th May 1896;
trans, to St Peter's, Boquhanran,
16th May 1907.
1896
1907
MATTHEW BARCLAY, born Port-
glenone. 3rd Feb. 1869, son of
John B. and Isabella M'Caughey
educated at Royal Academical Institution
Belfast, and Royal Univ. of Ireland
B.A. (1894), LL.B. (1896), LL.D. (1899)
licen. by Presb. of Ballymena May 1896
ord. to Ardstraw 17th Aug. 1898; adm
from Irish Presbyterian Church May 1904
assistant at Ellon and Hillhead ; adm. here
13th Sept. 1907.
GARELOCHHEAD (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1838. The
parish of Garelochhead was disjoined from
Row and Rosneath on 17th March 1873.]
JOHN JAMES CAMPBELL, ord. 25th
Aug. 1842; trans, to Stoneykirk 21st
March 1844.
CHARLES KINNEAR GREENHILL,
1844 M-A-; ord- 25tl1 0ct- 1844; trans.
to Roberton, Selkirkshire, 15th Aug.
1845.
JOHN MALCOLM SMITH, son of
John S., post office clerk, Aberdeen,
and Isabella Irvine ; educated at
Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1840) ; ord. 18th
Dec. 1845; res. on app. to Gait, Canada,
8th Aug. 1848. He became a Professor in
Queen's College, Kingston, Canada; died
at Garelochhead 8th Aug. 1856. He marr.
a daugh. of James Bennett Browne of
Bendarroch ; she died at sea and was buried
at Gibraltar.
JOHN PAISLEY, born 1815, fourth son
of James P., writer, Glasgow, and
Mary Catherine Russell ; educated
at High School and Univ. of Glasgow,
and at Berlin ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
2nd May 1844; assistant at Wigtown and
dunbarton]
GARELOCHHEAD— HELENSBURGH
347
St Andrews; ord. 25th Oct. 1848; first
min. of the parish in 1873 ; died 12th Feb.
1893. He marr. Feb. 1848, Mary Catherine
Russell, and had issue— Arthur ; two other
sons and four daughs.
EOBERT SIBBALD CALDERWOOD,
1890 0rc^ (assistant and successor) 6th
Feb. 1890; trans, to Tolbooth Parish,
Edinburgh, 3rd May 1900.
ALEXANDER BROWN GRANT, M.A.,
1900 B.D. ; ord. 13th Sept. 1900; trans,
to Ecclesmachan 26th Oct. 1905.
JOHN PATTERSON, born Joy Hill,
1906 Ca Down> 19th 0ct- 1855' son of
John P. and Mary MacClement ;
educated at Bangor Grammar School and
Queen's Univ., Ireland ; licen. by Presb.
of London in 1887 ; ord. to St Andrew's
Presbyterian Church, Canterbury, 1887 ;
adm. to Church of Scotland May 1905 ;
adm. here 28th March 1906; dem. 5th
Nov. 1918. He marr. 30th March 1898,
Jane Templeton, daugh. of John Coupar,
Langbank.
CHRISTIAN ARTHUR ROBERTSON,
born Hamilton, 30th April 1892, son
of Andrew R., min. of Dundyvan ;
educated at Hamilton Academy and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1914), B.D. (1917) ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton April 1917 ; assistant
at Hamilton; ord. 8th April 1919. Marr.
28th June 1919, Janet, daugh. of Edwin
Fraser.
HELENSBURGH (Q.S.).
[Mission work was begun here in 1839.
A church was built in 1847. The parish
of Helensburgh was disjoined from Row
16th July 1862.]
JOHN ANDERSON, born Eastwood,
1839 1804' second son of Andrew A.,
miner ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow
and Associate Burgher Hall, Perth ; licen.
by O.S. Presb. of Glasgow 9th Jan. 1827 ;
ord. min. of Helensburgh Original Secession
Church 13th June 1827. Joined the Church
of Scotland 3rd Dec. 1839. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of West Free Church,
Helensburgh, 1843-67 ; died unmarr. 10th
Jan. 1867. Publications — Patrick Well-
ivood (1839) ; Precept and Example (1841) ;
The Footsteps of the Flock (Glasgow,
1843) ; Lays and Laments for Lsrael
(1845) ; Hymns from the German of
Dr Martin Luther [the ' first complete
translation of Luther's hymns in English]
(1846) ; Chronicles of the Kirk (Edinburgh,
1849) ; Pencillings in Palestine (London,
1851) ; Wanderings in Lsrael (London,
1852) ; Bible Light from Bible Lands
(Glasgow, 1855); The Life of Christ
(Glasgow, 1862) ; Notes of an Invalid
[Memoir by John Oatt] (posthumous,
Glasgow, 1867) ; Sermons in the Scottish
Pulpit. — [Julian's Diet, of Hymnology, 67 ;
Scott's Annals of the Original Secession
Church, 504.]
JOHN LINDSAY, born 1821, son of
1848 David L., min. of Relief Church,
Clackmannan ; educated at Alloa
Academy, Perth Grammar School, and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 5th May 1847 ; assistant at
Campsie ; ord. 30th March 1848 ; adm. first
min. of the parish in 1S62 ; died unmarr.
26th April 1895.
JOHN GEORGE CROCKET
1895 CHRISTIE, born Dunblane, 3rd
Jan. 1861, son of Robert Hugh C.
and Marion Main ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1880), B.D. (1883) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunblane in 1883 ; assist-
ant at Greenock and Helensburgh ; ord.
16th July 1895. Marr. 5th March 1901,
Emily Agnes, daugh. of Edward James
Jones and Esther Smith, and has issue —
George Leslie, born 23rd April 1904 ;
Edward Robert Lawrence, born 28th July
1907; Sybil Margaret Hunter, born 1st
May 1909.
WEST HELENSBURGH (Q.S.).
[An iron chapel was erected here in 1868.
The church was built in 1877. The parish
of West Helensburgh was disjoined from
Row and Helensburgh on 29th Oct. 1883.]
348 WEST HELENSBURGH— JAMESTOWN— KILBOW IE [presb. of
v JOHN BAIRD, born Glasgow, 31st July
1842, son of James B. and Jean
Simpson ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1862), B.D. (1867) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1867; ord. 19th
Aug. 1869 ; adm. first min. of the parish
in 1883; res. 23rd Oct. 1918. Marr. 18th
Sept. 1878, Jessie Morrison, daugh. of
George Inglis and Jane Robertson, and
has issue — James, born 7th July 1879 ;
Annie Inglis, born 26th Jan. 1883 ; Jean
Simpson, M.A., born 17th May 1885 ; John
Logie, born 13th Aug. 1888.
WILLIAM JAMES SOMERVILLE
1909 MILLER, born 26th Sept. 1874, son
of Thomas M., min. of Neilston ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1896), B.D. (1899); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow Sept. 1900 ; ord. to Houndwood
11th Sept. 1903 ; trans, and adm. (assistant
and successor) 29th June 1909; trans, to
West Coates, Edinburgh, 26th Sept. 1918.
Marr. 29th March 1904, Grace Beveridge,
daugh. of Bruce Beveridge Begg, D.D.,
min. of Abbotshall.
WILLIAM HARVEY LEATHEM,
1Q19 born Belfast, 16th July 1875, son
of John Gaston L. and Mary Rendle
Stone ; educated at Royal Univ. of Ire-
land ; B.A. (1896) ; Queen's Univ., Belfast ;
M.A. (1911); licen. by Presb. of Belfast
30th May 1899; assistant First Presby-
terian Church, Londonderry, 1899-1900 ;
Inversnaid, 1901 ; West Coates, Edinburgh,
1901-3; ord. to Renton 18th March 1903;
trans, to St Andrews, Second Charge, 29th
Nov. 1906 ; trans, to Holburn, Aberdeen,
16th May 1913; chaplain British Expedi-
tionary Force 1916-18 ; trans, and adm. 19th
March 1919. Marr. 6th Jan. 1904, Maud
Elizabeth, B.A. (born 29th May 1876),
daugh. of the Rev. George MacFarland,B.A.,
and has issue — George Rendle, born 14th
March 1905 ; John Harvey, born 10th Aug.
1909 ; Ronald MacFarland, born 27th March
1913; Mary Gaston, born 14th Aug. 1918.
Publications — The House with the Two
Gardens (London, n.d.) ; The Comrade in
White (London, 1915).
JAMESTOWN (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1869. The
parish of Jamestown was disjoined from
Bonhill on 17th March 1873.]
DANIEL WRIGHT, M.A. ; ord. 23rd
Dec. 1869 ; trans, to Bellahouston,
Glasgow, 19th Jan. 1871.
4 JOHN M'GAVIN BOYD, ord. 13th
1871
April 1871 ; adm. first min. of the
parish in 1873 ; trans, to New Monk-
land 11th July 1876.
DANIEL JACK MILLER, born 9th
lftl_R June 1850, son of John Russell M.,
farmer, Eastfield, Shotts, and Cath-
erine Taylor Jack ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; became a teacher ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 4th May 1875 ; ord. 26th
Dec. 1876. Marr. 4th June 1895, Mary
Wilson, daugh. of Thomas Wilson Rox-
burgh and Hettie Wilson, and has issue —
Catherine Taylor, born 2nd Nov. 1896;
Hettie Munro Wilson, born 30th June
1898 ; John Russell, born 26th April 1900 ;
Elizabeth, born 26th Jan. 1902 ; Marion,
born 11th May 1904; Mary, born 8th
Nov. 1906; Thomas Roxburgh, born 27th
Aug. 1909.
KILBOWIE (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1894. The
parish of Kilbowie was disjoined from Old
Kilpatrick on 6th June 1913.]
JOHN HAMILTON, born Greenock,
30th April 1862, son of James H.
and Margaret Rogers ; was a school
teacher at Blantyre Mission, Nyassaland,
1884-8 ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 2nd Nov.
1897 ; ord. 8th June 1898. Marr. 27th
June 1905, Mary Jane, daugh. of George
Douglas and Mary Falconer, Brechin, and
has issue — Mary Douglas, born 5th Sept.
1906 ;" James, born 19th Jan. 1908 ; Mar-
garet Rogers, born 14th April 1911 ; George
Douglas, born 12th Oct. 1915.
DUNBARTONJ
KILLEARN
349
KILLEARN.
[The church of Killearn was a prebend
of Glasgow. Its name (CM a Thigheaim
= "the Church of the Lord") marks its
dedication to Our Lord, like that of Kil-
tearn in Boss. Sir Archibald Orr Ewing
of Ballikinrain, Bart., M.P., an elder of the
parish, and one of its heritors, rebuilt
Killearn Church in 1880 as a memorial
of his daughter, Elizabeth Constance
Lindsay Orr Ewing.]
JAMES HUNTEB, reader at Lammas
1569 in 1569.
1569 JOHN SNELL, joint reader in 1569.
ALEXANDEB (? JOHN) CALLEN-
1572 DAB, entered Nov. 1572, having
Balfron also in charge ; trans, to
Largs before 1574.
JOHN POBTEBFIELD (min. of Kil-
1574 maronock).
WILLIAM GBAHAM, son of William,
1592 se C0nc^ "^ar* °^ M°ntrose> called parson
of Killearn 8th April 1592 ; probably
lay reader. — [Reg. Privy Court., iv., 742.]
JAMES GILLESPIE, a native of
159g Stirling ; M.A. (Glasgow 1593) ; adm.
to Strathblane in 1596 ; trans, to
Kilmaronock shortly thereafter ; trans, in
1599; died before April 1642.
HABBY SEMPILL, born 1607, son of
1640 J°nn S. of Stanieflat; M.A. (Glasgow
1627); adm. about 1640; joined the
Protesters in 1651, and was an active
agent for them ; died 1657. He marr.
Sarah Fullarton (probably sister of James
F. of that ilk) ; she survived him, and had
issue — John ; James ; Harry ; Marion. —
[Stirling Tests. ; Acts of Pari., vii.]
JAMES CBAIG of Dalnair, M.A. (Glas-
gow 1652) ; pres. by James, Marquess
of Montrose ; called 14th Feb., ord.
and adm. 1st July 1658 ; conformed to
Episcopacy ; was accused before the Privy
Council, 16th Oct. 1689, of not reading the
Proclamation of the Estates, not praying
for William and Mary, saying "that this
prince, King William, had procured great
trouble in his time," that he wished "he
1688
were drowned in the mickle pot of Great
Nesse, which is the deepest place in the
Murray water," and of calling King William
"a cypher'd King," and other opprobrious
speeches ; but these charges not being
found proven, he was acquitted. Bought
Dalnair from Lord Napier in 1679. He
was outed at the Bevolution ; dep. 13th
Aug. 1690, for profanation of the Lord's
Day, promiscuous invitation to the Lord's
Table, virulence against Presbyterian
sufferers, neglecting family worship, etc.
He marr. Elizabeth Govan, and had issue.
— [Glasg. Tests. ; Bule's Sec. Vindication.]
THOMAS FOBBESTEB, adm. under
the Toleration in 1688 ; had
numerous calls elsewhere ; trans,
to St Andrews May 1692.
GEOBGE PABK, educated at Univ. of
1694 Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
12th July, and called 11th Dec. 1693 ;
ord. 9th May 1694 ; died 9th Sept. 1731,
leaving a considerable fortune. He marr.
Mary, daugh. of Thomas Forrester, his pre-
decessor, and had issue — Thomas of Mellan-
head, macer of session, 21st June 1706, and
others. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal.]
* JAMES BAINE, M.A. ; pres. by James,
1732 Duke °f Montrose, in March, and
ord. 26th Oct. 1732 ; trans, to High
Kirk parish, Paisley, 22nd April 1756.
JAMES MOBBISON, M.A. ; pres. by
175,_ William, Duke of Montrose, Sept.
1756 ; ord. 12th May 1757 ; trans, to
Strathblane 22nd Oct. 1767.
JAMES GBAHAM, born 1736, third son
l768 of James G., tenant in Cromlix,
Dunblane ; educated at Dunblane
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunblane 12th April 1763 ; pres.
by William, Duke of Montrose, in April,
and ord. 9th June 1768 ; he laid the
foundation stone of a monument to
George Buchanan in the village in 1788 ;
died unmarr., 15th Oct. 1821. — [Scots
Mag., lxxxviii.]
JOHN GBAHAM of Balfunning, born
1822 ls^ ^"ay l^S, second son of Thomas
G., farmer, and Mary M'Ewan, and
350
KILLE A RN— KILM ARONOCK
[PRESB. OF
nephew of preceding min. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Perth
30th Sept. 1801 ; ord. to Fintry 12th Sept.
1805 ; pres. by James, Duke of Montrose,
29th Jan., and adm. 30th May 1822 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1825); Moderator of General
Assembly 23rd May 1850; died 12th Jan.
1865. He marr. 20th Nov. 1805, Elizabeth
(died 1st June 1857, aged 79), only surviving
child of David Bannerman of Letham Hill
and Jean Finlay of the Moss, and had issue —
Jane, born 8th Oct. 1806 (marr. 12th
June 1832, the Rev. James Campbell of
Petershill), died in 1838 ; Margaret, born
6th Nov. 1808; Elizabeth, born 7th May
1812, died 26th Jan. 1836 ; Captain Thomas
of Balfunning, born 7th June 1817, died
23rd April 1894.
JAMES WATERS KING, M.A. ; trans.
1865 from Elder's Church, Havannah, 1st
June 1865 ; trans, to New Kilpatrick
22nd Dec. 1870.
COLIN MACNAUGHTON, ord. 16th
71 March 1871 ; trans, to Tain 25th
April 1883.
JAMES DICK of Blackwood, Auldgirth,
born Edinburgh 1848, son of Peter D.
and Elizabeth Bisset ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 16th May 1878; ord. 6th Dec.
1883 ; res. 2nd Nov. 1897. Marr. 30th
Jan. 1889, Jessie Ewing, daugh. of James
Phillips, Kelvinside, Glasgow.
ALEXANDER GORDON MITCHELL,
born 11th Aug. 1864, son of Gordon
M., min. of Kilmadock ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunblane in 1886 ; assistant at Fossoway,
Kilmadock, and New Kilpatrick ; ord. to
Shapinshay 13th Feb. 1896 ; trans, and adm.
17th May 1898; D.D. (St Andrews 1906).
Marr. 21st March 1907, Edith Rebecca,
youngest daugh. of John Gillies, Brighton,
and Elizabeth Tullet, and has issue — Eliza-
beth Edith, born 2nd Feb. 1908; James
Gordon, born 20th May 1909, died 15th Feb.
1918 ; John William Forrester Gordon, born
2nd July 1916. Publications — Victoria the
Beloved, sermons on the death of Queen
Victoria (1901) ; Jephtha, a Drama, trans-
1898
1567
lated from the Latin of George Buchanan
(Paisley, 1903); War Songs (Stirling, 1915);
The Sacred Nine, a Scottish Tercentenary
Tribute to William Shakespeare (Paisley,
1916); Susurri Viatoris, from Easter Day
to Ascension Day (Paisley, 1917).
KILMARONOCK.
[The church of Kilmaronock was dedi-
cated to St Ronan. It belonged to the
Abbey of Cambuskenneth. There were
two chapels in the parish, St Mirin's, on
the island of Innis Muren in Loch Lomond,
and St Kessog's, at the Chapel Croft.]
JAMES HUNTER, Roman priest, con-
1560 formed and became reader ; died in
1574.
JOHN PORTERFIELD, min. of Dun-
barton in 1564 ; min. here in 1567,
holding also the vicarage of Ardros-
san, to which he was pres. by James VI.
29th April 1568. In 1574 Inniscailloch,
Drymen, Balfron, and Killearn were also
in his charge. In that year he is called
servitor to Alexander, Earl of Glencairn ;
trans, to Ayr in 1580.
GEORGE M'GLEIS (Makgilleishe),
1574 reader.
ROBERT DARROCH, M.A. (Glasgow
1579); adm. in 1580; promoted to
be a regent in Univ. of Glasgow in
1583 ; became min. of Stonehouse in 1585.
PATRICK WALKINSHAW, M.A.,trans.
and adm. from Stevenston in 1583 ;
trans, to Monkland before 1588.
ARCHIBALD SPITTALL, M.A. ; trans,
from Kilmacolm in 1588 ; trans, to
Drymen in 1591.
JAMES GILLESPIE, M.A.; trans, from
Strathblane about 1596 ; trans, to
1596 Killeam before 1599
GAVIN DONALDSON, M.A. ; trans,
from Dollar in 1599 ; returned there
1580
1588
1599
before 1601.
LUKE STIRLING, probably of the
1601 family of Keir; M.A. (Glasgow
1591); ord. to teach at Baldernock
17th July 1591, and at Blackfriars Church,
dunbakton]
KILMARONOCK
351
1650
Glasgow, 1st Oct. that year ; trans, to
Stonehouse about 1593 ; trans, to Dalziel
in 1594; trans, and adm. in 1601. For an
assault upon him, William Cunningham,
brother to the Earl of Glencairn, was
ordered in 1603, by the Presb. of Glasgow,
to make public repentance in the kirks
of Kilmaronock, Dunbarton, Kilpatrick,
Drymen, and Kilmacolm. S. was pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 16th Feb. 1604 ;
died Father of the Chuech, 21st July
1655, aged 97. He raarr. Isobel Watson,
and had issue — James, served heir 29th
July 1664. — [Beg. Assig. ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Tombst. ; Inq. Ret., Lanark, 291.]
THOMAS MITCHELL, son of Alex-
ander M. of Craighead ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 3rd April 1640); called
30th April, and adm. (assistant) 19th Aug.
1650 ; had sasine of an annual rent of £80
out of the lands of Ladrishmor and Easter
Catter Nov. 1670 ; deprived on account of
the Test in 1681. On 24th Sept. 1689 he
petitioned the Presbytery to be received
into communion notwithstanding his com-
pliance with prelacy. He d emitted 30th
Sept. 1690. He marr. Anna, sister of Sir
William Graham of Gartmore, Bart., and
had issue — John of Alclerston, writer, Edin-
burgh, died July 1730 ; Christian (marr.,
cont. 24th Jan. 1673, Edward Buchanan of
Spittal) ; Annabell (marr., cont. 1st Jan.
and 7th Feb. 1698, James Forrester of
Logie) ; Patrick, merchant, Glasgow ;
William, merchant, Glasgow ; Jean (marr.
William Pitcairn, min. of Collessie) ; Janet.
— [JYeiv Gen. Beg. of Sas., xxvi. ; Wodrow's
Hist., i., 328 ; Maitland Miscell.]
JOHN ANDERSON, M.A., inst. 10th
Oct. 1682 ; dem. 13th Aug. 1690 ;
received into communion by the
Synod 7th April 1691 ; adm. to Drymen
12 th May 1692.
ROBERT ANDERSON, educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 4th July, and called Nov.
1694 ; ord. 24th April 1695 ; died unmarr.
5th March 1702.— [Tombst]
THOMAS LECKIE, born 1678, son of
William L., merchant, Glasgow (to
whom he was served heir 22nd May
1682
1695
1733
1716) and Jean Rae ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. there 11th Feb.,
and called 5th Oct. 1702 ; ord. 6th May
1703; died 1st Sept. 1723. He marr. (1)
Mary Park, and had issue — William of
Broich, bapt. 28th Nov. 1705, died 15th
Feb. 1799; Janet, bapt. 3rd March 1707
(marr. James Harvey, merchant, Glasgow) :
(2) Janet (died 12th Aug. 1725, aged 32),
daugh. of James Buchanan of Catter, and
had issue — Anna, bapt. 15th March 1715
(died young) ; Robert ; Anne (marr. James
Graham of Leitchtown, surgeon), died 1795.
— [Services of Heirs ; Glasg. Tests.; Tombst.]
THOMAS ANDREWS, M.A. ; called
i724 23rd Dec. 1723 ; ord. 6th May 1724 ;
trans, to Monkton and Prestwick
8th July 1731.
" WILLIAM BROWN, born 1702 ; M.A.
(Glasgow, 19th March 1719); licen.
by Presb. of Paisley 21st May 1729 ;
became preacher at Gorbals in 1730 ; pres.
by Thomas, Earl of Dundonald, Sept.
1732; ord. 29th March 1733-; died 14th
Jan. 1761. He bequeathed £200 to the
Society for Propagating Christian Know-
ledge. He marr. 13th April 1736, Ann
Galbraith, s.p. — [Tombst. ; Wodrow's Anal.;.
Irving's Dunbarton.]
COLIN CAMPBELL, trans, from
Eaglesham ; pres. by Archibald
Campbell of Stonefield in July, and
adm. 10th Dec. 1761 ; trans, to Renfrew
20th April 1769.
JAMES ADDIE, born 1732; pres. by
Archibald Campbell of Stonefield
Oct. 1769 ; but his ordination was
delayed by the opposition of certain
parishioners till 24th July 1771. The dis-
sentients formed a Relief Chapel in the
parish. He died 9th April 1787. He
marr. 11th Feb. 1771, Margaret Campbell,
and had issue — Charles Morgan, min. of
Pittenweem, born 2nd Oct. 1771 ; Margaret
(twin), born 2nd Oct. 1771 (marr. 22nd
Nov. 1811, James Dymock, master in High
School, Glasgow) ; Ann, born 3rd April
1773, died 29th Oct. 1815; Katherine,
born 22nd Sept. 1774 (marr. John Gilchrist,
D.D., min. of Canongate) ; Jean (twin), born
1761
1771
352
KILMARONOCK— KILPATRICK
[ PRESB. OF
1788
1836
22nd Sept. 1774.— [The Scots Magazine,
1771.]
ANDREW WHYTE, bom 1754 ; licen.
by Presb. of Paisley 10th Jan. 1781 ;
pres. by Hon. Archibald Campbell of
Stonefield, Lord of Session, 15th Aug.
1787 ; ord. 6th March 1788 ; died unmarr.,
23rd March 1834. Publications — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi.) ;
jointly with Duncan Macfarlane, D.D.,
General Vieiv of the Agriculture of the
County of Dumbarton (Glasgow, 1811).
[John Grichton, M.A., licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton 6th Sept. 1816; pres. by
James, Duke of Montrose, in 1834, but
deprived of his licence for intemperance
by General Assembly 25th May 1835.]
WILLIAM BERRY SHAW PATER-
SON, born 26th Jan. 1813, son of
Adam P., min. of Kinghorn \ edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcaldy 25th June 1834 ; pres.
by James, Duke of Montrose, Oct. 1835 ;
ord. 28th Jan. 1836 ; died at Edinburgh,
22nd May 1881. He marr. 4th June 1839,
Jane (died 25th May 1877), daugh. of
Walter Beaty of Becks and Helen Mon-
crieff, and had issue — Amelia Helen, born
9th June 1840 (marr. James Ritchie) ;
Adam, born 10th Oct. 1841, went to Queens-
land ; William Alexander, born 11th March
1845, died 18th March 1854 ; Jane Shaw,
born 15th Aug. 1846 ; Helen, born 1849 ;
Walter Beaty, born 4th Dec. 1850, went
to Ceylon ; Margaret, born 26th Feb. 1852 ;
Agnes Hardie Dunlop, born 26th April
1855, died 27th May 1866; Marion Craig,
born 18th Oct. 1856; David MoncriefF,
Edinburgh, born 18th June 1858, died
16th April 1918 ; Jemima Flora, born 16th
Oct. 1860.
v WILLIAM BOYD, born Kincardine,
7 Ross, 15th Nov. 1841, son of William
B. and Margaret Rose ; educated at
Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1862) ; became
a teacher ; licen. by Presb. of Lochcarron
May 1867 ; ord. to Bridgegate, Glasgow,
13th May 1869 ; trans, (assistant and suc-
cessor) 20th May 1879; died 28th Oct.
1919. He marr. 29th April 1874, Agnes
(died 27th April 1901), daugh. of William
M'Culloch, merchant, Glasgow, and had
issue — Jenetta M'Culloch, born 22nd Nov.
1875; Isobel M'Culloch, born 20th May
1878 ; Margaret Rose, born 18th Sept. 1886.
WILLIAM M'LAUCHLAN GOLDIE,
born Maxwelltown, 6th Nov. 1866, son
of William G., schoolmaster, Torth-
orwald, and Annie M'Lauchlan ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Dumfries May 1890 ; assistant at St Paul's,
Glasgow ; ord. to Dalmuir 26th Dec. 1894 ;
clerk of Presb. 1916 ; chaplain to Forces,
Mediterranean Expedition, 1915-17 (Serbian
Decoration); trans, and adm. 17th May 1920.
Marr. 1st June 1898, Matilda Maud Barr,
widow of James Taylor, and has issue —
Anna M'Lauchlan, born 29th March 1899,
died 18th Dec. 1900; William Nicholas
Murray, born 4th Feb. 1901 ; Winifred
Maud, born 20th Nov. 1903.
KILPATRICK, ok OLD KILPAT-
RICK, CALLED ALSO WESTER
KILPATRICK.
[The vicarage of Kilpatrick belonged to
the Abbey of Paisley. Its church was dedi-
cated to St Patrick, whose shrine there was
much frequented by pilgrims. The church
had an altar of St Ninian. A little way
off was St Patrick's AVell. In the channel
of the Clyde opposite the church, there
appears at low water a rock called St
Patrick's Stone. Kilpatrick Church was
rebuilt in 1812.]
" JOHN BERRY. Probably a Roman
1560 priest who conformed.
1563 ROBERT JOHNSTON, reader.
ROBERT HOUSTOUN, exhorter in
1567 1567 ; died after Candlemas 1572.
1568 WILLIAM HUNTER, reader.
1571
JOHN ANDERSON, entered at Bel-
tein in 1571; and in 1574 had also
Baldernock in charge ; still min. in
1580. He marr. Janet Ewing, who sur-
vived him. — [Reg. Assig. and Jlin.]
dunbarton]
KILPATRICK
353
WILLIAM HAMILTON, reader, pro-
vided to the vicarage 4th Nov. 1573.
1573
— [Acts and Dec, lv., 14, 16.]
MATTHEW DOUGLAS, pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 18th Feb.
1577; was reader in 1580; dep. in
1577
1587.
WALTER STEWART, son of Matthew
S. of Barscube; MA. (Glasgow
1584) ; pres. to the vicarage by-
James VI. 24th June 1587 ; was ap-
pointed in 1606 by the General Assembly
to be constant Moderator of Presbytery
in absence of John Blackburn, min. of
Cardross ; member of Court of High
Commission 15th Feb. 1610 and 21st Oct.
1634 ; died March 1635, aged about 71.
He marr. (1) Katherine (died between 8th
Feb. 1610 and 21st June 1611), sister of
Thomas Inglis, burgess of Paisley, and had
issue — Margaret (marr. James Lennox of
Woodhead) : (2) Eupham Lindsay, who
died Sept. 1622, and had issue — Walter ;
Jean ; Mary : (3) Agnes Boyd, who sur-
vived him. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Reg. Assig. ;
Boohe of the Kirk ; Calderwood's Hist. ;
Baillie's Lett.; Stirling Sas., vi., 113;
Lanark Horn. ; G. R. Inhib., 11th Dec.
1635.]
JAMES FORSYTH, MA. ; formerly
regent in Univ. of Glasgow ; adm.
(at Glasgow) 1st Sept. 1635 ; on the
charges of having caused a messenger-at-
arms to give a charge on letters of horning
for his stipend at the communion table ;
of teaching the lawfulness of bowing at
the name of Jesus ; that those who did
not kneel at Communion received no good
from it ; that the Covenant was seditious,
treasonable, and Jesuitical, also for declin-
ing the authority of the Presbytery and
Assembly, he was deposed by the General
Assembly 10th Dec. 1638 ; died Sept. 1642,
aged about 37. He marr. (cont. 3rd May
1636, Jean, only daugh. of Claud Hamilton
of Barns, and had issue — James ; Robert,
who petitioned the Privy Council for an
allowance in 1662. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Lams Writs ; P. C. Reg., 3rd
ser., i., 215 ; Stevenson's Hist., ii., 631.]
VOL. III.
1635
1640
JAMES WOOD, son of Sir David W.
of Craig ; MA. (St Andrews 1630) ;
pres. by Presb. of Dunbarton jure
devoluto ; bound himself on 5th to main-
tain a helper for the eastern district of
parish, and was adm. 24th May 1640 ; pres.
by William, Earl of Angus, Nov. 1642 ;
was imprisoned 23rd Sept. in Dunbarton
Castle, and dep. 14th Oct. 1645 for visiting
James, Marquess of Montrose, reading
papers of said Marquess from the pulpit,
pressing a messenger-at-arms to read the
same at the Cross of Dunbarton, accom-
panying enemies to the Castle, then de-
manding its surrender, using opprobrious
speeches, and calling Robert Rollock, min.
of Murroes, "a loon minister." His wife
and children received help from the
Presbytery to remove to her own country.
He had £100 sterling allowed by Parlia-
ment 12th July 1661, and also the stipend
of Lairg for 1661 and 1662 on 7th Aug.
1662. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Acts of Pari. ;
Dennistoun MSS. ; Bruce's Hist, of Kil-
patrick, 122.]
MATTHEW RAMSAY, MA., adm. 28th
Sept. 1648 ; was confined to his parish
on establishment of Episcopacy ;
declined archbishopric of Glasgow; was
accused of sedition before the Privy Council
on 30th July 1663; dep. Oct. 1665 for
nonconformity ; was afterwards min. at
Paisley.
THOMAS ALLAN, son of Thomas A.,
merchant and bailie of Glasgow ;
MA. (Glasgow 1664); pres. by
William, Lord Cochrane of Dundonald, 9th
May, passed trials before Presb. of Dun-
barton and got a testimonial for ordination
15th July, and adm. 17th Sept. 1667 ; outed
by the people, and died at Edinburgh,
22nd Dec. 1687, aged about 43. He marr.
Agnes Noble, and had issue — John. —
[Greyfriars Bur. Reg. ; Glasg. Tests. ;
G. R. Homings, 14th July 1687 ; Argyll
Sas., i., 260, 22nd June 1678 ; G. R. Inhib.,
2nd July 1674.]
JOHN RITCHIE, licen. by Presb. of
1688 Glasgow 30th Nov. 1687; ord. 9th
May 1688; died 11th Dec. 1726,
aged upwards of 70. He was "a good
1648
1667
354
KILPATRICK
[PRESB. OF
172S
philosopher," and had "the byname of
Aristotle." — [Wodrow's Anal. ; Maitland
Miscell., iv.]
JOHN MILLAR, son of Robert M., min.
of Paisley ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
15th Nov. 1727; pres. by Thomas,
Earl of Dundonald ; called 6th May, and
ord. 19th Sept. 1728; died 16th May 1738.
He marr. April 1728, Lilias (died Oct.
1737), daugh. of James Clark, mm. of
St Mary's, Glasgow. — [Glasg. Tests. ;
Wodrow's Anal.']
ROBERT YEATS, a native of England ;
1739 M.A. (Glasgow, 4th March 1715);
licen. by Presb. of Paisley 9th Oct.
1733 ; pres. by tutors of William, Earl of
Dundonald, Nov. 1738; ord. 30th Aug.
1739; dep. 7th March 1744 for profaning
the Lord's Day, etc. He marr. Dec. 1740,
Elizabeth, daugh. of David Colquhoun,
merchant and bailie of Dunbarton, and had
issue — David. In 1743, Barbara Lawson,
daugh. of an Edinburgh merchant and bailie,
alleged she was his wife. — [Co?isistorial
Processes, No. 350.]
JOHN DAVIDSON, son of Robert D.,
„ min. of Crawfordjohn ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Lanark 26th Jan. 1743; called
26th Jan., and ord. 7th May 1745; died
19th May 1793. He marr. 24th Sept.
1754, Margaret (died 8th June 1788),
daugh. of James Hamilton of Barns, and
had issue — Grizel, born 29th June 1759
(marr. 31st Dec. 1781, James Hamilton,
merchant, Glasgow) ; Robert, born 13th
Oct. 1761 ; James of Bankier, W.S., born
29th May 1763, died 18th June 1823;
Christopher, captain 26th Foot, born 27th
Dec. 1764. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace).
1794
WILLIAM M'CARTNEY, born 1762,
son of James M., farmer, Mains of
Penninghame ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 2nd March 1790; pres. by
Robert Walter, Lord Blantyre, 31st July
1793 ; ord. 10th April 1794 ; died 6th Oct.
1828. Proceedings were unsuccessfully
instituted against him in 1820 for violent
political language in the pulpit. He
marr. 24th April 1797, Janet Park, who
died 13th March 1837, and had issue-
James, born 8th Feb. 1798 ; Alexander,
born 17th March 1799, died at Arequipa,
3rd Dec. 1833; William, born 9th July
1800; Elizabeth, born 27th Feb. 1802
(marr. Thomas Thomson, merchant, Glas-
gow) ; John, M.D., Liverpool, born 17th May
1807. Publication — Treatise of Cicero, de
officiis ; or his essay on Moral Duty, trans-
lated with notes and observations (London,
1798).— [Bruce's Kilpatrick, 125-7.]
WILLIAM FLEMING, born 3rd June
1829 1^94' seconc* son °f William F.,
cattle dealer, Avendale, and Helen
Struthers ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 28th April
1818 ; assistant at Govan and St Enoch's,
Glasgow; assistant librarian 1818-26 and
College chaplain, Glasgow, 1821-6, 1832-9;
ord. to Westruther 11th May 1826; D.D.
(Glasgow, April 1829); pres. by Robert
Walter, Lord Blantyre, 12th March, and
adm. 4th Aug. 1829; res. 7th Aug. 1832,
on appointment as Professor of Oriental
Languages in Univ. of Glasgow ; trans, to
chair of Moral Philosophy in 1839 ; died
3rd March 1866. He was familiarly known
as " Moral Will." Publications— The Voca-
bulary of Philosophy (London, 1857); A
Plea for the Ways of God to Man (Edin.,
1858); The Student's Manual of Moral
Philosophy (London, 1867).
MATTHEW BARCLAY, born 1789,
1833 second son of Robert B., merchant,
Paisley ; engaged in mercantile busi-
ness in early life; licen. by Presb. of Skye
7th July 1830 ; assistant at North Leith ;
pres. by curators of Charles, Lord Blantyre,
2nd Feb., and ord. 18th April 1833. Joined
the Free Church in 1843; min. of Old
Kilpatrick Free Church, 1843-65; D.D.
(New Jersey, 1850); died 22nd Jan. 1865.
He marr. 16th June 1835, Janet Hamilton
Freeland, who died 12th Feb. 1872. Pub-
lication— Sermons on Intemperance (Glas-
gow, 1840).
JOHN REID, born 1803, eldest son of
1843 Walter P-> schoolmaster, Kincardine,
Perthshire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1824) ; ord. to Brownfield,
dunbarton]
KILPATRICK— NEW KILPATRICK
355
Glasgow, 27th June 1839 ; trans, and adm.
21st Sept. 1843; died 3rd May 1867. He
marr. 21st Dec. 1847, Marianne Stobie, who
died 11th Feb. 1871, and had issue— Mary
Ann Moricy, born 1st Oct. 1848, died 20th
Nov. 1854; Ann Morrison, born 11th Nov.
1850, died 26th Jan. 1864; Walter, born
18th Nov. 1852 ; John, Providence, Rhode
Island, born 4th Sept. 1854; William,
born 4th Dec. 1856 ; Jane Stobie, born 28th
Oct. 1858; Alexander Gray, Providence,
Rhode Island, born 1st Dec. 1860; Chris-
tina Catherine, born 17th May 1863.
JOHN BARCLAY, trans, from Nenthorn
19th Sept. 1867 ; trans, to Dunblane
20th Jan. 1870.
ROBERT HENDERSON, born Edin-
burgh 1835 ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1856); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 25th Sept. 1861;
assistant at Greenside ; ord. to Kirkurd
10th Nov. 1865; trans, and adm. 5th May
1870; died unmarr. 11th May 1893.
WILLIAM SWAN, M.A., B.D. ; trans,
from Toward Chapel, and adm. 26th
Sept. 1893; trans, to South Leith
12th Dec. 1911.
1912
ARCHIBALD MAIN, M.A., B.A.
(Oxon.), D.Litt. ; trans, from St
Madoes 9th May 1912 ; res. on
appointment to chair of Church History,
St Andrews (q.v.), 5th Oct. 1915.
HARRY SMITH, born Aberdeen, 14th
1 Nov. 1865, son of James S. and
Elizabeth Cadger ; educated at
Grammar School, Old Aberdeen, and Univ.
of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1887) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 5th May 1891 ; assistant at East
Parish, Perth ; ord. to Tibbermore 11th July
1894; trans, and adm. 16th March 1916.
Marr. 5th May 1897, Jean, youngest daugh.
of John Frazer, Perth, and Margaret Miller,
and has issue — Harry Gordon, born 22nd
March 1898, 2nd lieut. Argyll and Suther-
land Highlanders, killed in action in
Macedonia 13th March 1918; Margaret
Miller Frazer, born 29th July 1901 ; Lettice
Ruthven, born 28th March 1903. Publica-
tions— Bible Stories without Names (Edin-
burgh, 1898), 2nd ed., n.d. ; Odds and Ends
in Prose and Verse (Perth, 1898); More
Bible Stories without Names (Edinburgh,
1902) ; Talks on Favourite Texts (Edin-
burgh, 1902); Our Heritage [Sermon on
leaving Tibbermore] (Perth, 1916) ; Endur-
ing Hardness, a War-time Sermon (Glasgow,
1917); editor of Morning Rays, 1899-1917,
and of The Layman's Booh of the General
Assembly from 1912. — [Modern Scottish
Poets, xiv., 397.]
NEW KILPATRICK, called also
EASTER KILPATRICK.
[This parish was disjoined from Kil-
patrick by the Commissioners for the
Plantation of Kirks, 16th Feb. 1649. At
Drumry, near Garscadden, within the area
afterwards assigned to this parish, there
was of old a chapel of St Mary. At Lurg
also, on the estate of Mains, there was
a chapel with a burial ground. Near
Bearsden is St Germain's Loch. New
Kilpatrick Church was finely reconstructed
and enlarged in 1909. There are two
mission chapels within the bounds, at
Drumchapel and Westerton.]
WALTER ROLLOCK, adm. 6th Dec.
1650 1650 ; died previous to 14th Jan.
1651.— [Irving's Dunbarton.']
ROBERT LAW of Ballarnock, son of
Thomas L., min. of Inchinnan ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1646) ; adm. (by a Com-
mittee of Synod on the side of the Pro-
testors) in 1652 ; received into the Presb.
2nd Aug. 1654 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. For preaching by
invitation in the vacant parish of Kilsyth,
he was imprisoned at Glasgow by order of
the Privy Council, 9th July 1674, taken to
Edinburgh, and discharged there 28th of
that month on giving security for 5000
merks to appear when called on. He was
recommended with others, by the General
Meeting of Presbyterians 20th Jan. 1675, to
take care of the bounds of Dunbarton ;
was granted indulgence here 20th Sept.
1679 ; died at Glasgow before the Tolera-
356
NEW KILPATRICK
[PRESB. OF
tion in 1687, and was buried in St Mungo's
Churchyard. He marr. Jean (or Anna)
Colquhoun, and had issue — John, a regent
in the Univ. of Glasgow, served heir 28th
Feb. 1690. Publication — Memorialls ; or
the Memorable Things that fell out within
this Island of Brittain from 1638 to 1684,
edited with Preface by Charles Kirkpatrick
Sharpe (Edinburgh, 1818). — [Wodrow's
Hist., ii., 270; Inq. Ret., Lanark, 386;
Monteith's Theater of Mortality, 293 ;
Sharpe's Correspondence, i., 52 ; Diet. Nat.
fiiog.]
RICHARD LAURIE, educated at Univ.
1664 °^ Glasgow j adm. in 1664 ; went to
England shortly after 25th April
1665. — [Irving's Dunbarton ; Baillie's
Letters, iii., 186, 294.]
WILLIAM DUNCAN, M.A. (King's
1666 College, Aberdeen, 1648) ; assistant
at Auchindoir 21st Oct. 1652 ; adm.
prior to 18th Oct. 1653 to Kildrummy ;
adm. before 18th July 1666 ; outed at the
Revolution ; died in 1692, aged about 65.
He marr. Janet Macarthur, and had issue
— William ; probably also Alexander, min.
of Kilbirnie. — [Reg. Old Dec, iii. ; Rule's
Sec. Vindication ; Argyll Sas., ii., 254.]
1679 ROBERT LAW, above mentioned.
JOHN DOUGAL, educated at Univ. of
1690 Glasgow; been, by Presb. there 11th
April 1688; ord. 31st Dec. 1690;
died 23rd Dec. 1712. He marr. Margaret
Melvin, who was buried 22nd Oct. 1737,
and had issue — John, student of divinity,
buried 30th Dec. 1718 ; William, student of
divinity, buried 12th Sept. 1719 ; Elizabeth,
buried 10th April 1735; Leattes, buried
4th Jan. 1743; Margaret, buried 3rd May
1743.— [Tombst.]
JOHN LOGAN, son of Walter L. of
1?1 Camron ; licen. by Presb. of Dun-
barton 3rd Feb. 1713; called in July,
and ord. 15th Sept. 1715 ; died 18th Jan.
1730. He marr. Margaret (born 29th Sept.
1700, died 21st Dec. 1775), daugh. of Peter
Murdoch, Lord Provost of Glasgow, and had
issue — Walter, member of the Merchants'
House, Glasgow, born 1728. — [Glasg. Tests. ;
Tombst. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; M'Ure's Glasg.)
ANDREW GRAY, son of John G., min.
of Wynd Church, Glasgow; M.A.
(Glasgow, 8th Jan. 1723) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 16th Sept. 1724; pres. by
James, Duke of Montrose, May 1730 ; on
his being appointed to supply the parish,
21st Feb". 1731, a disgraceful riot took place,
instigated by certain opposing heritors, who
barricaded the church. The Sheriff of the
County, on proceeding to the spot, was
driven off and wounded. For this offence
a number of persons were tried before the
Justiciary Court at Glasgow, 10th May
1731 ; some were dismissed, having
acknowledged their offence, and others
were sent to prison, but liberated at G.'s
application. He was ord. 18th March 1731 ;
died unmarr. 10th Feb. 1776.
JAMES CARRICK, second son of
lV76 Andrew C, in Kippen ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 11th June 1765 ;
ord. to Baldernock 10th June 1773 ; pres. by
Commissioners for William, Duke Of Mon-
trose, in July, and adm. 31st Oct. 1776 ;
died 28th Feb. 1787. He marr. 24th March
1778, Isabella, (died 3rd Jan. 1841), daugh.
of Alexander Dun, min. of Cadder, and had
issue — Alexander, writer, Glasgow, born 6th
Feb. 1779 ; Elizabeth, born 23rd June 1780,
(marr. 4th Sept. 1809, David Denny, jun.,
manufacturer, Glasgow) ; James, merchant,
Glasgow, born 21st June 1782; Andrew,
surgeon, R.N., born 10th March 1784;
Margaret, born 12th April 1786.
GEORGE SYM, born 1753, eldest son of
ltJ&J William S. in Wiston ; educated at
Univ. of GlasgoAv ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 30th July 1783 ; pres. in April,
and ord. 20th Dec. 1787 ; died 29th May
1835. He marr. 16th Feb. 1789, Sarah
(died 10th Nov. 1798), daugh. of John
Couper, min. of Lochwinnoch, and had
issue — William, born 10th Jan. 1790, died
30th May 1806 ; John, born 6th June 1791,
died 10th Sept. 1799 ; George Oswald,
Leghorn, born 26th Nov. 1792, died 14th
Jan. 1821 ; James, M.D., Ayr, born 4th
July 1794, died 28th May 1844; Andrew,
min. here ; Sarah, born 14th May 1797.
Publication — Account of the Parish .(Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, viii.).
dunbarton]
NEW KILPATRICK— DRUMCHAPEL
357
ANDREW SYM, born 27th Dec. 1795,
1821 son °^ Preceding ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1815); Keen, by
Presb. of Dunbarton 19th Oct. 1819; pres.
by James, Duke of Montrose, 8th June,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 27th
Sept. 1821 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 7th Dec. 1838) ;
Secretary of University Court, 1865-70 ;
died 22nd July 1870. He marr. 28th Aug.
1838, Elizabeth Harriet Pollok, who died
s#. 27th Oct. 1839. Publications— Uzziah
and Hezekiah, a Discourse on the Power of
Civil Magistrates in Matters of Religion
(Glasgow, 1843); Account of the Parish
{Neiv Stat. Ace, viii.).
JAMES WATERS KING, born Fintry,
7 15th Aug. 1834, eldest son of William
Clark K., miller, Fintry, Stirling-
shire, and Mary Waters ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; B.A. (1857), M.A. (1860) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1862 ; ord. to
Elder's Chapel, Havannah, 21st Aug. 1862 ;
trans, to Killearn 1st June 1865 ; trans.
and adm. 22nd Dec. 1870 ; D.D. (Glasgow
1894); died 27th Dec. 1898. He marr. 6th
April 1869, Mary Ann (died 1st May 1896),
only daugh. of Alexander Anderson, banker,
Lanark, and Ann Steel, and had issue —
Evangeline Ann Steel, born 16th March
1871 ; Ada Mary Waters, born 9th Feb.
1872; Margaret Dun, born 18th Sept.
1873, died 19th July 1900 ; Jessie Marion,
born 20th March 1875 ; James Graham,
born 13th March 1876, died 18th Sept.
1894.
NORMAN MACLEOD CAIE, M.A.,
18Q9 B.D. ; ord. 29th June 1899; trans,
to St Matthew's, Edinburgh, 21st
Feb. 1907.
JOHN HENRY DICKIE, born Graham-
ig^_ stone, Kinross, 28th Oct. 1866, son
of Alexander D. and Maria D'Arcy
Stewart Forbes ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1891); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh June 1894 ; assistant at
Trinity Parish, Edinburgh , ord. to Ceres
1st Nov. 1894 ; trans, to Springburn 24th
Sept. 1896 ; trans, and adm. 13th June
1907. Marr. 9th Nov. 1894, Mary Hardie,
daugh. of Alexander Kennedy, D.D., min.
of Trinity Parish, Edinburgh, and has issue
— Hugo Alexander, bora 7th Sept. 1895.
Publications — Short Life of Michael Bruce,
the Poet of Lochleven (1895) ; Conscience and
Commerce (1901); joint-editor of Church
of Scotland Teachers' Magazine, 1905-18 ;
The Kirk of Easter or New Kilpatrick
(Glasgow, 1909) ; Twelve Series of Teachers'
Notes for Senior Sunday-school Classes and
Bible-classes.
DRUMCHAPEL CHAPEL
JOHN WHITE, M.A. [afterwards min.
1893 of the Barony Parish, Glasgow].
ROBERT HARVIE SMITH, M.A.
1894 [afterwards min. of Thornliebank].
ARCHIBALD HUNTER, M.A. ; app.
in 1896; adm. to West Church,
1896
Cambuslang, 20th April 1899.
1908
DUGALD CLARK, M.A., B.D. ; app. in
1902 1902 ; ord. to Glassary 29th Dec. 1904.
1905 JAMES BAIN, M.A. [went to India].
GAVIN LAWSON [afterwards min. of
1906 Wigtown].
ROBERT MONTGOMERIE ROLLO,
a native of Ayrshire ; sometime min.
of the Evangelical Union congre-
gations at Kilwinning and Springburn.
Joined the Church of Scotland and adm.
as a licentiate in 1904 ; ord. to Wellfield
Street Mission, Glasgow, 12th July 1904 ;
app. in 1908 ; dem. in 1909 and went to
Canada.
i- JOHN EASTON BLACK, born Green-
ock, 7th April 1869, son of Archibald
John B., Greenock, and Jane Burns ;
educated at Glasgow Univ. ; M.A. (1890),
B.D. (1892); licen. by Presb. of Greenock
26th April 1892 ; min. of Beach Mission,
Broughty-Ferry ; ord. to Steven Memorial,
Glasgow, 1st Nov. 1904; ind. 28th Sept.
1910. Marr. 10th April 1907, Margaretta
Jane Elliot, daugh. of Robert Naismith
and Bethia Paterson, and has issue — Jean
Bethia Naismith, born 5th April 1908;
Margaretta Anne Burns, born 26th Jan.
1911.
358
KNOXLAND— LUSS
[PRESB. OF
KNOXLAND (Q.S.).
[The parish of Knoxland was disjoined
from Dunbarton, 24th May 1886.]
JOHN SMITH, born Stevenston, 1858,
1886 son °^ ^U&h ^-' ^armer) and Agnes
Calderwood ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; ord. 29th July 1886 ; res. 17th
Oct. 1901 ; died 15th June 1904. He marr.
10th July 1894, Janet (died 4th July 1906),
eldest daugh. of James Donald Adam,
grocer, Dunbarton, and Margaret Scott,
and had issue — Hugh Caldwell, born 16th
May 1897.
DAVID YOUNG, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 27th
1902 March 1902 > trans, to Inverallan
26th July 1907.
1907
THOMAS BAYLEY M'CORKIN-
DALE, educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (1883) ; ord. to Eassie
and Nevay 27th July 1888 ; app. to
Bonnington, Edinburgh, 19th Dec. 1900 ;
trans, and adm. 12th Dec. 1907 ; res. 4th
June 1910, and went to America. Marr.
18th June 1889, Margaret, youngest daugh.
of William Menzies, M.D., Edinburgh, and
has issue.
1910
JAMES LITTLE, born Onley House, Co.
Down, Oct. 1868, son of Francis L.
and Ellen Kennedy ; educated at
Royal Univ. of Ireland, B.A. (1896), and
Temple Univ., Philadelphia; S.T.D. (1910);
licen. by Presb. of Banbridge June 1898 ;
ord. to Dundrod Presbyterian Church,
Antrim, in 1900; adm. to Church of
Scotland May 1910; adm. here 28th
Sept. 1910; res. 11th Oct. 1915; adm. to
Castlereagh, Belfast, 1915. Marr. 9th
Sept. 1903, Jeanie Graham, daugh. of
Hugh Hastings, min. at Magheragall,
Ireland, and has issue — David John, born
19th May 1913; James Hastings, born
13th Sept. 1914. Publications— The Cross
in Holy Scripture (London, 1911); The
Cross in Human Life (London, 1912) ;
Spiritual Power (Stirling, 1914); In Touch
with the Throne (London, 1919).
ARCHIBALD MONTGOMERY, born
Campbeltown, 30th June 1878, son
of Archibald M., F.E.I.S., rector of
Dalintober School, and Elizabeth B.
M'Pherson ; educated at Univs. of St An-
drews and Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbarton April 1908 ; assistant at Blue-
vale, Glasgow ; ord. 30th March 1916.
LUSS.
[The church of Luss was dedicated to St
Kessog. It was a prebend of Glasgow.
The island of Innistavannach in Loch
Lomond, within this parish, was the
dwelling-place of St Kessog. In later
times there was a chapel there, which
gave the place its name of Innis tigh a'
Mhanaich = u the Monk's house isle." A
lingering memory of the worship there
long ago clings to the highest point of the
island called Tom a' Chluaig = " the Bell
Mount." In another part of the parish,
at Bandry, is Cam Mo Cheasoig = "St
Kessog's Cairn," marking the place where
this early missionary was murdered by
robbers. The date of this tragedy is given
as 10th March 520. The actual cairn set
up in memory of the saint was almost
all taken down near the middle of the
eighteenth century, to make a road ; but a
fragment of it was left standing till 1796,
or later. St Kessog's bell was treasured
in the neighbourhood till the end of the
seventeenth century. Besides St Kessog's
Chapel at Innistavannach, there were two
others in the parish — St Mary's at Rossdhu,
where St Kessog was buried, and St
Michael's in Glen Luss. The priest of St
Michael's lived near it at Edintagart
(Aodann an t-sagairt = " the hillside of the
priest "). There was also within the bounds
a Well of St Bride. In 1315 Robert I.
granted to St Kessog's Church of Luss a
right of sanctuary extending three miles
every way, by land and water, around the
church. Of this sanctuary the king ap-
pointed Malcolm, fifth Earl of Lennox, and
his heirs to be wardens.]
JAMES LAYNG [or LANG], reader at
1567 Candlemas 1567.
dunbarton]
LUSS
359
WILLIAM CHIRNSYDE, trans, from
Blantyre, and entered at Nov. 1572 ;
trans, to Kilmahew before 1585.
MALCOLM STEVENSON, said to
have been vicar here from 1547 ;
exhorter at Rosneath in 1567 ; trans,
before 1585.
WILLIAM CHIRNSYDE, above men-
tioned, returned from Kilmahew ;
still min. in 1593.
DUNCAN ERROLL [or ARROLL],
trans, from Inniscailloch 1590, having
it also in charge ; returned there
that year.
WILLIAM CHIRNSYDE, above
noticed ; min. in 1594 ; still min. in
1597. He marr. before 1573, Giles,
second daugh. of Sir John Colquhoun of
Luss by his second wife, Margaret Cun-
ningham.— [Fraser's Colquhouns of Ltiss,
i., 97.]
DUNCAN ERROLL, above noticed;
min. in 1599 ; still min. 26th Dec.
1604.
1585
1588
1590
1599
JOHN CAMPBELL, M.A. (Glasgow
leo7 1602), natural son of Duncan C. of
Carrick ; min. in 1607 ; accused of
assisting the Clan Gregor against his chief
at Glenfruin, May 1610; still min. in
1627; died before 1634. He marr. Elyt
Vane, and had issue — Duncan; Archibald;
John ; Janet (marr. Alexander Campbell in
Stronnalaroch). — [Glasg. Tests.; Reg. of
Deeds, cccxcviii. ; P. C. Reg,, viii. ; Irving's
Dunbartonshire, i., 207 ; Ex inform. Captain
Herbert Campbell?^
ARCHIBALD M'LACHLAN, M.A.
1630 (Glasgow 1613) '> was on the Exercise
at Glasgow 4th Feb. 1618 ; adm.
about 1630; dep. 26th Dec. 1648, for
solemnizing the marriage of James Colqu-
houn, younger, of Luss, and Margaret,
eldest daugh. of Sir Gideon Baillie of
Lochend, East Lothian, without proclama-
tion of banns. He afte/wards went to
Ireland. He had a daugh., " a very weell-
favoured woman," who being a widow, was
caught in adultery, and "put in the tol-
booth, where she hanged herself.''' —
[Stirling Papers ; Baillie's Lett. ; Irving's
Dunbartonshire, ii., 254.]
ROBERT MITCHELL, M.A. (St An-
1659 drews, 23rd July 1659) ; called 27th
April, and adm. 16th Nov. 1659 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662,
but had an indulgence from the Council
3rd Aug. 1669. This was recalled 8th Oct.
1684 on his refusing to read the proclama-
tion regarding the deliverance of the King
and the Duke of York from the Rye-house
plot. He learned the Gaelic language in
Tiree previous to his settlement ; was
recommended with others by the General
Meeting of Presbyterians, 20th Jan. 1675,
to take care of the bounds of Dunbarton.
He marr., and had issue — John ; Margaret ;
Alison ; Mary ; James ; Jean. — [Bass Rock,
92 ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 328 ; Irving's Dun-
barton, ii., 266 ; Glasg. Comm. Deeds, 15th
May 1690.]
WILLIAM ANDERSON, M.A. (Edin-
1685 Durgh> l5th July 1650) ; adm. to
Balquhidder 6th Nov. 1656; trans.
to Buchanan in 1663 ; trans, and adm.
21st July 1685 ; dep. 13th Aug. 1690. He
marr., and had issue — John, min. of
Drymen.
DANIEL M'GILCHRIST, studied
1698 phil°sophy under John Law, and
theology at Univ. of Glasgow ;
became chaplain to Sir James Colquhoun
of Luss, Bart. ; called in Feb., and ord.
12th May 1698 ; died 28th Dec. 1716.
JOHN M'LAURIN, M.A. ; called 16th
1719 Nov* 1718; ord* 7th May 1719;
trans, to Ramshorn Parish, Glas-
gow, 3rd Jan. 1723.
JAMES ROBERTSON, a native of
1723 Sutherland ; M.A. (St Andrews, 24th
July 1680); ord. to Balquhidder 23rd
March 1710; called 8th Sept., and adm.
28th Nov. 1723 ; died Father of the
Church, 22nd March 1772, aged 93. He
marr. 17th March 1714, Elizabeth (died 17th
Oct. 1773), daugh. of John Colquhoun,
min. of Dron, and had issue — Mary ;
Margaret, died 12th May 1792 ; John, min.
of Dunblane ; Lewis ; William ; Marion
360
LUSS
[PKESB. OF
(marr. 2nd Aug. 1761, James Barr, rector
of Grammar School, Glasgow), died before
1769 ; James, born 4th June 1730 ; Helen,
born 14th Aug. 1732 ; Duncan.
WILLIAM GRANT, born Keith, 1743 ;
1773 M-A- (King's College, Aberdeen,
28th April 1758); licen. by Presb.
of Inverness in 1764 ; ord. assistant at
Cairney 26th Jan. 1766 ; trans, to Arrochar
14th May 1766 ; pres. by Sir James
Colquhoun of Luss, Bart., Aug. 1772 ; aclm.
6th May 1773; died 10th May 1776. He
marr. 5th Feb. 1771, Jean Campbell, who
died 11th July 1814, and had issue —
Colquhoun, born 11th Sept. 1771 ; William,
born 18th March 1774 ; Patrick, born 28th
Aug. 1775 ; Charles, born 1776.
JOHN STUART, born 31st July 1743,
.,_,-,_ son of James S., min. of Killin ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 27th
Feb. 1771 ; ord. to Arrochar 12th May
1774 ; trans, to Weem 2nd May 1776 ; pres.
by Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, Bart.,
Nov. 1776 ; trans, and adm. 27th Aug.
1777; D.D. (Glasgow 1795); died 24th
May 1821. For translating the Old Testa-
ment into Gaelic, he received a grant from
the Treasury of £1000, and the thanks of
the General Assembly. He marr. 24th July
1792, Susan (whom he had baptized in
infancy, died 7th June 1846), daugh. of
Joseph M'Intyre, D.D., min. of Glenorchy,
and had issue — Elizabeth, born 9th Dec.
1793 (marr. James M'Lagan, min. of
Kinfauns); Joseph, min. of Kingarth,
born 24th March 1798 ; Christian, born
22nd July 1800; Jacobina, born 7th Nov.
1803. Publications — The Blessedness of
Giving greater than that of Receiving, a
sermon (Edinburgh, 1809) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvii.).— \Tijpo-
graphia Scoto-Gadelica, 15.]
ROBERT CARR, a native of Tweed-
lg21 mouth ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; became tutor in the family
of Sir James Colquhoun of Luss, Bart. ;
licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 24th June
1817; ord. by Presb. of Edinburgh 7th Feb.
1821 min. of a Presbyterian congregation
at Maryport ; pres. by said Sir James 19th
July, and adm. 6th Dec. 1821 ; died 4th
Sept. 1845. He marr. (1) 6th Feb. 1822,
Isabella (died 13th April 1823), second
daugh. of James Lyle, Edinburgh, and had
issue— a child, died 12th April 1823: (2)
28th March 1826, Georgina (died 19th
Nov. 1873), daugh. of Thomas Henderson,
City Chamberlain, Edinburgh, and had
issue — Ann Lindsay, born 28th Jan. 1827 ;
Mary Cairns, born 27th March 1828;
Thomas, merchant, Glasgow, born 14th
March 1829 ; Agnes Frame, born 15th May
1830 (marr. Archibald Turner, Carradale),
died 19th Jan. 1919; Robert, born 26th
March, and died 15th Oct. 1832 ; Georgina
Henderson, born 19th May 1834 ; Robert,
merchant, Glasgow, born 27th May 1836 ;
John Henderson, accountant, Glasgow, born
22nd Oct. 1837 ; Michael, merchant, Glas-
gow, born 2nd July 1839 ; Catherine Turner,
born 12th Nov. 1840, died 3rd Aug. 1844 ;
Elizabeth, born 13th Feb. 1842; Henrietta,
born 19th April 1844. Publication-
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace,
viii.).
ROBERT WRIGHT, trans, from Heriot
lg4 and adm. 2nd April 1846 ; trans, to
Dalkeith 26th Sept. 1851.
DUNCAN CAMPBELL, born Edin-
1852 burgh, 16th April 1821, son of
Duncan C. and Catherine M'Intyre ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh in 1845; ord. to Fosso-
way 30th Jan. 1846; trans, and adm. 19th
Feb. 1852; died 23rd March 1896. He
marr. 2nd Nov. 1852, Margaret Bethune
(died s.p. 30th March 1913), second daugh.
of Major David Bruce, H.E.I.C.S.
DUNCAN ROBERTSON, M.A. ; trans,
from Tarbert 1st Sept. 1896; trans,
to Abernethy 27th Sept. 1907.
ALEXANDER SLATER DUNLOP,
lgo8 born Greenock, 12th Feb. 1879,
son of Malcolm Fraser D. and
Janet Barr Slater; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1901), B.D. (1907);
licen. by Presb. of Greenock May 1904 ;
assistant at Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and
St Mungo, Glasgow ; ord. 13th Feb.
1908.
dunbarton]
MILNGAVIE— RENTON
361
MILNGAVIE (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1840. The
parish of Milngavie was disjoined from
New Kilpatrick, 3rd March 1873.]
PETER DALE, ord. 2nd Dec. 1841 ;
1841 trans, to Houston 5th Sept. 1843.
HUGH MARKLAND, born 1817, eldest
1844 son °^ Hugh ^■•> D°ura) Ayrshire ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine 3rd Aug. 1841 ; ord. 2nd
May 1844 ; died unmarr. at Balgray, Irvine,
9th June 1847.
JAMES HANNAY, born Stoneykirk,
lg47 18th Feb. 1799, eldest son of
Thomas H., farmer ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; became missionary at
Richibucto, New Brunswick, 1833 ; mission-
ary at Cairnryan in 1845 ; ord. 16th Sept.
1847 ; died at Port William 8th June 1855.
He marr., and had issue — James, D.C.L.,
F.R.C.S., Frederickton, New Brunswick.
DAVID SKINNER MAXWELL, ord.
1855 20th Dec. 1855 ; trans, to Melville,
Montrose, 7th Dec. 1858.
ROBERT BELL, bora Dundee, 1830,
185g son of Robert B., portioner, and
Isabella Butters ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews j M.A. (1851) ; ord. in 1859 ;
adm. first min. of the parish in 1873 ; died
8th Feb. 1898. He marr. 17th April 1889,
Jane Paterson Selkirk, who died s.p. 24th
July 1906.
JOHN EDGAR, bora Dumfries, 4th
lg98 Aug. 1858, son of Joseph E. and
Jane Gibson ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (18th April 1889); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 10th May 1893;
assistant at Hillhead, Glasgow; ord. 11th
Aug. 1898. Marr. 10th Oct. 189S, Eleanor
Grant, daugh. of Francis Harper, Edin-
burgh, and has issue— Ian Grant Gibson,
flying officer, R.A.F., born 22nd June 1899 ;
Samuel Gairdner Gibson (twin), under-
graduate, Cambridge; born 22nd June
1899 ; Francis Cairns, bora 5th Sept. 1901.
Publication— The Dexv of Youth (Milngavie,
1912).
RENTON (Q.S.).
[The parish of Renton was disjoined
from Cardross, 28th Feb. 1870.]
DAVID HOOD WILSON, born Brechin,
1 13th March 1818, son of John W.
and Isabella Hood ; educated at
Brechin School and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (1849) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
4th July 1854 ; assistant at South Parish,
Aberdeen ; ord. 14th March 1861 ; became
first min. of the parish in 1870 ; died 7th
Oct. 1898. He marr. 13th Jan. 1873,
Catherine (born 12th March 1843, died 18th
Dec. 1914), daugh. of John M'Millan, and
had issue — John, bora 2nd Oct. 1876,
died 29th Nov. 1918; David, born 20th
Jan. 1879.
ALEXANDER CAMERON WATSON,
1 _ M.A., B.D. ; adm. (assistant and
successor) 18th Oct. 1887 ; trans, to
St Boswells 15th July 1897.
GEORGE CHRISTIE, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
- q(? (assistant and successor) 21st Dec.
1897 ; trans, to St John's, Dundee
(assistant and successor), 8th Oct. 1902.
WILLIAM HARVEY LEATHEM,
1908 M.A. ; adm. 18th March 1903;
trans, to Second Charge, St An-
drews, 29th Nov. 1906.
GORDON QUIG, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 9th
May 1907 ; trans, to St Paul's, Glas-
gow, 8th May 1913.
JOHN MACLEAN, born Wishaw, 21st
1913 Feb. 1882, son of Hugh M. and Mary
MacLennan ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1904), B.D. (1910); licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton May 1910; some-
time English lecturer in Univ. of Lyons,
France; ord. 17th Sept. 1913. Marr. 9th
July 1914, Mary, daugh. of Robert O'Brien,
Lyons, and has issue— Hugh, born 20th
April 1915 ; Robert, born 28th June 1916 ;
Moira, born 16th Nov. 1917 ; a son, born
13th Nov. 1919.
362
ROSNEATH
[PKESB. OF
ROSNEATH, of old NEVETH
or ROSNEVETH.
[The church of Rosneveth (Ros Neimhidh
= the headland of the sanctuary) belonged
to the Abbey of Paisley. It was dedicated
to St Modan, who dwelt here in early times.
An Augustinian Priory, a cell of Cambus-
kenneth, was founded at Eosneath in the
twelfth century. In it St Modan's relics
were shown to pilgrims. At Kilcreggan, in
the parish, there stood a chapel of St Mary.
Eosneath Church was rebuilt in 1780, and
again in 1853. There is a Mission Chapel
at Kilcreggan.]
DAVID COLQUHOUN, min. in 1566.
1566 — [Irving's Dunbarton, ii., 284.]
MALCOLM STEVENSON, said to have
156? been vicar of Luss from 1547 ; was
exhorter here in 1567 ; Kilmahew
and Bonhill were also in his charge in 1574 ;
trans, to Luss before 1585.
GEORGE M'GLEIS, reader at Kil-
158_ maronock from 1574 ; adm. here in
1585 ; still min. 5th Sept. 1602.
GEORGE LINDSAYE, son of John L.
1614 of Blackholm ; MA. (Glasgow
1596); adm. to Bonhill in 1599;
styled min. at Lucina {1 Luss) in 1606 ;
trans, in 1614 ; was a member of the
Court of High Commission 21st Oct. 1634 ;
died Nov. 1644, aged about 69. He marr.,
and had issue — Captain John of Black-
holm ; Robert, his successor ; Walter. —
[Glasg. Tests. ; Reg. Old Dec. ; Lindsay's
Lives, i., 430 ; Baillie's Lett. ; Maitland
Miscell.; Reg. of Deeds, cxxiii., 7th Aug. 1606.]
ROBERT LINDSAY, son of above;
1639 educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. ; adm. assistant in 1639 ; ord.
to preach and catechise in Row 19th March
1644; died before Sept. 1647, leaving a
widow, whose name has not been ascer-
tained.
EWEN CAMERON, M.A. ; trans, from
1646 Dunoon > called 29th March, and
adm. 4th Aug. 1646 ; opposed the
erection of parish of Row in 1643 ;
returned to Dunoon before 11th Oct. 1648.
NINIAN CAMPBELL, born 1599;
16gl M.A. (Glasgow 1619); Professor of
lihetoric in the Univ. of Saumur,
France, 1623-9 ; had a testimonial for
ordination 11th March, and adm. to Kil-
macolm 1st April 1630 ; app. chaplain to
Lord Loudoun's regiment June 1644, but
did not accept ; called Nov. 1650 ; adm.
11th March 1651; died in 1657. In his
time Gaelic was found unnecessary, as only
thirty-six persons in the parish could speak
the language. He marr. Jean, daugh. of
William Noble of Ardardan, and had issue
— Colin. Publications — A Treatise on
Death, or Sermon at the Funeral oj John
Craufurd of Kilburnie and his Ladie
(n.p., 1629); Prcesidis Meritissimi Carmen,
funeral sermons on the death of Bishop
Forbes, etc. (1636) ; Apologia Critica
(Salmurii, 1628).— [Glasg. Tests; Murray's
Kilmacolm, 46-60.]
ADAM GATTIE, M.A. (Glasgow 1658) ;
1659 ^Cen- by Presb. of Dunbarton 14th
June 1659 ; adm. 15th Nov. that
year; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662 ; was delated before Presb. of
Paisley 26th July 1666 for living so near
his former charge without a license, but it
was reported 9th Aug. he had gone to
Ireland.— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 328.]
ALEXANDER CAMERON, son of
lees Archibald C, min. of Inniscailloch ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
passed trials and had testimonial for
licence from Presb. of Dunbarton 12th
March 1663; ord. to Balfron 12th July
1664 ; trans, and adm. 25th April 1665 ;
his manse was burned in 1677. He marr.
Catherine Buchanan, and had issue —
Archibald. — {Glasg. Tests.; P. G. Dec,
5th Oct. 1677; P. R. Sas. Argyll, i., 25.]
JAMES GORDON, son of Hugh G.,
1682 m*n> °^ ^'0W ' MA. (Glasgow, 15th
July 1673) ; passed trials before
Presb., and received a testimonial for
licence ; recommended by the Archbishop
of St Andrews for Port of Menteith in
1681 ; pres. in July, and ord. here 11th Oct.
1682 ; deprived by the Privy Council for
dunbarton]
ROSNEATH
363
neither reading the Proclamation of the
Estates nor praying for William and
Mary ; died in 1694, aged about 40. He
marr. Margaret, daugh. of Archibald Den-
nistoun of Dalquhairn, min. of Campsie ;
she survived him, and had issue — Alex-
ander, served heir to his father 23rd July
1707; William.— [Treas. Sed.-Book; Stir-
ling Pajiers.]
ROBERT CAMPBELL, ord. min. of a
1689 Presbyterian congregation at Ray,
Co. Donegal, 1671 ; fled to Scotland
during the troubles at the Revolution ;
adm. here 3rd Dec. 1689 ; served till Whit-
sunday 1691 ; returned to Ray ; died 5th
Oct. 1722. He marr. Margaret Kelso, and
had issue — Hugh ; Agnes. — [Reid's Ireland,
ii., 520 ; Glasg. Baj)t. Beg.]
DUNCAN CAMPBELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1691 1655)> licen. by Presb. of Dunoon
7th Sept. 1659 ; ord. to Kilmun 25th
Sept. 1661 ; deprived in 1662 ; adm. to
Inverkip 26th Dec. 1688 ; restored to
Dunoon by Act of Parliament 25th April
1690; trans, and adm. 14th July 1691 ; died
12th Nov. 1707, aged about 74. He marr.
(cont. 27th July 1688) Elizabeth Shaw,
and had issue — Colin ; Hugh, merchant,
Glasgow ; Duncan, merchant, Glasgow ;
Mary; Elizabeth. — [Beg. of Deeds, Dal.,
28th Nov. 1707.]
NEIL CAMPBELL, trans, from Kil-
1709 mallie ; called 13th June, and adm.
15th July 1709; trans, to Renfrew
18th July 1716.
DANIEL M'LAURIN, son of Daniel M.
171Q in Inveraray, and brother of John
M., min. of Kilmodan ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunoon 4th Jan. 1698 ; ord. to
Kilfinan 26th Sept. 1698 ; called 15th Feb.,
trans, and adm. 18th June 1719 ; died 5th
Feb. 1720.— [Glasg. Tests.]
JAMES ANDERSON, son of John A.,
1722 min. of St David's Parish, Glasgow ;
called 19th Feb., and ord. 25th July
1722; died 28th June 1744. He marr.
Margaret (died 4th April 1784), daugh. of
Andrew Turner, min. of Greenock, and
had issue — John, Professor of Natural Phil-
osophy, Univ. of Glasgow, founder of the
Andersonian Institution, Glasgow, born
1726, died 13th Jan. 1796; Elizabeth;
William ; Andrew, merchant, Greenock,
born 3rd July 1735; James, merchant,
Greenock, born 18th July 1737 ; White-
foord. — [Wodrow:s Corresjj. ; Burns' Life
of Macgill.]
MATTHEW STEWART of Catrine,
1745 DOrn 1717, second son of Dugald
S., min. of Rothesay ; educated at
Grammar School there, and Univs. of
Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunoon 6th May 1744 ; pres. by Archi-
bald, Duke of Argyll, Dec. 1744 ; ord. 9th
May 1745; res. 1st Oct. 1747, on being
elected Professor of Mathematics in Univ.
of Edinburgh; D.D. (Glasgow, 1756);
F.R.S. 21st June 1764; died 23rd Jan.
1785. He marr. Marjory, only daugh. of
Archibald Stewart, W.S., of Catrine, and
had issue — Dugald, Professor of Moral
Philosophy, Univ. of Edinburgh, born 22nd
Nov. 1753, died 11th June 1828; Janet
(marr. Thomas Miller, min. of Cumnock).
Publications — General Theorems of con-
siderable vse in the higher parts of Mathe-
matics (Edinburgh, 1746) ; Tracts, Physical
and Mathematical (Edinburgh, 1761). —
[Carlyle's Autob. ; Veitch's Life of Dugald
Stewart; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ANDREW DUNCANSON, licen. by
174g Presb. of Inveraray 10th Aug. 1724 ;
ord. to Kilcalmonell 18th Oct. 1732 ;
pres. by Archibald, Duke of Argyll, March
1748 ; adm. 5th Jan. 1749 ; was charged
with appropriating the poor fund ; dem.
6th Dec. 1763; died 27th April 1772. He
marr. April 1733, Anne (died s.p. 19th
June 1775), daugh. of John Campbell of
Kildaloig.
JOHN KENNEDY, licen. by Presb. of
7 Haddington 27th April 1763; pres.
by John, Duke of Argyll, in June,
and ord. 6th Sept. 1764 ; died unmarr. 15th
June 1765.
GEORGE DRUMMOND, born 1738,
descended from the family of Haw-
thornden ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling
28th July 1761 ; pres. by John, Duke of
Argyll, 19th Aug. 1765 ; ord. 1st May 1766 ;
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ROSNEATH— KILCREGGAN CHAPEL
[PRESB. OF
D.D. (Edinburgh, 11th June 1800); died
14th Feb. 1819. He marr. 10th Jan. 1770,
Christian (died s.p. 8th Dec. 1807, aged 84),
daugh. of William Buchanan of Carbeth,
and widow of James M'Gowan of Mains of
Kilmaronock. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Acc.,iv.). — [Malcolm's
House of Drummond, 40 ; Story's Mem. of
Story, 47 ; Smith's Strathendrick, 349.]
ROBERT STOKY, born 3rd March 1790,
1818 seventh child of George S., school-
master of Yetholm, and factor for
Captain John Wauchope of Niddrie, and
Margaret Herbert ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; tutor successively in the
families of David Hume, Baron of Ex-
chequer, Grant of Ballindalloch, Burton
Grieve of Fishwick Mains, and George, Earl
of Dalhousie, at Coalstoun ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 27th June 1815 ; assistant
to preceding min. ; pres. by George
William, Duke of Argyll, 12th Nov.
1817 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 26th
March 1818; died 22nd Nov. 1859. He
defended the views of John M'Leod
Campbell, min. of Row, in the heresy case
against him, and greatly promoted church
extension in the parish. He was called
by all his friends " Story the beloved." He
marr. 15th Sept. 1828, Helen Boyle (died 2nd
Sept. 1882), daugh. of Alexander Dunlop of
Keppoch, and had issue — George William,
born 19th April, and died 17th June 1830 ;
Margaret Stewart, born 14th Sept. 1831
(marr. Stephen Fitzgerald) ; Alexander
Dunlop, born 6th Feb. 1833, died 30th
Aug. 1839 ; Robert Herbert, D.D., min.
here, born 23rd Feb. 1835. Publications
— The Institute [a Poem in collaboration
with Thomas Pringle] (1811); The Widow
of Rosneath (1823) ; Peace in Believing, a
Memoir of Isabella Campbell of Femicary,
Greenock (1829) ; Last Days of Mary Mackay
(Edinburgh, 1830); Light from a Cloud of
Witnesses ; Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat.
Ace, viii.).— [Memoir by his son, Robert
H. S. (London, 1862) ; Ritchie's Memoirs
of Thomas Pringle (1838).]
ROBERT HERBERT STORY, D.D.;
1860 adm. 23rd Feb. 1860; res. 1st June
1887, on appointment as Professor of
Church History in Univ. of Glasgow [after-
wards Principal of Glasgow Univ. (q.v.)].
ALFRED WARR, born London, 16th
Oct. 1859, son of Charles Wellesley
W., merchant, London, and Mary
Anne, daugh. of the Rev. James Mead,
Downton, Wilts; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1882); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1886 ; assistant at St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 1887; ord. 21st
Sept. 1887 ; clerk of Presb., 1913-16 ; died
17th June 1916. He took a leading part in
founding the pension scheme for the min-
isters of the Church. He marr. 2nd Oct.
1888, Christian Grey, daugh. of Adam Laing,
Hawick, and had issue — Alfred Ernest,M.A.,
B.D., min. of Coldstream, major Royal Scots,
born 29th July 1889 (marr. 24th June 1915,
Hilda, youngest daugh. of John Bayley Lees,
Oaklands, Handsworth) ; Charles Laing,
min. of St Paul's, Greenock ; Agnes
Christian Constance, born 18th July 1898.
— [Alfred Warr of Rosnea.th, by his son
C. L. Warr (Paisley, 1917).]
ALEXANDER BROWN GRANT, MA.,
B.D. ; trans, from Old Greyfriars,
Edinburgh (q.v.), and adm. 3rd Nov.
1916.
KILCREGGAN CHAPEL.
[An iron chapel was opened here 30th
May 1869.]
ROBERT SHARP WARREN, app.
1869 28tb June 18(39 ; ord. to Stranraer
11th July 1872.
JOHN STEVENSON, born 1844, eldest
1872 son °^ -Archibald &., farmer, Lanark-
shire ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow; M.A. (1862), B.D. (1868); licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton ; assistant at Kil-
barchan and Stevenston ; ord. 12th Sept.
1872 ; died unmarr. 9th April 1908.
JOHN ARCHIBALD DRON, adm. from
Laurieston 17th Sept. 1908; trans.
1908
to Banton 21st Dec. 1915.
JOHN SCOTT THOMSON, born Glas-
1916 g0W 29tl1 Feb" 1864j SOn °f Peter
T. and Jessie Rogers; educated at
Hutcheson's Grammar School and Univ.
dunbakton]
ROW
365
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1885) ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley May 1888 ; assistant at Karnes
(Muirkirk); ord. 11th May 1916.
ROW.
[The parish of Row was disjoined from
Rosneath on 22nd Feb. 1643. Within the
bounds of this modern parish there were
of old five chapels — St Michael's at Faslane,
whose ruins still stand, with St Michael's
Well hard by ; St Diarmad's in Glen Fruin ;
St Bride's at Kilbride, in Glen Fruin ; St
Michael's at Millig, where there is another
Well of St Michael ; and St Diarmad's at
Balnock. St Diarmad, thus honoured here,
was Abbot of Iona from 815 to 831.]
1641
JAMES GILLESPIE, adm. preacher
here in 1641 ; trans, to Rhynd 11th
June 1645.
1644
ROBERT LINDSAY, min. of Rosneath ;
app. to preach and catechize here
19th March 1644.
ARCHIBALD M'LEAN, M.A. ; trans.
._,_ from Kingarth : adm. after 7th Oct.
1348
1648; trans, to Kilmodan 9th Sept.
1651.
[Partly owing to the difficulty of procur-
ing a Gaelic-speaking minister, the parish
was vacant for seven years.]
JAMES GLENDINNING, M.A. (St
165 Andrews) ; was min. of Coole or
Carnmoney, Ireland, 1622, and
lecturer at Carrickf ergus ; became assistant
at Kilbarchan in 1647 ; trans, to Largs
in 1649 ; app. here (until a min. having
Gaelic could be obtained) 27th June 1658 ;
was still min. Feb. 1663, when, being
"ane old infirm man of the age of
fourscore years," he petitioned the Privy
Council for the stipend of 1662, which
was granted in respect that his son James
had been executed for his adherence to the
Royalist cause. — [Reid's Ireland, i., 100;
P. C. Beg., 3rd ser., i., 468.]
HUGH GORDON, M.A. ; trans, from
Comrie ; adm. in 1665 ; trans, to
Cardross before 18th Sept. 1683.
ROBERT ANDERSON, M.A. (Glasgow,
1684 20th July 1675); pres. in Feb.,
passed trials before Presb. of Dun-
barton, got a testimonial for ordination
1st April, and inst. 13th May 1684; trans,
to Second Charge, Dunbar ton, before 1689,
which he dem. 10th Sept. 1690; returned
here before 1704; died 1st March 1708,
aged about 53. He marr., and had issue
—John, bursar at Univ. of Glasgow, 31st
Oct. 1718. — [Tombst.; Smith's Scott.
Clergy, ii., 136 ; Irving's Dunbarton,
303.]
ARCHIBALD CURRIE or M'CURRY
1710 licen. by Presb. of Dunoon 8th Dec.
1708 ; called in 1709 ; ord. 22nd Feb.
1710; died 21st July 1717. He marr.
Margaret Macaulay, who marr. again, and
died Jan. 1761. — [Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN ALLAN (primus), born Kilma-
1719 dock, 1^83 ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; became schoolmaster of
Campbeltown ; licen. by Presb. of Kintyre
8th Oct. 1713; called 15th March, and ord.
19th Aug. 1719; died 7th May 1765. He
marr. 3rd Oct. 1728, Anna (died 4th Nov.
1783), daugh. of Archibald Wallace, min. of
Cardross, and had issue — Helen ; Susanna,
born 25th June 1731 (marr. Dec. 1758,
William Donald of Lylestown) ; Robert ;
Anna, born 3rd Nov. 1733 (marr. Duncan
Macfarlan, min. of Drymen) ; James ; John,
min. here. — [Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN ALLAN (secundics),bom 29th Oct.
.,__- 1737, son of preceding ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunoon 2nd Dec. 1760 ; called 17th
Aug., and adm. (assistant and successor)
5th Nov. 1761 ; died 28th March 1812. He
marr. 23rd Dec. 1771, Elizabeth (died 26th
Oct. 1813, aged 68), second daugh. of Robert
Colquhoun of Camstradden, and had issue
—Helen, born 20th March 1773 (marr.
Archibald Scott, min. of Pettinain) ; John,
born 8th May 1774 ; Robert, merchant,
Glasgow, born 20th June 1775, died 5th
Feb. 1800; Anne, born 14th Jan. 1778
(marr. Duncan Macfarlan, min. of Dry-
men); Susan, born 24th Jan. 1781 (marr.
William Macgregor Stirling, min. of Port
366
ROW
[PRESB. OF
of Menteith), died 4th Oct. 1804; James,
a sailor, born 28th Sept. 1784. Publica-
tion — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Glasg. Tests.]
ALEXANDER MACARTHUR, pres. by
1812 George William, Duke of Argyll,
9th June, and ord. 24th Sept. 1812 ;
trans, to Dairsie 22nd April 1825.
JOHN M'LEOD CAMPBELL, born at
Ardmaddy House, 4th May 1800, son
of Donald O, D.D., min. of Kil-
ninver ; educated at home and Univs. of
Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Lorn in 1821 ; pres. by George William,
Duke of Argyll, 5th May, and ord. 8th
Sept. 1825. He became a warm friend of
Edward Irving, whose views he adopted,
teaching the universality of the atonement
and the doctrine of assurance of faith.
This gave great dissatisfaction to some of
his parishioners, who in 1829 petitioned the
Presb., but did not proceed further. On
30th March 1830 another petition from
twelve parishioners led to a presbyterial
visitation and libel for heresy. The case
was carried to the Synod and Assembly,
and by a majority of 119 to 6 C. was found
guilty and dep. 25th May 1832. From
17th Sept. 1833 he ministered to a con-
gregation in Blackfriars Street, Glasgow,
till April 1859, when his health broke
down; D.D. (Glasgow 1868); died at
Rosneath 27th Feb. 1872. He marr. 26th
Sept. 1838, Mary (died 18th Feb. 1881),
daugh. of John Campbell of Kilninver,
and had issue — Donald, M.A., rural Dean
of Tiverton, born 31st July 1839, died 4th
Dec. 1909; John M'Leod, I.C.S., born
1841, died 18th Nov. 1880; Margaret
Duncan, born 12th Oct. 1842 (marr. 1881,
Charles Howard Wright, Rector of Keston,
Beckenham, Kent) ; Sir James Macnabb,
K.C.I.E., LL.D., editor of the Bombay
Gazetteer, born 1846, died June 1903;
Robert Story, I.C.S., of Auchnashie, Ros-
neath, born 13th May 1847, died 8th May
1918 ; Jean Mary Jean, born 17th Aug.
1849 (marr. 5th Feb. 1868, William Graham
Crum of Thornliebank), died 29th Oct.
1915. Publications — Two Sermons (Lon-
1832
don, 1830) ; Sermons and Lectures (Greenock,
1832) ; Christ the Bread of Life (Glasgow,
1851); The Nature of the Atonement (1856,
Cambridge, various editions) ; Thoughts on
Revelation(l862, Cambridge) ; Reminiscences
and Reflections (edited by his son, Donald C,
1873). — [Diet, of Nat. Biog. ; Memorials
(edited by his son Donald) (2 vols. 1877,
portrait); Story's Robert Story, 143-184,
390-408 ; Blackwood's Magazine, exxii. 283-
302.]
JOHN LAURIE-FOGO of Row, born
Sanquhar, 10th April 1798, son of
John L., merchant, and Mary
Laurie ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; tutor in family of John, seventh
Duke of Argyll ; pres. by George William,
Duke of Argyll, 19th Oct. 1831 ; ord. 15th
March 1832 ; died 21st April 1882. On the
occasion of his jubilee, his congregation
presented him with £2500 in recognition
of his long and devoted services to the
parish. He marr. 25th Feb. 1835, Jane
Mathie (died 10th June 1889), daugh. of
David Fogo of Row, Doune, whose name
he assumed in 1845, and Robina Taylor,
and had issue — Robina, born 24th May
1836, died 5th Dec. 1846 ; John, born 22nd
July 1837, died 30th March 1875; David
Laurie Row of Row, born 3rd April 1839,
died 11th Oct. 1903; James Mathie, born
11th July 1841, died 26th Dec. 1870;
William Hooker, born 1st Oct. 1842, died
27th Sept. 1876; Mary Jane, born 24th
Sept. 1843; Jane, D.C.S., born 30th April
1845 ; George, min. of Torthorwald, born
25th June 1847 ; Bertha Margaret, born
3rd March 1849; Walter Buchanan, born
14th Oct. 1850, died 4th Jan. 1851 ; Edward,
born 16th Nov. 1852.— [Smith's Scottish
Clergy, ii., 135 ; Maughan's Annals of
Garelochside, 63.]
JOHN M'KESSER WEBSTER, born
Aberdeen, 27th April 1848, son of
David Webster, min. of Fetlar ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1869) ;
licen. in 1874 ; assistant at Sandyford,
Glasgow, and to preceding min. ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 20th Feb. 1877 ;
died 2nd April 1914. He marr. 28th Dec.
1881, Mary James, daugh. of James Robert
dunbarton]
SCOTSTOUN— STRATHBLANE
367
Dennistoun and Barbara Macreaclie, and
had issue — Annie Dennistoun, born 23rd
May, and died 8th June 1883; Winifred
Mary, born 24th Sept. 1885 ; Robert Peel
Dennistoun, born 29th Nov. 1887.
VINCENT CASSELS ALEXANDER,
born London, 10th Sept. 1886, son
1914 of James A. and Augusta Marie
Eck ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1909), B.D. (1912) j licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 9th May 1912 ; assistant at
Dundee ; ord. 17th Sept. 1914.
SCOTSTOUN (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1901. The
parish of Scotstoun was disjoined from
Yoker, 28th May 1915.]
JAMES MONTGOMERY CRAW-
FORD, trans, from Lerwick, and
1901 adm. 3rd Oct. 1901; trans, to St
Nicholas, Prestwick, 3rd Dec. 1908.
ALEXANDER CRUICKSHANK, born
Newhills, 7th June 1880, son of
James C. and Elizabeth Shewan ;
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1903), B.D. (1906); licen. by Presb. of
Aberdeen in 1906 ; assistant at St Michael's,
Dumfries ; ord. 2nd June 1909 ; became
first min. of the parish 29th May 1915.
STRATHBLANE.
[The church of Strathblane was dedi-
cated to St Blaan. It belonged to the
collegiate church of St Mary at Dunbarton.
Near Netherton, in the parish, was St
Kessog's Well. Strathblane Church was
rebuilt in 1803.]
JOHN COOK, exhorter from 1567, and
1567 reader to 1591.
JOHN STODDART, min. of Campsie ;
1574 in charge here 1574.
JAMES GILLESPIE, M.A. ; adm. in
1594 1594 ; trans, to Kilmaronock in 1596.
JAMES STIRLING, M.A. (Glasgow
1585) ; adm. to teach at Baldernock
1597 20th April 1588, but appears to have
dem. by 1589 ; adm. in 1597 ; died Father
of the Church, July 1650, aged about
85. He marr. Euphame Stirling or Lennox,
who died April 1627, and had issue— Mary.
— [Glasg. Tests.; Inq. Ret. Gen., 5419.]
ALLAN FERGUSON, M.A. ; adm. about
1632 as assistant ; trans, to Drymen
1632
28th Nov. 1648.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, reader in 1642
1642 during absence of min. as chaplain
in Scots Army.
JOHN COCHRAN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
30th July 1646); ord. 22nd Nov.
1650 ; joined the Resolutioners in
1651 ; submitted to Episcopacy in 1662 ; dem.
21st July 1690. He marr. Miss M'Gregor,
who died 1688.
1650
1691
JAMES ELPHINSTON, called Aug.
1690 ; ord. 29th April 1691 ; trans.
to Dalkeith 19th Nov. 1700.
1702
JAMES LIVINGSTON, son of John L.,
Strathblane, and Isabel Stirling;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbarton 27th Aug. 1701 ;
became chaplain of Dunbarton Castle ; ord.
6th May 1702 ; died 12th Aug. 1743. He
marr. Christian Jacques, " a stranger from
her native land,,: who died 3rd April 1735,
and had issue — Ann (fourth daugh.), born
Aug. 1703,died 1714; and others.— [Wodrow's
Anal. ; Smith's Stratkendrick, 217, 295.]
1748
JAMES GRAY, born 1717, son of John
G., min. of Wynd Church, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by that Presb. Aug. 1741 ; pres. by David
Graeme of Orchill, with consent of William,
Duke of Montrose, 1743, but not ord.
21st April 1748 ; died 16th Nov. 1766. He
marr. 18th July 1749, Agnes Foggo, who
died at Glasgow, 9th Jan. 1810, and had
issue — Agnes, born 7th July 1750 ; John
Farquhar of Kilmardinny and Gilmerscrof t,
born 24th Sept. 1751 ; Mary, born 3rd May
1753 ; William, born 17th Nov. 1755 ;
Elizabeth, born 22nd Feb. 1758 (marr. 26th
June 1796, John Langmuir, merchant,
Glasgow) ; Margaret, born 21st May 1760 ;
Jean, born 24th Aug. 1762.— [Tombst.]
368
STRATHBLANE
[PKESB. OF
1767
JAMES MORRISON, MA.; trans,
from Killearn ; pres. by William,
Duke of Montrose, in May, and adm.
22nd Oct. 1767; trans, to Laigh Parish,
Paisley, 29th June 1769.
ARCHIBALD SMITH, trans, from
-^7o Scots Church, Rotterdam ; pres. by
William, Duke of Montrose, Dec.
1769; adm. 10th May 1770; trans, to Kin-
ross 29th June 1784.
1784
ALEXANDER MACAULAY, trans,
from Monzie ; pres. by William, Duke
of Montrose, 10th Aug., and adm.
23rd Sept. 1784 ; trans, to Cardross 12th
May 1791.
GAVIN GIBB, trans, from Fintry ; pres.
? by James, Duke of Montrose, 7th
June, and adm. 22nd Sept. 1791 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, Nov. 1804); trans, to St
Andrew's Parish, Glasgow, 16th Feb. 1809.
WILLIAM HAMILTON, born Long-
ridge, 4th Feb. 1780, son of James
H. in Mylneholm, Stonehouse ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; some-
time tutor in the family of Lord Clerk
Register Colquhoun ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 4th Dec. 1804 ; assistant at
Broughton and New Kilpatrick ; ord. to
St Andrew's Chapel-of-Ease, Dundee, 23rd
Dec. 1807 ; pres. by James, Duke of
Montrose, 31st March, trans, and adm.
14th Sept. 1809; D.D. (St Andrews, 3rd
July 1824); died 16th April 1835. He
occupied a prominent position in the anti-
patronage party in the Church. He marr.
19th Jan. 1813, Jane (died 5th April 1855),
third daugh. of William King, Lonend,
Paisley, and had issue — James, D.D., min.
of Roxburgh Place Church, Edinburgh (q.v.),
and Regent Square Church, London, born
27th Nov. 1814 ; William King, min. of
Free Church, Stonehouse, born 26th April
1816, died 11th May 1887 ; Elizabeth, born
4th May 1818, died 13th Sept. 1831 ; Mary,
born 12th April 1820, died 5th Nov. 1838;
Jane, born 19th April 1822 (marr. James
Walker, D.D., min. of Free Church, Carn-
wath), died 15th April 1849 ; Andrew,
author of Sixteen Months in the Danish
Isles (London, 1852), born 15th Dec.
1826. Publications — Prayer for the Success
of Religion, illustrated and recommended,
a sermon (Edinburgh, 1806); A Consola-
tory Address to Christians upon the
Death of their Believing Friends (Glasgow,
1819) ; The Establishment of the Law
by the Gospel (Glasgow, 1820) ; The Yoting
Communicant's Remembrancer (Glasgow,
1822) ; A Dissertation upon the Doctrine of
Election (Glasgow, 1824) ; A Defence of the
Scriptural Doctrine concerning the Second
Advent of Christ (London, 1828 ; abridged,
1830) ; The Mourner in Zion comforted
(Glasgow, 1828); An Essay on the Assur-
ance of Salvation (Glasgow, 1830) ; Remarks
on Universal Redemption (Glasgow, 1830) ;
Memoir of Miss Fanny Graham (Glasgow) ;
A Lecture on Savings Ranks (Glasgow,
1835) ; On Intrusion ; Address on Temper-
ance (Glasgow); The Nature and Ad-
vantages of private social Meetings for
Prayer, a sermon (1835) ; On Provision for
Ministers; Christian Life; Sermons;
Memoirs of Dr Erskine. — [Life and
Remains, by his son, Dr James, 2 vols.
(Glasgow, 1836) ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
1835
VHAMILTON BUCHANAN, bora 1804,
younger son of John B. in Trean,
Callander, and Mary M'Nee, and
brother of Robert B., Professor of Logic,
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Dun-
blane 2nd Sept. 1828 ; pres. by James, Duke
of Montrose, 8th May, and ord. 17th Sept.
1835; died unmarr., 3rd Feb. 1842.
1842
JAMES PEARSON, born Lanark, 12th
Aug. 1813, second son of Roderick
P., and nephew of Principal Haldane,
St Andrews ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. 7th July 1842 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 1865) ;
Chancellor's assessor in Univ. of Glasgow,
1870-3 ; secretary of University Court,
1870-3 ; sometime clerk of Presb. ; died
17th Dec. 1873. He marr. 5th Aug. 1842,
Mary (died 9th Feb. 1884), daugh. of
William Haig of Kincaple, and had issue
— Janet, bora 28th June 1843 (marr. John
Simpson, C.E.) ; Elizabeth, born 27th Nov.
1844; Robert Haldane, born 15th July 1847.
dunbarton]
STRATHFILLAN
369
DANIEL JOHN FEEGUSON, born 6th
Oct. 1845, son of Daniel F. and
Grace Hamilton : educated at Irvine
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1866), B.D. (1870); ord. to Bonhill 7th
March 1872; trans, and adm. 19th May
1874 ; died 8th April 1886. He marr. 15th
April 1885, Henrietta Hamilton, daugh. of
John Montgomery, New York, and Eliza
Hamilton, and had issue— Herbert Mont-
gomery (posthumous), born 9th Sept. 1886;
assistant New Greyfriars', Edinburgh.
WILLIAM BEGBIE MOYES, born
Glasgow, 27th Jan. 1861, son of
William Blake M., M.A., and Maria
M'Lean ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1882), B.D. (1885) ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow in 1885 ; assistant at Dalserf
in 1885 ; ord. 28th Sept. 1886. Marr. 21st
Dec. 1886, Clara, daugh. of John Fletcher
Bennett, Upper Tulse Hill, Surrey, and
Ann Bouswell Spriggs, and has issue —
Wilfred Blake, born 29th Jan. 1888,
M.M., Royal West Surrey Regiment, killed
at Amiens 25th March 1918 ; Eustace
Fletcher, born 10th June 1889; Edith
Noeline, born 21st Dec. 1890.
STRATHFILLAN (Q.S.).
[The parish of Strathfillan was disjoined
from Killin 27 th Feb. 1882. Its name is
taken from St Fillan of Glen Dochart, who
dwelt here. On the site of his ancient
church, King Robert I. founded, in 1314,
the Augustinian Priory of Strathfillan, a
cell of the Abbey of Inchaffray. Some
ruins of this monastery still stand. Many
pilgrims came to it to visit the relics of
St Fillan, of whose miraculous powers the
fame was great even to quite late times.
Among other relics shown were the saint's
enshrined arm and hand, his bacul, or
pastoral staff (now in the National Museum
of Antiquities, Edinburgh), his bell, the
holy pool where he was wont to bathe, and
the place of his burial. In this parish are
mission chapels at Crianlarich and Bridge
of Orchy. The parish was transferred from
the Presbytery of Weem in 1900.]
VOL. III.
ALEXANDER MACKINNON, born
- Arran, 1802, second son of Duncan
M., farmer, Arran ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. in 1840. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Free
Church, Strathfillan, 1843-84; died 23rd
May 1884. He marr. in 1845, Katherine
Boston Simpson.
[Church retained by Free Church.]
WILLIAM DUFF, M.A., B.D. ; adm.
1882 ^rs*' m*n' °^ Pai"isn 9th May 1882 ;
trans, to Kilninver 14th March 1888.
1888
JOHN DOW, M.A. ; adm. 30th Sept.
1888 ; trans, to Knockbain 7th Dec.
1892.
1893
JAMES MACKINNON, M.A. ; trans,
from Kilbride and adm. 1st June
1893 ; trans, to Kildalton 2nd Aug.
1894.
GEORGE CALDER, born Durris, 5th
1894 June 1859, son of John C, farmer,
Inchloan, Durris, and Helen Hogg ;
educated at Stonehaven Public School,
Grammar School, Old Aberdeen, and Univs.
of Aberdeen M.A. (1881), D.Litt. (1917),
and Edinburgh B.D. (1884) ; licen. by
Presb. of Fordoun in 1884 ; assistant at
Aberlour 1884-5 ; missionary at Struan
1886, Ardgour 1893, Connel Ferry 1894;
ord. 15th Nov. 1894 ; res. 22nd Oct. 1912, on
appointment as Lecturer on Celtic in Univ.
of Glasgow. Marr. 10th Jan. 1899, Edith
Gertrude, daugh. of William Campbell,
merchant, Leith, and has issue — Norman
George, born 10th Jan. 1900 ; Helen Edith
(twin), born 10th Jan. 1900; Margaret
Evelyn Gilfillan, born 13th March 1904 ;
Sheila Campbell, born 29th June 1913.
Publications — Ancient Psalm Tunes (1897) ;
The Irish Eneid (1907); Folk Tales and
Fairy Lore (Edinburgh, 1910) ; The Gaelic
Songs of Duncan Macintyre (Edinburgh,
1912) ; Auraicept na n Fees (Edinburgh,
1917).
NEIL DUNCAN MACKINNON, born
1Q13 Tiree, 25th April 1886, son of Donald
M. and Margaret M'Innes ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1907), B.D.
2 A
370
TEMPLE— YOKER
[PRESB. OF DUNBARTON
(1911) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1911 ;
ord. 5th March 1913. Joined R.A.M.C,
and served in European War, 1914-18. Res.
1920.
TEMPLE (Q.S.).
[The parish of Temple was disjoined from
New Kilpatrick, Govan, and Renfrew, 13th
March 1896.]
1893
JAMES STIRRAT CARSWELL, born
Govan, 16th April 1863, son of Robert
C. and Janet Stirrat; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1886), B.D.
(1889); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow June
1889 ; assistant at New Kilpatrick ; ord.
12th Sept. 1893; adm. first min. of parish
14th March 1896. Marr. 6th Oct. 1903,
Elizabeth, daugh. of Francis Vert, Trinity,
Edinburgh, and Mary Dods.
YOKER (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1898. The
parish of Yoker was disjoined from Renfrew
and Clydebank 8th June 1906. There
is a mission chapel in the parish at
Blawarthill.]
1895
GAVIN LAMBIE, born 4th Nov. 1861,
son of Gavin L., farmer, Eaglesham,
and Janet Stewart ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1884); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow ; assistant at St
Mary's, Partick, and St James's, Clyde-
bank ; ord. 24th Sept. 1895 ; died unmarr.,
16th March 1902.
JAMES CLELAND, born Montrose, 8th
May 1869, son of James C. and
Christina Aitkenhead ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (5th May 1897) ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; ord. 9th July
1902 ; first min. of the parish in 1906 ; res.
17th May 1909, on appointment as chaplain
to lodging-houses in Glasgow ; died 27th
June 1916. He marr. 9th Sept. 1902,
Margaret George, daugh. of John Curdie,
Partick, and Mary Cochrane, and had
issue — James Hugh, born 8th July 1903 ;
John Curdie, born 26th May 1906; Margaret
Mary, born 26th Feb. 1911. — [Life and
Work, August 1916.]
THOMAS SMITH MACPHERSON,
1909 trans, from Tarbert, and adm. 24th
Nov. 1909; trans, to St Vincent
Parish, Glasgow, 23rd Nov. 1916.
JAMES SMITH, born Spey Bay, Moray-
1917 shire, 21st Aug. 1891, son of James
S. and Jessie Taylor; educated at
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1913), B.D.
(1916) ; assistant to Professor of Logic,
Univ. of Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of
Strathbogie 2nd May 1916 ; assistant at
Rubislaw, Aberdeen ; ord. 13th April 1917.
Res. 1920. Marr. 7th Nov. 1919, Ruth
Lindsay, daugh. of William Morrison,
stationmaster, Yoker.
PRESBYTERY OF GLASGOW
[The General Assembly erected this Presbytery in 1581. Its Register begins at 24th
Oct. 1592, and is contained in twenty-two volumes. There are blanks in the Record from
Sept. 1654 to June 1663, from Sept. 1682 to July 1687, from Oct. 1694 to Sept. 1707, from
May 1712 to Jan. 1715, and from April 1727 to June 1733. The first volume, dating from
the erection of the Presbytery, and eight of the later volumes were for a time in the hands
of an Episcopal minister in the neighbourhood of Dunblane. By the aid of Henry
Stirling at the Park of Keir, they were restored to the Presbytery on 2nd Jan. 1792.
The Presbytery's papers were for some time kept at the Tron Kirk of Glasgow. When
that church was burned down on 8th Feb. 1793, the books suffered serious loss. The first
volume of the Records, then but lately recovered, was consumed, and thirteen of the
others sustained more or less damage.]
BANTON (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1838, and on
2Sth May that year it was constituted a
chapel with a district. On 6th Dec. 1880
the parish of Banton was disjoined from
Kilsyth.]
JOHN LYON, born Bute, 1806; edu-
1840 cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; mission-
ary in Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 4th Oct. 1837; ord. 13th Feb.
1840. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of West Free Church, Broughty-
Ferry, 1844-89; died 31st March 1889.
He marr. Annabella Foulds, and had issue —
William, clerk, London. — [Anton's Kilsyth,
264.]
[The chapel was closed 1843-5.]
JAMES BELL BIGGAR, app. in 1853 ;
1853 ord. to Catrine 17th May 1855.
WILLIAM M'HUTCHESON, born
Renfrew, 1827 ; eldest son of James
M., merchant ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; app. 1855, went to New Zealand
in 1857 ; died at Arrowtown, N.Z., 2nd
Feb. 1904. Marr. at Kilsyth House, Maori
Hill, Dunedin, in 1867.
ROBERT LEITCH, M.A. ; app. in
1857 ; ord. to Abernyte 16th Sept.
1858.
1855
1857
1858 CHARLES HENRY, M.A.
JOHN M'GAVIN, M.A. [afterwards-
1863 min. of Chapelton].
THOMAS KYLE, born 1835, eldest son
of Thomas K., merchant, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A.
(1854), M.A. (1855); app. to Kirn Chapel
in 1861 ; app. to Banton Chapel in 1865 ;
ord. 17th April 1873; died at Greenock,
20th Dec. 1875.
1865
1876
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born 1834,
second son of William R., merchant,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; ord. to Elders' Chapel, Havannah,
Glasgow, 5th Oct. 1865 ; app. assistant at
St Andrew's Kirk, Demerara, April 1872 ;
adm. here 18th Feb. 1876 ; went to Canada,
and became min. at Kemmingford, Quebec,
1877 ; died there 4th Jan. 1894.
MALCOLM MACLEAN M'NEILL,
1877 Ph.D.; app. 15th Oct. 1877; trans,
to Langside 18th Nov. 1878.
JAMES WHITEFORD, born about 1834,
187 eldest son of John W., farmer, Ayr-
shire ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1855) ; assistant at St Ninians ; ord.
27th Feb. 1879 ; first min. of the parish in
1880 ; died 20th Dec. .1895. He marr. a
daugh. of John Fleming Cullen, M.D.,
Bonhill.
372
B ANTON— C ADDER
[PRESB. OF
JOHN LIVINGSTON, ord. 15th May
1896 18^ > ^rans- to Wilton Chapel, Glas-
gow, 12th Nov. 1912.
ALEXANDER M'CLYMONT ADAMS,
1913 M.A. ; ord. 27th March 1913; trans,
to Sauchie 21st Sept. 1915.
JOHN ARCHIBALD DRON, born
Glasgow, 17th May 1864, son of
Alexander D. and Anne Wilson ;
educated at Academy and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow June
1893 ; assistant at Portobello and at Blue-
vale, Glasgow ; ord. to Laurieston, Falkirk,
13th Feb. 1900 ; trans, to Kilcreggan 17th
Sept. 1908 ; trans, and adm. 23rd Dec. 1915.
Marr. 24th April 1901, Ethel Margaret
Walworth, daugh. of John M'Garvie
Hutcheson, and has issue — Archibald
Walworth, born 21st Aug. 1902 ; Alice
Graham, born 19th Aug. 1908.
CADDER.
[The vicarage of Cadder was the pre-
bend of the Sub-Dean of Glasgow. As
such it was granted by Charles II. to the
University of Glasgow on 4th March 1670.
Cadder had a fair of St Martin.]
DAVID CUNYNGHAME [CUN-
NINGHAM], son of William C. of
Cunninghamhead ; probably formerly
a Roman priest ; adm. to Lanark in 1562 ;
trans, to Lesmahagow Nov. 1570 ; trans, and
adm. Nov. 1572 ; in 1574 he had also charge
of Monkland and Lenzie ; was app. by the
Assembly, April 1576, joint Visitor for
Clydesdale, Renfrew, and Lennox. He
was on the committee for drawing up the
Second Book of Discipline, which met in
his house. "A learned man, and of very
good account, there was," says Calderwood,
"none so frank in the cause (against Episco-
pacy) as he. He moderated the reasoning,
gathered up the conclusions, and put all in
writ and order, to be reported to the
Assembly. But such was the sagacity of
Mr Andrew Melvill, that he deemed neither
he nor Mr Patrick Adamson would prove
1572
friends in the end, and so it proved in-
deed." Both were elevated to bishoprics
before twelve months elapsed. C. was
consecrated to the See of Aberdeen 11th
Nov. 1577 (q.v.). — [Calderwood's Hist., iii.,
298, passim.]
1572 JOHN ATHIR, reader.
ANDREW POLWARTH, studied in
lg7 Geneva ; adm. to Paisley at Martin-
mas 1574 ; one of those app. by the
Kirk, March 1574, for correcting the English
edition of the Bible ; pres. to the Sub-
deanery by James VI. 17th March 1578 ;
was on committees app. by the General
Assembly of 1586 for the establishment of
Presbyteries in the district. He was one
of several commissioned in June 1582 to
wait upon his Majesty and Council, " there
with all reverence, due obedience, and
submission to present the speciall grieves
of the Kirk." In April 1583 he was app.
one of the Visitors of the Univ. of
St Andrews, and on a committee for
seeing Presbyteries duly erected between
the rivers Dee and Forth. With the same
view he was app. Commissioner in May
1586 for Glasgow, and for the trial of
processes before next Assembly. He was
deprived of his Sub-deanery, but was
reponed before 14th March 1585-6; died
at Glasgow 20th May 1587, leaving a
sister Agnes. In his sermons he insisted
much on Protestants laying aside their
several differences and cultivating a spirit
of mutual unity. James Polwarth of
Caithlaw, his nephew, was served heir,
20th July 1599.— [Reg. Assig.; Booke of
the Kirk ; Lees' Abbey of Paisley ; Calder-
wood's Hist., iii., 328, passim ; Melville's
Autob. ; Edin. 7'ests.]
JOHN BELL, M.A. (Glasgow 1585);
1587 was disappointed in his living, 20th
Feb. 1587-8, by reason of the third
of the Sub-deanery being given to John
Grahame. He was prohibited by the
Synod in 1590 from building offices within
the churchyard, but having no manse, "was
allowed to have his study-house, or house
of convention to him and his elders, within
the steeple of the Kirk, and so may dwell
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373
at his Kirk." He was pres. to the vicarage
by Walter, Commendator of Blantyre ;
coll. 19th Oct. 1594, and also pres. by
James VI. before 25th of that month ; he
was app. by the Presb. 8th Nov. 1609
" to take care of the flok " ; was dep. by
the archbishop and Presb. 21st Aug. 1611,
for "divers sclanders." He retired to the
Canongate, Edinburgh, and died 16th Nov.
1613. He left to the kirk-session of Cadder
" ane dead bell, beiring my name upone the
inscription thairof, also the box coft be
me for keiping of the puir folk in silver,
presentlie in the hands of William B., my
brother." He marr. Elizabeth Anderson,
who survived him many years, and had
issue — Janet (marr. (1) cont. 28th June
1611, Harry Stirling, son of Harry S. of
Ardoch : (2) Henry Charteris, Principal of
Edin. Univ.) — [Booke of the Kirk ; Calder-
wood's Hist, vi. 667, vii. 59, passim ; Beg.
Assig. ; Edin. Tests. ; P. C. Beg., viii.,
241 ; Beg. of Deeds, cciii., 103.]
ALEXANDER ROWATT, son of Robert
1611 ^"' bailie and burgess of Glasgow ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1587); ord. to Cam-
busnethan in 1588 ; trans, to Dalziel in
1591; trans, to Rutherglen 25th April
1592 ; trans, to a city charge 17th June
1595 ; trans, to the Barony 23rd Nov. 1596 ;
trans, and adm. 27th Oct. 1611 ; died Sept.
1644, aged about 78. He marr. Joanna
Mure, who survived him, and had issue —
Andrew. — [Ure's Butherglen ; Wodrow's
Biog.,\\. ; G.B.Inhib., 22nd Oct. 1622; Glasg.
Prot., 3502 ; Com. Deeds, 10th Feb. 1624.]
GAVIN HAMILTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1645 1^35) ; pres. by the Commissioners
of James, Duke of Hamilton, 27th
Jan., and adm. 3rd June 1645 ; dep. 26th
Sept. 1649, "being negligent in pressing
family worship " ; died suddenly at Glas-
gow, March 1660, uninarr., aged about 45.
— [Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett.]
THOMAS MELVILL, M.A. (St An-
1650 drews 1646); ord. 13th Aug. 1650;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662 ; was granted indulgence at
Dalziel by Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672,
but failing to go there, he was cited before
the Western Commission and excused on
account of sickness 6th Nov. 1673. In
1674 he was accused of keeping conven-
ticles in the parish of New Kilpatrick ;
died at Drumry, 5th Feb. 1686, aged about
60. He marr. 22nd July 1652, Christian
Rae, and had issue — Thomas; Patrick;
Elizabeth. Publication — The Band of
Peace.— [Wodrow's Anal., i. 324, 372, iii.
53 ; Baillie's Bett. ; Glasg. Marr. Beg. ;
Inq. Bet. Gen., 721 ; Glasg. Comm. Deeds,
8th Oct. 1685.]
WILLIAM FORBES, son of Alexander
1664 "^"' m*n' °^ Campsie ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.
(1656) ; had £100 sterling granted him from
vacant stipends 12th July 1661 ; pres. by
Charles II. 2nd March 1664 ; intimated the
suspension of William Guthrie at Fenwick
20th July 1664, and although Wodrow says
he " died in a few days of great torment,"
this did not happen till Aug. 1668. He
marr. June 1666, Margaret Maxwell,
widow of John Tividaill ; she died Nov.
1669, and had issue — Anna. — [Jedburgh
Bresb. Beg. ; P. C. Beg., 3rd ser., i., 458 ;
Hamilton, Glasg., and Edin. Tests. ; Acts
of Pari., vii. ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 407.]
1673
DAVID MILNE, passed trials before the
Presb. of Alford and got a testimonial,
3rd May 1669, for licence ; adm.
prior to Oct. 1673; outed by the people
in 1689. He probably marr. Isobel James,
who was buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
9th July 1692.— [Rule's Sec. Vindication.]
THOMAS RAMSAY, ord. under the
16g8 Toleration 15th March 1688 ; trans,
to Aberdeen 9th May 1695.
DAVID EWING, educated at Univ. of
1695 Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
7th Feb. 1694 ; called 9th July, and
ord. 3rd Sept. 1695 ; died 19th June 1731.
He marr. Oct. 1707, Margaret, youngest
daugh. of James Maxwell of Southbar, and
had issue— Marion (marr. 23rd Sept. 1726,
William Ralston of that ilk). — [Family of
Birnie of Broomhill.]
374
CADDER
[PRESB. OF
JAMES WARDEN, born at Auchinairn,
1731 in the parish, 1695 ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (30th April
1715); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd
June 1724 ; called 16th Sept., and ord. 7th
Dec. 1731 ; died 25th Nov. 1745. He be-
queathed 1000 merks for supplying a school
in his native village. He marr. Agnes
Gray, who died March 1795, and had issue
— John, born 1736. — [Robe's Narrative;
Tombst. ; Macfarlan's Revivals."]
ALEXANDER DUN, born 1718, son of
1746 Alexander D., portioner of Kep-
dowrie, Drymen (who lived to be
112 years of age); educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; MA. (1742) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1744; called 2nd Sept., and
ord. 18th Dec. 1746 ; died 27th June 1790.
He marr. 1st Dec. 1755, Elizabeth (died
27th Nov. 1772). daugh. of Alexander Dun,
merchant, Glasgow, and had issue — Eliza-
beth, born 9th July 1757 (marr. John Gray,
merchant, Glasgow) ; Margaret, born 13th
Aug. 1758, died 10th Feb. 1763 ; Isobella,
born 17th June 1760 (marr. James Carrick,
min. of New Kilpatrick) ; Alexander, born
27th Oct. 1762, died 4th Feb. 1765 ; Margaret,
born 23rd June 1764, died 30th Jan. 1769 ;
Alexander of Kepdowrie, born 8th Dec.
1765 ; Jean, born 1st Dec. 1767, died 22nd
July 1769 ; John, surgeon, Glasgow, born
1st June 1770. — [Hamilton Tests. ; Tombst.]
ARCHIBALD PRO VAN, fourth son of
1793 William P., Glasgow; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 6th Jan. 1779; app. to Chrys-
ton Chapel-of-Ease in 1779; pres. by the
heritors and elders 24th Dec. 1790, but the
validity of his election was brought before
the Court of Session, and he was not ord.
till 25th April 1793; died at Hutcheson-
town 21st April 1814. He marr. 27th Nov.
1795, Jean (died 2nd Jan. 1818), daugh. of
John Graham, portioner of Mugdock, and
had issue— Cornelius, born 7th Dec. 1796 ;
Jean, died 5th May 1798 ; Marion, born
22nd Sept. 1799; Janet, born 14th June
1801; William, born 25th Oct. 1802;
Agnes, born 20th April 1804; Mary, born
16th Dec. 1805.
THOMAS LOCKERBY, born Kirk-
1818 Patrick-Juxta, 4th Dec. 1777; edu-
cated at Leadhills School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Loch-
maben 10th June 1806 ; ord. to High
Bridge Meeting-house, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
7th Aug. 1808 ; trans, to Chryston Chapel
25th April 1811 ; pres. by the heritors and
elders (assistant and successor) 5th Sept.
1811. A trial regarding the validity of
votes in the election was decided in his
favour by the Second Division of the
Court of '.Session in 1814. An accusation
was brought against him, and resulted in
his servant Mary Scott being prosecuted
before the High Court of Justiciary for
attempting to extort money by threatening
to accuse him of drunkenness, assault, and
other misdemeanours. She was found
guilty and sentenced to transportation for
fourteen years : he came out of the pro-
ceedings with unblemished character.
There appears to have been some further
investigation by the General Assembly, but
this came to nothing, and the proceedings
were ordered to be expunged from the
records. He was adm. 5th March 1818 ;
retired in 1836; died unmarr. at Edin-
burgh, 17th Dec. 1851. Publications— The
Life of the Rev. John Brown of Wamphra y
(Edinburgh, 1839) [this was withdrawn
and suppressed by his executor to avoid a
threatened prosecution] ; The Covenant
(Edinburgh, 1841). —[Scots Mag., lxxvi.-
lxxviii. ; Tombst. ; Life of J. Brown.]
JOHN PARK, born 1800, eldest son of
1837 J°nn P-> farmer> Kilbride; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1821) ;
assistant librarian to the Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd
Oct. 1821 ; assistant at East Kilbride ;
pres. by the heritors and elders (assistant
and successor) in 1836 ; ord. 4th May 1837 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, 3rd Aug. 1859); died un-
marr. 21st Oct. 1881.
JOHN BUCHAN ADAM WATT, born
.-p. Kintore, 18th Dec. 1855, son of Alex-
ander W. and Elizabeth Adam ; edu-
cated at Aberdeen Grammar School and
Univs. of Aberdeen and Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 12th May 1880;
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1911
assistant at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; ord.
4th April 1882; died 18th June 1911. He
marr. 4th April 1883, Margaret Annie
Edith, second daugh. of Thomas Bond
Sprague, LL.D., manager of the Scottish
Equitable Life Assurance Co., Edinburgh,
and had issue — Thomas Charles Dal-
rymple, M.B., Ch.B., Port-Glasgow, lieut.
K.A.M.C., M.C., born 25th May 1884;
Margaret Vaughan, born 14th Jan. 1886
(marr. 30th Sept. 1911, J. B. Miller, M.D.,
Bishopbriggs) ; Nigel Graeme, born 16th
Nov. 1887, drowned at Barry 1st July
1906 ; Bertram Douglas, architect, H.M.
Office of Works, London, born 17th Sept.
1889 ; Vincent John Buchan, born 2nd May
1899. Publications — Cadder, Some Parish
Notes >and Place Navies (1903) ; Cadder,
its Ecclesiastical History (Glasgow, 1908).
JAMES WOODSIDE ROBINSON,
born Carnmoon, Antrim, 4th May
1872, son of John R. and Betty
Woodside ; educated at model and inter-
mediate schools in Ireland, and Univs. of
Ireland (B.A., 1899) and Edinburgh;
student missionary at Buchanan Jan. to
Oct. 1902 ; licen. by Presb. of Derry in
1902; adm. to Church of Scotland May
1902; assistant at St John's, Edinburgh,
in 1902 ; ord. to Anstruther Easter 20th
Jan. 1904 ; trans, and adm. 19th Dec. 1911 ;
chaplain to the Forces of the 6th Divisional
Artillery, France, 1917-18. Publication—
The Soldier's Cry (London, 1918).
CAMPSIE AND ANTERMONY.
[These two parishes were united before
the Reformation. St Machan was buried
at Campsie, and to him its church was
dedicated. St Machan's Well was near it.
The church was a prebend of Glasgow, and
belonged to the Abbey of Kelso. There is
a mission church in the parish at Milton
of Campsie.]
JOHN STEWART, entered at Lammas.
1570 —[Reg. Min.]
JOHN STODDART, min. in 1574, with
15l_4 Fintry and Strathblane also in his
care. On 16th March 1596 he is
called " an auld man with only £86 [Scots]
of yearly stipend " ; was still min. in 1608.
He " foundit silver to the poore of the city
of Glasgow" 12th Aug. 1601. He marr.
Marion Robison. — {Reg. Assig. ; Hist. MS.
Com., Duntreath Papers.]
WILLIAM ERSKINE, parson in 1575 ;
1575 still parson 30th March 1588.— [Feu
Charters of Kirklands, ii., 245.]
WILLIAM KINCAID, vicar; died in
1576 1576.
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, pres. to the
1576 vicarage 13th July 1576.
JAMES STEWART, M.A. (Glasgow
160? 1601); adm. colleague 26th Feb.
1607; died Aug. 1622, aged about
41. He marr. Margaret Stewart (who sur-
vived him, and marr. (2) 1624, James
Lennox of Woodhead), and had issue —
Walter ; Annabel ; John, probably min. of
Bonhill. — [Bannatyne Miscell., i. ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 674; Reg. of Deeds, ccclv. 76,
ccclxxii. 110, ccccvii. 6th June 1628.]
JOHN CRICHTON, M.A. ; trans, from
1623 Abercorn ; pres. by Sir William
Livingston of Kilsyth, Lord of
Session, 1622; adm. 27th April 1623;
trans, to Paisley 6th Sept. 1629.
ALEXANDER FORBES, M.A. (King's
1629 College, Aberdeen, 1618) ; adm. 16th
Dec. 1629 ; dep. for heresy 11th May
1639, but reponed by the Assembly 28th
Aug. that year; died Aug. 1640, aged
about 62. He marr. (cont. 19th June 1633,
Mary, daugh. of John Lennox of Burntcho-
gill, who survived him, and had issue —
William, min. of Cadder. — [Baillie's Lett. ;
Stirling Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 3851 ;
Peterkin's Records; Reg. of Deeds, dxx.,
173.]
JOHN COLLINS, licen. by Presb. of
1641 Dalkeith 3rd Feb. 1631 ; pres. Oct.
1639 ; after long opposition of the
Presb. and parish, was ordered by the
Assembly 4th July 1641 to be settled, and
was adm. 3rd Nov. that year. He was
murdered about Martinmas 1648. He
marr. 29th Sept. 1644, Barbara Nairn, who
survived him. His brother, Alexander C.
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CAMPSIE AND ANTERMONY
[PRESB. OF
in Langmure, was served heir to him 22nd
Sept. 1649. — [Dysart Sess. Reg. ; Dalkeith
Presb. Beg. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
3558 ; Stevenson's Hist. ; Turner's Scot.
Secession ; Reg. of Deeds, dlxi., 221.]
ARCHIBALD DENNISTOUN of Dal-
quhairn,son of John D. of Dalquhairn
and Margaret Spreull ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (26th July 1637);
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 21st Feb.
1642 ; pres. by Sir James Livingston of
Kilsyth Oct. 1648 ; ord. 30th March 1649 ;
dep. by the Synod in 1655 "without any
considerable fault, he being of the Resolu-
tionists, and the Protesting party being in
the ascendant, against the desire of the
parishioners, who loved him." Parliament
allowed him £100 sterling, 5th July 1661 ;
restored in 1662; died Oct. 1679, aged 63.
He marr. (1) Jean, daugh. of Humphry
Noble of Ferme and Ardardan, and had
issue— William of Colgrain; Archibald of
Dalquhairn : (2) 11th April 1657, Katherine
(died at Edinburgh, 22nd July 1718, aged
90), eldest daugh. of James Stirling of
Achyle, who survived him, and had issue
— Anna (marr. James Gillespie, min. of
Tarbolton) ; Margaret (marr. James Gordon,
min. of Rosneath) ; Jean ; Mary ; John ;
George ; Walter. — [Hamilton Tests. ; Eclin.
Bur. Reg. ; P. C. Decreta, 24th Feb. 1670 ;
Argyll Sas., ii., 162, 164, 167, 170 ; G. R.
Inhib., 20th Feb. 1680; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 27th July 1669 ; G. R. Horn., 26th
July 1670.]
JOHN LAW, M.A.; ord. by the Pro-
1656 tes*ors m 1656 > deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.
ARCHIBALD DENNISTOUN, M.A.,
1662 above mentioned.
JOHN LAW, already noticed; granted
7 indulgence by Privy Council at
Irvine in 1672, but declined, and as
he did not appear before the Council when
called, 12th March 1673, they ordered his
apprehension, 4th June 1674. Accused at
the Diocesan Synod, 22nd Oct., of holding
conventicles at Kippen, he was imprisoned
at Edinburgh. A meeting-house built for
him in the parish in 1678 was demolished
by order of the Council, and he was sent
prisoner to the Bass in 1679, but was released
after three months on finding caution to
appear when called. He was deprived in
1681, probably on account of the Test ;
was restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690, but having been called to the
High Kirk, Edinburgh, accepted that
charge.
GEORGE MILNE, educated at Mari-
1 x schal College, Aberdeen ; was on trials
before Presb. of Ellon, with a view
to the church of Ellon, Aug. 1676 ; adm. to
Coylton Aug. 1680 ; inst. here 24th June
1681 ; deprived by Act of Parliament, 25th
April 1690, restoring Presbyterian mins.
He was harshly treated by a section of the
parishioners, who broke his furniture and
threatened his person. He carried off the
parochial records. — [The Parish of Camjisie,
229.]
JOHN GOV AN, son of John G., min. of
Muckhart ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (27th July 1676);
became assistant in the Grammar School of
the Canongate, Edinburgh. While visiting
his brother-in-law, Thomas Forrester (after-
wards Principal of the New College, St
Andrews), he was seized and imprisoned for
two years in Stirling, thence removed to
the Canongate, but was shortly afterwards
liberated. He was licen. by the Presb. of
Glasgow 20th June, and ord. 5th Dec. 1688 ;
died 17th Sept. 1729, aged 70. Having
studied medicine, he prescribed for illness,
taking no fees. He lived a retired
monkish life, was highly useful, and though
an excellent preacher, and possessed of
some learning and knowledge, yet "lived
narrowly, and except at the sacrament,
flesh was not in his house throughout the
year ; no wonder," says Wodrow, " he left
£6000."— [Wodrow's Hist., ii.. 482, and
Anal., iv., 77 ; Cameron's Campsie, 227.]
JOHN FORRESTER, born 1707, nephew
7 of preceding, and brother of Thomas
F. of Dinoven ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1st May 1724); licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcaldy 7th March 1728 ;
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377
assistant to his uncle ; pres. by George II.
18th Feb., and ord. 23rd Sept. 1729 ; died
unmarr. Sept. 1731.— [Wodrow's Anal., ii.,
278 ; Hamilton Tests.]
JOHN WARDEN, pres. by George II.
1732 16th Sept. 1731 ; ord. 21st March
1732; trans, to Perth 19th March
1747.
WILLIAM BELL, born Ecclefechan,
1747 1707, son of William B. ; educated at
Glasgow Univ.; M.A. (1736); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow March 1743 ; pres.
by George II. 15th April, and ord. 24th
Sept. 1747 ; died 7th May 1783. He marr.
21st June 1748, Margaret Johnston, who
died 8.p. 22nd Nov. 1781.
JAMES LAPSLIE, born 1754, son of
1783 J°nn k*> farmer, Bencloich Mill,
in the parish, and Margaret Lock-
hart ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 29th March
1 780 ; employed as tutor and companion
to Sir James Suttie of Balgone, Bart., in
making the " grand tour " of the Continent ;
pres. by George III. 24th June, and ord.
27th Nov. 1783. In 1793 he exerted him-
self to procure the conviction of Thomas
Muir of Huntershill, advocate, the radical,
and was a keen supporter of the govern-
ment, on account of which his manse
offices were maliciously set on fire during
his absence, 22nd Aug. 1797. He died
suddenly in the Star Inn, Glasgow, when
on his way to attend a meeting of Presb.,
11th Nov. 1824. Possessing great muscular
strength, he feared no man, and was
popular as a preacher. Tall in stature,
with a face full of fire and a bush of
hoary locks, he spoke in the Assembly
with an ardour and enthusiasm which
commanded attention. In 1793 he had
a royal pension. He marr. 10th Sept.
1792, Elizabeth Ann (born 27th Nov. 1774,
died 2nd Nov. 1825), third daugh. of Sir
John Stirling of Glorat, Eart., and had
issue — John Stirling, R.N., born 14th Nov.
1793, died in Batavia, 10th Dec. 1813;
Margaret Lockhart, born 23rd Jan. 1796;
Gloriana Folsome, born 12th Nov. 1797 ;
James, born 11th Oct. 1799, died at Tobago,
23rd Aug. 1819 ; Alexander Hume, born
30th July 1801, died 24th Nov. 1803;
Alexander Hume, student of divinity, born
25th Feb. 1804 ; Andrew, student of medi-
cine, born 21st June 1806, killed at Buenos
Ayres, 30th July 1826 ; George, born 13th
Jan. 1808 ; Samuel Stirling, born 4th
July 1810, died 9th Feb. 1814. Publica-
tions— An Essay on the Management of
Bees ; Three Occasional Sermons (Glasgow,
1795-1810) ; Letters addressed to the Magis-
trates and Council of Glasgow and the
Heritors of Landward Parishes anent
Accommodation in Parish Churches (1811) ;
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xv.). — [Scots Mag., lv., lviii. ; Kay's
Portraits ; Cameron's The Parish of
Campsie, 5-26 ; Peter's Letters to his Kins-
folk, iii., 61 ; Mackenzie's Life of Thomas
Muir ; Notes and Queries, 8th ser., ix.,
356.]
NORMAN MACLEOD, D.D. ; trans.
1825 from Campbeltown ; pres. by George
IV. in Jan., and adm. 11th Aug.
1825 ; trans, to St Columba's Chapel,
Glasgow, 17th Dec. 1835.
ROBERT LEE, M.A.; trans, from
1836 Inverbrothock ; pres. by William
IV. 5th Feb., and adm. 5th May
1836 ; trans, to Old Greyfriars' Parish,
Edinburgh, 9th Nov. 1843.
THOMAS MUNRO, born 1802, son of
1844 Charles M., writer, Stonehaven, and
Mary Aitken ; educated at Univs. of
Aberdeen, M.A. (1822), and Edinburgh;
sometime Governor of George Watson's
Hospital, Edinburgh ; ord. to Fala 23rd
June 1843 ; trans, and adm. 28th March
1844; D.D. (Glasgow 1867); died 25th Nov.
1879. He marr. (1) 4th March 1842, Isabella
(died s.p. 6th April 1849), daugh. of Lieut.-
Col. Lines Munro of Poyntzfield : (2) 10th
June 1851, Jessie (died 13th May 1883),
daugh. of James Stevenson, R.N., Glasgow,
and had issue — Charles, licentiate ; Arthur ;
Eliza ; Mary ; Jessie ; James B. Stevenson,
stockbroker, Glasgow, afterwards Civil
Service, Burma; Thomas A. Glasgow.
378
CAMPSIE AND ANTERMONY— CARMUNNOCK [presb. of
JOHN YOUNG SCOTT, born Hawick,
1881 1844, son of John Y. S., miller,
and Mina Scott ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; ord. to Inverteil 24th Aug.
1871 ; trans, to Buccleuch, Edinburgh, 16th
Dec. 1875 ; trans, and adm. 20th Sept.
1881 ; died at Portobello s.p. 20th Feb. 1913.
He marr. 6th June 1877, Harriott, daugh.
of Arthur Fraser, cashier, National Provin-
cial Bank of England, London. Publication
— Clerical Life in Scotland (Hawick, 1872).
WILLIAM BROWN, born Craig, Mon-
1902 trose> 2^tn Sept. 1865, son of Andrew
B. and Jane Gray ; educated at
Montrose Sessional School and Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1887), B.D. (1890);
licen. by Presb. of Brechin Nov. 1890 ;
assistant at St Andrew's, Dundee ; ord. to
St John's, Hawick, 21st Aug. 1894 j trans,
and adm. (assistant and successor) 27th
March 1902; trans, to Dunbar 9th Oct.
1918. Marr. 9th Aug. 1911, Christian
Macnie, second daugh. of Charles Mack-
intosh King of Antermony, and has issue —
Jean Buchanan, born 30th Aug. 1913.
ALEXANDER WILSON FINLAY-
1919 SON, M.A., B.D. ; trans, from Fogo
(q.v.) and adm. 9th April 1919. Has
further issue— a daughter, born 3rd June
1917.
CARMUNNOCK.
[The church of Carmunnock belonged to
the Abbey of Paisley. In March 1596 this
parish was severed by the General As-
sembly from the Presb. of Hamilton and
joined to that of Glasgow.]
JOHN RAMAGE, exhorter or reader
1567 1567 to 1580.
ANDREW HAMILTON, reader from
1585 1585.
[PETER PATERSON, was pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 14th May 1568, and
also to the vicarage of Killearn 15th Sept.
1572, but does not appear to have accepted
either.]
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A. ; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 16th Nov.
1586; trans, to Dalserf 10th April
1600.
ARCHIBALD GLEN, of the family of
Bar ; regent in Univ. of Glasgow ;
adm. to Rutherglen 30th March
1596; trans, and adm. 27th April 1603.
" He was a man of great abilities and
learning." He died Feb. 1614, aged about
44, " of ane f eirf ul and unknawn sickness "
(said to have been caused by the " sorcerie
and witchcryft" of Margaret Wallace,
spouse of John Dynning, merchant-
burgess of Glasgow ; she was strangled on
the Castle Hill of Edinburgh in March
1622 for similar crimes). He marr. Janet
Muir, who was alive in 1621, and had issue
— David ; Thomas, merchant, Saltmarket,
Glasgow. — [Glasg. Tests.; Reg. Assig. ; Ure's
Rutherglen ; Pitcairn's Crim. Trials, ii.]
ROBERT GLEN, nephew of preceding ;
1614 M.A. (Glasgow 1609); app. by
Presb. 19th May 1613 to be ad-
mitted to Lenzie by the bishop on the
27th, but declined, and was adm. to this
parish 23rd Aug. 1614; died Aug. 1621,
aged about 33. He marr. Jean Sharpe, who
survived him. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Bannatyne
MiscelL, iii.]
JAMES MOWBRAY, M.A. ; adm. 27th
Nov. 1622 ; removed by the arch-
bishop after Oct. 1633, and was
afterwards settled at Wauchope.
1622
1633
JAMES HUTCHESON, second son of
James H., burgess of Glasgow; M.A.
(Glasgow 1609); adm. to Houston
in 1617 ; adm. here 18th Dec. 1633 ; dep. in
1639 for declining the jurisdiction of the
Assembly ; died before 1st July 1643. He
marr. Jean Hutcheson, who survived him,
and had issue — James. — [Glasg. Tests. ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Peterkin's Records ; Steven-
son's Hist.]
MATTHEW M'KAILE, M.A. ; pres. by
James, Earl of Abercom ; adm. 20th
1640
1649.
May 1640 ; trans, to Bothwell in
GLASGOW]
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379
1650
ANDREW MORTON [MYRTON], was
a soldier when a young man, loose in
his morals, and in the habit of swear-
ing; but having reformed, he resolved to
enter the ministry, and graduated M.A. at
St Andrews in 1641; called 20th Dec. 1649;
adm. 8th May 1650; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He ministered
for a year or two in a house given him by
the Laird of Torrens, but the min. of East
Kilbride caused him to remove. He went
to Glasgow, preaching and baptizing among
his old parishioners, for which in 1664
he was denounced on the information of
his successor. He removed to Kirkland,
Dairy, where, under the protection of the
Laird of Blair, he laboured among the
people, the parish minister being aged and
deaf. Returning to Glasgow for the
education of his family, he was imprisoned
about July 1668. Again he was confined
at Edinburgh, 14th Jan. 1670, for keeping
conventicles in this parish. He was
granted an indulgence at Stewarton by
the Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672, but
declined to accept it. Notwithstanding his
serious sickness, he was removed to Stirling
Castle, where he remained ten months,
until he was confined to his house in Glas-
gow, where he preached for several years
on market-days to his old parishioners.
In 1679 he removed to Haggs, under the
family of Maxwell of Pollok, and there
he exercised his office and celebrated the
Communion in the fields. On 8th March
1685 he was fined 30,000 merks by Major
Whyte, acting under authority of the Privy
Council ; retired to Edinburgh, where he
kept himself concealed. He returned to
the parish on the Toleration in 1687 ; was
restored by Act of Parliament 25th April
1690; died 6th July 1691, aged 75. He
had sasine of the lands of Spittall 10th
May 1675. He marr. 9th Sept. 1652,
Elizabeth, daugh. of James Stewart, elder,
merchant - burgess of Glasgow, and had
issue — Grizel (marr. John Orr, min. of St
Giles, Edinburgh) ; Dorothea ; Margaret ;
Jean (marr. James Hamilton of Parkhead) ;
Janet (marr. Thomas Hamilton of Raith) ;
Elizabeth (marr. Andrew Taite, min. of this
parish) ; Margaret (marr. John Gray, min.
of the Wynd Church, Glasgow). Publication
— " Letter to his former Parishioners " (Wod-
row's Hist., iv.). — [JIaitland Miscell., iv. ;
Wodrow's Hist., ii. 152, 286, iii. 424;
Tombst. ; Part Reg. of Sas., Lanark, xiv.,
108 ; Glasg. Marr. Reg. ; Rec. Sec. Sig., ii.,
318; Glasg. Com. Deeds, 4th Feb. 1693,
15th Oct. 1698.]
"ROBERT BOYD, son of John B. in
1665 Middle Wardlaw, and Margaret
Cleland; M.A. (Glasgow 1648);
adm. 18th Jan. 1665 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690, restoring
Presbyterian mins. Having been a great
informer against his parishioners, he was
ejected from his manse by some of them
in revenge. He marr. (1) Margaret, daugh.
of James Taylor, min. of Greenock : (2)
before 1684, Elizabeth Boyd, and had issue
—William, served heir 11th March 1703;
James.— [Wodrow's Hist., iii., 424 ; Rule's
Sec. Vindication; G. R. Inhib., 2nd May
1670; Fleming of Ferme Pa})ers.'\
ANDREW MORTON, M.A., above
1687 mentioned.
ANDREW TAITE, probably a native of
1692 Irvme> where he owned property;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 5th Oct.
1691; ord. 22nd March 1692; died after
16th Feb. 1742. He left his Latin books
to his son-in-law William Coates, and his
English books to his family, and bequeathed
£100 stg. to buy as many copies of Alleine's
Alarm to the Unconverted as would give a
copy to each family in the parish, and in
case the sum was more than enough, the
balance was to be paid to the session for
the poor. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of
Andrew Morton, min. of this parish, and
had issue — James of Merryflat ; William ;
Elizabeth (marr. William Coates, min. of
Dalmellington) ; Grizel. — [Wodrow;s Anal.,
28 et passim ; Glasg. Tests. ; Tombst.]
JOHN KER, pres. by Sir Archibald
Stuart of Castlemilk, Bart., 1st
March, and ord. 3rd May 1 744 ; died
at Glasgow 24th April 1775, aged 62, having
been seized the previous day with a fit of
apoplexy while celebrating the Communi > i
1744
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CARMUNNOCK
[PKESB. OF
1776
in the Tron Church there. He raarr.
20th Feb. 1745, Susanna MacGoun, who
died at Edinburgh, 25th July 1802, aged
81, and had issue — John, born 30th Nov.
1745, went to St Elizabeth, Jamaica ;
Susanna, born 13th Aug. 1747, died 25th
Jan. 1779 ; James, born 14th April 1750 ;
William, born 13th Jan. 1753 ; Isobel, born
14th July 1757 (marr., pro. 23rd Jan. 1788,
James Lapsly of Northwoodside, M.D.) ;
Margaret, born 11th July 1759 (marr., pro.
29th April 1791, John Ormiston, solicitor,
died 25th Sept. 1818; Stewart, born 16th
July 1763. Publication— A Sermon (n.d.,
n.p.) — [Tombst.]
JOSEPH HODGSON, born about 1750,
son of William H., merchant, Glas-
gow ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th July 1774 ;
preacher at Shettleston in 1774; pres.
by Mrs Anne Stewart, with consent of
John Stuart of Castlemilk, her husband,
in 1775; ord. 30th May 1776; died 6th
Dec. 1785. He marr. 14th Sept. 1778,
Margaretta Ross, who died 8th Oct. 1783,
and had issue — Ann, born 13th July 1779 ;
John, D.D., min. of Blantyre, born 26th
Jan. 1781 ; William, born 23rd July 1783,
died 21st Aug. 1784. Publication—^. Ser-
mon jweached before the Celebration of the
Lord's Shipper (Glasgow, 1786). — [Cleland's
Ann., i. ; Jones's Life of Lady Glenorchy ;
Love;s Mem., i.]
JAMES FRENCH, pres. by Sir John
1786 Stuart of Castlemilk, Bart., in Feb.,
and ord. 21st Sept. 1786 ; trans, to
East Kilbride 21st April 1791.
ADAM FORMAN, pres. by Sir John
Stuart of Castlemilk, Bart., 23rd
Sept. 1791 ; ord. 26th Jan. 1792 ;
elected clerk of Synod 14th April 1801 ;
trans, to Kirkintilloch 6th June 1811.
1792
ANGUS MAKELLAB, pres. by Dame
Anne Stuart of Castlemilk Dec. 1811 ;
ord. 30th April 1812 ; trans, to Pen-
caitland 29th June 1814.
1812
PATRICK CLASON, pres. by Dame
Anne Stuart of Castlemilk Dec. 1814 •
1815 ord. 11th May 1815; dem. 31st
March 1824, on appointment to St Cuth-
bert's Chapel-of-Ease (Buccieuch), Edin-
burgh.
JOHN HENDERSON, born 1799, son
of Thomas H. ; studied at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunbar 4th Dec. 1822 ; pres. by the Com-
missioners of Mrs Rose Crawford in May,
and ord. 22nd July 1824 ; died at Airdrie
7th Dec. 1854. He marr. 1st Aug. 1826,
Margaret Houston (died 10th Jan. 1843,
aged 42), daugh. of Robert Forrester,
treasurer of the Bank of Scotland, and had
issue — Thomas, born 11th Dec. 1827, died
8th Aug. 1841 ; Henrietta Porteous, born
11th Sept. 1829 (marr. Benjamin Cornwall
Brown, min. of Airdrie) ; Robert Forrester,
born 25th Aug. 1831 ; James Frame, born
15th March 1834 ; John, born March 1836,
died 15th March 1837.
1854
ALEXANDER RENNIE STORIE,
born 1830, second son of Ebenezer
S., surgeon, Kilsyth ; educated at
Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow 4th Aug. 1852 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 31st March 1854 ; died unmarr.,
20th Jan. 1888.
GEORGE GREEN GILLAN, born
18g8 13th July 1835, son of Robert G.,
D.D., min. of Inchinnan ; educated
at Glasgow Univ. ; B.A. (1851), MA.
(1854); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 22nd
May 1856 ; ord. to Inverteil 1858 ; trans,
to Dalmellington 15th Dec. 1859 ; res. 25th
Oct. 1865 ; chaplain at Bombay, 1866-88 ;
adm. to this charge 24th Oct. 1888 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1901); died 20th June 1913.
He marr. 9th Nov. 1865, Agnes, daugh.
of David Woodburn, H.E.I.C.S., Camlarg,
Dalmellington, and had issue — Sir Robert
Woodburn, K.C.S.I., born 2nd Aug. 1867 ;
David Hedley, M.A., B.D., senior chaplain
St Andrew's Church, Madras, born 20th
Dec. 1869 ; a daugh., born and died 1872 ;
Jean Walker, born 4th Jan. 1875; Grace
Green, born 31st Dec. 1877 ; William Wood-
burn, born 18th May 1879.
JOHN SMART, born Glasgow, 6th
April 1882, son of Robert S. and
Isabella Frew ; educated at Paisley
Grammar School and Univ. of Glasgow;
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381
1568
licen. by Presb. of Paisley in 1909 ; assist-
ant at South Parish, Paisley, 1905-8,
Strathbungo 1909-11, and Carmunnock in
1912 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 9th
Jan. 1913. Marr. 11th April 1917, Helen,
daugh. of Arthur G. Mardon, Hawarden,
Farnham, Surrey.
CATHCART.
[The parish church, which belonged to
the Abbey of Paisley, was dedicated to St
Oswald, and beside it was St Oswald's
Well. In March 1595, the parish of Cath-
cart was taken by the General Assembly
out of the Presb. of Paisley and added to
that of Glasgow.]
JAMES HILL of Ibrox, formerly a
Roman priest ; ind. to Govan in
1549 ; conformed and was exhorter
here from Candlemas 1568 to Beltein
1572 ; pres. to Erskine by James VI. 1572.
MATTHEW WYLIE, reader, 1574 to
1574 1576.
' JOHN BLACKBURN, reader, 1578 to
-_,-_ 1580; became Dean of Faculty in
Univ. of Glasgow, and Master of
the Grammar School, Glasgow ; min. of
Cardross in 1603.
ROBERT HAMILTON,brother of James
1580 H. in Tweedyside, Lanarkshire; pres.
to the vicarage by James VI. 24th
Jan. 1577; M.A. (Glasgow 1584); officiated as
reader, 1580-6 ; died 3rd March 1628, aged
about 64. He marr. Isobel Hamilton, who
died before 29th May 1620, and had issue-
John of Brigend ; Janet (marr., cont. 1st
Nov. 1630, Gavin, son of James Hamilton
of Middle Schiells, Lanark); Catherine
(marr. Gavin Forsyth, min. of this parish) ;
Anna (marr. David Anderson of Byres
of Partick). — [Reg. Assig. ; Glasg. Tests.;
Tombst. ; Hamilton's Lanark; Crawfurd's
Renfrew ; Reg. of Deeds, clxvii. ; Lanark
Sas., i. 127, Lower Ward, iii. 297.]
GAVIN FORSYTH, M.A. ; regent in
1628 Univ. of Glasgow ; adm. colleague
22nd Jan. 1628; the Town Council
of Glasgow directed him to receive £162
1647
1652
for his service in baptizing infants, visit-
ing the sick in time of necessity, and
preaching on Tuesdays in the city ; dep. in
1646 for his connection with the troubles in
the time of Montrose ; was alive 9th July
1661. He marr. Catherine, second daugh.
of Robert Hamilton, min. of this parish,
and had issue — Robert ; Gavin ; Abigail ;
Catherine. — [Glasg. Rapt. Reg. ; Reg. Old
Dec, iv. ; Fleming's Fulfill, of Script. ;
Baillie's Lett., Hamilton's Lanark.]
JOHN CARSTAIRS, M.A. ; pres. by
John, Earl of Lauderdale, 17th Nov.
1646 ; ord. 23rd June 1647 ; elected
to Burntisland 17th Dec. 1648, and to
Edinburgh 3rd Dec. 1649, but declined ;
trans, to Outer High Parish, Glasgow
2nd July 1650.
WILLIAM MUIRCROFT [MOOR-
CRAFT], an Englishman; M.A.
(Glasgow 1650); ord. 30th Dec.
1652 ; trans, to Newtown-Stewart in the
Presb. of Lagan, Ireland, 1654, but ejected
therefrom in 1661. — [Baillie's Lett. ; Living-
ston's Life ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 353.]
- JAMES BLAIR, M.A. (Glasgow 1651) ;
adm. after 1st Sept. 1656 "with
small contentment to the people " ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662,
and was charged by Council with others,
30th July 1663, for holding conventicles.
He was killed in May 1668 by a shooting
accident at Dairy, Ayrshire, and was aged
about 37. He marr. Agnes Hamilton (who
was in destitute circumstances in 1699, and
was recommended for charity), and had
issue — Robert. — [Baillie's Lett. ; Wodrow's
Hist., i., 328 ; Glasg. Tests. ; Law's Memo-
rialls ; Edin. Homings, 2nd Jan. 1689.]
DAVID HAY, M.A. ; adm. about 1663 ;
1663 trans, to Skirling 17th Aug. 1664.
ALEXANDER GEORGE, M.A. ; pres.
1664 ^ William, Lord Cochrane, 19th
April, and adm. after 17th Aug. 1664 ;
trans, to the Barony Parish 15th June 1675.
ROBERT FINNIE, educated at Univ.
1675 °^ Glasgow, where he had a bursary
on Zachary Boyd's foundation, 1667-
70 ; passed trials before the Presb. of Glas-
1656
382
CATHCART
[PRESB. OF
1701
gow ; was recommended for license 5th
June 1672 ; pres. by William, Earl of Dun-
donald, 22nd June, coll. 19th and adm. 20th
Aug. 1675. Two of his parishioners were
fined in 1677 for refusing to join his kirk-
session. He made himself obnoxious by
his persecuting spirit, and so exasperated
the people that on the evening of the day
on which William of Orange was proclaimed
in Glasgow, they kindled a bonfire at the
manse, and outed his wife and children.
He was dep. 6th Jan. 1692 for celebrating
clandestine marriages, and went to America,
where he died soon after. He marr. Eliza-
beth Finnie, who was buried 20th March
1718, and had four or five children.—
[Wodrow's Hist., iv., 184; Rule's Sec.
Vindication.]
JOHN COLQUHOUN, ord. under the
1688 Toleration 1st March 1688 ; trans,
to Dron 27th April 1698.
JOHN STEVENSON, ord. 8th May
1701 ; trans, to Slamannan 11th
May 1709. He marr. Tsobel or
Agnes (died 18th Jan. 1763, aged 90),
daugh. of Thomas Smith, apothecary
burgess, Glasgow, and had issue (omitted
in vol. i., 228)— James, bapt. 2nd July 1702,
died young ; John, bapt. 3rd Oct. 1703 ;
Thomas, bapt. 26th Oct. 1704 ; James, bapt.
4th July 1706; William, bapt. 14th Dec.
1707.
WILLIAM LOVE, born 1680, a native of
i7io Paisley ; studied at Univs. of Glas-
gow and Edinburgh ; MA. (Edin-
burgh, 12th May 1703); licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 25th Sept. 1705; ord. 24th Oct.
1710; died 7th Nov. 1738. He left 100
merks to the poor of Paisley. He marr.
24th Sept. 1717, Mary, daugh. of Andrew
Lees, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue —
William, bapt. 27th Sept. 1719, died 24th
Feb. 1733 ; Mary, born 1724, died 6th Dec.
1728. — [Tombst. ; Crawfurd's Paisley and
Renfrew ; Glasg. Marr. Reg.]
GEORGE ADAM, a native of Glasgow ;
MA. (Glasgow, 4th May 1722);
1738 licen. by Presb. of Paisley 28th Oct.
1730 ; called 24th Jan., and ord. 20th April
1738. He assisted the min. of Cambuslang
during the season of Revivals Aug. 1742.
Having confessed immoral conduct with
his servant, he was dep. 28th April 1746.
Such had been his exemplary character
and great usefulness, that his elders
unanimously petitioned the Presb. that
the sentence might be removed. He was
reponed 22nd April 1747, and the General
Assembly, on a reference 18th May 1748,
authorised the Presb. again to settle him
in the parish, if proper application were
made for that effect. He was therefore
called 28th July, and readm. 18th Aug.
1748 ; died 6th April 1759, aged 61. This
affecting case suggested to John Gibson
Lockhart his interesting tale, Some Passages
in the Life of Mr Adam Blair. He marr.
29th Nov. 1748, Isobei Gemmill, the cause
of the foresaid scandal, who died 21st June
1791, and had issue — Agnes, born 10th
Dec. 1749 ; Margaret ; John, born 9th
June 1754 ; Isobei, born 29th Dec. 1755. —
[Crawfurd's Renfrew. ; Tombst.; Macfarlan's
Revivals ; Scots Mag., x. ; Morren's Ann., L,
111 ; Lang's Lockhart, 295-303.]
1759
JOHN HAMILTON, son of Andrew H.,
Strathaven ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; MA. (1750); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 7th Nov. 1753 ; pres. by
James Hamilton of Aikenhead ; ord. 30th
Aug. 1759; died 19th Sept. 1783. He
marr. 23rd Dec. 1765, Helen (died 12th
Sept. 1834, aged 87), daugh. of John Corse,
D.D., min. of Tron Parish, Glasgow, and
had issue — John, a student, born 14th Oct.
1766, died 4th Aug. 1785 ; Sarah, born 4th
Nov. 1767; Margaret, born 7th Aug. 1769;
James ; Thomas, merchant, Glasgow, born
24th Dec. 1773; Hugh, born 15th July
1775, died 30th June 1793; Janet, born
22nd May 1780 (marr. 13th July 1802,
James Bell, merchant, Glasgow). — [Hamil-
ton Tests. ; Crawfurd's Renfrew.]
[ROBERT BUCHANAN, min. of the
Second Charge, Lesmahagow ; was pres. by
Colin Rae of Little Govan, and had his
settlement ordered by the General Assembly
31st May 1784, but withdrew his acceptance
of a call.]
GLASGOW]
CATHCART— CHRYSTON
383
DAVID DOW, born 1st Nov. 1757, son
of Robert D., min. of Ardrossan ;
1785 MA. (Glasgow 1776); licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 2nd Oct. 1783; pres. by Colin
Eae of Little Govan in Jan., and ord. 1st
Sept. 1785; died 17th July 1827. He
marr. 28th April 1789, Jean (died 27th
June 1830), daugh. of Thomas Reid, mer-
chant, Saltcoats, and had issue— Elizabeth
Boyd, born 23rd Aug. 1791 (marr. 1st Jan.
1811, Archibald M'Call, merchant, Glas-
gow) ; Janet, born 5th May 1793 ; Robert,
writer, Glasgow, born 23rd Nov. 1794, died
22nd Feb. 1824; Sarah, born 19th Jan. 1797
(marr. 8th Oct. 1835, Edward Jones, M.D.,
Waterford). Publications — The Means of
Defence and Duties of Christians in Times
of Public and National Danger (Glasgow,
1803) ; Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, v.). — [Tombst.']
1828
JAMES SMITH, born 17th Nov. 1803,
son of James S., min. of Paisley
Abbey; educated at Paisley Gram-
mar School and Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 22nd June 1827 ; pres.
by John Gordon of Aikenhead Aug. 1827 ;
ord. 28th Feb. 1828; elected Presb. clerk
in 1843 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 28th April 1852) ;
elected Synod clerk in 1853 ; Moderator of
General Assembly 19th May 1881 ; died
Father op the Church, 6th March 1897.
He marr. 17th Aug. 1830, Eliza (died
11th Jan. 1871), second daugh. of Robert
Hamilton of Ashfield, Stoke, and had issue
— Elizabeth Hamilton, born 4th June 1831 ;
Mary Crawford, born 12th Oct. 1832 (marr.
Robert Couper, Sunnyside) ; Janet, born
3rd May 1835, died 10th June 1839;
Jemima Margaret, born 27th June 1837,
died 2nd May 1846; Emily Galan, born
6th May 1839, died 1st April 1843 ; James,
born 15th Oct. 1841, died 30th March 1843.
Publication— Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Boase's Modern English
Biography, iii., 634.]
GAVIN SCOTT WOTHERSPOON,
born parish of Bothwell 1854, son of
William W., farm overseer, and Mary
Scott ; educated at Bothwell and Hamilton
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton ; app. missionary in
Islay ; assistant in this parish in 1882 ;
adm. (assistant and successor) 27th June
1895 ; died unmarr., 1st April 1896.
1895
1896
ARTHUR EUGENE CLAXTON, born
Edinburgh, 21st Dec. 1864, son of
William C. and Eliza Ann Rowe ;
educated at Daniel Stewart's College and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1886) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunfermline March 1889 ;
assistant at Glencorse and Riccarton, Kil-
marnock ; ord. to John Knox Church,
Aberdeen, 22nd March 1892 ; trans, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 15th Oct.
1896 ; died 7th Feb. 1910. He marr. 19th
April 1892, Catherine Jane (died s.p. 10th
July 1919), daugh. of Thomas Strong,
Glenlea, Lerwick.
JOHN ALEXANDER COULL MAC-
KELLAR, born Bonnington, Edin-
burgh, 1st Dec. 1875, son of John
M. and Margaret Smith Coull ; educated
at Hutcheson's Grammar School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1896), B.D. (1899);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st May 1897 ;
assistant at Johnstone, 1899, and Bluevale,
1902; ord. to Kinning Park Parish 25th
June 1903 ; trans, and adm. 17th Aug.
1910. Marr. 7th Sept. 1904, Jessie Kirk-
wood, eldest daugh. of Robert Semple,
Johnstone, Renfrewshire, and has issue —
Ian Coull Semple, born 9th Nov. 1905.
CHRYSTON (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1779 and a
constitution was given it on 31st May 1834.
The parish of Chryston was disjoined from
Cadder on 20th June 1870. The church
was rebuilt in 1878. There is a mission
chapel in the parish at Auchengeich.]
ARCHIBALD PROVAN, elected 1st
1781 Jan. 1781 ; min. of Cadder in 1793.
JOHN DICK, ord. 27th Aug. 1801;
1801 trans, to Rutherglen 11th Dec. 1806.
JOHN SOMMERS, elected by the
managers 29th Jan., and ord. 23rd
April 1807 ; trans, to Norriestown
Chapel 3rd May 1810.
1807
384
CHRYSTON— CONDORR AT— CUMBERNAULD [presb. of
THOMAS LOCKERBY, trans, from
High Bridge Chapel, Newcastle-on-
Tyne; elected 16th Oct. 1810; ap-
pointment confirmed by Presb. 25th April
1811 ; trans, to Cadder 5th March 1818.
JAMES YOUNG, born 1787, eldest son
of James Y., Cambusnethan ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; MA.
(1813) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 26th
Nov. 1816; elected 5th Aug., and ord. 2nd
Sept. 1819; dem. 3rd Nov. 1852; died at
Wishaw 9th June 1854.
1819
1853
JOHN NEIL MACAULAY MAC-
LEOD, born 1826, son of Neil M.,
farmer, Harris ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; ord. 21st April 1853 ; res. 10th
June 1863, owing to ill-health ; became
proprietor of a private school in London,
1863-5 ; min. of Glencoe, Canada, 1865-72 ;
died there 30th Dec. 1872. He marr. 17th
June 1853, Jessie, daugh. of James Fleming,
min. of Troon, and had issue — James
Fleming, Manila.
JOHN MOODIE, ord. 17th Dec. 1863 ;
first; min. of the parish in 1870 ;
1863
trans, to Kippen 17th Nov. 1881.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, born Lesma-
hagow, 25th Nov. 1850, son of
Thomas D. and Grace Hamilton ;
educated at Lesmahagow School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
9th June 1875 ; ord. to Dalmarnock 10th
Dec. 1875 ; adm. (assistant and successor)
to Kingston 25th April 1877 ; trans, and
adm. 4th May 1882. Marr. (1) 3rd July
1877, Jane (died 27th Oct. 1894), daugh.
of David Beattie, flesher, Annan, and has
issue — Thomas, agent West of England
Silvertown India Rubber Co., born 15th
April 1878; David Beattie, M.B., Ch.B.,
Barrhead, lieut. R.A.M.C, born 3rd Dec.
1879; William, mining and civil engineer,
lieut. R.E., born 23rd Sept. 1881 ; Gilbert
Campbell, Silvertown India Rubber Co.,
lieut. Royal Scots, born 10th April 1884;
Grace Hamilton, nurse, saw war service in
France, born 15th Dec. 1887 ; Helen Hope,
born 23rd Oct. 1891 ; Jane Beattie (twin),
M.B., Ch.B., born 23rd Oct. 1891 : (2) 11th
Dec. 1895, Mary Ann (died 12th June
1875
1904
1917), daugh. of Thomas Brownlie, builder,
Glasgow, and widow of David Kerr,
Glasgow.
CONDORR AT (Q.S.).
[This parish was disjoined from Cumber-
nauld, Kirkintilloch, and Chryston on 29th
Oct. 1883.]
JAMES BRUNTON, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1872 in 1872 ; trans, to Middle Parish,
Perth, 16th Oct. 1874.
JAMES JOHNSTONE, born 1840, son
of Gavin J., mason, and Janet Kirk-
patrick ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; app. in 1874 ; ord. 15th April 1875 ;
first min. of parish 29th Oct. 1883; died
7th May 1904. He marr. Agnes, daugh. of
Mark Marshall.
FRANCIS GILBERT GEDDES, M.A.,
B.D.; ord. 18th Oct. 1904; trans,
to Macleod Parish, Glasgow, 22nd
Dec. 1919.
DONALD MACPHERSON, formerly of
lg20 Tiree (q.v.); assistant at Dalmar-
nock; adm. 1920.
CUMBERNAULD, sometime
called EASTER LENZIE.
[This parish was disjoined from Kirk-
intilloch by the Commissioners for the
Plantation of Kirks in 1649, and was then
called Easter Leinyie or Lenzie. Its church
Avas built in 1659, and the name of Cumber-
nauld was then given to the parish. In
1725 the barony of Castlecary was taken
from the parish of Falkirk and added to
Cumbernauld.]
THOMAS STUART, MA. (Glasgow
1656 1651) ; called to Crawfordjohn 11th
July 1656, but ord. to this parish
probably that year ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; died in 1667,
aged about 36. He marr. Lilias Fleming,
and had issue — James. — [Lanark Presb.
Beg. ; Cambusnethan Sess. Beg. ; Wodrow's
Hist., i., 328.]
ALEXANDER AUCHTERLONY, pres.
by John, Earl of Wigtown, 25th Oct.
1664.
GLASGOW]
CUMBERNAULD
385
GILBERT MUSHET, son of William
M., min. of Hassendean ; educated
at Univ. of Aberdeen ; inst. 11th
May 1666. On 25th Dec. 1688 several
parishioners broke into his manse and
carried away his firearms and books. He
was dep. Oct. 1696 for alleged irregularities
and immoralities ; was imprisoned 15th Oct.
1697 ; returned to Bogedge, in the parish,
where he got a chapel built, and was still
there in 1715, occasionally marrying persons
irregularly. He marr. Margaret Murray.
— [Dunblane Presb. Beg. ; Rule's Sec.
Vindication ; Argyll Sas., i., 161, 22nd
July 1676.]
MICHAEL ROBE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
16go 18th July 1664) ; tutor in the family
of James Row, afterwards Professor
of Divinity, Glasgow ; ord. to Kilsyth 7th
Dec. 1687 ; inst. by Presb. 2nd July 1690 ;
died in 1718, aged about 74. "In his
sermons he freely attacked schismatical
division and the stage, as leading to error
and profanity." He marr. 6th Feb. 1688,
Isobel Dundas, and had issue — Thomas ;
James, min. of Kilsyth. — [Wodrow's Anal.,
iv., 9, 16 ; Glasg. Marr. Reg.]
[DUNCAN M'LEA, M.A. ; min. of
Dull, was allowed by the General As-
sembly, 20th May 1724, to have a call
moderated in his favour, at the request of
John, Earl of Wigtown, but the Commission
of Assembly in Nov. 1727 continued him
at Dull.]
JOHN OUGHTERSON, born 1693,
son of Arthur Burke O. of Irish
descent ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (9th March 1714) ; ord. 3rd May
1727; died 5th July 1777. He marr. 4th
Sept. 1728, Nicolas (died 11th March 1788),
said to be daugh. of Duncan Forbes of
Culloden, and sister of the Lord President
[her name is not found in the Culloden
pedigree], and had issue — William ; James ;
Mary ; Arthur, min. of West Kilbride. —
[Robe's Narrative.]
WILLIAM STUART, perhaps son of
Samuel S., merchant in New Provi-
dence ; M.A. (Glasgow 1764) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 7th Sept. 1769 ; ord.
VOL. III.
1727
1778
30th April 1778 ; died 29th Dec. 1800. He
marr. 30th March 1795, Helen Macculloch
(who survived him, and marr. (2) 26th June
1802, Alexander Brown, auctioneer, and was
buried 29th March 1812), and had issue —
William Hamilton, born 3rd Nov. 1799 ;
Helen (posthumous), born 9th Sept. 1801,
died 17th May 1802. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.)
DAVID DAVIDSON, licen. by Presb.
01 of Dunfermline 1st Feb. 1792 ; pres.
by the Commissioners of John, Lord
Elphinstone, 17th and 22nd June, and ord.
17th Sept. 1801 ; died 11th April 1814,
aged 47. He marr. 20th Feb. 1809, Janet
Robertson, who died s.p. 5th May 1831.
JOHN WATSON, born 1776, eldest son
of Andrew W., Strathaven ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunoon 15th Sept. 1802 ; pres.
by the Commissioners of Admiral the Hon.
Charles Fleming of Biggar and Cumber-
nauld, M.P., 12th Dec. 1814 ; ord. 12th May
1815; died 24th March 1848. He marr.
18th Dec. 1832, Eliza Dougal, Camelon,
who died s.p. 12th Jan. 1873. Publication
— Account of the Parish {Neiu Stat. Ace,
viii.).
1815
1848
HUGH PARK, born Crosshill, Ayr-
shire, 10th Oct. 1819, eldest son of
Robert P., Kirkmichael, Ayrshire ;
educated at Kilmarnock School and Univs.
of Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley in 1844 ; assistant at St
Stephen's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Johnstone,
Paisley, 22nd Jan. 1846 ; trans, and adm.
16th Nov. 1848 ; died 8th Feb. 1890. He
marr. 9th Aug. 1843, Ellen Maria (died
2nd May 1884), daugh. of John Carton,
poulterer, Glasgow, and had issue — Robert,
surgeon, Glasgow, born 1st May 1844, died
15th Jan. 1919 ; John William Muir, born
10th Oct. 1845; Hugh Story, born 11th
April 1847; Eliza, born 28th June 1848;
Elphinstone Fleming, born 8th March
1850 ; Daniel Cameron, born 9th Dec.
1851, died 1st Feb. 1885; James Elliot,
born 3rd Sept. 1854 ; Henry Hill, born 1st
Oct. 1857 ; Amelia Nisbet, born 27th Oct.
1859 (marr. John Morrison) ; Sir Maitland
2 B
386
CUMBERNAULD— EAGLESHAM
[PRESB. OF
Hall, M.A., LL.D., editor Gape Times, born
10th Oct. 1862.
1890
HUGH SUTHERLAND, Ml.; ord.
18th Sept. 1890 ; trans, to Cranstoun
15th Dec. 1899.
1900
JOHN OGILVIE, born Kincardine-on-
Forth, 19th Oct. 1865, son of Thomas
O. and Christina Anderson ; edu-
cated at Parish School, Kincardine, Dollar
Academy, and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1889) ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling in 1893 ;
assistant at Hutchesontown ; ord. 14th
May 1900. Marr. 8th Nov. 1900, Margaret
Lindsay, M.A., daugh. of Thomas Anderson.
CUMBERNAULD EAST CHAPEL.
[Retained by Free Church in 1843.]
JOHN COCHRANE, born St Ninians,
Stirling, 1805, second son of Thomas
1839 q . e(jucate(j at Glasgow Univ. and
Original Secession Burgher Hall; licen. by
associate Presb. of Stirling and Falkirk in
1827 ; ord. to Original Secession Church,
Kennoway, 2nd Oct. 1827 ; trans, to Cum-
bernauld 5th Oct. 1836. Joined the Church
of Scotland in 1839. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of the Free Church,
Cumbernauld, 1843-4 ; trans, to Grange-
mouth 8th March 1844 , died there 19th
Jan. 1869. He marr. 1833, Mary Harvey.
EAGLESHAM.
[The rectory of Eaglesham was a prebend
of Glasgow. In March 1596 this parish
was severed from the Presb. of Hamilton
and added to that of Glasgow.]
1572
ARCHIBALD CRAWFORD, provost
of St Mary's, Glasgow, and formerly
almoner to Queen Mary of Lorraine ;
rector in 1572 and Dec. 1575 ; still parson in
1588.— [Glasg. Prot., 1956; Beg. Mag.
Sig., iv., 2479, 2544.]
PATRICK WODRUIF [WODROW],
who had orders in the Roman
Church, and was vicar ; conformed,
and was reader from 1574.
1613
ANDREW BOYD, M.A. ; adm. 18th
Nov. 1589 ; objections having been
taken to his settlement in 1592, the
General Assembly remitted the matter to
the Presb. of Stirling and Dunblane, which
was satisfied with it ; coll. in 1594 ; on
account of ill -health he obtained leave
from the Presb., 9th March 1608, to
go to England. He was again pres. by
Hugh, Earl of Eglinton ; adm. and coll.
7th Feb. 1610 ; trans, to Bishopric of
Argyll in 1613 (q.v.).
JAMES ELPHINSTON, parson, Dec.
1594 1594.— [Beg. of Deeds, xlviii., 280.]
GABRIEL MAXWELL, M.A., nephew
of William M. in Cowglen ; was
regent in Univ. of Glasgow ; adm.
by the Archbishop 26th May 1613 ; one of
the assessors to the rector of the Univ.
in 1614 ; died Sept. 1615, aged about 32.
He marr. Agnes, daugh. of James Hamilton
of Aitkenhead (who survived him and marr.
(2) James Mowat of Busbie), and had issue —
Grizel. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Glasg. Com. Deeds,
3rd Jan. 1644; G. B. Inhib., 22nd Oct.
1622.]
THOMAS BOYD, eldest son of Andrew
B., Bishop of Argyll, above men-
tioned ; M.A. (Glasgow 1609) ; adm.
between 17th April and 9th Oct. 1616 ; dem.
1630; died between 1st Nov. 1662 and 11th
April 1665. He marr. 8th May 1617, Helen,
daugh. of William Hay of Barro, commissary
of Glasgow, and had issue — Robert ; Jean ;
Elizabeth and Christina. — [Glasg. Bapt.
and Marr. Beg. ; Beg. of Deeds, ccclxii.,
19th July 1624; Inq. Bet. Lanark, 274;
Inq. Bet. Gen., 4889, 5157.]
JOHN BELL, M.A. ; trans, from Tron
Church, Glasgow ; adm. (at Glasgow)
16th March 1631 ; trans, to Black-
friars Church, Glasgow, 9th March 1636.
1616
1631
1636
ROBERT TRAIN, M.A. (Glasgow 1624) ;
adm. (at Glasgow) 30th Nov. 1636;
inst. 21st July 1643; dep. 19th Nov.
1645 for acknowledging and getting a pro-
tection from James, Marquess of Montrose ;
had a new presentation by Alexander, Earl
of Eglinton, before 15th March 1647, but
GLASGOW]
EAGLESHAM
387
apparently not settled ; had a grant from
vacant stipends in 1661 ; died before 15th
Feb. 1666. He marr., and had issue-
Alexander in Burghmuir of Irvine. —
[Baillie's Lett. ; Mem. of Montrose, ii. ;
Mem. of Eglinton, i.]
JAMES HAMILTON, second son of
James H. of Barncluith ; MA;
(Glasgow 1638); adm. 14th March
1649 ; confined to the parish in 1662; had
an indulgence granted by Privy Council
30th Sept. 1669 ; died in end of 1684, aged
about 66. He marr. 30th March 1652,
Helen, youngest daugh. of John Hamilton
of Udston, and had issue — John, W.S.,
1682 ; Jane ; Mary ; Robert ; Archibald ;
William, apprenticed to John Hay,
surgeon-apothecary, Edinburgh ; Janet ;
Anna. — [Edin. Guild Reg. ; Wodrow's
Hist, ii., 134; Douglas's Baronage, 467;
Anderson's House of Hamilton.]
ANDREW WALKER, MA. (St
1667 Andrews 1639); licen. 13th June
1648 ; became chaplain to David,
Earl of Leven ; adm. to Auchtertool 28th
April 1652; trans, to Beith about 1666;
trans, and adm. in 1667 ; died March 1669,
aged about 50. He marr. 17th June 1652,
Helen Baillie, who survived him.— [Glasg.
Tests. ; Pitteniveem Sess. Beg.]
JAMES HAMILTON, above men-
1669 tioned.
[DONALD CARGILL, formerly of the
Barony Parish, Glasgow ; had an indulgence
here, with the preceding, by Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1672, but refused to accept.]
JOHN HOUSTON, adm. to Houston
before 31st Aug. 1665 ; trans, and
adm. before 17th June 1685 ; outed
at the Revolution. He had a son — William.
ROBERT YOUNG, adm. (interim) 21st
Aug. 1689 ; trans, to Dreghorn 6th
Sept. 1692.
JOHN STEWART, studied theology at
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 7th Dec. 1692 ; ord. 10th
Aug. 1693 ; died 23rd April 1721. He
marr. (1) Helen Ross, who died after 1708,
and had issue — Margaret, born 1699 : (2)
Janet Ritchie, who was buried 15th Jan.
1729, and had issue — Thomas, buried 15th
July 1729 ; Hugh ; John, buried 19th Feb.
1723.— [Lanark Sas., xi., 437; Glasg. Tests.;
Crawfurd's Renfrew.]
WILLIAM PARLANE, licen. by Presb.
1724 °^ Dunbarton 5th Sept. 1716; ord.
24th March 1724; died Aug. 1740.
He marr. (1) 17th Dec. 1724, Rebecca
(buried 24th Jan. 1729), daugh. of William
Thomson, merchant, Glasgow, and had
issue — William, born 1727: (2) 27th May
1730, Margaret (died 14th Aug. 1778),
daugh. of Alexander Muir, min. of Ruther-
glen, and had issue — Alexander ; William ;
James, physician and surgeon, Glasgow,
died 6th April 1805 ; Christian. — [Glasg.
Tests. ; Crawfurd's Benfrew.]
COLIN CAMPBELL, pres. by Alex-
1741 an<^er> -Earl of Eglinton, with con-
sent of his tutors 17th Jan. and
11th Feb., and ord. 25th June 1741 ; trans,
to Kilmaronock 10th Dec. 1761.
HENRY GRIEVE, trans, from Twyn-
7 holm, and adm. 16th Sept. 1762 ;
trans, to Dalkeith 7th June 1765.
He had issue (omitted in vol. i., 77) —
John, born 7th June 1763 ; David Hume,
born 20th June 1764.
THOMAS CLARK, born Glasgow, 1739,
17_7 son of John C, merchant ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1757);
librarian of the Univ. of Glasgow, 1759-64 ;
pres. by Alexander, Earl of Eglinton, Nov.
1765 ; ord. 25th Jan. 1767 ; the settlement
having been delayed by a furious mob
preventing the entrance of the Presb. to
the church, and threatening death to the
ministers and presentee should they
proceed. A reference of the case was
made by the Presb. to the General As-
sembly, 6th May 1766, which fixed the day
of settlement and censured the Presb. for
its delay. C. was killed by a fall from his
horse 3rd. Aug. 1783. He was a man of
much learning and ability. He marr. 3rd
June 1774, Margaret (died 20th July 1783,
aged 33), daugh. of John Wilson, town
clerk of Glasgow, and Agnes, daugh. of
388
EAGLESHAM
[PRESB. OF
John Stark, Lord Provost of Glasgow, and
had issue — Agnes, born 31st March 1775
(inarr. John Wilson, D.D., min. of Lesma-
hagow); Rachel Hayes, born 16th April 1780
(marr. Robert Robison of Leddiiegreen) ;
Margaret, born April 1782 (marr. 30th Nov.
1812, James Russell, writer, Edinburgh). —
[Report of Church Patronage ; Scots Mag.,
xxiv. ; Crawfurd's Renfrew.']
[HUGH MITCHELL, was pres. by
Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, 1784, but
being unacceptable to the people, he effected
an exchange with the next incumbent.]'
ALEXANDER DOBIE, born 1731;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 28th Nov,
1759; ord. to Glasford 30th Dec.
1762 ;' pres. by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton,
Dec. 1785 ; trans, and adm. 5th Jan. 1786 ;
died 26th April 1799. He marr. 28th Feb.
1763, Katherine (died 4th Jan. 1800), daugh.
of Archibald Nisbet of Carphin, and had
issue — Elizabeth, born 18th Nov. 1763;
David Nisbet, born 14th April 1765;
Archibald, born 29th Feb. 1767; Robert,
born 9th Dec. 1768, died 4th Nov. 1774.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, ii.).— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM FINDLAY, born 1756,
17q^ perhaps third son of William F.,
farmer, Galston ; M.A. (Glasgow,
1775); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 2nd
May 1781 ; assistant at Dairy 21st March
1796 ; pres. by Hugh, Earl of Eglinton, in
Jan., and ord. (assistant and successor)
27th April 1797; died 19th Sept. 1816.
He marr. 29th Oct. 1799, Elizabeth
M'Gibbon, Stirling, who died 9th Dec.
1846, and had issue an only son — William,
born 20th Feb. 1807, student at Univ. of
Glasgow in 1820.
HUGH DAVIDSON, born 1773, son of
7 John D., farmer, Girvan ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 27th March 1799 ; app. schoolmaster
of Maybole in 1811 ; pres. by Hugh, Earl
of Eglinton, in Jan., and ord. 24th April
1817; died 27th April 1829. He marr.
27th Jan. 1812, Helen (died 17th Feb. 1842),
daugh. of Alexander Hutchison, in Glen-
lewie, and had issue — John, merchant,
1859
Glasgow, born 13th Feb. 1813, died 20th
June 1856 ; Helen, born 1st Dec. 1814 ;
Sarah, born 17th Jan. 1817 ; Hugh, born
17th Nov. 1818, died 4th Aug. 1823 ; Isobel,
born 27th March 1821 ; Alexander, born
19th June, and died 30th Aug. 1823.—
[Tombst.]
WILLIAM COLVILLE, born 1800,
sixth son of Charles C, farmer,
Ochiltree ; M.A. (Edinburgh 1816) ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 27th June 1821 ;
pres. by the Trustees for Archibald, Earl of
Eglinton, in Aug., and ord. 17th Sept.
1829; died 12th March 1859. He marr.
24th Nov. 1829, Mary (died 30th April
1881), only daugh. of Mason Weir, Glasgow,
and had issue— Agnes Johnston, born 15th
July 1831 ; Daniel Weir, born 16th Nov.
1832, died in Natal, 25th Aug. 1881;
Charles William, born 10th Feb. 1835.
HENRY DAVID HILL, born Ayr, 14th
June 1837, fourth son of Alexander
H., D.D., Professor of Divinity,
Glasgow ; educated at Glasgow Univ. ;
B.A. (1855), M.A. (1856) ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 9th June 1859 ; ord. 23rd Sept.
1859 ; died at Clifton 8th July 1878. He
marr. 25th March 1862, Agnes Gilmour
(died s.p. 19th Aug. 1884), eldest daugh. of
John Clark of Kirkland Park, Avendale.
DAVID WILSON MUIR, born Dundee,
1878 184,7, son °^ R°bert M. and Catherine
Wilson ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1876); licen. by Presb. of
Forfar ; assistant at Forfar ; ord. 30th Dec.
1878 ; died 29th April 1881. He marr. 29th
July 1879, Margaret, daugh. of John Donald,
Portobello (she marr. (2) 3rd Jan. 1888,
Thomas Flewest Craddock, London), and
had issue — Robert Maxwell, born July
1880, died in infancy.
' JAMES BUCHANAN, born Kirkin-
1881 tillocn' 24tn AuS- 1846> SOn °f
Archibald B. and Margaret Milne;
educated at Parish School, Kirkintilloch,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; B.Sc. (1874) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd Dec. 1873;
assistant at Dunoon and Kilmun, 1874-6 ;
ord. to Catrine 4th Jan. 1877 ; trans, and
adm. 18th Oct. 1881. Marr. 23rd June
GLASGOW]
ABBOTSFORD— ANDERSTON
389
1891, Mary, eldest daugh. of James Cop-
land, The Newlaw, Kirkcudbrightshire.
DAVID LANGLANDS SEATH, born
1Q17 Cupar-Fife, 23rd Aug. 1889, son of
David S. and Mary Langlands ;
educated at Dundee High School and
Univ. of St Andrews j M.A. (1912), B.D.
(1915) ; licen. by Presb. of Cupar 4th May
1915; assistant at Forfar; ord. (assistant
and successor) 1st March 1917.
GLASGOW.
ABBOTSFORD (Q.S.).
[In 1876 a new church was built by the
congregation of Maitland Free Church,
Glasgow. In August of that year its
minister and congregation petitioned for
admission to the Church of Scotland, and
were received by the General Assembly.
The parish of Abbotsford was erected
22nd June 1877.]
1877
JAMES M'NAUGHT, born Kilmarnock,
9th April 1833, second son of James
M., nurseryman ; educated at Glas-
gow Univ. and Free Church College there ;
ord. to Maitland Free Church, Glasgow,
in 1862. Joined the Church of Scotland
in 1876, and adm. here 7th Feb. 1877;
D.D. (Central Univ., Kentucky, U.S.A.);
died at Strathbungo, 27th May 1894. He
marr. 12th Jan. 1865, Jane Kinnear, daugh.
of James Gibson, D.D., Professor of Church
History, Free Church College, Glasgow, and
had issue — James Gibson, M.A., M.B., C.M.,
M.D., D.P.H., Lieut.-Col. I.M.S., born 13th
Nov. 1865; Elizabeth Barclay Campbell,
born 18th Feb. 1867; Alexander Robert,
born 17th Nov. 1869, died in infancy ; John
Campbell, min. of Kilmuir - Easter, born
29th Jan. 1871 ; Robert, born 9th Oct.
1872, died 4th July 1897; Jane Helen,
born 28th Jan. 1874; Isabella Catherine,
born 23rd Feb. 1876, died in infancy.
1894
WILLIAM RATTRAY, ord. 22nd Nov.
1894; trans, to Tron Parish, Glas-
gow, 6th Aug. 1903.
1800
ROBERT NELSON, born Ruthwell,
Dumfriesshire, 27th Jan. 1878, son
of Robert N. and Margaret Skeoch ;
educated at Wallace Hall Academy, Close-
burn, and Univs. of St Andrews (M.A.
1897) and Glasgow (B.D. 1900) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow May 1900 ; assistant at
Kelvinside, Glasgow, and Wilton, Hawick ;
ord. to New Machar 29th April 1902 ; trans,
and adm. 8th March 1904. Marr. 15th April
1903, Euphemia Muir, eldest daugh. of John
Simpson, manufacturer, Earlston, and has
issue— Robert Arthur, born 23rd July 1904.
ANDERSTON (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1799, and was
given a constitution on 31st May 1834. The
building was burned down on 6th May 1849.
It was rebuilt, and was opened for worship
on 15th Jan. 1865. The parish was dis-
joined from Govan on 15th Feb. 1875.]
JOHN LOVE, born 4th June 1757, son
of James L., Paisley ; educated at
Grammar School, Paisley, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 24th
Dec. 1778 ; assistant at Rutherglen and
Greenock ; ord. to a Presbyterian Congrega-
tion, Crispin Street, Spitalfields, London,
22nd Aug. 1788 ; took an active share in
originating the London Missionary Society
in 1795, and was secretary for several years ;
elected to this charge 22nd April, and adm.
11th July 1800 ; was secretary to the Glas-
gow Missionary Society ; D.D. (Aberdeen,
Nov. 1816); died unmarr. 17th Dec. 1825.
The missionary station of Lovedale, in
Kaffraria, was named after him. " No
man perhaps of his time approached
more nearly to the ancient reformers in
spirit, manners, and character." Publica-
tions— Nine Occasional Sermons (London,
1788; Glasgow, 1821); Addresses to the
People of Otaheite, and a serious Call
respecting a Mission to the Indies (Glas-
gow, 1826) ; Discourses on Select Passages of
Scripture, 2 vols. ; Letters (Glasgow, 1838
and 1840) ; Sermons preached in the
West Church, Greenock (Glasgow, 1853) ;
Memorials, 2 vols. (Glasgow, 1857-8) ; Aber-
deen Tracts, iii., iv. — [Dr George Smith's
A Modern Apostle ; Diet. Rat. Biog.]
390
ANDERSTON
[PKESB. OF
1827
DUNCAN MACFARLANE, elected 5th
Oct. 1826; ord. 25th Jan. 1827;
trans, to Renfrew 30th Nov. 1830.
CHARLES JOHN BROWN, born 21st
Aug. 1806 ; elected by the managers
1881 26th April, and ord. 21st July 1831 ;
trans, to New North Parish, Edinburgh,
20th April 1837.
ALEXANDER NEIL SOMERVILLE,
born Edinburgh, 30th Jan. 1813,
eldest son of Alexander S., wine
merchant (through whose descent from
James, fifth Lord Somerville, he claimed
that barony) and Elizabeth, daugh. of Major
John Munro, H.E.I.C.S. ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Jedburgh 9th Dec. 1835; assist-
ant at Dunipace ; elected by the managers
28th Sept., and ord. 30th Nov. 1837.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min. of
Anderston Free Church, 1843-89. He
devoted much of his life to evangelistic
tours throughout the world, visiting Spain
several times both before and after 1868,
and while at Madrid in 1870 he drew up
a constitution and Confession of Faith for
the Spanish Protestants. In 1874 he visited
India, Australasia in 1877, Italy in 1880,
Germany and Russia in 1881, South Africa,
1882-3, Greece and Asia Minor, 1885-6;
D.D. (Glasgow, 2nd May 1877). He was
elected Moderator of the Free Church
General Assembly, 20th May 1886; died
at Glasgow, 18th Sept. 1889. He marr.
10th June 1841, Isabella Mirrlees (died
3rd July 1900), daugh. of James Ewing
of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and had issue —
Alexander, B.Sc, merchant, Calcutta, after-
wards of Glasgow, born 25th March 1842,
died 5th June 1907 ; James Ewing, M.A.,
B.D., min. of Free Church, Langholm,
Broughty-Ferry, and U.F. Church, Mentone,
editor of the Continental Presbyterian.
born 1843 ; Marianne, born 8th July 1845
(marr. 14th Nov. 1865, George Halley
Knight, min. of Free Church, Bearsden),
died 12th May 1902 ; Eliza, born 14th July
1848 (marr. Jonathan Kerr, lieut.-col.
Bengal Staff Corps); William Francis,
M.A., B.Sc, M.B., CM., M.D., physician in
Glasgow, lieut.-col. commanding 2/1 Low-
land Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. (T.), born
14th June 1858. Publications — Sacred
Triads, Doctrinal and Practical (London,
1859) ; A Day in Laodicea (London, 1861)
The Churches in Asia (Paisley, 1885)
Evangelization of the World (Glasgow
1 886) ; Precious Seed sown in many Lands
[with Memoir by his son, William Francis]
(London, 1890).— [Diet. Nat. Biog. ; A
Modern A])ostle, by George Smith, CLE.,
LL.D.]
1844
JOHN PATTERSON, ord. 2nd May
1844 ; trans, to Fullarton 18th April
1850.
[Church vacant 1850-63.]
JOHN MARSHALL LANG, trans, from
Fyvie 12th Jan. 1865 ; trans, to
Morningside, Edinburgh, 25th June
1865
1868.
WILLIAM EWEN BELL GUNN,
trans, from Newton-upon-Ayr, and
1868 adm. 31st Dec. 1868 ; trans, to Mon-
trose 28th Sept. 1870.
1871
CHARLES STRONG, born 26th Sept.
1844, son of David S., min. of Dailly ;
educated at Ayr Academy, Glasgow
Academy and Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow; ord. to Old West Kirk, Greenock,
1868 ; trans, and adm. 16th March 1871 ;
res. in 1875, and went to the Scots
Church, Melbourne. In consequence of an
article on the Atonement written by him
in the Victorian Review, he was libelled
for heresy by the Presb. of Melbourne, and
after various proceedings in the Church
courts, his charge was declared vacant by
the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church of Australia, 15th Nov. 1883. He
founded and became first min. of the
"Australian Church" in Melbourne in
1884; D.D. (Glasgow 1887). Marr. 1872,
Jessie Julia Fullarton (died 23rd April
1919, aged 76), daugh. of Archibald
Denniston, W.S., Greenock, and has issue
— three sons and three daughs. Publica-
tion — editor of the Australian Herald,
now The Commonwealth.
Glasgow] ANDERSTON— BALSH AGRA Y— THE BARONY
391
JOHN WATT, born Kintore, 1839, son of
John W., farmer, and Agnes Buchan ;
educated at Aberdeen Univ. ; M.A.
(1863) ; became a schoolmaster ; B.D. (Edin-
burgh, 1869) ; ord. (assistant and successor)
to Whitburn 19th Dec. 1869; trans, and
adm. 30th Dec. 1875; D.D. (Aberdeen, 3rd
March 1888) ; died suddenly in church
offices, Edinburgh, 29th Jan. 1904. He
marr. Caroline Mary Ware, and had issue —
Edith Frances (marr. 6th June 1915, Richard
Allfield, 12th Canadian Mounted Rifles).
Publication— The Latin Church [St Giles'
Lectures, 4th ser.] (Edinburgh, 1884). —
[Nicoll's Memoir of Professor Elmslie.]
JAMES ROBERTSON, born Kirk-
1904 micnae^) Perthshire, 12th April 1858,
son of Charles R. and Jane Robert-
son ; educated at Kirkmichael School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1877), B.D.
(1880); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1880 ; assistant at Langholm, 1880-1 ; ord.
to Fort Augustus 9th May 1882 ; trans.
to Garturk 26th June 1884 ; trans, to
Fetteresso 30th April 1890 ; trans, and
adm. 4th Oct. 1904; died 2nd May 1911.
He marr. 28th June 1887, Annie, daugh. of
John Gordon, and had issue — Isobel, born
1888; Charles, born 1890; Patricia, born
1892.
7 ANDREW CUMMING BAIRD, M.A.,
lgil B.Sc, B.D. ; ord. 26th Sept. 1911 ;
dem. on app. as Professor of Divinity
and Biblical Criticism in Univ. of Aber-
deen, 1st Oct. 1919 (q.v.).
BALSHAGRAY (Q.S.).
[Mission work was begun here in 1909.
The parish was disjoined from Govan and
Whiteinch, 14th Nov. 1919.]
ANDREW WATT, born Larkhall, 16th
1Q0Q April 1869, son of William W. and
Ellen Young; educated at Larkhall
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1892), B.D. (1897) ; teacher at Garnethill,
Glasgow, 1891 ; teacher at Sciennes, Edin-
burgh, 1892-4 ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
11th May 1897; assistant at Uddingston
and Riccarton, Kilmarnock ; ord. to Ceres
5th Dec. 1901 ; trans, and adm. 5th Oct.
1909 ; died 12th May 1910. He marr. 17th
July 1902, Mary, daugh. of John Campbell
Burns, Larkhall, and Margaret Golder, and
had issue — William Montgomery, born 14th
March 1909.
ALEXANDER WRIGHT STEVEN-
1910 SON, born Glasgow, 26th Jan.
1868, son of John S., schoolmaster,
Portobello, and Margaret Sim Drysdale ;
educated at High School, Glasgow, Royal
High School, Edinburgh, and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1888); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1891 ; assistant at Ellon ;
ord. (assistant and successor) to Pitsligo
11th July 1895; trans, and adm. 7th Aug.
1910. Marr. 26th July 1899, Katherine
Jane, daugh. of James Mercer, Southfield,
Dalkeith, and has issue — John Alexander,
born 25th March 1903.
THE BARONY.
[In the sixteenth century the ancient
parish of St Mungo included, along with
the city of Glasgow, the adjoining large
landed estate of the Archbishop. As a
result of the Reformation, this landed
property was granted by charter as a
feudal holding called the Barony of Glas-
gow. In 1595 it was disjoined from St
Mungo's, and erected as a new parish of
the Barony of Glasgow. On 29th March
1609, the Presb. of Glasgow requested the
Archbishop to " further the Act of Parlia-
ment in ratification of the Parish Kirk of
the Barronie, and ane convenient stipend
provided, with a mans and gleib."]
v JAMES BOYD of Trochrig, holding
1573 charge with the Bishopric, 1573-81.
DONALD M'KILVORIE, M.A. (Glas-
gow 1593) ; min. here in 1594 ; app.
to Aberfoyle by Presb. of Stirling
in 1594, but declined acceptance ; trans, to
Rothesay that year.
ALEXANDER ROWATT, M.A. ; trans,
from a city charge 23rd Nov. 1596 ;
1596
trans, to Cadder 27th Oct. 1611.
392
THE BARONY
[PRESB. OP
JOHN BLACKBURN, M.A.; exhorter
1615 at Cathcart, 1578-80 ; dean of Faculty
and regent in the College of Glas-
gow ; master of the Grammar School of
Glasgow, 1592-1615 ; pres. to Cardross in
1603 \ trans, here in 1615, when his master-
ship of the Grammar School was objected
to, and he resigned that post \ died May
1623. He marr. Isobel Logan, widow of
Thomas Spreull, brother of John S. of
Cowdoun, and had issue — John. — [Wod-
row's Biog., ii. ; Reg. of Deeds, cxci., 182 ;
G. R. Inhib., 10th June 1623.]
v ZACHARY BOYD, descended from the
1623 family of Pinkill, born about 1585 ;
educated at Kilmarnock School,
Univs. of Glasgow and St Andrews (M.A.
1607), and Saumur in France (of which his
cousin, Robert Boyd of Trochrig, was
Principal). In 1611 he was app. one of
the regents there, and in 1615 refused the
Principalship. In 1617 he was pres. to
the church of Notre Dame at Saumur
but owing to opposition of the French
Protestants, he resigned and returned
home, where he resided with Dr George
Sibbald, Sir William Scott of Elie, and
James, Marquess of Hamilton ; adm. to
this charge before 26th Nov. 1623 ; was
pres. by Archbishop, Dean, and Chapter,
2nd Feb. 1628 ; elected Dean of Faculty by
the Univ. of Glasgow in 1631 ; Rector for
several years and Vice-Chancellor ; was a
member of Commission for maintenance of
Church Discipline, 21st Oct. 1634, of the
Glasgow Assembly in 1638, and of Com-
mission of Assembly in 1647 ; died between
11th March and 21st April 1653, aged
about 68. He bequeathed three bursaries
in divinity for the sons of merchant
burgesses, the name of Boyd to be pre-
ferred. He marr. (1) name unknown, and
had issue — James : (2) 16th May 1624,
Elspet or Elizabeth Fleming (probably sister
of Principal Strang's wife), who died Nov.
1636 : (3) after 14th Feb. 1639, Margaret
(died about 1692, aged about 74), third
daugh. of William Mure of Glanderston
(she marr. (2) James Durham, min. of
St Mungo's, Glasgow), but had no issue.
Publications — A Cleare Exposition of the
Institution of the Lord's Sujyper ; A Com-
pend of the Bible ; A Small Catechism on
the Principles of Religion; The Sivord of
the Lord and Gideon; The Godly Maris
Choice ; A Sermon before a Battail ; The
Last Battel of the Soule in Death, 2 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1628); Two Sermons for the
Use of those who are to come to the Table of
the Lord (Edinburgh, 1629) ; Tivo Oriental
Pearles, Grace and Glory (Edinburgh,
1629) ; Oratio Panegyrica, ad Carolum,
Magnum Britan. Franc, et Hibern. regem
(Edinburgh, 1633); The Balme of Gilead
•prepared for the Sicke (Edinburgh, 1633) ;
The Song of Moses (Edinburgh, 1635);
Four Letters of Comfort for the Death of
the Earle of H adding toune and the Lord
Boyd (Glasgow, 1640); The Battell of
Neivburne, 1640 (Glasgow, 1643); Crosses,
Comforts, and Counsels (Glasgow, 1643) ;
The Garden of Zion, 2 vols. (Glasgow,
1644); The Holie Songs of the Old and
Neto Testament (Glasgow, 1645); The
Psalms of David in Meeter (Glasgow,
1648); The Well of the Water of Life
(Glasgow, 1650); Letter to Mr Patrick
Lindsay (Glasgow, 1840) ; Four Poems from
Zioris Flowers (Glasgow, 1855) ; Thesauri
ab eximio Theolog. D. Rob. Bodio (Bodii
ad Ephesios Proslect.), Vita? Rob. Bodii. —
[Neil's Sketch to Preface to Last Battell ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Glasg. Marr. Reg. ; Wod-
row's Biog., ii. ; Wodrow's Anal., i., 167 ;
Caldwell Papers ; Baillie's Lett. ; Inq. Ret.
Gen., 3883; M'Ure's Glasgoiu ; Maitland
Miscell. ; The Boyds of Pinkill ; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
DONALD CARGILL, born about 1619,
eldest son of Laurence C. of Bonny-
toun, Rattray, Perthshire, notary
public, and Marjory Blair ; educated
perhaps at Univ. of Aberdeen and Univ.
of St Andrews, where he matriculated as a
student of St Salvator's College in 1645 ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 13th April
1653 ; ord. in 1655 ; deprived by the Privy
Council, 1st Oct. 1662, for disobeying the
Act of Parliament in not keeping a day of
thanksgiving for His Majesty's Restoration,
and not obtaining presentation and colla-
GLASGOW]
THE BARONY
393
tion from the archbishop before 20th Sept.
He was ordered at the same time to remove
beyond the Tay before 1st Nov. under
penalties. Disregarding this sentence, he
was charged to appear before the Council
7th Jan. 1669, and app. to continue in
his confinement, but on petition he was
allowed to visit Edinburgh about law
affairs. He refused an indulgence at
Eaglesham 3rd Sept. 1672. Decreet was
passed against him for holding conventicles
16th July 1674. In 1679 he joined Richard
Cameron in founding the sect of the
Cameronians (afterwards the Reformed
Presbyterians), who embodied their prin-
ciples in a Declaration at Sanquhar, 22nd
June 1680, disowning the king's authority.
A reward of 3000 merks was offered for his
apprehension, dead or alive. For excom-
municating at Torwood in Sept. 1680
Charles II., James, Duke of York, and
others, the Privy Council increased the
reward to 5000 merks. After numerous
hair-breadth escapes he was apprehended
at Covington Mill, Lanarkshire, during the
night of 12th July 1681 by a party of
dragoons led by James Irving of Bonshaw
(who got the reward). Tried for treason
before the High Court of Justiciary, he
was found guilty, and executed at the
Cross of Edinburgh with four others
[Walter Smith, William Cuthil, William
Thomson, James Boig], 27th July 1681.
His forfeiture was rescinded by Act of
Parliament 4th July 1690. He marr.
Margaret (died 12th Aug. 1656, within a
year and a day of their marriage), daugh. of
Nicol Brown, burgess of Edinburgh, widow
of Andrew Bethune of Blebo. Publications
— Letter to his Parishioners (Edinburgh,
1734); Torwood Excommunication, 1680
(1741); Lectures and Sermons (Howie
Collect.) ; Last Speech and Testimony,
with Four Letters {Cloud of Witnesses). —
[Wodrow's Hist., iii., 279, passim ; Wod-
row's Anal., i., 69 ; Shields' A Hind let
Loose, 141 ; Walker's Six Saints of the
Covenant [D. Hay Fleming, ed.], ii., 1-62,
199-203; The Cloud of Witnesses, 265-8;
Hewison's Covenanters, ii., 157, 2?ass^m >
Carslaw's Donald Car gill ; The Scots
Worthies [Wylie], 526, passim.]
DAVID LID DELL, M.A. ; trans, from
1662 Channelkirk ; adm. after 25th Sept.
1662; elected Professor of Divinity in
Glasgow Univ. 21st Oct. 1674 (q.v.).
ALEXANDER GEORGE, a native of
1&75 Aberdeen ; educated at King's
College; M.A. (1661); licen. by
Presb. of Paisley (recommended 28th Jan.
1664); adm. to Cathcart 15th July 1664;
trans, and adm. 15th June 1675 ; outed at
Revolution 17th Jan. 1689 ; retired to Edin-
burgh ; died 10th May 1703, aged 63. He
marr. Christian Bowie, and had issue —
Alexander ; John ; Elizabeth ; James, born
1682. — [Edin. Bur. Reg. ; Glasg. Bapt.
Reg. ; Rule's Sec. Vindication^]
ROBERT LANGLANDS, adm. 3rd
1691 ^arcn 1691 > trans, to Elgin 21st
June 1696.
JAMES STIRLING, bapt. 13th June
169Q 1662, son of John S., min. of Kil-
barchan ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
21st Dec. 1687; ord. to Kilbarchan 8th
June 1688 ; trans, and adm. 18th July 1699 ;
elected Dean of Faculty by Univ. of Glasgow
June 1730, but refused to accept ; died 12th
Dec. 1736. He bequeathed 3000 merks to
encourage the schools in the parish, and to
buy Bibles and Catechisms for the poor.
He marr. 15th Jan. 1691, Margaret (buried
9th Sept. 1713), daugh. of Alexander
Dunlop, min. of Paisley, and had issue —
Jean, bapt. 15th Dec. 1691 (marr. 31st Oct.
1710, John Simson, Professor of Divinity,
Glasgow); John, bapt. 11th March 1694;
Elizabeth, bapt. 1st Dec. 1695 (probably
marr. John Paisley) ; Alexander, ship-
master, Glasgow, born 1709. — [Glasg. Tests. ;
Cleland's Ann. ; Wodrow's Corresp. ; Kil-
barchan Reg.]
JOHN HAMILTON, pres. by George
1737 II. 23rd March, and ord. 8th Sept.
1737; trans, to St Mungo's 16th
March 1749.
LAURENCE HILL, born 1st March
1700, second son of Ninian H. of
Lambhill, Lanarkshire, and Mary
Crawford ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (6th May 1719); licen. by Presb. of
Paisley 16th Sept. 1719; ord. to Second
1750
394
THE BARONY
[PKESB. OF
Charge, Kilmarnock, 6th May 1725 ; trans,
to First Charge, Kilmarnock, 6th May
1739; trans, and adm. 8th March 1750;
died 1st Oct. 1773. He marr. 12th Dec.
1727, Charlotte Marie (died 15th Nov.
1777), daugh. of John Gardiner and Lettice
Boyd, Countess Dowager of Kilmarnock,
and widow of William Wright, min. of
Kilmarnock, and had issue — Mary, born
1728, died young; Ninian, physician, Glas-
gow, born 12th Dec. 1729, died 8th Oct.
1789 ; John of Cathcart, writer, Glasgow,
born 25th June 1731, died 27th Dec. 1791 ;
Janet, born 28th Feb. 1733, died 10th
March 1763 ; Charlotte ; Mary ; Lawrence ;
Thomas, born 8th Aug. ] 739.— [Mackay's
History of Kilmarnock, 183.]
^JOHN BURNS, born Logie, Stirling-
1774 shire, 3rd Feb. 1744, son of John
B. of Stirth, schoolmaster, Glasgow,
and Janet Young ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; app. assistant in the parish in
1770; pres. by George III. 25th Oct. 1773;
ord. 26th May 1774 ; D.D. (Aberdeen, Sept.
1808) ; died Father of the Church, 26th
Feb. 1839. He marr. 9th Jan. 1775,
Elizabeth (died 27th June 1815), daugh.
of John Stevenson, merchant, Glasgow,
and had issue — John, M.D., Regius Pro-
fessor of Surgery, Glasgow, born 13th Nov.
1775, perished in the wreck of the Orion
near Portpatrick, 18th June 1850 ; Alan,
born 26th April 1777, died 15th Nov.
1780 ; Elizabeth, born 6th Nov. 1778, died
1st March 1780; Robert, born 21st April,
and died 24th Nov. 1780; Alan, M.D.,
physician to the Imperial Court of Russia,
born 18th Sept. 1781, died 24th June
1813; Elizabeth, born 17th Nov. 1783,
died young; Robert, born 4th Sept.
1786, died 11th Sept. 1800; Elizabeth
Stevenson, born 6th Nov. 1788 (marr.
David Macbrayne, merchant, Glasgow),
died 17th Feb. 1851 ; James of Kilmahew,
shipowner, Glasgow, born 25th June 1789,
died 6th Sept. 1871 ; George of Wemyss
Bay, created a baronet 24th June 1889,
born 10th Dec. 1795, died 2nd June 1890,
father of first Baron Inverclyde. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xii.).
VWILLIAM BLACK, born Auchinairn,
Cadder, 1801, third son of John B.,
farmer, New Monkland ; educated
at Parish Schools of Cadder and New
Monkland and Univ. of Glasgow ; teacher
at Dykehead, Slamannan, May 1816 ; tutor
in Glasgow and Old Monkland and in the
family of Sir Robert Keith Dick-Cunyngham
of Prestonfield, Bart. ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 31st Aug. 1824 ; ord. to Shettle-
ston 27th April 1826 ; pres. by George IV.
Sept. 1828 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 26th Feb. 1829 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
April 1834) ; died at Florence, 15th Jan.
1851. He marr. 9th Sept. 1834, Janet
(died s.j). 18th March 1876), eldest daugh.
of William Young, Glasgow. She founded
the Black bursaries in Univ. of Glasgow
and augmented the endowment of the
Chair of Biblical Criticism.
NORMAN MACLEOD, born Campbel-
town, 3rd June 1812, eldest son of
Norman M., D.D., min. of St
Columba's, Glasgow ; educated at Parish
Schools of Morven and Campsieand Univs.
of Edinburgh and Glasgow ; tutor at
Moreby Hall, Yorkshire, 1832-5 ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow May 1837 ; ord. to
Loudoun 15th March 1838 ; trans, to
Dalkeith 23rd Nov. 1843 ; trans, and adm.
17th July 1851; D.D. (Glasgow 1858);
Moderator of General Assembly May 1 869 ;
app. one of H.M. Chaplains-in-Ordinary
in 1860 ; was a valued friend of Queen
Victoria, who greatly lamented his death,
and placed two beautiful memorial windows
to his memory in Crathie Church, where
he had often preached before her ; con-
vener of the India Mission in 1864, and
visited its stations in 1867 ; Dean of
the Thistle, 1869-72; died 16th June 1872
and was buried at Campsie. He marr.
11th Aug. 1851, Catherine Ann (died
30th March 1903), daugh. of William
Mackintosh of Geddes, and had issue —
Jane, late secretary Scottish Girls' Friendly
Society, born 7th May 1852; Norman,
journalist, born 3rd Oct. 1853, went to
America, died at Chicago, April 1897 ;
Anne Campbell, born 16th Jan. 1855 (marr.
Oct. 1888, Sir James Wilson, K.C.S.I.,
GLASGOW]
THE BARONY— BARROWFIELD
395
Indian Civil Service) ; Agnes Maxwell,
born 22nd Feb. 1856 (marr. 5th Nov. 1895,
Anstruther Frank Simson of Brunton, Fife),
died 4th March 1913 ; John Mackintosh,
M.P., C.A., Glasgow, born 5th May 1857 j
Catherine Ann, born 11th Feb. 1859 (marr.
Sept. 1879, Harding Hay Cameron, judge
of Supreme Courts, Ceylon), died 1880;
William Mackintosh, stockbroker, London,
born 15th June 1861 ; Mary Rhoda, born
10th April 1864; Elizabeth, born 10th
April 1869 (marr. 10th Jan. 1898, Ralph
Buller Hughes -Buller, C.I.E., of Wood-
hayes, Devonshire). Publications — Cracks
about the Kirk for Kintra Folk (1843) ;
A Plea for Temperance (1843) ; A Catechism
for Children on the Doctrine of the Head-
ship) of Christ (1844) ; John Mackintosh,
the Earnest Student (1854); The House
School (1856); Deborah (1857); The Gold
Thread (1861) ; The Old Lieutenant and
His Son (1862); Parish Papers (1862);
Character Sketches (1862) ; Wee Davie
(1864) ; The Lord's Day (1865) ; East-
ward (1866) ; Simple Truths spoken to
Working People (1866) ; Reminiscences of a
Highland Parish (1867); The Starling
(1867) ; How can ive best relieve our De-
serving Poor (1867); An Address on Missions
(1868); Peeps at the Far East (1871) ; The
Temptation of Our Lord (1872) ; editor
of The Edinburgh Christian Magazine,
1849-60; of Good Words, 1860-72.— [Memoir,
by Donald Macleod, D.D., 2 vols., 1876;
Norman Macleod (Famous Scots Series).]
JOHN MARSHALL LANG, D.D. ;
lg73 trans, from Morningside, Edinburgh,
and adm. 9th Jan. 1873 ; app-
Principal of Aberdeen Univ. 31st March
1900 (q.v.). He raised £28,000 to build
the new parish church, dedicated in 1889.
THOMAS MARTIN, D.D. ; trans, from
1900 ^t Mary's, Edinburgh, and adm.
25th Oct. 1900; trans, to Peebles
6th Jan. 1911.
JOHN WHITE, born Glasgow in Dec.
1911 1867' son °^ Mattnew w-> Sram
merchant, Partick ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1891); licen. by
Presb. of Dunbarton in 1892 ; missionary
at Drumchapel; ord. to Shettleston 14th
March 1893; trans, to South Leith 27th
Sept. 1904 ; trans, and adm. 7th June 1911 ;
secretary of General Assembly's Committee
for Conference on Union with United Free
Church ; D.D. (Glasgow, 1920). Marr. 5th
Sept. 1893, Margaret, eldest daugh. of
John Gardner, Muirpark, Partick, and has
issue — Matthew Kennedy, captain 5th
Scottish Rifles ; John Gardner, Lieut. 5th
Scottish Rifles, R.F.C., born 1887, killed in
action 26th Aug. 1917; Julian Paton ; James
Bishop ; Margaret Gardner. Publication —
With the Cameronians (Glasgow, 1917).
BARROWFIELD {Q.S.).
[This parish was disjoined from Calton
on 17th March 1879.]
WALLACE GRAHAM SWEET, second
„ son of James S., merchant, Lang-
side ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd May
1865 ; ord. 3rd Feb. 1873 ; became first min.
of the parish in 1879 ; died on his passage
to Montreal, 6th Aug. 1883. He marr.
Arbuthnott Giles Drummond Watson, who
died 10th May 1898.
ROBERT TURNBULL, born Selkirk,
1883 1st April 1850, son of William T.
and Margaret M'Lellan ; educated
at Selkirk Burgh School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
June 1879 ; ord. to Bridge of Weir 31st
July 1879; trans, and adm. 17th Sept.
1883 ; died 18th July 1918. He marr. 4th
Nov. 1884, Kate, daugh. of Robert Smith,
Laigh Park, Johnstone, and had issue —
Jane Nairn, born 12th Oct. 1885 ; Kate
Anderson Smith, born 6th March 1888 ;
Robert Smith, born 6th July 1889, died in
infancy ; William Smith, born 18th June
1892 ; Robert (twin), born 18th June 1892.
WALTER SHAW, educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Dornoch 1905 ; missionary at New-
tonmore ; assistant at Alloa ; ord. missionary
at Robertson Memorial Mission, Grass-
market, Edinburgh, 1908; adm. to Lairg
23rd Aug. 1916 ; trans, and adm. 8th Jan.
1919.
396
BATTLEFIELD— BELLAHOUSTON
[PRESB. OF
1919
BATTLEFIELD (Q.S.).
[In June 1902 religious services were
begun here in an iron building. This was
replaced in May 1909 by a stone church.
The parish of Battlefield was disjoined from
Oathcart on 19th June 1912.]
WILLIAM WYLIE FULTON, M.A.,
1903 B.D. ; ord. 26th Feb. 1903 ; became
first min. of the parish in 1912 ;
trans, to Keir 15th May 1914.
JAMES HUTCHISON COCKBURN,
1914 -M--A-5 B.D. ; trans, from Mearns and
adm. 10th Nov. 1914 ; trans, to Dun-
blane 8th May 1918.
CHARLES JAMES DONALDSON,
born Edinburgh, 14th Feb. 1884,
son of James D. and Martha Irvine ;
educated at Royal High School and Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1905), B.D. (1908);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 13th May
1908 ; assistant at South Leith ; ord. to
Latheron 24th Sept. 1913 ; chaplain to
Forces 1917-18; trans, and adm. 12th
Dec. 1918. Marr. 5th Sept. 1916, Jean
Hamilton, only daugh. of Thomas Kennedy,
Edinburgh, and has issue — Jean Kennedy,
born 15th Aug. 1919.
BELLAHOUSTON (Q.S.).
[The church was opened 2nd Aug. 1863 on
a site gifted by Moses Steven of Bella-
houston. The parish was disjoined and
erected 3rd June 1868.]
WILLIAM PORTEOUS, born Napan,
Miramichie, New Brunswick, 17th
Oct. 1837, eldest son of James P.,
merchant, St John's, N.B. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to Innellan in
1863; trans, and adm. 12th Feb. 1864;
died unmarr., at Innellan, 28th Nov. 1864.
GEORGE PORTER, ord. 25th Jan.
1866 ; first min. of the parish in
1868; trans, to Maybole 15th Sept.
1864
1866
1870.
DANIEL WRIGHT, educated at Univ-
i87i of Glass°w; M-A- (1867); ord- to
Jamestown 23rd Dec. 1869 ; trans,
and adm. 19th Jan. 1871 ; died unmarr.
31st Dec. 1885.
JOHN DONALD DOUGLAS, born
1886 Glasgow, 31s* J^y 1854, son of John
D., assistant at Kilmun ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow 14th June 1882 ; ord. to Foulden 9th
May 1883 ; trans, and adm. 29th June 1886 ;
died unmarr. 11th Nov. 1886. Publication —
Sermons and Poetical Remains [with bio-
graphical sketch by Edward Coyle] (Glas-
gow, 1887).
JOHN BROWN, born Irvine, 5th April
18g7 1850, son of John B., clothier, and
Janet Sandilands ; educated at Irvine
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1872), B.D. (1875); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh in 1875 ; Royal Bounty mission-
ary at Stornoway ; ord. (assistant and
successor) to Galston 4th July 1876 ; trans.
and adm. 17th May 1887; D.D. (Edin-
burgh, 1909); Moderator of the General
Assembly 23rd May 1916 ; dem. 27th Nov.
1918; died at Edinburgh, 20th Feb. 1919.
He marr. 15th March 1882, Margaret
Romanes, daugh. of John Rankine, D.D.,
min. of Sorn, and had issue — Jane Rankine,
born 5th Sept. 1883 ; Janet Simson, born
19th Sept. 1884 (marr. 29th Sept. 1917,
James Frederick Alexander, M.A., mission-
ary at Domasi, Nyassaland, Africa) ; John
Rankine, captain H.L.I. , Fellow and
Lecturer of Pembroke College, Oxford,
born 4th April 1886, died of wounds
at Gaza, 23rd April 1917 ; Charles
Simson, born 26th Jan. 1888, died 28th
April 1889 ; Margaret Romanes, born 25th
Oct. 1889; William Sandilands, M.A.
(Glasgow), captain North Staffordshire
Regiment attached K.O.S.B., born 20th
Oct. 1891, killed in action in France, 14th
Oct. 1918; George James Rankine, 2nd
lieut. Black Watch, born 24th Nov. 1893,
died of wounds received in action in
Mesopotamia, 21st May 1917 ; Harold
Halstead, 2nd lieut. Gordon Highlanders,
born 24th Oct. 1896, killed in action at
Delville Wood, France, 18th July 1916.
Publications — Three Centuries of Clerical
Life in Galston (Galston, 1883) ; Imperial-
ism and Church Union (Assembly Address,
1916).
Glasgow] STEVEN MEMORIAL— THE BLACKFRIARS
397
WILLIAM WHITE ANDERSON, born
Bo'ness, 17th March 1888, son of
1919 John A. and Annie White ; educated
at Bo'ness Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
MA. (1911) ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow
1914; assistant at Pollokshields 1914-15;
ord. chaplain to the Forces at Aldershot
31st Oct. 1915, and in France 1916 ; M.C.
1918; adm. 19th May 1919. Editor of the
"Doo" (trench magazine of 14th A. & S.
Highlanders), also editor of The Watch on
the Rhine, the weekly of the 2nd Corps in
Army of Occupation in Germany 1918-19.
STEVEN MEMORIAL, BELLA-
HOUSTON (Q.S.).
[The gift of this church announced 6th
Dec. 1884, as a memorial of Moses Steven,
a notable Glasgow churchman. The parish
was disjoined from Bellahouston and Go van,
18th July 1919.]
GEORGE CONDIE, M.A., B.D. ; app. in
1902 1902 ; ord. to Stepps 3rd Aug. 1904.
vJOHN EASTON BLACK, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 1st Nov. 1904 ; trans, to Drum-
chapel 28th Sept. 1910.
NORMAN REID MITCHELL, born
1877, younger son of James M.,
Beauly ; educated at Raining's School,
Inverness, Fettes College, and Glasgow
Univ.; MA. (1901), B.D. (1904), Black
Theological Fellow; licen. by Presb. of
Dingwall in 1903; assistant at Partick
and St Mungo's, Glasgow; ord. to Whit-
some 17th Aug. 1906 ; trans, and adm. 21st
Feb. 1911. He res. in 1915, took orders
in the Church of England, was deacon in
1915, and curate of Christ Church, West
Bromwich, Staffordshire; enlisted as a
private in Seaforth Highlanders July 1916 ;
became 2nd lieut. King's Royal Rifles ;
killed by a sniper in France, 5th Dec. 1917
He was unmarr.
ROBERT CHALMERS ANDERSON,
born Partick, 21st Dec. 1859, son
1915 of William A. and Lillias Milroy
Aitken ; educated at Glasgow Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1886) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbar ton 3rd May 1887 ;
assistant at Cairndow and Milton, Glasgow ;
1904
1911
ord. to Greengairs 29th June 1893 ; trans,
to Sinclairtown 18th May 1910 ; trans, and
adm. 17th Aug. 1915. Marr. 29th Sept.
1894, Jeanie Marshall, daugh. of William
Smith, schoolmaster, Lochgoilhead.
BELMONT (Q.S.).
[In Jan. 1866 religious services were
begun here in an iron building. This was
replaced by a stone church in 1894. The
parish of Belmont was disjoined from
Hillhead on 2nd Nov. 1906.]
JOHN FRASER GRAHAME, born
Kenmore, 1st Nov. 1847, son of
86 James G. and Katherine Fraser;
educated at Crieff Grammar School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; MA. (1869), B.D.
(1875); licen. by Presb. of Lorn 18th June
1875 ; assistant at St Mary's, Edinburgh,
1876 ; ord. (assistant and successor) to
Stevenston 16th May 1877 ; trans, and adm.
17th Feb. 1886; chaplain to 1st Lanark
Artillery in 1895 ; V.D. 1908 ; D.D. (Edin-
burgh 1912) ; convener of Committee on
Religious Instruction, Glasgow School
Board ; res. 25th June 1919. Marr. 5th May
1880, Helen Taylor Thomson, daugh. of
William Hume, Seafield Works, Dundee,
and has issue — Helen Thomson, born 14th
July 1881 ; James Fraser, lieut. East Lanca-
shire Regiment, born 6th Feb. 1883, killed
in India, 10th Nov. 1906 ; Katherine Janet
M'Laren, born 20th Sept. 1884 (marr. 23rd
Feb. 1916, John Stewart M'Ewan, St
Edward's, Murrayfield). Publication — A
Sermon on Britain's Mission (Glasgow,
1915).
STUART CRAWFORD PARKER,
M.A., B.D. ; trans, and adm. from
1919
Dryfesdale (q.v.) 9th Dec. 1919.
THE BLACKFRIARS, or THE
COLLEGE PARISH.
[On the east side of the High Street of
Glasgow a convent of the Dominicans or
Black Friars was founded in 1244. It was
dedicated to St Mary. After the Reforma-
tion, this property was granted to the
University of Glasgow. In 1622 the
church of the Black Friars was rebuilt, and
398
THE BLACKFRIARS
[PEESB. OF
it became known as the College Church.
In 1635 it was made over to the Corpora-
tion, to serve as an additional church for
the city. In 1666 the church was burned
down. It was rebuilt in 1699. In 1875 the
North British Railway Company acquired
under an Act of Parliament the Blackfriars'
Church and the adjoining buildings of the
University. In 1877 a new church for the
parish was built at Westercraigs, near
Dennistoun.]
1621
ROBERT WILKIE, son of William W.,
who represented Lanark in the Scots
Parliament, 1581 - 93, and Agnes
Macmorran of Glespin ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1598) ; adm. to Douglas
in 1603 ; trans, before 18th July 1621, with
charge of West Quarter, 1622-7, and East
1628-40 ; was Dean of Faculty in Univ.
1622-8, and Rector, 1629, 1632, 1633, and
1638 ; Vice-Chancellor in 1637 ; a member
of Court of High Commission 21st Oct.
1634. He not only opposed the introduc-
tion of the Service Book in 1637, but
administered Communion, with the aged
incumbent, in the Laigh Kirk, to com-
municants sitting at the tables, contrary
to the Articles agreed on at Perth ; died
20th Feb. 1640, aged about 62. He marr.
Jean Inglis, who survived him, and had
issue — William, min. of Govan ; John of
Broomhouse, ancestor of the Foulden
family ; Zachary, min. of Ellemford ;
James ; Robert ; Marion ; Margaret (marr.
John Bell, min. of this parish) ; Janet
(marr. Patrick Sharpe, min. of East Kil-
bride).— [Glasg. Baft. Reg. ; Baillie's Lett.]
1633
JAMES ELLIOT, M.A., son of James
E., min. of Forfar ; adm. in 1633 ;
Dean of Faculty in Univ. of Glas-
gow in 1634 ; trans, to Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh, 30th Dec. 1635.
JOHN BELL, jun., M.A. (Glasgow,
1620), son of John B., min. of
6 Tron Parish, Glasgow ; adm. to Tron
Parish in 1628; trans, to Eaglesham 16th
March 1631 ; trans, and adm. 9th March
1636, with charge of the South Quarter ;
elected Dean of Faculty in Univ. of Glas-
gow, 1637-9, and assessor to the Rector in
1640 ; died 20th Feb. 1640, aged about 40.
He marr. 14th Jan. 1628, Margaret, daugh.
of Robert Wilkie, min. of this parish. She
was alive in 1668, and had issue — James,
bapt. 29th March 1630; John, bapt. 22nd
Aug. 1637 ; Dorothy, bapt. 28th March
1640. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Glasg. Marr. and
Bapt. Regs. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Cleland's Ann.']
1640
1698
ROBERT RAMSAY, trans, from Dun-
donald ; pres. by Town Council 12th
Nov., and adm. 13th Dec. 1640, with
charge of West Quarter, 1641-2, and North,
1642-7; trans, to St Mungo's, 16th April
1647.
JAMES DURHAM, M.A. ; pres. by the
Magistrates and Council 22nd Sept.,
and ord. 2nd Dec. 1647, with charge
of South Quarter; called to St Mungo's
4th Sept. 1651.
[Vacant 1651-98.]
ROBERT CRAIGHEAD [or CRAG
HEAD], M.A. (St Andrews, 15th
Feb. 1653) ; ord. to a Presbyterian
congregation at Donoughmore, Co. Donegal,
in 1658 ; came to Glasgow 19th June
1689 ; called to a meeting-house in the
city 3rd July 1689 ; returned to Ireland
in 1690 ; adm. to Derry that year ;
returned to Scotland ; adm. to this
parish in 1698, but went back to his
former charge at Derry about 1700 ; died
22nd Aug. 1711, aged about 78. He marr.
Agnes Hart, and had issue — Robert,
M.A. (Glasgow, 1702), min. of a Presby-
terian Church, Capel Street, Dublin, born
1684, died 31st July 1738 ; Samuel. Pub-
lications — Answer to a Discourse [by
William King, Bishop of Derry] concern-
ing the Inventions of Men in the Worship
of God (Edinburgh, 1694) ; Advice to Com-
municants (Glasgow, 1695, reprinted at
Edinburgh, n.d.) ; Ansiver to the Bishop of
Derry1 s Second Admonition (Edinburgh,
1697) ; Warning and Advice to the Christian
(Edinburgh, 1701); Advice for Assurance
of Salvation (Belfast, 1702) ; Walking with
God (Belfast, 1712). — [Cleland's Ann. ;
Reid's Ireland, ii. 520, iii. 30, 167 ; Glasg.
Bapt. Reg.]
GLASGOW]
THE BLACKFRIARS
399
1701
1705
DAVID BROWN, born July 1663, son
of David B., min. of Craigie ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 9th Nov. 1687 ;
ord. to Neilston 12 th March 1688; called
28th Nov. 1692 and again 14th May 1700 ;
trans, and adm. 6th Feb. 1701 ; died 16th
Sept. 1704. He marr. Katherine (died 25th
Feb. 1717), sister of Thomas Blackwell,
Principal of Marischal College, and had
issue — David, min. of Belhelvie ; Elizabeth
(marr. 1707, George Fordyce, merchant,
Provost of Aberdeen), died 30th May 1760,
aged 72; Janet, born 1692, buried 26th
May 1762 ; Christian (marr. Gilbert Ander-
son, min. of Fordoun). — [Wodrow's Anal.,
i., 60, 127 ; Scot. Notes and Queries, iii., 21.]
JOHN M'BRIDE, M.A., son of John M.,
merchant ; adm. to Borgue (q.v.) in
1689 ; trans, to Belfast 3rd Oct. 1694 ;
supplied this charge 12th March 1705, but
returned to Belfast after 5th Jan. 1709 ; died
21st July 1718, aged 68. He marr. and had
issue — Robert, min. of Ballymoney, born
1686, died 2nd Sept. 1759, father of David,
medical author, and of Admiral John
M'Bride. Publications — Animadversions on
the Defence of the Answer to the Case of the
Dissenting Protestants of Ireland in reference
to a Bill of Indulgence (n.p., 1697) ; Sermon
preached 'before the Synod (n.p., 1698); A Vin-
dication of Marriage as solemnized by Pres-
byterians in the Northof Ireland (n.p., 1702) ;
A Sample of Jet- Black Pr[ela]tic Calumny
(Glasgow, 1713).— [Reid's Ireland, iii., 166 ;
Wodrow's Corresp., i., 417 ; Wodrow's Anal.,
i. 298, ii. 52 ; Two Centuries of Life in Down
(portrait), 207, 412 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JOHN HAMILTON, son of John H.
min. of Carmichael ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton 26th July 1698 ; ord. to Aven-
dale 13th Dec. 1698; called 13th Jan.
1709 and 1712; adm. in 1713; buried 8th
April 1741. He marr. Margaret (buried
11th June 1750), daugh. of William Ballan-
tine of Castlehill, Ayrshire, and had issue
— John, min. of St Mungo's, Glasgow ;
Margaret, bapt. 21st Oct. 1716, buried
25th Dec. 1750; Helen, born 2nd Jan.
1719, buried 20th June 1720; Grizel, bapt.
10th April 1720, died 16th June 1804;
1713
William, bapt. 26th Nov. 1721 ; Agnes
(marr. Wardrop).
JOHN GILLIES, born 1713, son of
1742 J°nn G., min. of Careston ; tutor
successively in the families of Bris-
bane of Brisbane, Macdowall of Castle-
Semple, and John, Earl of Glasgow ; called
11th March, and ord. 2nd July 1742; he
strenuously opposed the repeal of the laws
against Roman Catholics in 1778 ; LL.D.
(Edinburgh 16th Jan. 1778) ; died 29th March
1 796. He marr. (1) Elizabeth (died 6th Aug.
1754), daugh. of John Maclaurin, min. of St
David's, Glasgow, and had issue— Colin, min.
of St George's, Paisley; John, buried 8th
Nov. 1743 ; John, buried 10th March 1747 ;
John, buried 12th Sept. 1752 ; Lilias, born
8th Feb. 1745, died 30th Nov. 1760;
Robert Maclaurin, merchant, Jamaica, born
1st April 1750, died 3rd Jan. 1778; Mac-
laurin, born 22nd July 1754 : (2) 19th Jan.
1756, Joanna (died 3rd Dec. 1792), youngest
daugh. of John Stewart of the Blackhall
family, and had issue— Rebecca, born 19th
April 1757 (marr. 16th Jan. 1787, Colonel
the Hon. David Leslie, son of Earl of Leven).
Publications— Exhortations to the Inhabit-
ants of the South Parish, Glasgow, 2 vols.
(Glasgow, 1750-1); Extracts (Glasgow,
1819) ; Historical Collections relating to
the Success of the Gospel, 2 vols. (Glasgow,
1754); App>endix (Glasgow, 1761); Sup-
plement (Edinburgh, 1786); "Life of Mr
John Maclaurin" (Maclaurin's Sermons
and Essays, Glasgow, 1755); Devotional
Exercises on the Neiv Testament (London,
1769 -and 1810) ; Life of the Rev. George
Whitefield (London, 1772) ; Essays on the
Prophecies relating to the Messiah (Edin-
burgh, 1773); Sermon at the Opening of
the Synod ; Hebrew Manual for the use of
Students; Psalms of David, with notes
(Glasgow, 1786); Milton's Paradise Lost,
illustrated with texts of Scriptures (Lon-
don, 1788).— [Life (by John Erskine, D.D.)
in Supplem. ; Playfair's Baronetage, iii., iv. ;
Anderson's Scottish Nation, ii., 304.]
JOHN LOCKHART, born 22nd Oct.
1796 1761, second son of William L. of
Birkhill and Violet Inglis of Core-
house, parish of Lesmahagow ; educated
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THE BLACKFRIAKS
[PRESB. OF
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Stirling 19th Jan. 1785 ; ord. to Cambus-
nethan 29th June 1786 ; pres. by the Magis-
trates and Council 13th June, trans, and
adm. 30th Sept. 1796; D.D. (Edinburgh,
23rd July 1803) ; died 6th Dec. 1842. He
marr. (1) 5th Dec. 1786, Elizabeth (died 14th
Dec. 1791), daugh. of Robert Dinwiddie,
Germiston, and had issue — William of
Milton Lockhart, M.P. for Lanarkshire,
born 28th Sept. 1787, died s.p. 25th Nov.
1856; Robert Dinwiddie, born 20th Sept.
1789, died 14th Jan. 1797; John, born 6th
March 1791, died 19th April 1792 : (2) 14th
Aug. 1793, Elizabeth (died 6th Jan. 1834),
daugh. of John Gibson, min. of St Cuth-
bert's, Edinburgh, and had issue — John
Gibson, D.C.L., advocate, son-in-law and
biographer of Sir Walter Scott, born 14th
June 1794 [the Presb. Register has 14th
June — the Parish Register gives the date
12th June], died 25th Nov. 1854; Laurence
of Milton Lockhart, D.D., min. of'Inchinnan,
born 29th Dec. 1795; Mary Margaret, born
9th Oct. 1797, died 1st Jan. 1803 ; Archi-
bald, born 31st July 1799, died 3rd Jan.
1803; Violet, born 17th Feb. 1801, died
unmarr. 25th Jan. 1849 ; Catherine, born
10th Aug. 1803, died 10th Dec. 1804;
Robert, merchant, Glasgow, born 15th
May 1805, died 1859 ; Richard Dickson,
ensign 63rd Bengal Regiment, born 30th
March 1807, drowned at Arracan, 26th
Dec. 1826; Archibald Inglis, C.B., Lieut.-
General, born 30th Dec. 1809, died 17th
Sept. 1879. Publications — The Covenant of
God, the Hope of Man, a sermon (Edin-
burgh, 1812) ; Address on the Death of
Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte
of Wales (Glasgow, 1817); Account of
Cambusnethan (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., xii.).
JAMES M'LETCHIE, trans, from St
Thomas's, Leith, 28th April 1842;
trans, to High Church, Edinburgh,
12th July 1844.
PETER NAPIER, born 14th March
1793, third son of James N., black-
smith, Dunbarton, and Jean Ewing,
and brother of Robert N. of West Shandon,
the eminent engineer and shipbuilder ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1810);
1845
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 2nd May
1815; assistant at Dunbarton, Port-Glas-
gow, and St Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. to St
George's - in - the - Fields 25th Nov. 1824;
trans, and adm. 8th May 1845 ; D.D. (Glas-
gow, 24th Feb. 1847); died 12th March
1865. He marr. (1) Alison, daugh. of
George Blackeney, merchant, and had
issue — Catherine (marr. Richard Robb
Grant, merchant, Glasgow) ; Jane (marr.
Robert Adie, merchant, Glasgow) ; Alison
(marr. Dr Parker, medical missionary to
China) : (2) 25th Dec. 1845, Margaret
Scales (died 6th July 1864), widow of
George Glen, merchant, Glasgow, and had
issue — Patricia (marr. William Alexander
Liston, min. of Cardonald). Publications
— Grace Exhibited, Grace Communicated,
two sermons (Glasgow. 1845) ; Lecture II.
(On Infidelity) ; Lecture VI. (On the Evid-
ence of Revealed Religion).
JAMES MACKAY, born 14th April
1865 1828, eldest son of James M., feuar,
Glasgow, and Margaret Lyon ; edu-
cated at Normal School and Univ. of Glas-
gow; M.A. (1846); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1850 ; assistant at Campsie ;
ord. to New Parish, Ardrossan, 5th June
1851 ; trans, to Inverkeithing 26th Jan.
1854; trans, and adm. 16th Nov. 1865;
died 1st Feb. 1873. He marr. 2nd June
1857. Anna (died 27th Nov. 1905), daugh.
of John Yule, W.S., Edinburgh, and had
issue— Herbert James Hay, M.A., LL.B.,
barrister, London, born 22nd Aug. 1858 ;
John Yule, M.D., LL.D., Principal of
University College, and Professor of
Anatomy, Dundee, born 13th Jan. 1860 ;
George Bruce, born 21st June 1861, died
9th Nov. 1878 ; James Robert, C.A., Glas-
gow, born 29th March 1863 ; Allan Archi-
bald (twin), merchant, Bengal, born 29th
March 1863, died 18th Sept. 1905; Francis
Roddick, born 21st Sept. 1866, died 17th
Dec. 1867.
1873
THOMAS -SOMERVILLE, born Bridge
of Weir, 5th May 1839, eldest son of
John S., merchant, Glasgow, and
Isabella M'Kinlay ; educated at Houston
and Kilbarchan Schools, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1861) ; licen. by Presb. of
GLASGOW]
THE BLACKFRIARS— BLUEVALE
401
Dunoon 24th Nov. 1863 ; assistant at St
George's-in-the-Fields and St James's,
Glasgow ; ord. to St Andrew's Church,
Victoria, British Columbia, 24th Feb.
1865 ; adm. to St David's, Kirkintilloch,
4th April 1871 ; pres. by Town Council
24th July 1873 ; trans, and adm. 13th Nov.
1873 ; D.D. (Presbyterian College, Halifax,
N.S., 1906); died 17th Sept. 1915. He
marr. 27th Jan. 1869, Agnes Towers, daugh.
of James Dawson, merchant, Manchester,
and had issue — Agnes Naismyth, born 4th
Jan. 1872 ; Munro, min. of Newhaven, born
26th Aug. 1873 ; James Dawson, died 9th
Jan. 1878, aged 1 ; Lindsay, engineer,
Bristol, born 20th Jan. 1878. Publica-
tions— The Mediterranean and Pacific ;
Memorial of the Old College Church,
Glasgow ; A Day in Henry Ward JSeecher's
Church ; George Square, Glasgow (Glasgow,
1891) ; Am I my Brother's Keejier, and
other Sermons (Glasgow, 1895) ; Sermons
and Lectures on Special Occasions (Glasgow,
1898) ; George and Thomas Hutcheson, two
great Glasgow Men (Glasgow, 1901) ;
Lindsay Lorimer's Luck, or the Moffat
Man in California (Glasgow, 1908) ; many
contributions to magazines and newspapers.
— {The Ministers of Glasgoio, 271 ; Clyde-
side Literateurs, 187-190.]
DAVID FRASER LIDDLE, born
1916 Gilmerton, Crieff, 19th Oct. 1873,
son of John L. and Jane Fraser ;
educated at Monzie School, Morrison's
Academy, Crieff, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
MA. (1896), B.D. (1899) ; licen. by Presb.
of Auchterarder in 1899 ; assistant at St
Paul's, Dundee ; ord. to Tannadice 6th
Nov. 1902; trans, to St Margaret's,
Arbroath, 26th Dec. 1907 ; trans, and adm.
9th May 1916. Marr. 27th July 1916,
Catherine Pinckney, daugh. of Edward
M'Intyre Smith, shipmaster, Arbroath.
BLUEVALE (Q..V.).
[Mainly through the zealous exertions
of Norman Macleod, D.D., minister of
the Barony, a chapel was built here. It
was opened on 2lst April 1872. An endow-
ment for it having been generously given by
VOL. III.
James Baird of Cambusdoon, the parish
of Bluevale was disjoined from that of the
Barony on 17th March 1873.]
JOHN FAIRLIE, born Culross, 1838,
1872 son °^ Thomas F., master mariner,
and Jane Nicol ; educated at Geddes
Institution, Culross, and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1867 ; assistant at Trinity Parish, Edin-
burgh ; ord. 19th Sept. 1872 ; died unmarr.
at Culross, 18th April 1885.
ANDREW MILLER, born Perth, 13th
1885 Marcn 1853> son of Thomas M.,
parish schoolmaster, and Helen
King; educated at Newburgh Public
School, High School, Edinburgh, and
Univ. of St Andrews ; MA. (1875) ; licen.
by Presb. of Cupar in 1878 ; assistant at
Greyfriars', Dumfries ; ord. to Auchtertool
3rd June 1880 ; trans, and adm. 20th Nov.
1885 ; chaplain at Barlinnie Prison, 1904-9 ;
a founder of the Scottish Christian Social
Union ; Alexander Robertson Lecturer,
Univ. of Glasgow, 1908 ; D.D. (St Andrews,
12th March 1910) ; died 23rd March 1910.
He marr. 20th July 1887, Janet Agnes,
daugh. of Robert Kirke, and had issue —
Jane Johnstone. Publications — Some
Common-sense Reflections upon Ritualism
(1894) ; Ln Memoriam, W. E. Gladstone
(1898) ; War ! God's Discipline (1899) ; The
Function of the Church of Christ in the
Light of History (1907) ; Pamphlets on The
Elberfeld System of Poor Relief (1905) ; The
Presbytery Meeting : an Incident of 1637
—from the Presbytery Book of Kirkcaldy ;
The Problem of Theology in Modern Life
and Thought (London, 1909) ; contributions
to Hastings' Dictionary of Christ and the
Gos2iels. — [The Parish of Auchtertool.]
ROBERT ROBERTSON LINDSAY,
1910 M.A., B.D. ; ord. 1st Sept. 1910;
trans, to Second Charge, Lesma-
hagow, 17th Sept. 1913.
ALEXANDER CROSS, MA. ; trans.
1914 from Torryburn 19th Feb. 1914;
trans, to Muthill 8th Jan. 1919.
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BLUEVALE— BLYTHSWOOD— BRIDGEGATE [presb. of
1919
JAMES AITKEN BOAG, born Glasgow,
17th Dec. 1889, son of James B.
and Christina Aitken ; educated at
Clydebank Higher Grade School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; MA. (1914) ; assistant at
Govan 1917-18 ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
24th Jan. 1919; ord. 24th June 1919.
Marr. 6th June 1914, Mary A. S., daugh.
of Alexander Lawrie, and has issue — Ann
Marshall, born 28th April 1915.
BLYTHSWOOD (Q.S.).
[A building, which had been an in-
dependent chapel, was bought by James
Baird of Cambusdoon, and given by him
for the use of this district. The parish of
Blythswood was erected on 19th Jan. 1875.
On 14th Nov. 1919 a petition was presented
to the Court of Teinds to unite this parish
with St Matthew's.
WILLIAM FERGUS, born 19th June
1R76 1840, son of Thomas F., calenderer
of cloth, and Mary Robertson, Glas-
gow ; some time engaged in his father's
business ; educated at Free Church Train-
ing College and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Free Presb. of Glasgow 1st July 1868 ;
assistant at Rutherglen, St Mark's Free
Church, and at Aberdeen ; app. to English
Presbyterian Church, Cardiff, 25th May
1871 ; adm. first min. of this parish, 4th
Feb. 1876 ; died 23rd Aug. 1912. He marr.
1st Feb. 1876, Frances Mary Jane, daugh.
of James Oliver Ingram, Cardiff, and had
no issue. Publications — Satan on Holiday
(Glasgow, 1904) ; The Barmaid and ivhat
became of her.
GEORGE SIMPSON MARR, MA.
lgl3 B.D. ; ord. 11th Feb. 1913 ; trans, to
Dalziel 23rd April 1914.
HORACE JAMES DICK, born May-
bole, 4th June 1865, son of John D.
and Helen Campbell ; educated at
Maybole School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1894;
missionary to Univ. Missionary Associa-
tion ; ord. to Wellwood Chapel 19th Feb.
1899; trans, to Cross and Burness 21st Aug.
1901 ; trans, and adm. 24th March 1915 ;
trans, to Newlands, Peeblesshire, 25th Oct.
1918. Marr. 20th Jan. 1888, Bessie, daugh.
of Captain John Smith, and has issue —
John, born 16th Oct. 1889; Ann Hunter
Marshall, born 24th Oct. 1891 (marr. 8th
August 1919, Captain Henry Fielden Hollis,
R.A.M.C); Ella, born 14th April 1893;
Bessie, born 26th April 1895.
BRIDGEGATE {Q.S.).
[On 1st June 1835 a constitution was
granted for a chapel here. The church
building, which had been a Methodist
chapel, was opened in 1836. The parish
of Bridgegate was disjoined from those of
St James and St Andrew on 27th Feb.
1871.]
DANIEL CAMERON, elected by the
1836 Glasgow Church Building Society,
28th Dec. 1835; ord. 21st April
1836; trans, to Ayton 13th April 1843.
JAMES MITCHELL, min. of the Irish
1850 Presbyterian Church ; adm. to
Church of Scotland by Commission
of Assembly in 1846, and adm. by Presb.
of Strathbogie; ind. 16th May 1850 as
missionary; died 16th July 1865.
[Vacant 1865-9.]
WILLIAM BOYD, MA. ■ ord. 13th
May 1869 ; became first min. of the
parish in 1871 ; trans, to Kilmar-
onock 20th May 1879.
MALCOLM MACLEAN M'NEILL,
la,_g Ph.D. ; trans, from Langside, and
adm. 23rd Sept. 1879; trans, to
Second Charge, Dysart, 1st Sept. 1881.
JOHN STEWART, born Crathie, 12th
1882 ®c*" 1839, son of Joseph S. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; MA.
(1861); ord. missionary at Blackbraes,
Linlithgowshire in 1877 ; missionary at
Grassmarket and Elder Street, Edinburgh ;
adm. 14th Feb. 1882. Marr. 25th July
1882, Mary Ruth, daugh. of John Whyter
min. of Queensferry, and has issue — Mary
Joanna, born 20th June 1883, died young ;.
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Mary Ruth, born 9th Nov. 1884; John
Albert, born 15th Jan. 1886 ; James Victor,
born 8th Dec. 1887 ; Charles Alfred, born
16th June 1893 ; Flora Dewar, born 4th Dec.
1894; Elfledacuaria, born 8th Oct. 1897;
and three died young.
BRIDGETON (Q.S.).
[On 30th May 1836 a constitution was
granted for a chapel here. The parish of
Bridgeton was erected on 13th July 1853.]
PATRICK FAIRBAIRN, trans, from
North Ronaldshay; elected by the
Glasgow Church Building Society,
Dec. 1836; adm. 16th March 1837; trans.
to Saltoun 25th June 1840.
ALEXANDER WILSON, born Kilsyth,
1810 ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow •
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 10th June
1840; ord. 4th March 1841. Joined Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Bridgeton Free
Church, 1843-91 ; clerk to Free Synod of
Glasgow in 1863; died 23rd Feb. 1891.
He marr. 1842, Janet Paton, and had
issue — William, iron merchant, Glasgow ;
Alexander ; Elizabeth.
[Vacant 1843-50.]
HUGH MORTON JACK, ord. 26th
Sept. 1850; trans, to Girthon 11th
1850
March 1852.
GEORGE SIMPSON, born Hillocks of
1852 Gourdie> Caputh, 16th July 1827,
son of Kerr S. and Margaret Angus ;
educated at Perth Academy and Univ.
of St Andrews ; MA. (1847) ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunkeld in 1847 ; ord. 22nd July
1852 ; became first min. of parish in 1853 ;
died 6th Aug. 1882. He marr. 30th April
1877, Rachel G. W., daugh. of James
Thomson, and had issue — Alexander Kerr,
B.L., born 2nd April 1878; Margaret
W., born 28th May 1882.
THOMAS HISLOP, born Old Stane,
Shotts, 31st March 1846, son of
James Affleck H. and Catherine
Russell ; educated at Glengarnock School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Greenock 4th Dec. 1872; assistant at St
1877
Stephen's, Glasgow, and Bothwell ; ord.
to South Dalziel 10th Nov. 1877 ; trans.
and adm. 18th Feb. 1883.
BROWNFIELD CHAPEL.
[A chapel was opened here on 14th April
1838. The General Assembly granted it
a constitution on 18th May 1838. The
mission was ultimately merged in St
Peter's Parish in 1904.]
JOHN REID, M.A.; ord. 27th June
iooq 1839; trans, to Old Kilpatrick 21st
1839 Sept. 1843.
JAMES MEIKLAM, born about 1819,
third son of Robert M., farmer,
Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1840) ; licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow 20th Dec. 1843; ord. 8th Feb. 1844;
died unmarr. 15th July 1869.
1870
ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE
CRAWFURD, born 1832 ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 4th July 1855; ord. to
Fullarton 5th March 1857 ; trans, and
adm. 17th March 1870 ; res. in 1904 ; died
31st May 1914. He marr. (1) Sarah, daugh.
of Thomas Campbell, Provost of Irvine,
and had issue — two sons and two daughs. :
(2) Ellen .
BUCCLEUCH, formerly PORT
DUNDAS (Q.S.).
[A chapel built at Port Dundas was
opened for worship on 31st May 1868.
On 21st Feb. 1876 the parish of Port
Dundas was disjoined from that of the
Barony of Glasgow. On 10th March 1916,
by authority of Parliament, the area of
the parish of Port Dundas was annexed to
that of Milton, and the parish of Buccleuch
was formed by transferring to a new
parochial district the endowment of Port
Dundas.]
JOHN ELLIS RAE, trans, from Scots
1870 Church, Belford, and adm. 13th Jan.
1870; dep. 29th May 1874; [after-
wards min. of Duntocher in 1878].
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BUCCLEUCH— CALTON
[ PRESB. OF
1912
JOHN HAY, born 1842; educated at
1874 Univ> of Glasgow; M.A. (1868);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th Dec.
1871; ord. 17th Dec. 1874; became first
min. of the parish in 1876; died 21st Aug.
1911. He marr. Isabella Miller, who died
s.p. 23rd March 1913.
JOHN MACKINTOSH, born Kiltarlity,
22nd Aug. 1853, son of Donald M.
and Catherine Macmillan ; educated
at Inverness Academy and Univ. of Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1874) ; licen. by Presb. of
Lochcarron in 1876; assistant at Aberdeen ;
ord. 6th March 1879, as Lecturer in the
General Assembly's Institution at Calcutta ;
res. in 1881 ; app. to Amulree 19th Sept.
1883 ; was Extra-mural Lecturer (English
Literature), Univ. of Sydney, 1884-96 ; min.
of the Scots Church, Carlisle, 1897-1905;
res., and became assistant at Port-Glasgow ;
adm. to Waterside Chapel in 1907, and
to this charge 24th Jan. 1912. Marr. 12th
March 1879, Eugenie, daugh. of David
Fairweather, and has issue — Donald, born
25th Oct. 1879; Catherine, born 6th
June 1881 ; John, born 3rd Sept. 1882 ;
Eugenie Fairweather, born 20th Dec. 1883 ;
Violet, born 31st Oct. 1899. Publication
— Protestant Missions (1909).
CALTON.
[A chapel built here was opened in 1793.
On 31st May 1834 a constitution was
granted to it. On 1st July 1849, the parish
of Calton was erected quoad omnia.]
JAMES BEGG, elected by the sub-
scribers 23rd Jan., and ord. 29th
May 1794 ; trans, to New Monkland
13th Aug. 1801.
JAMES WOOD, only son of James W.,
1802 m*n" *n Lancashire; ord. 1782 min.
of a Presbyterian Church at Fal-
stone, Northumberland ; elected 11th Feb.,
and adm. after 23rd June 1802 ; having
been recalled to his former charge, his
demission was accepted by the Presb. 3rd
Aug. 1803; died 12th Sept. 1815. He marr.,
and had issue — William, M.D., Jedburgh,
father of James Julius, D.D., min. of New
Greyfriars, Edinburgh.
1794
MATTHEW GRAHAM, born 21st Jan.
1776, third son of John G., Glasgow,
and Mary Campbell ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1796); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 2nd Sept. 1801 ; ord. to
Johnstone Chapel 20th Jan. 1802 ; elected
24th Nov. 1803 ; adm. after 19th Jan. 1804 ;
died 4th March 1845. He marr. 1st March
1802, Margaret (born 5th March 1783, died
6th Oct. 1828), daugh. of Robert Simson,
surgeon, Glasgow, and Mary Lawson, and
had issue — Matthew, min. of Baillieston,
born 10th Aug. 1811; John, manufacturer,
Glasgow, born 16th Oct. 1812, died 7th
June 1871 ; Mary, born 18th July 1815
(marr. 27th Nov. 1843, John Coltart of
Threave Grange, Kirkcudbrightshire), died
15th June 1870; Robert, born 30th July
1817, died 13th March 1827; and five
others who all died young. Publication —
The Instructor, or an Introduction to
Reading and Spelling the English Language
(•21 editions).
ALLAN MACLEAN, born 1811, eldest
1847 son °^ Duncan M., Anderston,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow and Relief Theological Hall ; tutor
in family of Prof. James Thomson ; licen.
by the Presb. of Relief in 1846. Joined
the Church of Scotland in 1846 ; ord. 18th
March 1847 ; died 8th Oct. 1861.
JOHN JACK, born 1836, fourth son of
1861 David J., farmer, Lanarkshire ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
27th Nov. 1861 ; died unmarr. 6th Jan.
1864.
JOHN MURRAY, born Kirkmichael,
Perthshire, 6th April 1831 ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. in
1857 ; missionary at Fauldhouse in 1857 ;
app. missionary at Chapelton 14th Feb.
1858 ; ord. there 15th Dec. 1859 ; trans, and
adm. 18th Aug. 1864 ; died unmarr. 13th
March 1898.
WILLIAM CHALMERS SMITH, born
1898 Glasgow, 16th Jan. 1864, son of
George Cruickshank S. and Mary
Stewart ; educated at Bothwell Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1884), B.D.
(1886); licen. by Presb. of Hamilton in
GLASGOW]
CALTON— CARNTYNE— CHALMERS
405
1886 ; assistant at Holy town and in this
parish; ord. 8th Sept. 1898. Marr. 16th
June 1899, Elizabeth Dorothea, M.B., CM.
(Glasgow 1894), eldest daugh. of Robert
Crawford Lyness, merchant, Glasgow, and
has issue— Dorothea Stewart, born 13th
Sept. 1901 ; George Cruickshank Green,
born 20th Feb. 1904; Elizabeth Frances
Bannister, born 22nd Feb. 1906; William
Courtland Bannatyne, born 16th Nov.
1907 ; Helen Stewart, born 27th Dec. 1908 ;
Ann Lindsay Stewart, born 12th July 1912.
CARNTYNE (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1900. The
parish of Carntyne was disjoined from
Shettleston on 14th Jan. 1914.]
1895
ROBERT HOGG KERR, M.A.; app.
in 1895; ord. to Canonbie 6th Aug.
1896.
1897
MATTHEW MAIR, app. in 1897 ; ord.
to St Cuthbert's, Glasgow, 27th Oct.
1898.
^JAMES PATERSON BROWNLIE,
app. in 1898 ; ord. 24th Oct. 1901 ;
1898 trans, to Forgandenny 26th Aug.
1909.
JAMES STORRY BARROWMAN, born
Kilsyth, 18th Jan. 1866, son of
1910 Alexander B., colliery manager, and
Marion Jackson Storry ; educated at
Parish School, Kilsyth, and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (1888); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 11th June 1890; missionary at
Stralachlan 1891 - 3 ; assistant at Port
Dundas, Glasgow ; ord. to Buckhaven 15th
July 1903 ; trans, to Newcastle-on-Tyne
28th Oct. 1904; adm. to this charge 2nd
Feb. 1910; became first min. of parish in
1914. Marr. 25th Aug. 1903, Mary Leitch,
youngest daugh. of Thomas Myles Ander-
son, artist, and Isabel Leitch, and has issue
—Dorothy Freda, born 30th Sept. 1904;
Marion Jackson Storry, born 4th May
1906; Adelaide Campbell, born 28th May
1907.
1842
CHALMERS (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened here in 1835.
Chalmers Parish was erected on 5th July
1855.]
JAMES WHYTE, M.A. ; elected by the
1838 Glasgow Church Building Society
24th July, and ord. 4th Oct. 1838 ;
trans, to Methlick 22nd Nov. 1839.
JAMES SMITH, ord. 26th March 1840 ;
1840 trans, to Borthwick 19th Nov. 1841.
ROBERT REID, born Rathven, 1811,
son of James R., farmer, and Jane
Copland ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; assistant at Banchory -
Ternan and Trinity Parish, Aberdeen ;
became evening lecturer at John Knox
and Gilcomston Churches ; ord. 22nd Dec.
1842. Joined Free Church in 1843 ;
min. of Banchory-Ternan Free Church
1843-93; died 11th April 1893. He marr.
14th Dec. 1843, Mary Cruickshank, daugh.
of James Warrack, and had issue — Francis
Farquharson, merchant, Leith, born 16th
Dec. 1844 ; Harriet Morren, born 6th March
1849 ; Jane Copland, born 3rd June 1852,
died 20th Nov. 1906.
DAVID JOHNSTONE, born Dumfries,
1825 : ord. 23rd Sept. 1852; first min.
of the parish in 1855; died 25th
April 1874. He marr. Isabella (died 22nd
May 1865), daugh. of John Wilson, builder
and bailie of Glasgow.
CHARLES WHITE, M.A. ; ord. 20th
Aug. 1874; trans, to St Clement's,
1852
1874
Dundee, 2nd March 1876.
JAMES COLLIER, born Strathkinness,
1876 Fife, 13th Sept. 1846, son of John
C. and Catherine Braid ; educated
at Strathkinness and Madras Schools and
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1868) ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews in 1872 ; assistant
at Dowally and Newington, Edinburgh ;
ord. 17th Aug. 1876 ; died 29th Nov. 1896.
He marr. 18th July 1882, Agnes Learmonth,
daugh. of Andrew Davidson, and had issue
—John, born 26th July 1883, died 1st Oct.
1913 ; James, born 4th July 1885, died 3rd
Oct. 1888; Agnes Davidson, born 9th June
1887 (marr. 22nd June 1912, W Brown.)
406
COLSTON-WELLPARK— COWLAIRS
[PRESB. OF
ROBERT JACK, born Avendale, 20th
lgg7 Nov. 1865, son of Robert J. and
Jean Semple ; educated at Gilmour-
ton and Crosshill Schools and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1886), B.D. (1889) ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton June 1889 ; assistant
at Calton Parish, Glasgow ; ord. 8th June
1897. Marr. 28th Oct. 1919, Effie, younger
daugh. of S. J. Mozart Allan, music pub-
lisher, Glasgow.
COLSTON - WELLPARK ( Q. S. ),
formerly LADY WELL AND
WELLPARK.
[On the east side of the Molendinar Burn
there was of old a spring much visited by
pilgrims, called Our Lady's Well. Lady-
well Street still keeps the name. Here,
in 1839, a chapel was built. Its work
prospered, and, greatly through the aid of
James Baird of Cambusdoon, M.P., a
parish called Wellpark was erected on 5th
March 1877. After that the population
grew much less, and, on 18th Aug. 1911,
power to change the situation of the parish
was obtained by Provisional Order. The
church building at Ladywell was sold, and
a new parish church was built at Colston
in the parish of Maryhill. This was opened
on 30th Jan. 1915. The area of the former
parish of Wellpark was now divided between
the adjoining parishes of the Blackfriars
and St Mungo, and the parochial endow-
ment was transferred to a new district
attached to the church at Colston.]
JAMES SMITH, M.A. ; elected by
Glasgow Church Building Society;
ord. 25th April 1839 ; trans, to Dun-
bar ton 25th June 1841.
JAMES M'KINLAY, born 4th March
1817, eldest son of James M., D.D.,
min. of Kilmarnock ; educated at
Glasgow Univ. ; assistant to his father ;
ord. 10th Feb. 1842. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Wellpark Free
Church, 1843-9; died at Edinburgh, 16th
June 1876. He marr. 1845, Sarah Johnston.
ANDREW ROSS, born 1823, second
son of John R., farmer, Wigtown-
shire ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st Dec.
1839
1842
1854
1873
1847; ord. 17th Aug. 1854; res. 26th
March 1873 ; died at Knocknassie House,
Stranraer, 14th Dec. 1905.
ROBERT THOMSON, born Glasgow,
29th June 1824, eldest son of Peter
T., Glasgow, and Helen Anderson ;
educated at St Peter's Parish School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; sometime Principal of
Carlton Academy, where Robert Flint,
afterwards Professor, was one of his pupils ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline in 1858 ;
ord. to Mossgreen in 1860 ; trans, to New-
castle in 1862 ; adm. to this charge 19th
June 1873 ; first min. of the parish in 1877 ;
died 29th Aug. 1904. He was one of the
founders of the Protestant Alliance, and a
strong anti-Romanist. He unsuccessfully
contested the Kilmarnock Burghs in 1868,
and was a candidate for the St Rollox
division of Glasgow, but was not nominated.
He marr. Jane (died s.p. 18th Sept. 1890),
daugh. of Andrew Gibson, Paisley. — [Life of
Professor Flint ; Life of Jacob Primmer.]
ALEXANDER MACLELLAN, born
1904 Glasgow, 31st Aug. 1864, son of
John M. and Ann Campbell ; edu-
cated at Anderston Public School and
Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1893 ; assistant at St Mungo ;s,
Glasgow; ord. 17th Nov. 1904. Marr.
28th June 1916, Isabella, daugh. of Andrew
Spence.
COWLAIRS (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1890. The
parish of Cowlairs was disjoined from
Springburn and Maryhill on 25th May 1899.]
JOHN GIBB DUNCAN, born Stirling,
3rd June 1859, son of Alexander D.
and Isabella Gibb ; educated at
Edderton, Newtonmore, and Kingussie
Schools and Univs. of Edinburgh and
Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Elgin 15th
May 1884 ; assistant at Lossiemouth May
1884 ; app. missionary here 9th Nov. 1885 ;
ord. 28th Feb. 1888 ; adm. first min. of the
parish in 1899. Marr. 6th July 1892,
Catherine Reid, daugh. of James Arthur,
min. of Springburn. Publication — Edited
Life of Professor John Stuart Blackie
(Glasgow, 1895).
1888
Glasgow] DALMARNOCK— DEAN PARK— ELDER PARK
407
DALMARNOCK (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1866. The
parish of Dalmarnock was disjoined from
Calton 15th March 1886.]
WILLIAM DAVIDSON", ord. 10th Dec.
1875 ; trans, to Kingston 25th April
1877.
1876
1877
1900
JAMES KELLY, born 1846, son of
James K., gardener, and Margaret
Stewart ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
13th June 1877; ord. 2nd July 1877;
became first min. of the parish in 1885 ;
died 17th June 1900. He marr. Helen Adie
(died 14th June 1913), and had issue — Isa.
CHARLES WILLIAM KENNEDY,
born Gortin, Ireland, 12th Aug.
1854, son of John Sinclair K., J.P.,
Londonderry, and Margaret Orr ; educated
at M'Quilken's Classical School and Magee
College, Londonderry, and English Presby-
terian College, London ; licen. by Presb.
of Londonderry 13th April 1874; ord. to
Hill Street Presbyterian Church, Lurgan,
17th Nov. 1874 ; trans, and adm. 22nd Nov.
1900. Marr. 22nd Dec. 1875, Selina, daugh.
of William Naugh M'Clure, J.P., and has
issue— Ena, born 12th Oct. 1876, died 12th
July 1894 ; William, born 12th Jan. 1879 ;
May, born 5th Jan. 1881 ; Nannie, born
12th Oct. 1882 ; Lizzie, born 12th May 1885,
died 3rd April 1898 ; Swan, born 31st July
1888 ; Claire, born 22nd April 1890 ; Molly,
born 22nd April 1893; Edith, born 24th
Sept. 1895 ; Charles, born 5th Jan. 1899.
DEAN PARK (Q.S.).
[Mission services were carried on here
for some time in a building which had
been a United Presbyterian Church. A
new church was built in 1873. The parish
was disjoined from Govan and Maxwell on
5th June 1876.]
JAMES THOMAS GRAHAM, born
lg73 Newcastle, 1st Oct. 1842, only son
of William G., min. of Lochwinnoch ;
educated at Lochwinnoch Parish School,
Paisley Grammar School, and Univs. of
Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 16th May 1866; assistant at
Govan ; missionary here in 1870 ; ord. 21st
Aug. 1873 ; became first min. of the parish
in 1876 ; died 30th July 1914. He marr.
4th Aug. 1886, Annalexa, daugh. of Duncan
Macmaster, stockbroker, Glasgow, and had
issue — William Macmaster, M.A., assistant
at West Church, Greenock, served in
France, 1917, born 7th July 1887 ; Mary
Macdonald, born 27th June 1904.
ROBERT DALY, M.A. ; ord. 1st Dec.
1914 1914 ; trans, to Glasford 8th Aug.
1918.
-CHARLES SCOTT BURDON, born
Rait, Perth, 1862, son of James B.,
postman, Errol, and Janet Ferguson ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Perth in 1895 ; assistant at
Cambuslang and Dalmarnock ; ord. to
Blackhill 26th April 1900 ; trans, to Lundie
and Fowlis 21st April 1910 ; trans, and adm.
6th Feb. 1919. He marr. 6th June 1900,
Jessie Kidd, daugh. of John Henderson,
master joiner, Dundee, and had issue — a
daugh. who died young.
ELDER PARK (Q.SX
[Govan parish church, built in 1826, was
taken down in 1884, and re-erected almost
stone for stone at the junction of Logie
and John Streets, adjacent to the Elder
Park. Its spire was a reproduction of that
of Stratford-on-Avon, and it formed for
many years a conspicuous object in the
landscape, rising with fine effect amid the
surrounding elms.]
DAVID ORR, born 20th Aug. 1855, son
of John O., Wester Curreath, Dun-
donald, and Christina Littlejohn ;
educated at Kilmarnock Academy and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1884), B.D.
(1886); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 10th
June 1885 ; assistant at Dunoon and
Kilmun, 1885-90; ord. 26th June 1890;
became first min. of the parish in 1892;
died 5th Dec. 1911. He marr. 23rd Sept.
1890, Elisabeth Anna, daugh. of Francis
Anderson, and had issue— Elizabeth Anna,
born 24th Jan. 1892 ; Isabella Ure Elder,
408
ELDER PARK— GAELIC CHAPEL— GORBALS [pkesb. of
born 28th Aug. 1893 ; Francis Anderson,
born 23rd Feb. 1895 ; Mary Murison, born
16th Oct. 1896 ; Eleanor Liddell, born 9th
Sept. 1898 j John Herbert, born 2nd July
1900 ; Margaret Cockburn, born 19th
March 1902; David Fullarton, born 19th
June 1904.
ROBERT JOHN PAUL, born Cardross,
1912 29t^ April l8?0. son of James P.,
organist, Nairn, and Jane Gumming ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1890),
B.D. (1893) ; licen. by Presb. of Forres 2nd
May 1893 ; assistant at Dyke, Forres, St
George's-in-the-Fields, and Anderston ; ord.
to Coldstream 23rd Dec. 1898 ; trans, and
adm. 16th May 1912. Marr. 12th Dec. 1898,
Mary Agnes Whitefield, eldest daugh. of
Robert Wiseman and Elizabeth Thomson,
and has issue — Helen Whitefield, born 21st
June 1899; Robert John, born 6th July
1907.
GAELIC CHAPEL, DUKE
STREET.
[This chapel was built in 1798. The
General Assembly granted it a constitution
on 31st May 1834. In 1849 this mission
was given up.]
JOHN MACKENZIE, trans, from the
1798 Gaelic Chapel, Aberdeen ; elected by
the managers, and adm. after 3rd
Oct. 1798 ; retrans. to Aberdeen June
1809.
DAVID CARMENT, elected 26th Jan.,
1810 ord. by Presb. of Nairn 27th Feb.,
and adm. 25th April 1810 ; trans,
to Rosskeen 14th March 1822.
ROBERT CLARK, M.A. ; trans, from
1823 ^e Gaelic Chapel, Aberdeen ; elected
20th Feb., and adm. 8th May 1823 ;
trans, to Kinlochbervie 24th April 1834.
LEWIS ROSE, trans, from Nigg, Ross-
shire ; elected by the managers and
seatholders 12th Oct. 1835 ; adm.
21st Jan. 1836 ; trans, to Kincardine,
Ross-shire, 20th Sept. 1843.
JOHN MACKAY, trans, from Lochgilp-
1847 head 1847; res. 1849.
GORBALS.
[A chapel was built here in 1729. The
parish of Gorbals was disjoined from Govan
on 20th Feb. 1771. A new church, built in
1810, was made the parish church on 10th
March 1819. This building, however, was
claimed by the creditors under a contract
of ground-annual, and was taken possession
of by them on 29th Jan. 1852. After a
long litigation, possession of the church
was regained in 1864.
On the south side of the Clyde, within
this parish, stands Hospital Street. It
marks the site where, about the year
1450, Lady Lochawe founded St Ninian's
Hospital for Lepers, whose charitable work
was still carried on during the earlier part
of the seventeenth century.]
^ WILLIAM BROWN, M.A., app. in 1730 ;
1730 ord. to Kilmaronock in 1733.
JAMES SLOSS, app. colleague with
1730 preceding in 1730.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, app. in
1733 1733.
JOHN CORSE, app. in 1739; trans, to
1739 Tron Parish, Glasgow, 2nd June 1743.
JAMES MACKNIGHT, app. about
1745 1745; assistant at Kilwinning.
ROBERT WAIT, app. about 1749;
1749 trans, to Galston 17th Oct. 1754.
PATRICK MAXWELL, app. in 1754 ;
7 ord. to New Monkland 20th Sept.
1759.
CHARLES NISBET, app. in 1760 ; res.
7 in 1762; became min. of Montrose
in 1764.
JAMES OLIPHANT, M.A. ; app. in
176S 1763 ; ord. to Kilmarnock, High
Church Parish, 17th May 1764.
HUGH WALLACE, app. in 1764; died
1764 1769.— [Scot. Hist. Rev., xiv., 195.]
1769 JOHN DUN, app. in 1769 ; died 1770.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, app. as
1771 Preacner m 1770; pres. by Univ.
of Glasgow in March, and ord.
first min. of parish 9th May 1771 ; died
GLASGOW]
GORBALS— GO VAN
409
llth Dec. 1792, aged 64. He marr. 22nd
Oct. 1749, Elizabeth Stobie, who died 19th
April 1795, and had issue — Grizel, born
24th Dec. 1753, died 5th Feb. 1791 ;
Janet, born llth April 1755 ; Margaret,
born 22nd Dec. 1757, died 28th Oct.
1784 ; Elizabeth, born 15th June 1760, died
1851 ; John, merchant, Glasgow, born 8th
March 1762 ; William, physician, Glasgow,
born 2nd July 1766, died 1819. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, v.)
JAMES M'LEAN, born 4th Oct. 1761,
17g3 fourth son of John M., Anderston ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 4th Oct. 1786 ; pres.
by the heritors and feuars 1st Jan., and
ord. 30th April 1793; D.D. (Aberdeen,
March 1812) ; died 21st April 1833. During
his incumbency the population increased
from 5,000 to 35,000. He managed the
poor funds for thirty years without an
assessment. He marr. 17th Nov. 1797>
Ann Ballantine, who died 19th Jan. 1849,
and had issue — Margaret, born 7th Sept.
1798, died 4th Sept. 1854 ; John, born 22nd
May 1801, died 30th March 1802 ; James,
licentiate, born 16th March 1803, died 1st
Aug. 1836 ; John, divinity student, born
6th July 1805, died 20th March 1831 j
Patrick, merchant, Buenos Ayres, born
25th April 1807, died 3rd Feb. 1855;
William, born 16th Feb. 1809, died 26th
Feb. 1824 ; Robert Craufurd, merchant,
Monte Video and Manchester, born 21st
Aug. 1811, died 29th April 1870 ; Euphemia,
born 24th Oct. 1813, died 25th Dec. 1839 ;
Alexander, born 5th Sept. 1816, died 19th
Aug. 1840; Walter, born 26th July 1819,
died 27th Dec. 1851 j Elizabeth, born 22nd
Jan. 1822, died 25th 'Dec. 1839.— [Story of
the Barony of Gorbals, 94.]
ALEXANDER TURNER, trans, from
1833 Gartmore Chapel ; pres. 4th Sept.,
and adm. 3rd Oct. 1833; trans, to
Port of Menteith 27th July 1843.
ROBERT HOUSTON, born 1803, second
1844 son °* James H., merchant, Girvan ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1824); licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 30th Jan. 1825 ; ord. to Dalmelling-
ton 25th April 1833 ; trans, and adm. 16th
April 1844 ; dep. for drunkenness 27th
May 1853 ; died at Glasgow, 31st Jan.
1854. He marr. 1st Oct. 1833, Jane
Marshall, Edinburgh, who died 20th Dec.
1890, and had issue — James, born 13th Oct.
1834 ; Janet Gilchrist, born 31st July 1836 ;
Ann Reid, born 6th July 1838; Robert,
born 20th Aug. 1840 ; John, born 29th Oct.
1842. Publication — Account of Dalmelling-
ton {New Stat. Ace, v.).
ALEXANDER SPEIRS, ord. 17th Aug.-
1854 1854; trans, to Kilsyth 28th Feb.
1861.
ANDREW LEIPER, born 1824, only
1862 son °^ Andrew L., merchant,
Paisley ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; B.D. (1871) ; ord. to Greenhead 22nd
Nov. 1855 ; trans, and adm. 19th June
1862; died unmarr., 22nd Feb. 1904.
JOHN THOMSON ; assistant at Shet-
tleston in 1899, at Muthill, and in
this parish in 1901 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 16th April 1903; res. 30th
Sept. 1914, and went on active service in
the European War. Marr. a daugh. of
Robert Johnstone, Muthill.
THOMAS LOGAN DOUGLAS, born
1915 Falkirk, 24th Jan. 1883, son of
Alexander D. and Eliza M'Leod ;
educated at Falkirk High School and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1906), B.D.
(1910) ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 5th
May 1909 ; assistant at St Mary's, Partick,
and Temple ; ord. 16th Feb. 1915. Marr.
28th Dec. 1915, Agnes Williams, daugh. of
J. A. D. M'Lean, and has issue — Alexander
Dalrymple M'Lean, born 18th Nov. 1916.
GOVAN
[The church of Govan was a prebend of
Glasgow. It was dedicated to St Con-
stantine, who had been buried at Govan.
On 13th July 1577, the teinds of Govan
were granted to the University of Glasgow,
and the Principal of the University ex
officio was appointed minister of the parish.
This settlement was set aside on 20th Dec.
1621, and only the patronage of Govan was
left to the University. There was a chapel
410
GOVAN
[PRESB. OF
in the parish at Partick. Govan Church
was rebuilt in 1762, and again in 1826. A
later rebuilding was begun in 1884 and
was opened 19th May 1888.]
STEPHEN BEATON, last Roman in-
1560 cumbent ; adm. 19th July 1560. It
is uncertain that he conformed. He
died in 1577.— [Glasg. Prot., 1382, 1384.]
JAMES GIBSON, exhorter and reader
1567 *n 15^~ ' was v^car ln l5^2 > res* ^n
1576.— [Glasg. Prot., 1888.]
1577
ANDREW MELVILL, M.A. ; as Prin-
cipal of the Univ. he was bound to
preach every Lord's Day, and dis-
charge the duties of the ministry, 13th July
1577; elected Moderator of the General
Assembly 24th April 1578 ; trans, to Prin-
cipalship of St Mary's College, St Andrews,
1580 {q.v.).
THOMAS SMEATON, born Gask,
15S0 Perthshire, 1536 ; educated at Perth
Grammar School and St Salvator's
College, St Andrews, in which he was
regent, but adhering to Romanism, was
ejected by the Reformers. He proceeded
to Paris and Rome, where he became a
Jesuit. Returning to England, he re-
nounced Popery, and was settled as a
schoolmaster at Colchester. In 1577-8 he
was appointed min. of Paisley and Dean of
Faculty at Glasgow Univ. ; was Moderator
of General Assembly in 1579 ; app. Princi-
pal of Univ. of Glasgow by James VI. 3rd
Jan. 1580, having also charge of this parish;
elected a second time Moderator of General
Assembly 24th April 1583 ; offered parish of
St Andrews about the same time, but his
acceptance was prevented by the Assembly ;
died 6th (or 13th) Dec. 1583. In learning
he was far beyond the generality of his
brethren, while his manners were mild and
conciliatory. He marr. before 1575, Eliza-
beth, whose surname is unknown, and had
issue — Theophilus; Andrew; Thomas, M.A. ,
ancestor of John Smeaton the engineer, died
in 1657. Publications — Advirtdentuni Arch.
Hamiltonii Apostatoe Dialogum de Con-
fusione Calviniance Sectce ajmd Scotos imjrie
conscriptum Orthodoxa Pesponsio (Edin-
burgh, 1579) [contains an account of the
1585
last hours of John Knox] ; Epitaphium
Metellani, lib. i. — [M'Crie's Melville, i.,
117-22, 283, 473; Dempsteri Hist. EccL, ii.,
586 ; Calderwood's Hist., iii., 515 ; Mac-
kenzie's Lives, iii., 194 ; Reid's Divinity
Principals, 83-105 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.~\
PATRICK SHARP [or SHARPE],
master of the Grammar School of
Glasgow in 1574 ; pres. to the Princi-
palship by James VI. 10th Jan. 1585;
attended the General Assembly with great
regularity ; was app. constant Moderator
of Presb. by the Convention of Clergy
and others held at Linlithgow Dec. 1606,
which was ratified by Privy Council 17th
Jan. 1607 ; member of the Court of High
Commission 15th Feb. 1610; dem. 11th
Aug. 1614 ; died May 1615. He marr.
(1) 1st Sept. 1593, Mary Foulis, widow of
John Halden. younger of Balwill, and had
issue— David, min. of East Kilbride; Mary;
Elizabeth ; Christian (marr. William Cun-
ningham, burgess of Glasgow) ; Margaret
(marr. David Anderson, writer and notary
public) : (2) Elizabeth, daugh. of Thomas
Jack, min. of Eastwood, and had issue —
James, min. of this parish and South
Leith ; a daugh. (marr. Gavin Stewart,
minister, son of Hector S., burgess of Glas-
gow). Publication — Doctrines. Christians
brevis explicatio (Edinburgh, 1599). —
[M'Crie's Melville ; Glasg. Tests. ; Stirling
Sess. Reg. ; Glasg. Prot., 3530 ; Baillie's
Lett., iii., 574 ; M'Ure's Glasgoiv ; Reid's
Divinity Principals, 106-114.]
* ROBERT BOYD of Trochrig, M.A. ;
1615 Pres- t° the Principalship of Univ.
of Glasgow by James VI. 15th,
and elected and adm. 20th Jan. 1615 ;
was delated to the Archbishop, 29th March
1620, for not making exercise with the rest
of his brethren ; dem. 24th March 1621 ;
was settled at Greyfriars', Edinburgh, 18th
Oct. 1622, with Principalship of Edin-
burgh Univ. conjoined.
JAMES SHARPE, M.A., son of Patrick
1622 ^'' mm< °^ ^S parish in 1585 ; pres.
by the Principal and Professors of
the Univ. ; adm. before 12th June 1622 ;
trans, to South Leith 29th Aug. 1639.
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WILLIAM WILKIE, M.A., son of Robert
1640 ^'' m*n* °^ Blackfriars parish, Glas-
gow ; regent in the Univ. of Glasgow ;
pres. by the Principal and Professors of the
Univ. 22nd Jan., and adm. 16th Feb. 1640 ;
the confidential friend of Dr Balcanqual,
Dean of Rochester, through whose influence
at Court he had hopes of promotion ; was app.
by the Assembly one of the Visitors of the
Univ. of Glasgow in 1641 ; was suspended
before 4th June 1646; dep. 29th April
1649 for " not preaching against the Duke
of Hamilton's Engagement, associating with
malignants and being remiss in exercising
discipline," which sentence was approved
by the Assembly in Aug. that year. He
acquired the property of Haghill, and had
£100 allowed by Parliament out of vacant
stipends, 21st June 1661. He marr. a
daugh. of Henry Gibson, writer, Glasgow,
and had issue — William of Wester Cam-
lachie, writer, Glasgow. Publication —
" Letters to the Rev. Dr Balcanqual, Dean
of Rochester" (Baillie's Lett.) — [Acts of
Pari., vii. ; Glasg. Marr. Reg. ; Guthrie's
Mem. ; Stevenson's Hist.]
^HUGH BINNING, M.A., born 1627, son
of John B. of Dalvennan, Straiton ;
regent in the Univ. of Glasgow ;
called 25th Oct. 1649 ; ord. 8th Jan. 1650,
holding his regency till 14th May that
year. He joined the Protesters in 1651 ;
died of consumption Sept. 1653. He was
remarkably popular as a preacher, having
been considered "the most accomplished
philosopher and divine in his time, and
styled the Scottish Cicero." He marr.
(cont. 17th May 1650), Mary (died at
Paisley in 1694), daugh. of Richard
Simson, min. of Sprouston (she marr. (2)
James Gordon, min. at Comber, in Ire-
land), and had issue — John of Dalvennan.
Publications — The Common Principles of
the Christian Religion, or a Practical
Catechism (Edinburgh, 1659) ; The Sinner's
Sanctuary (Edinburgh, 1670) ; Fellou'ship
with God (Edinburgh, 1671); Heart
Humiliation, or Miscellany Sermons (Edin-
burgh, 1676) ; An Useful Case of Conscience
(,1693) ; Works (which were recommended
to be published by the General Assembly,
28th March 1704 and 10th May 1717)
(Edinburgh, 1735 ; Glasgow, 1842) ; A
Treatise of Christian Love (Edinburgh,
1743) ; Sermons on the most important sub-
jects of Practical Religion (Glasgow, 1760) ;
Evangelical Beauties (1829). — [Wodrow's
Anal., i. 161, iii. 40, 438; Glasg. Tests.;
Reid's Ireland, ii., 351 ; Inq. Ret., Ayr,
580; Diet. Nat. Biog.~\
DAVID VEITCH, born 1632, third son
1654 °^ J°nn V., min. of Roberton,
Lanarkshire ; MA. (Glasgow 1649) ;
studied divinity at St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Biggar 30th April 1654 ; called
14th May, and ord. (by the Protesters) soon
after in 1654 ; died of fever 1st July 1658.
It is said that James Durham, min. of the
High Kirk, wished to nominate V. as his
successor, but was prevented from carrying
out his intention. On his deathbed he was
reminded of this wish, when, raising him-
self from his couch, he used these prophetic
words : " David Veitch is too ripe for
heaven to be translated to any church on
earth. He will be there almost as soon as
I." He died within a week of Durham's
death. Of Veitch, Samuel Rutherfurd said
that " the like of him in his age for great
learning and piety he had never known,"
and Baillie called him "one of the ablest
of our presbytery." He marr. Katherine,
daugh. of Patrick Crauford of Auchinames,
but had no issue. His brother Alexander
was served heir 5th Aug. 1662. — [M'Crie's
Mem. of Veitch, 14, 17, 18 ; Binning's
Life ; Livingston's Charac. ; Glasg. Tests. ;
Baillie's Lett., iii., 434 ; Wodrow's Anal.,
iii., 39; Inq. Ret. Gen., 4608; Brotchie's
Govan, 166.]
ALEXANDER JAMESON, M.A.,
regent in St Leonard's College, St
Andrews; called 26th March 1659,
and ord. shortly afterwards ; was zealous
against the Public Resolutioners ; elected
Dean of Faculty by Univ. of Glasgow in
1659 and 1660 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; had an indulgence
at Killellan with the former min. there 3rd
Sept. 1672, but refused to accept. He was
accused at the Diocesan Synod, 22nd Oct.
1659
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GOVAN
[PRESB. OF'
1674, of keeping weekly conventicles at
Haggs, and in Jan. 1675 was one of those
recommended to write to their brethren
in the east for a meeting and general cor-
respondence among Presbyterians ; died at
Haggs 15th April 1675, aged about 49. " A
very learned, acute, and able disputant,
well qualified for a Divinity chair, though
he refused to accept that of St Andrews,
for which he had a patent." He marr.
(cont. 8th Feb. 1661) Grizel (died Feb.
1689), daugh. of John Maxwell, min. of
Eastwood, and widow of Robert Hutchison
of Auchengray, and had issue — Alexander,
called "a waster" in 1678, died in West
Indies before 28th June 1706 ; Annabel
(marr., cont. 17th and 22nd Sept. 1686,
William Cunningham of Cairncurran) ;
Jean (marr. James Baird, M.D.). Publica-
tion— Ane Apology and Vindication of the
oppressed and persecuted Ministers and
Professors of the Presbyterian Reforma-
tion (1677). — [Wodrow's Hist., i. 328, ii.
318 ; Wodrow's Anal., iii., 39, 40 ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Pollok Papers, i. ; New Gen. Reg.
Sas., xx. ; Livingston's Charac. ; Pollok
Writs, 372 ; Maxwells of Pollok, ii., 331.]
JOHN HAY, junr., M.A. ; trans, from
Manor; adm. between 15th June
and 29th Oct. 1663; trans, to
Peebles 20th June 1667.
1663
GABRIEL RUSSELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1667 1663) ; produced testimonials from
the Presb. of Jedburgh and Univ.
of Aberdeen 28th Feb. 1666, and inst. Sept.
1667. He was assaulted, along with his
wife and daughs., by several parishioners
who had shared their kindness, 25th Dec.
1688 ; deserted his charge at the Revolu-
tion ; went to Ireland, and died in 1697,
aged about 54. He marr. and had issue —
Edward. — [Rule's Sec. Vindication; Sage's
Works, i.]
JOHN PETTIGREW, M.A. (Glasgow
1657) ; was charged before the Privy
Council 4th March 1679 with holding
conventicles in the house of Ferm ; app. by
the united Presb. of Glasgow, Paisley, and
Dunbarton, 30th Aug. 1687, to preach in the
parish, and ord. privately 4th Jan. 1688 ;
1688
1712
dem. May 1712 ; died March 1715, aged
about 78. He was distinguished for his
facetious and witty sayings, many of which
have been published. He marr. Marion,
daugh. of James Dunlop of Househill, and
had issue — James ; Margaret ; Grizel. —
{Hamilton Tests. ; Brotchie's Govan, 273.]
CHARLES COATS, son of John C,
tanner, burgess of Glasgow ; studied
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 11th Feb. 1702; called
20th Dec. 1711 ; ord. 2nd May 1712 ; chap-
lain to the Royal army at Stirling in 1715 ;
died 31st Dec. 1745. He marr. (1) 29th
July 1709, Elizabeth (died 18th April
1728), youngest daugh. of John Marshall,
Professor of Botany in Univ. of Glasgow,
and had issue — Margaret (marr. 23rd Dec.
1726, William Cunningham of Cairncur-
ran) : (2) pro. 9th Jan. 1737, Christian
(died 15th Feb. 1759), daugh. of Robert
Dickie, deacon of the wrights. — [Glasg.
Marr. Reg. ; Hamilton Tests. ; Wodrow's
Anal., iii. 334, 495, iv. 493.]
WILLIAM THOM, born New Monk-
land, 1710 ; educated at Univ. of
1748 Glasgow; M.A. (1732); licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 25th July 1738; pres.
by the Professors of the Univ. of Glasgow
26th May 1746 ; his settlement was delayed
by opposition from the parishioners, but
the Assembly directed the Synod to ord.
him, which was done 25th Feb. 1748; died
8th Aug. 1790. His eccentric sayings and
sarcasms rendered him famous in his day,
and many of his sallies are still remembered.
He marr. (1) 22nd Oct. 1753, Grizel Scot
who died 7th July 1760, and had issue —
James, born 16th Nov. 1754 ; David ;
William ; Charles, born 3rd Jan. 1758, died
22nd July 1760; Grizel, born 14th Jan.
1760, died 11th Oct. 1762 : (2) 17th April
1780, Agnes (died s.p. 25th Feb. 1817),
daugh. of John M'Kechnie, merchant, Glas-
gow. She founded a library in the parish.
Publications — An Enquiry into the Causes
of the Decline of Religion (Glasgow, 1761) ;
The Happiness of Dead Clergymen (Glas-
gow, 1769) ; Seasonable Advice to the Land-
holders and Farmers in Scotland (Edin-
burgh, 1770) ; A Vindication of Doctor
GLASGOW]
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413
Tail from the Charge of Heresy (Glasgow,
1770) ; Letter of Advice concerning Roups of
Growing Corn, and of Tacks (Glasgow, 1771) ;
Sober and Religious Conference, considered
and recommended (Glasgow, 1774) ; Works
(Glasgow, \nm)— [Hamilton Tests. ; Report
on Church Patronage; Carlyle's Autob.,
110 ; Morren's Ann., 102, 106, 361 ; Craw-
furd's Renfrew.']
JOHN POLLOCK, born 1762, second
son of John P., weaver, Hamilton;
1791 M.A. (Glasgow 1781): licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 28th April 1789 ; pres.
by the Professors of the Univ. of Glasgow
29th and 30th Dec. 1790 ; ord. 21st July
1791; D.D. (St Andrews, 6th Jan. 1816);
died' 7th May 1820. He marr. (1) 21st
July 1795, Agnes (died 17th April 1799),
daugh. of William Grey of Gartcraig, and
had issue — John, born 3rd May 1796;
William, born 20th Aug. 1797 : (2) 9th
Sept. 1801, Margaret (died 19th Nov. 1843,
aged 78), daugh. of Nicholas Dickson, mer-
chant, Dumfries, and had issue— Gray, born
18th June 1802, died at Xalapa, Mexico.
25th June 1836 ; Thomas Dickson, born
23rd Feb. 1804 ; Matthew Baillie, surgeon,
H.E.I.C.S., born 26th Nov. 1805, died 7th
July 1844; Margaret Aitchison, born 3rd
July 1807 (marr. 24th Sept. 1849, Horatio
Potter, D.D., rector of St Peter's Church,
Albany, U.S.A.) ; Alexander Stevenson
Craufurd, born 4th June 1811, died 28th
April 1812. Publications — The Blessings of
Beneficence, a sermon (Glasgow, 1811) ; An
Inquiry into the Expediency of Sabbath
Schools in Scotland (Glasgow, 1815);
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xiv.). — [Tombst.]
MATTHEW LEISHMAN of Sunnyside,
born 27th April 1794, son of Thomas
L., grain merchant, Paisley, and
Janet Robertson ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow (M.A. 1812) and Edinburgh;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th Oct.
1816 ; assistant at Renfrew in 1819 ; pres.
by the Faculty of the Univ. of Glasgow
24th Oct. 1820 ; ord. 1st March 1821 ; D.D.
(Glasgow, 18th Dec. 1840). He was a
steady supporter of the non-intrusion party
in the Church until the decision against
them by the House of Lords in the first
Auchterarder Case, when be and others, by
giving obedience to the law, choosing rather
to reform than to disrupt, were termed the
Forty Thieves, of which party he was the
acknowledged leader. He was elected
Moderator of the General Assembly 20th
May 1858 ; died at Sunnyside, Lanark, 8th
Aug. 1874. He marr. 13th July 1824, Jane
Elizabeth (died 1st Sept. 1874), daugh. of
Robert Boog, Edinburgh, and had issue —
Thomas, D.D., min. of Linton, born 7th May
1825; Elizabeth Anderson, born 11th Oct.
1826, died 20th April 1912; Janet, born 14th
April 1828, died 24th Oct. 1835 ; Robert,
born 8th, and died 19th June 1830 ; Robert
Boog, born 13th Dec. 1831, died 28th July
1832 ; Matthew David, born 7th Jan. 1833,
died 25th Nov. 1834 ; William, M.D., Pro-
fessor of Midwifery, Glasgow, born 8th
June 1834, died 18th Feb. 1894 ; John
Robert, born 18th Feb., and died 23rd
May 1836; Jane, born 24th May 1837
(marr. 21st Sept. 1864, William Moorhead) ;
Marianne Sophia, born 21st Aug. 1838, died
24th Oct. 1842 ; Charles, born 30th Dec.
1839, died 11th Jan. 1840 ; James Matthew,
merchant, Rangoon, born 30th July 1844,
died 15th June 1890 ; Isabella Agatha, born
12th Oct. 1847 (marr. 24th April 1866,
David Williamson Runciman, min. of
Leslie), died 13th Aug. 1917. Publications
— Edited Binning's Works, with an Intro-
ductory Essay, Commentary, and Notes
(Glasgow, 1842), and Wodrow's Analecta,
4 vols., for the Maitland Club (Glasgow,
1842-3) ; A Brief Appeal to the Convoca-
tionists (1843) ; Account of the Parish (Neiv
Stat. Ace, vi.).
JOHN MACLEOD, born 22nd June
1840, second son of John M., D.D.,
min. of Morven ; educated at Glas-
gow Univ. ; B.A. (1848) ; licen. by Presb.
of Mull ; ord. to Newton-upon-Ayr 8th
Aug. 1861 ; trans, to Duns 18th Sept. 1862 ;
trans, and adm. 7th Jan. 1875 ; D.D. (Glas-
gow, 27th April 1883); was one of the
founders of the Scottish Church Society
on 19th Oct. 1892; promoted various
church extension charges in the parish ;
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GOVAN— GOVANHILL
[ PRESB. OF
app. Joint Vice - Convener of General
Assembly's Committee on Legislation and
Church Reform, May .1896 ; died 4th Aug.
1898, and was buried at Keil, Morven.
He marr. 25th Aug. 1863, Alexa Mary
(died 20th May 1910), daugh. of General
Duncan Macpherson of Burgie, and had
issue — John Norman, CLE., C.M.G.,
Lieut. -col. I.M.S., born 8th May 1865;
Duncan Archibald, born 12th June 1866,
died 9th Dec. 1907 ; William Arthur, born
28th Oct. 1867; Charles Roderick, born
1st Dec. 1868 ; Norman Augustus, born
8th Aug. 1870; Alexa Evelyn, born 21st
Feb. 1872 (marr. Robert Baldock Scott,
min. of Humbie) ; Margaret Eleanor, born
24th Sept. 1876 (marr. 5th July 1905,
Major Ranald Hume Macdonald, R.E.),
died 27th Sept. 1916. Publications—" The
Literal Import of 1 Peter, iii. 18, 19, 20,
and iv. 6, connected with Acts ii., 25-29,
maintained in Relation to The Descensus
ad Inferos" thesis (Glasgow, 1883) ; Holy
Communion and Frequency of Celebration,
with Note on Fast Days (Edinburgh, 1887) ;
Our Help is in the Name of the Lord, a
Call to Prayer, with Forms of Intercession
(Edinburgh, 1893) ; Judge nothing before
the Time, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1894) ;
The Celebration of the Holy Communion
and Daily Service (Scot. Ch. Socy. Confer-
ences) (Edinburgh, 1894) ; The Present Duty
of the Church of Scotland and its Limits
(Edinburgh, 1894) ; A National Recognition
of Religion (Edinburgh, 1894); The Holy
Sacrament of Baptism : the Place assigned
to it in the Economy of Grace, and the
Present Need in Scotland of Explicit
Teaching in Regard to it (Scot. Ch. Socy.
Conferences) (Edinburgh, 1895) ; The De-
velopment of the General Home Mission
Work of the Church and her Duty to
Emigrants in particular (Scot. Ch. Socy)
Conferences) (Edinburgh, 1895) ; Poems and
Hymns (posthumous) (Edinburgh, 1902) ;
The Gospel in the Institution of the Lord's
Supper (Glasgow, 1907) ; many sermons,
etc., contributed to the daily press and
magazines, and to Govan Parish Magazine
(1879-98).— [Kirkpatrick's The Ministry of
Dr John Macleod in the Parish of Govan,
and other Macleod Memorial Lectures.]
ROGER SANDILANDS KIRK-
1899 PATRICK, M.A., B.D. ; trans, from
Jedburgh 29th June 1899 ; trans, to
Yarrow 22nd Nov. 1912.
JOHN M'GILCHRIST, born Bowmore,
191g Islay, 15th Sept. 1866, son of John
M., min. of Kilarrow ; educated at
Univs. of Glasgow, M.A. (1891), B.D. (1894)
and Oxford, B.A. (1892) ; licen. by Presb. of
Islay and Jura May 1894; ord. to Glen-
garry 18th Sept. 1894 ; trans, to Fodderty
28th Oct. 1896; trans, to Skelmorlie 14th
Nov. 1899; trans, to West St Giles 10th
March 1911; trans, and adm. 13th May
1913. Marr. (1) 23rd Jan. 1896, Beatrice
(died 30th March 1909), daugh. of Charles
Blatherwick, M.D., Row, and has issue-
Ian Charles, born 21st March 1906 ;
Beatrice Betsy, born 15th March 1909 : (2)
28th Feb. 1911, the Hon. Agnes Caroline
Burns, daugh. of John, first Baron In-
verclyde. Publications — Old Testament
Writers and the Historical Conditions
under which they ivrote [a lecture] (1899) ;
Articles on Ptolemies and Tobit in Ewing
and Thomson's Bible Dictionary (London,
1911).
GOVANHILL (Q.S.).
[In May 1874 mission work was begun
here, the services being held in a temporary
chapel. A church was built in 1881. The
parish of Govanhill was disjoined from
Govan and Queen's Park on 14th July
1893.]
JOHN MUIR, born Glasgow, 13th July
1875 1851, son of John M. and Margaret
Waddell; educated at Glasgow
Academy and Univ.; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow Dec. 1873 ; assistant at Cathcart ;
ord. 15th July 1875 ; became first min. of
parish in 1893; sometime convener of the
General Assembly's Committee on Temper-
ance. Marr. 29th June 1876, Margaret
Picken, daugh. of Robert Sim, and has
issue — John, min. of High Kirk Parish,
Paisley, born 6th July 1880; Margaret (marr.
27th April 1915, James Ferrier Pollock,
min. of Portmoak) ; Robert Sim ; William
Glasgow] GOVANHILL— GREENHEAD— HILLHEAD
415
Aikman ; Frederick Bennie, killed in action
15th Nov. 1916; Mary. Publications—
Seaside Thoughts and other Reflections
(Glasgow, 1881) ; A Sermon on Disestablish-
ment and Disendowment of the Church of
Scotland (Glasgow, 1893); Semi -Jubilee
Sermon (Glasgow, 1900); The Minister's
Pocket Book (Glasgow, 1900).
THOMAS STOBO GLEN, born Paisley,
10th Oct. 1882, son of Bobert G.
and Christina Stobo ; educated at
the John Neilson Institution, Paisley, and
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1906) ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley April 1908 ; assistant at
Dunblane ; ord. to Trinity Gask 10th Aug.
1910; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 16th May 1916.
GREENHEAD (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1840. The
parish of Greenhead was disjoined from
Calton on 5th July 1876.]
JOHN UNDEBWOOD, ord. 10th Feb.
,_.„ 1842; trans, to Kirkcudbright 21st
Sept. 1843.
[Vacant 1843-53.]
JOHN M'LLBAITH, adm. in 1853 ; res.
in 1854 on app. to English Beformed
Church, Amsterdam [afterwards min.
of Erskine.]
1855
ANDBEW LEIPEB, B.D.; ord. 22nd
Nov. 1855 ; trans, to Gorbals 19th
June 1862.
JAMES ALLAN, born 1835, third son
1862 °* J°nn A-, merchant, Kirkintilloch ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
B.A. (1853); ord. 4th Dec. 1862; died at
Braidwood, N.S.W., 17th Aug. 1873.
THOMAS HAMILTON SHEABEB,
1874 k°rn 22nd Dec. 1849, son of George
S. and Agnes Hamilton ; educated at
Barnock and Gilmerton Schools, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
Oct. 1873; assistant here; ord. 18th Feb.
1874 ; became first min. of the parish in
1876; died 21st Feb. 1920. He marr. (1)
26th June 1883, Janet (died 19th April 1893),
daugh. of Daniel M'Bae, Greenock, and had
issue — Leo Hamilton, born 13th Sept. 1884 ;
James Caird, born 19th July 1887 ; Muriel
Jenny, born 21st June 1890 : (2) 20th April
1898, Mary Giffen, daugh. of Andrew
Stewart, Beith, and had issue — Andrew
Giffen, born 16th Dec. 1898; Margaret
Agnes, born 11th May 1900.
HILLHEAD (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1876. The
parish of Hillhead was disjoined from
Govan on 13th March 1882.]
DAVID STRONG, born 20th Oct. 1840,
18*72 e^est son °^ David S., min. of
Dailly ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow; B.A. (1859), M.A. (1860); licen. by
Presb. of Ayr May 1864 ; ord. to Barr 3rd
May 1866 ; trans, and adm. 14th Oct. 1872 ;
became first min. of the parish in 1882; D.D.
(Glasgow 1882). He marr. 14th April 1868,
Barbara Jane Hamilton, daugh. of Bobert
Burns Thomson, min. of Spott, and has
issue — David Bobert Thomson, M.B., Ilford,
born 28th March 1869; Wilhelmina, born
5th Sept. 1870. Publications — The Place of
Scotland in Theology (Thesis for degree) ;
Ireland, a Religious Problem, a sermon ;
edited Juxta Crucem, by Charles Goodall,
min. of Barr, with Memoir (Glasgow,
1889).
WALTER ROLAND LACEY, born
Redlands, Bristol, 3rd May 1871,
son of Walter L. and Mary Louisa
Lockstone ; educated at Fulneck and Bed-
ford Schools, Univs. of Manchester, M.A.
(1906) and Edinburgh, Marburg and Halle ;
ord. by John Herbert Edwards, Bishop
of the Moravian Church, 1902 ; adm. to
Church of Scotland 13th May 1907;
assistant at Hamilton ; adm. to Kerse 2nd
Feb. 1910 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 12th Feb. 1914. Marr. 23rd April
1919, Ellen Bryce, daugh. of Bev. Thomas
Makdougall Brisbane Paterson, Laighstone
Hall, Hamilton, and has issue — a daugh.,
born 18th April 1920.
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HOPE STREET CHAPEL— HUTCHESONTOWN [presb. of
HOPE STREET GAELIC
CHAPEL.
[This mission was begun in 1824. On
31st May 1834 the General Assembly
granted it a constitution. The church
was retained by the Free Church in 1843.]
ALEXANDER BEITH, trans, from
Oban Chapel ; elected by the
managers in Oct., and adm. after
9th Nov. 1824 ; trans, to Kilbrandon and
Kilchattan 29th Nov. 1826.
ADAM GUN, born 7th Aug. 1802, son of
Robert G., min. of Latheron ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A.
(1819) ; licen. by Presb. of Nairn 5th April
1825 ; elected by delegates in Jan., and
ord. 15th March 1827: dep. for immoral
conduct 20th Feb. 1835.
1827
1836
HECTOR M'NEILL, trans, from Portna-
haven; elected 30th Sept. 1835;
adm. 7th Jan. 1836 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Campbeltown, 22nd Sept.
1841.
WALTER MACGILVRAY, born 1807,
eldest son of Malcolm M., Islay ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 31st July 1832;
missionary at St John's Parish, Glasgow ;
assistant at Dumfries; ord. to St Mark's,
Glasgow, 20th Aug. 1835 ; trans, and adm.
23rd June 1842. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; min. of Hope Street Free Church,
1843-6 ; min. of Gaelic Church, Glengarry,
Canada, 1846-8 [on his way to Canada
he was wrecked in the Great Britain,
in Dundrum Bay, 22nd September 1846] ;
D.D. (Lafayette College, U.S.A., 1847);
returned to Scotland, and adm. min. of
St Mark's Free Church, Glasgow, 2nd Sept.
1848; min. of Gilcomston Free Church, Aber-
deen, 1854-80 ; died in Edinburgh, 30th June
1880. He marr. 1846, Maria, daugh. of Sir
William Jackson Hooker, Director of Kew
Gardens. Publications — The Night- Watch
(Aberdeen, 1860) ; The Ministry of the
Word (London, 1870); John of the Golden
Mouth (London, 1871) ; Expository Lectures
on the Epistle of Jude (Glasg. 1845) ; Peter
no Pope, a lecture (1851) ; Is it Well with
Thee ? (Aberdeen, 1860) ; Lectures on Social-
ism, Romanism, St Chrysostom, Morisonian-
ism. — [Gammie's Churches of Aberdeen,
126-9 ; Our Scottish Clergy (1848), 230-7.]
HUTCHESONTOWN (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1839. In
1843 its minister and most of the congre-
gation joined the Free Church. They
retained, however, the occupation of the
building. In 1850 possession of the chapel
was recovered, and mission services were
resumed in it. On 22nd May 1871, the
parish of Hutchesontown was erected.]
ALEXANDER SIMPSON PATTER-
1839 S0N' born 1805' son of Robert P->
Crofthouse, Alnwick, and Janet,
daugh. of John Brown of Haddington, the
commentator ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbar 5th Dec.
1832 ; assistant at Falkirk to his brother,
min. of the parish ; ord. min. of the Church
of Scotland congregation at Whitehaven
3rd May 1837 ; elected by the Glasgow
Church Building Society 11th March, and
adm. 25th April 1839. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Hutchesontown
Free Church, 1843-85 ; died unmarr. 28th
Jan. 1885. Publications — A Commentary
on the First Epistle of St John (Edinburgh,
1842) ; A Commentary on the First Epistle
of the Thessalonians (Edinburgh, 1846) ;
Sketch of the Scripture Doctrine respecting
Good Angels (Glasgow, 1848) ; Commentary
on the Epistle to the Hebrews (Edinburgh,
1856) ; The Epistle of James, and the First
Epistle of John (Edinburgh, 1857); The
Cradle and the Cross of Jesus (Glasgow,
1859) ; The Poets and Preachers of the
Nineteenth Century (Glasgow, 1862) ; The
Redeemer and the Redemption (Edinburgh,
1865) ; Sketches in Verse of a Continental
Tour (Glasgow, 1866). He edited The
Imperial Illustrated Bible (1858) ; The Self-
Explanatory Family Bible (1859) ; The
Illustrated Family Bible (1876) ; The Select
Works of Thomas Boston, with a Memoir
(Edinburgh, 1851) ; Annotations on the
Pastoral Epistles ; Lecture V. (On Infidel-
ity) ; Account of Innerwick (Netv Stat.
GLASGOW]
HUTCHESONTOWN— HYNDLAND
417
Ace, ii.). — [Smith's Our Scottish Clergy
(1848), 238-44; Memoir, by George Philip,
M.A., Edinburgh.]
[Vacant 1843-53.]
ROBERT KNOX MONTEATH, born
1827, second son of James M., MA.,
writer, Glasgow ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; B.A (1846); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 8th Jan. 1851 ; ord. 22nd Sept.
1853 ; became first min. of the parish in
1871 ; secretary to Foreign Mission Com-
mittee; died unmarr. 23rd Nov. 1910.
JOHN ROBERTSON MACGREGOR,
-_,.„ MA. ; ord. (assistant and successor)
23rd June 1902 ; trans, to Leslie,
Fife, 31st Jan. 1907.
JOHN WATT, B.A. ; trans, from Lima-
vady, Ireland, and adm. (assistant
and successor), 27th June 1907 ;
trans, to Gilcomston, Aberdeen, 9th Nov.
1916.
CHARLES HEUGHAN, M A. ; trans,
from Newcraighall (q.v.), and adm.
29th March 1917. He had a daugh.
born 16th Sept. 1918.
HYNDLAND (Q.S.).
[A chapel was built here in 1886. The
parish of Hyndland was disjoined from
Govan on 15th July 1910.]
JOHN SERVICE, born Campsie, 26th
Feb. 1833, son of John S., print
engraver, and Elizabeth Clachar ;
educated at Campsie School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; edited The Dumbarton Herald,
1857 ; sub-editor of Mackenzie's Imperial
Dictionary of Universal Biography, 1858-62;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 12th Jan.
1861 ; ord. as missionary in parish of
Hamilton in 1862 ; went to Australia ;
sometime min. of Presbyterian Church at
Wedderburn ; min. of St John's Presby-
terian Church, Hobart, Tasmania, 1866-9 ;
returned to Scotland ; became assistant at
Anderston in 1871 ; adm. to Inch 11th
VOL. III.
April 1872; D.D. (Glasgow 1877); trans, and
adm. 19th Dec. 1878 ; died 15th March 1884.
He marr. 29th April 1859, Jessie, daugh. of
James Bayne, teacher of music, Glasgow,
and had issue — John, B.L., writer, Glasgow,
born 19th May 1860 ; James Bayne, stock-
broker, Glasgow, born 1st May 1862 ; Anne
Low Bayne, born 27th April 1864, died at
Melbourne in infancy ; Douglas Dykes,
stockbroker, Glasgow, born 15th April
1866; Elizabeth Hetherington, born 11th
March 1868, died young ; Jessie Brownlie,
born 5th March 1871 ; William Jack Nicholl,
min. of West Parish, Greenock. Publica-
tions— Lady Hetty (London, 1875) [origin-
ally issued in Good Words under the title of
Novantia\ ; Salvation Here and Hereafter,
a volume of Sermons and Essays (1877) ;
contributions to Scotch Sermons (1880);
Sermons [Memoir] (London, 1884); Prayers
for Public Worship (London, 1885). He
contributed an Essay on Burns to Ward's
English Poets, vol. iii. (London, 1880), and
wrote many articles in magazines and
newspapers.— [Memoir (portrait).]
HENRY GREY GRAHAM, born 3rd
Oct. 1842, son of Robert Balfour G.,
D.D., min. of North Berwick ; edu-
cated at North Berwick and Edinburgh
schools and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Haddington in 1865 ; assistant
at Bonhill ; ord. to Nenthorn 12th March
1868 ; trans, and adm. 31st Oct. 1884 ;
died 6th May 1906. He marr. 3rd Sept.
1878, Alice, daugh. of Thomas Carlyle of
Shawhill, Ayrshire, advocate, and had
issue — Nigel Carlyle, born 15th June 1881,
died in Egypt, 12th Nov. 1909 ; Ada Carlyle
(marr. Alfred Loosemore). Publications —
Rousseau ("Foreign Classics for English
Readers ") (Edinburgh, 1882); The Lutheran
Church [St Giles' Lectures] (Edinburgh,
1884) ; The Social Life of Scotland in the
Eighteenth Century, 2 vols. (London, 1899 ;
3rd ed., 1906) ; Scottish Men of Letters in
the Eighteenth Century (London, 1901 ; 2nd
ed., 1908) ; Literary and Historical Essays,
with Memoir (London, 1908). He was a
frequent contributor of reviews and leading
articles to The Scotsman and The Glasgow
Herald.— [Diet. Nat. Biog.]
2 D
418
JOHN KNOX'S CHAPEL— KELVIN HAUGH [presb. of
MATTHEW GARDNER, born Greenock,
1907 ^C^ I852' son °f Matthew G., iron
merchant, Greenock; educated at
Gilbertfield, Hamilton, Glasgow Academy,
and Carmichael Boarding School ; travelled
for some years abroad, then went to Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock
May 1882 ; assistant at West Parish,
Greenock ; ord. to Midcalder 24th April
1883 j trans, to Peebles 20th Sept. 1893 ;
trans, and adm. 3rd Jan. 1907 ; became
first min. of the parish in 1910 ; First-
class chaplain, Royal Engineers (T.).
Marr. 22nd Aug. 1883, Marion, daugh. of
William Semple, Alleghany City, U.S.A.,
and has issue — William Sydney, born 9th
Sept. 1884, died 24th July 1899; Lena
Gertrude, born 11th Dec. 1886 (marr. Pro-
fessor Fausset, Sydney) ; Marion Louise,
born 2nd June 1888 ; Matthew, born 4th
Nov. 1889 ; Florence Marguerite, born 19th
Oct. 1891 (marr. 7th April 1920, William
Hugh Hamilton of Cairns, W.S.) ; Elizabeth
Frances, born 10th June 1894 ; Eric, born
19th Oct. 1898.
JOHN KNOX'S CHAPEL.
[Mission work was begun in this part of
the Kingston district in 1842. The church
was retained by the Free Church in 1843.]
JONATHAN RANKEN ANDERSON,
born 1803, son of John A., Elderslie,
Paisley ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 4th Sept.
1833 ; ord. min. of Kirkfield Chapel 24th
July 1834 ; trans, in 1842. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; was Hebrew tutor in the
Free Church College, Glasgow ; min. of
John Knox Free Church, 1843-52 ; sus-
pended sine die 2nd March 1853, having
adopted views inconsistent with the Con-
fession of Faith; died 10th Jan. 1859.
He marr. (1) Martha Freer, who died 26th
Feb. 1847, aged 43, and had issue — Anna
Maria (marr. William M'Allum, machine-
wire manufacturer, Glasgow), died 9th
April 1918; James, born 1834, died 27th
March 1844; Eliza Hunter, born 1835
(marr. William Dewar), died 24th Nov.
1918; Mary Eccles, born 1837 (marr.
Donald Stewart), died in Arran, 9th June
1872; Robert Wodrow, born 18th July
1838, died 22nd May 1900 ; Jonathan, born
19th Feb. 1840, died 20th Dec. 1916;
Margaret Parker, born 1843, died at Aber-
deen, 28th July 1858 ; a daugh., born 7th,
and died 21st Feb. 1847; two other daughs. :
(2) Ann Alison, who died 27th July 1865,
aged 56. Publications — Two Sermons on
Sacramental Occasions (Edinburgh, 1845) ;
A Warning to Ministers (Edinburgh, 1851) ;
A Second Day in Knox's Free Church
(Glasgow, 1852) ; Lectures and Addresses
(1861) ; A Voice from the Wilderness ;
Lecture II. (On Revival of Religion), III.
(On the Jews).
KELVINHAUGH (Q.S.).
[In 1855 mission work was begun here,
the services being carried on in a building
called East Park Chapel. Mainly through
the zeal and energy of Norman Macleod,
D.D., minister of the Barony, a church
was built in 1859. An endowment for it
having been generously given by Alex-
ander Whitelaw of Gartshore, the parish of
Kelvinhaugh was disjoined from that of the
Barony of Glasgow on 17th March 1873.]
JAMES LAMONT, ord. 20th Dec.
1 1855 ; afterwards min. of Broughty
Ferry.
JAMES M'ARTHUR, licentiate ; [after-
1857 wards min. of Kilmodan].
THOMAS MURRAY, licentiate ; [after-
1858 wards min. of Anstruther Easter].
NEIL MAXWELL MACNAUGHTON,
18Sg ord. 4th Aug. 1859 ; trans, to
Stewarton (assistant and successor)
15th March 1860.
1 JAMES CLOW BRYCE, app. 18th Oct.
loon 1860; ord. to Johnstone, Dumfries-
shire, 26th Dec. 1861.
PETER CAMERON BLACK, M.A. ;
1862 ord. 15th May 1862; trans, to Old
Monkland 22nd Dec. 1864.
WILLIAM BENNIE, D.D. ; ord. 11th
186_ May 1865 ; trans, to Bathgate 5th
July 1872.
Glasgow] KELVINHAUGH— KELVINSIDE— KINGSTON
419
PETER THOMSON, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
21st Nov. 1872 ; became first min.
of the parish in 1873; trans, to
Dunning 19th Sept. 1878.
^WILLIAM BROWNLIE, M.A. ; ord.
18th Feb. 1879; trans, to Lenzie
22nd Jan. 1891.
DONALD MACMILLAN, born Skip-
ness, 11th May 1855, son of John M.
and Elizabeth Thomson ; educated at
Innellan School and Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1879); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
June 1881 ; assistant at Galashiels, 1881-3 ;
ord. to Wanlockhead 14th Sept. 1883;
trans, to Auchtertool 29th April 1886; trans,
and adm. 8th July 1891 ; D.D. (Glasgow
1906) ; Hastie Lecturer in Univ. of Glasgow,
1906-9; app. clerk to Synod of Glas-
gow and Ayr Oct. 1913; joint-convener
of General Assembly's Committee on
Pension Fund for Ministers, 1917. Marr.
25th June 1889, Edith, second daugh. of
John Henry Worthington, Seymour Grove,
Old Trafford, Manchester, and has issue
—John, born 12th April 1890; Donald
Douglas,born 3rd March 1894. Publications
—Professor Hastie's Outlines of Theology
(1904) ; John Knox, A biography (London,
1905); George Buchanan, A biography
(London, 1906) ; Life of George Matheson,
D.D., LL.D. (London, 1907) ; The Aberdeen
Doctors, 1610-34 (London, 1909); A Short
History of the Scottish People (London,
1911) ; John Knox and his 3fessages for the
Times (London, 1912); Ulster Plantation
and Presbyterian Pioneers (1912) ; Life
of Robert Flint, D.D., LL.D. (London,
1914); Burns and the War (1917); The
Appeal of Patriotism to Religion in Time
of War (London, n.d.); Presbyterian Re-
union (The Hibbert Journal, Jan. 1919) ;
Editor of Church of Scotland Sabbath
School Magazine (1899-1900), and of St
Andrew (1899-1905); and St Andrew
[Second Series] (1920).
KELVINSIDE (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1873. The
parish of Kelvinside was disjoined from
Maryhill on 30th Jan. 1888.]
JOHN ANDERSON, born 18th June
1&n 1848, son of Andrew A., farm over-
seer, Auchendennan, Loch Lomond,
and Margaret Weir ; educated at Alexandria
and Bonhill Schools, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1871), B.D. (1873) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunbarton 3rd Dec. 1873 ; assistant at St
Andrew's, Glasgow, 1873 ; ord. 20th Sept.
1877. Marr. 27th April 1881, Margaret
Stevenson, youngest daugh. of Alexander
Paton, shipping agent, Troon, and has
issue — Catherine Macaulay, born 21st
Feb. 1887 (marr. William Towers Hardie,
M.B., Ch.B.); Margaret Ethel Weir, born
27th April 1888 (marr. James Macfadzean,
B.Sc, M.I.C.E.) ; Gerald Alexander Paton,
2nd lieut. R.F.A., born 4th Jan. 1891.
KINGSTON (Q.S.).
[A constitution was granted by the
General Assembly for a chapel here on
28th May 1838, but the place of worship
was not opened till 2nd June 1839. The
parish of Kingston was erected on 6th
March 1875.]
JAMES GIBSON, born Crieff, 31st Jan.
1839 1^99, fourth son of Robert G., carrier,
Crieff; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow; M.A. (1817); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton in 1820 ; assistant at West
Parish, Greenock, and Blackfriars, Glas-
gow ; ord. in 1835 ; adm. 13th June 1839.
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min.
of Kingston Free Church, 1843-56; app.
Professor of Divinity and Church History
in Free Church College, Glasgow, 1856;
D.D. (Glasgow 1862); died 2nd Nov.
1871. He marr. 25th June 1839, Elizabeth,
daugh. of John Campbell, min. of
Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh, and had
issue — John Campbell, D.D., born 1853,
missionary at Swatow, China, Moderator of
the Presbyterian Church of England 1909,
died at Glasgow 25th Nov. 1919; Jane
Kinnear (marr. 12th Jan. 1865, James
M'Naught, min. of Abbotsford). Publica-
tions— The Marriage Affinity Question(Edm-
burgh, 1854) ; Principles of Bible Temper-
ance (Glasgow, 1855) ; Present Truths in
Theology (Glasgow, 1863) ; The Connection
420
KINGSTON— KINNING PARK
[PRESB. OF
betiveen the Decalogue and New Testament
Morality (Glasgow, 1865); The Public Wor-
ship of God : its Authority and Modes
(Glasgow, 1869); Editor of the Church of
Scotland Magazine (1834-7), and of The
Scottish Protestant, i., ii. (Glasgow, 1852) ;
Wylie's Disruption Worthies, 261-4. — [Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
[Church vacant 1843-6.]
ROBERT POLLOK, born Neilston,
1846 7tk "DeCl 1795' ^ird son °f Allan P.,
weaver, and Mary Currie ; educated
at Riccarton, Kilmarnock, and Catrine
Schools, United Associate Hall, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by United Secession
Presb. of Glasgow in 1824 ; ord. min. of
Associate Church, Buckhaven, 7th Dec.
1826; res. 11th Nov. 1845. Joined the
Church of Scotland May 1846 ; adm. to this
charge 2nd Dec. 1846; LL.D. (Philadelphia
1868) ; became first min. of the parish in
1875 ; died 21st March 1879. He marr. (1)
Janet, daugh. of Deacon James Carlaw,
carpenter, Mid-Calder, and had issue —
Jessie Calder, born 25th Sept. 1828 (marr.
William Snodgrass, D.D., min. of Canon-
bie); Allan, D.D., LL.D., Principal of the
Presbyterian College, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
born 19th Oct. 1829, died 7th July 1918 :
(2) Elizabeth, daugh. of Robert Allan,
tobacconist, Greenock, and had issue —
Margaret, born 14th Aug. 1837 ; Elizabeth,
born 11th June 1840; Robert, born 27th
Nov. 1841 ; Mary Stewart, born 22nd Sept.
1843 (marr. John Hamilton, registrar,
Anderston, Glasgow) ; Marion, born 25th
Sept. 1849. Publications — Apocalyptic Re-
generation, a Series of Lectures on the Book
of Revelation, with a Dissertation on the
Origin and Nature of Symbolic Language
and the use of Hieroglyphs by the Prophets
(Glasgow, 2 vols., 1856-8); The Young
Student's Early Companion (Glasgow, 1877).
— [Small's Hist, of U.P. Congregations.
ii., 394 ; Our Scottish Clergy (1848), 266-71.]
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, trans, from
1RW Dalmarnock ; adm. (assistant and
successor) 25th April 1877 ; trans.
to Chryston 4th May 1882.
JOHN GUNSON, born Gisborough, 5th
July 1840, son of Antony G. and
Hannah Baxter ; educated privately,
and for Methodist Ministry at King's College,
London, and Univ. of Edinburgh ; adm. to
Church of Scotland 29th May 1876 ; app. to
Addiewell Mission ; assistant at Riccarton,
Kilmarnock ; ord. to Robertson Memorial,
Glasgow, 24th April 1877 ; trans, and adm.
4th Oct. 1882. Marr. 10th Jan. 1866, Annie,
daugh. of the Rev. William Reid, London,
and has issue| — Ernest Sherwood, min.
of New Monkland, born 10th Dec. 1870 ;
Annie Elizabeth, born 7th Dec. 1872 (marr.
James Reid Foulds, M.D., Loughboro) ;
Helen, born 3rd Aug. 1874 (marr. Henry
Hislop Thomson, M.D., Hertford) ; Charles
Herbert, M.B., CM., Wisbech, born 18th
July 1877 ; Florence, born 19th June 1879 ;
Ethel, born 25th April 1884 (marr. Frank
Inman Trimmer, physician, Houghton-le-
Spring).
JAMES CAMPBELL, born Dalziel, 17th
1916 "^ay 1878, son of William C. and
Margaret Macintyre ; educated at
Craigneuk School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
MA. (1911) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
April 1914 ; assistant at St Aidan's and St
Michael's, Edinburgh ; ord. to West Parish,
Fraserburgh, 5th May 1915 ; trans, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 10th Oct.
1916. Marr. 28th July 1915, Margaret
Drysdale, younger daugh. of John Steven-
son, headmaster, Higher Grade School,
Portobello.
KINNING PARK (Q.S.).
[Mission work was begun here in 1868.
The religious services were held in a brick
building in Stanley Street called Maxwell -
ton Territorial Chapel. A permanent
church was built in 1873. This parish was
disjoined from Govan on 5th June 1876.]
JAMES DOUGLAS, trans, from Lin-
1873 wooc*> and adm. Feb. 1873; trans.
to St Stephen's, Glasgow, 13th Nov.
1873.
Glasgow] KINNING PARK— KIRKFIELD— LANGSIDE
421
WILLIAM PIERRE EWEN, bora
1874 Montrose, 15th July 1840, son of
William E. ; educated at Univs. of
St Andrews (MA. 1864) and Aberdeen
(B.D. 1867) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
14th May 1867; assistant at Kelso; ord.
19th March 1874 ; became first min. of
the parish in 1876 ; D.D. (Aberdeen 1894) ;
died 12th Dec. 1915. He marr. but had no
issue.
JOHN ALEXANDER COULL MAC-
lgo_ KELLAR, M.A. ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 25th June 1903 ; trans, to
Cathcart 17th Aug. 1910.
WILLIAM EDGAR, born Omagh, Co.
Tyrone, 10th June 1872, son of
William E. and Mary Lennox ;
educated at Queen's College, Belfast,
and Univs. of Dublin and Edinburgh ;
B.A. (Trinity College, Dublin), B.D. (1909) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1909 ;
assistant at Buccleuch Parish, Edinburgh ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 26th Jan.
1911. Marr. 4th Jan. 1912, Rosa Elizabeth,
daugh. of James Cullen, min. of Wigtown.
KIRKFIELD, or GAELIC
CHAPEL.
[Had a constitution from General
Assembly 31st May 1834 ; retained by
the Free Church in 1843.]
JOHN MACKENZIE, bora 1763;
1814 ^cen- by Presb. of Chanonry 7th
Aug. 1792, and ord. by it to the
Gaelic Chapel, Aberdeen, 27th Nov. 1793 ;
trans, to Duke Street Gaelic Church 3rd
Oct. 1798 ; re-trans, to Aberdeen Gaelic
Chapel, June 1809 ; called 19th Aug., and
authorised by the Presb. 30th Sept. 1813 ;
entered in 1814 ; died 30th Nov. 1823. He
marr. and had issue — Kenneth, his suc-
cessor ; Alan John, student of Philosophy.
KENNETH MACKENZIE, son of pre-
ceding; elected 19th Feb., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 19th Oct.
1823; trans, to Borrowstounness 13th Feb.
1834.
JONATHAN RANKEN ANDERSON,
1834 elected by the elders 16th May, and
ord. 24th July 1834 ; trans, to John
Knox's Church, Glasgow, in 1842.
LANGSIDE (Q.S.).
[In 1876 religious services were begun
here in a temporary building in Seyton
Avenue. A church was built in 1886. The
parish of Langside was disjoined from
Cathcart on 8th Nov. 1901.]
JAMES HAMILTON, M.A. ; ord. 23rd
lg«_ Jan. 1877 ; trans, to St Leonard's,
Lanark, 14th May 1878.
MALCOLM MACLEAN M'NEILL,
lgl_ Ph.D. ; trans, from Banton, and adm.
18th Nov. 1878 ; trans, to Bridgegate
23rd Sept. 1879.
JOHN HUME TOD, M.A; formerly
lg80 min. of Drumelzier; adm. 17th Feb.
1880; trans, to Athelstaneford 27th
June 1882.
JOHN WILLIAM RITCHIE, born 15th
1882 ^C^' *851' son °f David R., min. of
Tarbolton ; educated at Tarbolton
Parish School, Edinburgh Academy, and
Univs. of St Andrews, Glasgow, and Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 5th May
1875 ; missionary in Old Kirk Parish,
Edinburgh, 1875-9 ; ord. to Oatlands,
Glasgow, 10th June 1879 ; trans, and
adm. 31st Aug. 1882; retired Oct. 1896;
died at Prestwick 7th Jan. 1920. He marr.
30th April 1889, Jane Margaret, daugh. of
Ivie Meikle, banker, Mauchline, s.p.
JOSEPH M'NEILL FRAZER,bornGlas-
lg97 gow, 26th Dec. 1860, son of James F.,
printer and publisher ; was in busi-
ness for some years ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; M.A. (1886), B.D. (1890) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow in 1890 ; assistant at
Irvine 1891 ; app. Sept. 1895 ; ord. 14th
Jan. 1897 ; became first min. of the parish
in 1901.
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LAUR1EST0N— MACLEOD
[PRESB. OF
LAURIESTON (Q.S.).
[The parish of Laurieston was disjoined
from Kingston 29th June 1853.]
JAMES MACBETH, born Dalrymple,
1842 1810' eldest son of James M., surgeon,
Newton-upon-Ayr ; educated at Glas-
gow and Edinburgh Univs. ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 12th Sept. 1837 ; ord. to Ladyloan,
Arbroath, 17th Oct. 1837 ; trans, and adm.
20th Jan. 1842. Joined the Free Church
in 1843 ; dep. 14th Aug. 1850 for adultery,
and went to America. He marr. 28th
Nov. 1842, Mary Ann, daugh. of Captain
M'Allister, Irvine. Publications — The
Bible Argument for a Free Church (Edin-
burgh, 1843) ; The Church and the Slave-
holder, or Light and Darkness (Edinburgh,
1844) ; No Felloivship with Slaveholders
(1846).
WILLIAM DUNLOP HENDERSON,
ord. 21st March 1850 ; became first
min. of the parish in 1853 ; died 20th
Feb. 1866. He marr. Janet Russell who
died 31st Jan. 1897.
WILLIAM ROWE, born 4th Nov. 1837,
la#_ eldest son of John R., merchant,
Lesmahagow, and Jane Lawrie ;
educated at Lesmahagow School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 31st July 1861 ; assistant at Kil-
winning ; ord. to North Parish, Paisley,
21st July 1864 ; trans, and adm. 17th Jan.
1867 ; died 30th Dec. 1914. He marr. 22nd
April 1880, Mary (died 8th Aug. 1916),
daugh. of Henry Simson, The Mains,
Helensburgh, and had issue — William
Simson, born 10th Aug. 1881 ; Margaret,
born 15th Oct. 1883 (marr. Charles Ernest
Steel, architect, London).
PETER M'NAB, M.A. ; licen. by Presb.
of Hamilton in 1894 ; ord. to Tunder-
garth 21st April 1897 ; trans, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 27th Jan.
1902 ; dep. 1904.
AUGUSTINE WAITWORTH SCUDA-
1905 MORE FORBES, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
(assistant and successor)- 22nd May
1905; trans, to Alloa 15th Dec. 1911.
THOMAS FORREST HARKNESS
1912 GRAHAM, M.A.; ord. 29th Feb.
1912 ; trans, to Cadzow 27th Aug.
1919.
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE
MILLAR, born Paisley, 7th Sept.
1890, son of John M. and Mary
Wright ; educated at Paisley Grammar
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1910),
B.D. (1913); licen. by Presb. of Paisley
1913 ; served in European War, M.C. ;
assistant at Maxwell Parish, Glasgow ; ord.
3rd Feb. 1920.
1920
MACLEOD (Q.S.).
[Erected chiefly through the exertions of
Norman Macleod, D.D., in 1865, and en-
dowed by Joseph Henry Houldsworth,
merchant, Glasgow. Disjoined from The
Barony, and erected by Court of Teinds,
17th March 1873, as a memorial of Dr
Macleod.]
ROBERT MILNE, ord. 7th Aug. 1872 ;
1872 became nrst mm- °f tne parish in
1873 ; trans, to Abbey Parish, Edin-
burgh, 23rd March 1876.
JAMES BOATH DALGETY, adm. 6th
1876 ^U^ 18^ > trans- to Second Charge,
Paisley, 20th Dec. 1878.
ROBERT NEILL RAE, trans, from
18?9 Howwood, and adm. 1st May 1879 ;
trans, to Lochmaben 11th Jan. 1881.
EDWARD WALTERS, born at Hilper-
lg81 ton, near Trowbridge Wells, 9th
June 1851, son of Samuel W. and
Mary Lovell; educated at Trowbridge
Grammar School, Bristol Education Society
(Baptist), Royal School of Mines (Bristol),
London and Glasgow Univs. Joined the
Church of Scotland May 1879; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow May 1880; assistant at
St Matthew's, Glasgow ; ord. 9th May 1881 ;
res. 16th May 1919. Marr. 7th June 1877,
Mary, daugh. of James Rue, and has
issue — Aubrey Lovell, born 8th May 1878 ;
Ethelwyn Mary, born 30th Oct. 1880;
Gladys Emily, born 14th March 1885;
Edward James, born 26th Dec. 1887.
GLASGOW]
MACLEOD— MARTYRS1— MARYHILL
423
FRANCIS GILBERT GEDDES, bom
Dumfries, 1st March 1868, son of
1919 James G., solicitor, and Isabella
Alison Donald ; educated at Dumfries
Academy and Univs. of Edinburgh, M.A.
(1887) and Glasgow, B.D. (1895); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow May 1895 ; assistant at
Gartsherrie, St Ninians, Glasgow, Dalmar-
nock, and Campsie ; ord. to Condorrat 18th
Oct. 1904 ; trans, and adm. 22nd Dec. 1919.
Marr. 22nd July 1899, Eva Lucy Thoresby,
daugh. of William B. Hutchison, paymaster-
in-chief R.N., and has issue— Emily Alison
Dorothy, born 22nd Aug. 1900 ; Francis
Lennox, born 8th June 1903.
MARTYRS' (Q.S.).
[In 1527 Jeremiah Russel and John
Kennedy were condemned and burned to
death at Glasgow for adherence to the
cause of the Reformers. In memory of
these Glasgow martyrs a new church,
opened on 9th June 1839, was named the
Martyrs' Church. On 3rd July 1876, the
parish of the Martyrs was disjoined from
Townhead.]
DAVID MENZIES, born Johnshaven,
1802, son of Thomas M., cloth and
tea merchant, and Elizabeth Giffin ;
educated at King's College, Aberdeen,
and Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Brechin in 1829'; sometime teacher at Craig ;
ord. 13th June 1839. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Martyrs' Free
Church, 1843-77; died 10th June 1877.
He marr. (1) 1830, Eliza Hill : (2) 1854,
Helen Maclntyre, who survived him.
[Vacant, 1843-53.]
ALEXANDER LECK, ord. 22nd Sept.
1853 ; trans, to Kilmacolm 30th July
1858.
THOMAS GRAHAM, born 1830, eldest
1859 son of Walter G., farmer, parish of
Kilmadock ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1854); licen. by Presb. of
Dunblane ; ord. 13th Jan. 1859 ; died 5th
May 1876. He marr. Miss Nairn, and had
issue — Catherine M'Kirdy ; Walter ; Mary
Mathers ; Elizabeth ; Thomas M'Kirdy.
WILLIAM ROBINSON PIRIE, M.A.,
1876 ^•^)' ' °rC^ ^fSt m^n* °^ ^le Par^
17th Aug. 1876; trans, to Stirling
North, 17th Oct. 1878.
1879
1917
JAMES FORFAR, born Bannockburn,
2nd Feb. 1844, son of Thomas F.
and Janet Leslie Sabiston ; educated
at Bannockburn Hall School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Stirling Oct.
1869 ; assistant at Milton ; ord. to Norriston
15th Dec. 1870 ; trans, and adm. 19th
March 1879; res. 6th June 1917. Marr.
28th Feb. 1871, Elizabeth, daugh. of William
Laing, Denny, and has issue — Thomas
William, born 29th Dec. 1871, died 14th
June 1885 ; Elizabeth Cook Laing, born
24th April 1873 ; James Johnston, born
19th March 1875 ; Janet Leslie Sabiston,
born 6th Oct. 1876 ; Helen Margaret, born
26th Dec. 1878 ; Jessie Laing Shaw, born
9th March 1881. Publications— God, the
Moral Force in Human Life (Glasgow,
1884) ; Roots and Fruits of Christian
Character (Glasgow, 1913).
^ANDREW BURNETT, born Inverness,
2nd July 1876, son of Andrew B.
and Mary Macdonald ; educated at
Raining's School, Inverness, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Free Presb. of Edin-
burgh June 1907 ; ord. to Kilcalmonell
Free Church 26th Sept. 1907; trans, to
Govanhill Free Church 1915 ; trans, and
adm. 22nd Nov. 1917. Marr. 2nd Aug. 1907,
Frances, daugh. of William M'Kendrick
and Mary Morris.
MARYHILL.
[Mission work was begun here in 1824.
On 31st May 1834, the General Assembly
granted a constitution to the chapel at
Maryhill. The parish was erected quoad
omnia on 10th July 1850.]
ROBERT M'NAIR WILSON, born
1826 Olasgow, 21st Sept. 1799, fourth son
of John W., schoolmaster ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 3rd Sept. 1823 ; elected 4th May,
and ord. 17th Aug. 1826. Joined the Free
Church in 1843; min. of Maryhill Free
Church, 1843-74 ; clerk to Free Presb. of
424
MARYHILL— MAXWELL
[PRESB. OF
Glasgow eighteen years ; died 3rd April
1874. He marr. 15th July 1828, Mary,
second daugh. of John Muir, D.D., min. of
St James's, Glasgow, and had issue — John
Gibson, M.D., Glasgow, born 14th April
1840, died 16th June 1865 ; William, pro-
duce broker, Glasgow.
ROBERT THOMSON JOHNSTON,
1848 born 1820; ord. 28th Jan. 1848;
became first min. of the parish in
1850 ; died 21st Oct. 1853.
JOHN COLVIN, trans, from the Low
1854 Meeting, Berwick - on - Tweed, and
adm. 23rd Feb. 1854; trans, to
Kirkmabreck 17th May 1859.
WILLIAM SPEIRS SHANKS, born
1859 12th Oct. 1835, sixth son of Gavin
S., farmer, Monkland, and Agnes
Speirs ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. 21st July 1859 ; died 19th Nov. 1887.
He marr. 2nd June 1862, Agnes Allan, and
had issue.
JOHN OLIVER, born St Quivox, Ayr-
laaa shire, 15 th April 1851, eldest son of
James O., bailie and merchant, and
Margaret, daugh. of Thomas M'Murtrie
of Dalfarson, Ayrshire ; educated at Ayr
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1874) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 1st July
1874 ; assistant at Lady Yester's, Edin-
burgh ; ord. to Belhaven, Dunbar, 28th
Nov. 1878; trans, and adm. 17th May
1888 ; chaplain to 1st Dunbartonshire
Rifle Volunteers, afterwards 9th A. and S.
Highlanders. Marr. 21st Oct. 1886, Isa-
bella Kellie, daugh. of James Dunlop, M.D.,
Dunbar, and has issue — Edwin Hamerton,
born 5th Oct. 1887 ; Constance Evelyn,
born 19th Jan. 1889 ; Mona Middlemas,
born 20th April 1893; Athole Gordon,
born 8th April 1894. Publication— If a
Man die, shall he live again? (Paisley,
1916).— {The Ministers of Glasgoiv, 392.]
MAXWELL (Q.S.).
[Maxwell Church was built in 1865, and
its parish erected 6th July 1867, by a
bequest from Sir John Maxwell of Nether
Pollok, Bart.]
ARCHIBALD SCOTT, B.A.; trans.
1865 from Abernethy, and adm. 1st June
1865 ; became first min. of the parish
in 1867 ; trans, to Linlithgow 23rd Sept. 1869.
ANDREW GRAY, trans, from St John's,
186g Glasgow, and adm. 30th Dec. 1869 ;
trans, to Dalkeith 28th Nov. 1876.
WILLIAM WEIR TULLOCH, born
1877 Dundee, 22nd Sept. 1846, eldest son
of John T., D.D., LL.D., Principal
of St Mary's College, St Andrews; edu-
cated at Madras College and Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1868), B.D. (1871); licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 2nd Nov. 1870;
assistant at St Andrews ; ord. to North
Parish, Greenock, 10th August 1871 ; trans,
(assistant and successor) to Kelso 10th
Sept. 1874; trans, and adm. 7th June
1877; D.D. (St Andrews 1891); res. 27th
March 1901 : died at Perth 20th Jan. 1920.
He marr. (1) 16th April 1872, Margaret
Mather Crawford (died 30th March 1879),
daugh. of Alexander Hill, D.D., min. of
St Andrews, and has issue — John Lancelot
Constantine, min. of Second Charge, Hamil-
ton ; George Alexander Hill, C.A., Dublin ;
Roxburghe, D.S.C., Lieut. R.N.R. ; Arthur
Penrhyn Stanley, min. of Ecclesmachan :
(2) 9th Jan. 1884, Esther Proctor Hamilton,
only daugh. of Dr Adamson, St Andrews,
and has issue — Esther Violet Hindmarsh,
died 1904 ; William Procter Alexander,
Lieut., R.A. ; Lilian Gladys Geraldine.
Publications — The Society of Friends and
the Congregational Churches [St Giles'
Lectures, 4th ser.] (Edinburgh, 1884) ;
For the Sorrouful (London, 1885, third
edition 1912) ; Story of the Life of Queen
Victoria (London, 1887) ; Story of the Life
of the Prince Consort ; Story of the Life of
the Emperor William (London, 1887) ; Life
of Tom Morris (London, 1907) ; edited
Sermons and Stray Papers [by A. K. H. B.]
(London, 1907) ; edited John Leyden's
Scenes of Infancy (Kelso, 1875); editor of
The Scots Magazine and Sunday Talk ;
many contributions to newspapers and
magazines. — {The Ministers of Glasgow,
338 ; Memoir of Principal Tulloch, 172
et seq. ; Boyd's Tiventy-five Years of St
Andrews, i., 177 et seq.]
GLASGOW]
MAXWELL— MERRYLEA— MILTON
425
ADAM WIGHTMAN FERGUSSON,
1901 M.A., B.D., trans, from Crichton, and
adm. 5th Sept. 1901 ; trans, to St
Mary's, Dundee, 20th Dec. 1911.
U- ALFRED BROWN, born 18th Nov.
1912 18^1' son °f William B., merchant,
Paisley, and Annie Hay Finlay ;
educated at Paisley Grammar School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley May 1895 ; assistant at Plantation ;
ord. to St Columba's, Oban, 12th June
1896 ; trans, to Second Charge, Lesma-
hagow, 21st Dec. 1905 ; trans, and adm.
16th May 1912. Marr. (1) 6th June 1900,
Lily (died 2nd Nov. 1902), daugh. of
William Campbell, Fleetwood: (2) 24th
April 1906, Petrina Marion, daugh. of Peter
Campbell, and has issue — William Camp-
bell, born 2nd Nov. 1907; Alfred Finlay,
born 15th June 1910; Marion Winifred,
born 19th Aug. 1914. Publications— The
Secret of Peace (Oban, 1900) ; The Earthly
and the Heavenly (Oban, 1903).
MERRYLEA (Q.S.).
[Services were begun here in an iron build-
ing on 4th Oct. 1903. A stone church was
opened on 11th Sept. 1915. The parish was
disjoined from Cathcart 15th March 1918.]
JULIUS M'CALLUM, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
18th Aug. 1904 ; res. 28th Nov. 1910 ;
[min. of Melville Parish, Montrose,
1904
1917].
HUGH SUTHERLAND, born Keir,
22nd June 1861 ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; MA. (1887) ; licen. by
Presb. of Nairn in 1888 ; assistant at
St Cuthbert:s, Edinburgh ; ord. to Cumber-
nauld 18th Sept. 1890 ; trans, to Cranstoun
15th Dec. 1899 ; trans, and adm. 1st Nov.
1911 ; first min. of the parish 15th March
1918 ; died unmarried 2nd June 1919.
JOHN MACLAGAN, born Edinburgh
1919 9th March 1879, son of John M.,
I.S.O., and Janet Inches, daugh. of
Peter Ferguson, jute manufacturer, Coupar-
Angus ; educated at George Watson's College
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; MA. (1903) ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 1905 ; assistant at
Ferryhill, Aberdeen, and St Giles, Edin-
burgh; ord. to Kintore 5th Aug. 1910; trans.
and adm. 16th Dec. 1919 ; lieut. 157th Brig-
ade R.F.A. Marr. 21st March 1911, Mary
Chilton, second daugh. of Robert Addison
Smith, C.V.O., S.S.C., and Mary, daugh. of
Dayid Lind (who built the Scott Monument,
Edinburgh), and has issue — Ian Addison,
born 9th June 1915.
MILTON (Q.S.).
[The General Assembly granted deeds
of constitution for a chapel here in May
1836 and on 18th May 1839. The parish
of Milton was erected 15th March 1869.]
JOHN DUNCAN, born Gilcomston,
Aberdeen, 1796, son of John D.,
shoemaker ; educated at Aberdeen
Grammar School and Marischal College ;
M.A. (1814). After being licensed on 24th
June 1825, he occupied himself in teach-
ing and the study of Oriental Languages.
In 1830 he had charge of the preaching-
station at Persie, Perthshire. In 1831 he
was app. to a Sabbath Lectureship in
Glasgow. On 28th April 1836 he was ord.
to this charge, which he dem. 7th Oct.
1840; LL.D. (Aberdeen 28th Nov. 1840).
On 16th May 1841 he was set apart at the
instance of the General Assembly's Com-
mittee, as missionary to the Continental
Jews, chiefly at Buda-Pesth, where Adolph
Saphir and Alfred Edersheim, both after-
wards well-known clergymen in England,
were among his converts. Joined the Free
Church in 1843, and was immediately elected
Professor of Hebrew in New College, Edin-
burgh; died 26th Feb. 1870. From his
appearance and mannerisms he was
familiarly known as " Rabbi Duncan " ; he
was less successful as a Professor than
as a missionary, and would have been more
serviceable to his Church and the cause of
Christianity had he been allowed to remain
in Hungary. His originality, his inex-
haustible wealth of thought, his marvellous
conversation, combined with a child-like
simplicity, and an often ludicrous absent-
mindedness, made him one of the most
respected and lovable figures in the
ecclesiastical life of his time. Dr Taylor
Innes described him as in appearance,
"half-ancient mariner and half-wandering
Jew, and wholly a being of another sphere,
426
MILTON— NEWHALL
[PRESB. OF
1842
•with his long beard and flowing skirts, his
lifted finger and glittering eye, his archaic
language, and supra-mundane thinking."
He marr. (1) 18th Jan. 1837, Janet (died
24th Jan. 1839), daugh. of Dr J. Towers of
the island of St Croix : (2) Janet (died
28th Oct. 1852), daugh. of James Douglas,
min. of Stewarton, and widow of John
Torrance, surgeon, Kilmarnock. Publica-
tions— edited a British edition of Edward
Robinson's Lexicon of the Greek and English
New Testament (1838); Lecture IX. (On
the Jews) ; Letters {Home and Foreign
Missionary Record, i., ii.) ; The Pulpit and
the Communion Table. — [Life, by Principal
David Brown ; Recollections, by A. Moody
Stuart, D.D. ; Knight's Colloquia Peripat-
etica (1870) ; Disruption Worthies, 231-6
(portrait) ; Knight's Some Nineteenth Cen-
tury Scotsmen, 86-94 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ;
Jerdan's Scottish Clerical Stories and
Reminiscences, 279-92.]
HUGH MACKAY, born Ross-shire, 1805 ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; ord. 20th Jan. 1842. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Kilmun
Free Church 1844-73 ; clerk to Free Presb.
of Dunoon ; died 30th June 1873. He marr.
1846, Margaret J. M. Kennedy.
AVILLIAM WALKINSHAW, app. Jan.
1851 ; ord. 3rd March 1852 ; trans.
to Lyne and Megget 3rd Aug. 1852.
ALEXANDER ARTHUR, born 1814;
ord. in 1845 ; adm. 17th Dec. 1852 ;
1852 res. 10th June 1868 ; died 18th Dec.
1899. He marr. Margaret Whigham
Hardie, who died 4th Jan. 1862, and had
issue — Margaret, born 1st, died 10th Jan.
1862.
JOHN RICHARD SCOULAR, ord.
18th Dec. 1868 ; became first min.
of the parish in 1869 ; trans, to
Cupar-Fife 30th April 1879.
HENRY PATERSON CAMERON, born
1852, son of Daniel O, contractor,
and Janet Paterson ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1874) ; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 2nd May 1877 ; ord. 18th
Nov. 1879 ; dep. 19th Nov. 1890. He marr.
14th Aug. 1883, Margaret Lawrie, daugh.
1851
1868
1879
1885
1912
of Robert Latta, merchant, widow of
Panton (who divorced him 22nd Nov. 1890),
and had issue — a child, died young.
DUNCAN TURNER PAISLEY, born
1852, son of Gavin P., bank agent, and
Ann Turner ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 17th March 1885 ; died unmarr.,
28th April 1898.
JOHN RONALD MACGREGOR, edu-
1898 cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1885), B.D. (1890); assistant at
Killean, and in this parish 1894-8; ord.
(assistant and successor) 31st March 1898 ;
res. 30th Sept. 1911 ; died 15th Dec. 1917.
DONALD CAMPBELL BRYCE
GORDON, born 8th Feb. 1881, son
of John G., min. of Glasserton ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Wigtown June 1908 ; assistant
at Galston; ord. 8th Feb. 1912; res. 8th
Oct. 1913; [adm. to Caledonian Church,
Holloway, London, 7th June 1917].
DONALD MACKINNON, trans, from
Kilninian and Kilmore 18th May
1 Q14
1914; trans, to Assynt 13th Aug.
1919.
NEWHALL (Q.S.).
[The parish was erected by the Court of
Teinds on 3rd June 1878.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1872 18*k April 1872 ; trans, to Airdrie
15th April 1875.
WILLIAM HUTCHISON, ord. 16th
Sept. 1875 ; became first min. of
the parish in 1878 ; trans, to Coats
17th Aug. 1882.
1875
1883
RICHARD GOOD WILLIE, ord. 19th
Feb. 1883; trans, to Strichen 20th
Nov. 1888.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MACFAR-
. LANE, trans, from Amulree, and
adm. 26th June 1889 ; trans, to Dull
1st July 1903.
JOHN NELSON MAC DONALD, born
1903 Blantyre, 31st March 1866, son of
Hector M., Motherwell, and Mary
Macdonald ; educated at Wishaw Public
Glasgow] NEWLANDS— NORTH ALBION STREET CHAPEL
42^
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow in 1896; app. to
Lossiemouth Chapel in 1897, and Milton
of Campsie Chapel in 1898 ; ord. to Cale-
donian Church, London, 29th Nov. 1898 ;
trans, to New Brompton 26th Feb. 1902;
trans, and adm. 17th Dec. 1903. Marr.
31st Jan. 1899, Jemima Nicol, daugh. of
Andrew Somerville, and has issue — John
Hector Nelson, born 8th Jan. 1900 ; James
Andrew Somerville, born 13th May 1901 ;
Janette Mary, born 18th Nov. 1903, died
young; Alexander Campbell, born 12th
Aug. 1907.
NEWLANDS (Q.S.).
[Originally a Free Church, whose min.
and congregation joined the Church of
Scotland in Aug. 1876. The parish was
disjoined from Calton 5th Feb. 1877.]
1876
PETER M'LACHLAN, born Lanark-
shire, 1827 ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow and New College, Edin-
burgh ; ord. to Hillhead Free Church in
1859 ; res. in 1870 ; commenced mission
work in East End of Glasgow, and formed
a new congregation in London Road in
1874. Joined the Church of Scotland in
1876 ; adm. here 6th Sept. 1876 ; became
first min. of the parish in 1877 ; died
unmarr., 13th Jan. 1890. Publication —
The Book of Psalms in English Verse
(1894).
GEORGE ALLAN, educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 10th June 1885 ; assistant
at Calton and Barrhead ; ord. 24th June
1890. Marr. 24th Dec. 1890, Jeanie
Walker, and has issue — George Kirkwood,
born 13th Dec. 1891 ; William Dick, born
2nd Nov. 1893.
NORTH ALBION STREET
CHAPEL.
[This chapel was built in 1764 for a
congregation belonging to the Presbytery
of Relief. Its minister and people were
1890
1782
received into the Church of Scotland on 4th
May 1774. On 31st May 1834, the General
Assembly granted a constitution to this
chapel. The mission was given up in 1850.]
JAMES FURLONG, elected 28th Feb.,
1775 and ord. 20th July 1775 ; trans, to
Rutherglen 17 th Aug. 1780.
JOHN MACLEOD, probably son of
Malcolm M. in Gorbals ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 2nd Aug. 1780 ; called
11th Dec. 1781; ord. 9th July 1782; died
at Balgray, 10th June 1831, aged 80. He
marr. (1) Helen Dunmore, who' died s.p. 9th
March 1794: (2) 19th Dec. 1796, Marion,
daugh. of Simon Brown, merchant, Glasgow.
JAMES STEVEN, called (as colleague)
1782 11th Dec. 1781 ; ord. 9th July 1782 ;
trans, to Lochwinnoch 15th Aug.
1788.
ARCHIBALD WILLIAMSON, licen.
1791 ky Presb. of Edinburgh 30th April
1787 ; elected assistant 13th July
1789, and colleague 16th Sept. 1790; ord.
20th Jan. 1791 ; died 14th Feb. 1810, aged
44. He marr. 25th Dec. 1794, Janet,
daugh. of Alexander Ritchie, merchant,
Edinburgh.
WILLIAM THOMSON, elected 12th
1821 ^eC' 182^ ' °rC^ (assistant an<I suc_
cessor) 8th March 1821 ; trans, to
Old Monkland 3rd Jan. 1822.
v ARCHIBALD BENNIE, elected 14th
1823 Jan>< and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 6th March 1823; trans, to
Third Charge, Stirling, 28th Oct. 1824.
ARCHIBALD NISBET, fourth son of
1826 James N., weaver, Loudoun ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 9th Sept. 1823;
elected by the Proprietors 20th Dec.
1825; ord. (assistant and successor) 9th
March 1826; dep. 4th Oct. 1848, for
drunkenness, upon his confession ; became a
publisher and insurance broker ; emigrated
to America ; returned and died at Glasgow,
10th April 1866. He marr., and had issue
— David, predeceased his father; Archibald,
min. of Coldstream.
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OATLANDS— PARKHEAD— PARTICK
[PKESB. OF
OATLANDS (Q.S.).
[Services were begun 10th Jan. 1875,
and a temporary church opened April 1876.
A new church was opened 7th Oct. 1883.
The parish was disjoined from Govan 6th
July 1891.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, app. 23rd May
1877 ; ord. to Newark 7th Jan.
1879.
1877
1879
JOHN WILLIAM KITCHIE, ord. 10th
June 1879 ; trans, to Langside 31st
Aug. 1882.
1883
ARTHUR WELLESLEY WOTHER-
SPOON, born 6th Jan. 1853, son
of William Lang W., D.D., min. of
Kilspindie ; educated at Perth Academy
and Univs. of St. Andrews (M.A. 1872)
and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Perth
in 1876 ; assistant at Moulin, Beith,
Toward, and Hamilton ; ord. in Feb. 1883 ;
became first min. of the parish in 1891.
Publications — Article in Scottish Church
Society Conference, on the Holy Communion
(Edinburgh, 1894) ; The Cup of Life : on
the Eucharistic Anamuesis and Reception
tinder two Kinds (Aberdeen Eccl. Society,
1895) ; joint-editor for Scottish Church
Society of The Pentecostal Gift — wrote
second article therein ; President's Address,
Scottish Church Society's Annual Report,
1910-11 ; Pamphlet against the Individual
Cup ; sub-editor of The Scottish Mission
Hymn Book (1912) — wrote three of the
hymns and two tunes ; Statement differen-
tiating the Minority Report from the
Majority Report of the Church Union Com-
mittee (Edin. 1914); "The Problem of the
Soul " (in The Commonivealth, Aug. 1916).
PARKHEAD, formerly
CAMLACHIE (Q.S.).
[In 1837 the General Assembly granted
a constitution for a chapel here known as
Camlachie Mission. The parish of Park-
head was erected on 20th Nov. 1867.]
WILLIAM EASON, third son of James
E., farmer, Larbert ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Stirling 23rd Oct. 1827 ; ord. to Gart-
more 26th Dec. 1833; elected by Glasgow
Church Building Society 24th July ; trans.
and adm. 4th Oct. 1838; died 26th Dec.
1842.
ALEXANDER RATTRAY, born Edin-
1853 burgh, 27th Nov. 1825, son of Robert
R. of Blackcraig, W.S., and Dorothea
Dagnier ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
B.A. (1847), M.A. (1848) ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 17th May 1852; ord. 22nd
Sept. 1853; died 21st Dec. 1904. He
marr. (1) 1849, Ann Wellwood Boswell,
and had issue — Alexander Wellwood, artist,
A.R.S.A., born 1850; Charles John, born
1851 ; Robert Scott Moncrieff, born 17th
April 1852 ; James Watson (twin), born
17th April 1852 ; Anna Mary Clerk, born
Dec. 1855, died 1881 : (2) 15th Dec. 1886,
Margaret, daugh. of James Arthur, min. of
Springburn. Publications — The Larger
Hope ; Life ; Rest ; Lt is toward Evening ;
Days of Heaven on Earth.
< DUNCAN HUNTER BRODIE, born
1905 Dairy, Ayrshire, 25th Aug. 1857, son
of Duncan B. and Mary Hunter
Brown ; educated at Dairy Public School,
Glasgow Training College, and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1885), B.D. (1891); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 6th June 1891 ;
assistant at Bluevale Parish, Glasgow ; ord.
to John Knox's Parish, Aberdeen, 27th
April 1897 ; trans, and adm. 6th June 1905.
Marr. 29th June 1898, Margaret Gibb,
daugh. of James Gray.
PARTICK (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1834. On
30th May 1836 the General Assembly
granted it a constitution. The parish of
Partick was erected 15th Feb. 1869.]
ROBERT PAISLEY, elected by the
subscribers 29th June, and ord. 18th
Aug. 1836 : trans, to St Ninians,
Stirling, 28th Sept. 1843.
JOHN CALDER, born 9th Oct. 1800,
i Q44 second son of James C, Lanarkshire ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; some-
time teacher in Glasgow ; parish school-
Glasgow]
PARTICK— ST MARY'S— PLANTATION
429
1886
master at Cambusnethan for nine years ;
ord. 16th April 1844 ; became first min. of
the parish in 1869 ; died at Old Aber-
deen, 29th May 1890. He marr. Henrietta
(died 19th Oct. 1860), daugh. of Archibald
M'Clymont, Girvan; and had issue — John,
D.D., min. of Old Machar ; two other sons
and five daughs.
JOHN SMITH, born 14th Oct. 1854, son
of Robert S., iron merchant, Tollcross,
and Jean Wright ; educated at Ann-
field Academy, High School, and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1877), B.D. (1880);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 9th June 1879 ;
ord. to North Church, Stirling, 28th June
1881; trans, and adm. 30th June 1886;
D.D. (Glasgow 1903); sometime Convener of
General Assembly's Education Committee
and Sabbath Schools Committee. Marr.
16th March 1882, Helen (authoress of When
the Shadoivs Flee Away (Glasgow, 1916),
daugh. of Gilbert Johnston, min. of Shet-
tleston, and has issue — Jane Briggs Burns,
born 9th March 1883 (marr. William
Stevenson Brownlee, min. of Clydebank) ;
Helen Johnston, born 20th Jan. 1885
(marr. Brodie Smith Gilfillan, min. of
Inch) ; Robert Stanley, lieut. A. and S.
Highlanders, born 15th Nov. 1887 ; John
Sydney, captain H.L.I., born 21st Nov.
1889 ; Esther Struthers Johnston, born
30th Nov. 1891, died 6th May 1907;
Gilbert Johnston, lieut. R.A.F., born 4th
June 1897. Publications — Short Studies
in the Gospels (Edinburgh, 1901); Andrew
Melville (Glasgow, 1910) ; Broken Links in
Scottish Education (London, 1912); Rise
and Growth of Continuation Classes (1912) ;
The Hebrew Psalmist and the Scottish
Bard (Glasgow, 1918) ; contributions to
the Scottish Sabbath School Teachers' Books
(Edinburgh, v.d.).
ST MARY'S, PARTICK (Q.S.).
[Services were begun here in 1863. St
Mary's Parish was disjoined from Par tick
on 15th March 1875.]
JAMES MACKIE, ord. 31st March
1864 1864 ' trans- to St Mary's, Dumfries,
27th Sept. 1866.
WILLIAM DICKSON, born 1840, son
of William D., rector of Hamilton
Academy, and Margaret Nicolson ;
ord. 7th June 1867 ; res. March 1871 ; died
7th Jan. 1904. He marr. 25th Aug. 1881,
Euphemia Smith, eldest daugh. of James
Gemmell, Fairfield, Partick Hill.
CHARLES MARTIN GRANT, M.A.,
lg72 B.D. ; adm. 22nd Feb. 1872 ; became
first min. of the parish in 1875 ;
trans, to St Mark's, Dundee, 16th Nov.
1877.
COLIN CAMPBELL, M.A., B.D. ; adm.
187g 14th May 1878 ; trans, to St Mary's,
Dundee, 2nd March 1882.
DAVID HUNTER, M.A., B.D., D.D. ;
1882 trans- fr°m Kelso, and adm. 5th Oct.
1892.
1882; trans, to Galashiels 8th Dec.
WILLIAM ROSS, born Blackpark, Wig-
1893 town' 18th 0ct' 1854> s'on of Hu§n
R. and Margaret Milroy ; educated
at Grange, Girthon Public School, and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1875), B.D.
(1878); licen. by Presb. of Wigtown May
1878; assistant at Dalziel and Dundee;
ord. to Polmont 13th July 1880 ; trans, and
adm. 3rd Oct. 1893. Marr. 19th Oct. 1881,
Jessie Urquhart (died 16th March 1915),
daugh. of Archibald Watson, D.D., min.
of St Mary's, Dundee, and has issue—
Ethel Robina Watson, born 2nd Feb. 1883
Winifred Margaret, born 5th Aug. 1885
Archibald Watson, born 6th April 1889
Kenneth Milroy, born 1st May 1892.
PLANTATION, formerly ELDERS'
CHURCH, HAVANNAH (Q.S.).
[Mission work was begun here in 1862
under the name of Elders' Church,
Havannah. A new church in place of
Elders' Church was built in 1874, and the
parish of Plantation was erected by Court
of Teinds, 1st Feb. 1875.]
JAMES WATERS KING, M.A. ; ord.
1862 21st Aug. 1862; trans, to Killearn
1st June 1865.
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PLANTATION— POLLOKSHIELDS— POSSILPARK [presb. of
1872
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, ord. 5th Oct.
lge_ 1865 ; went to British Guiana in
1872 ; [afterwards min. of Banton.]
JAMES WALLACE, born East Kilbride,
29th Dec. 1834, son of Robert W.,
farmer, and Jean Bell ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton in 1866 ; ord. 16th May
1872 ; became first min. of the parish in
1875 ; died 31st Jan. 1917. He marr. 30th
Nov. 1875, Christina, younger daugh. of
Thomas Macfarlane, contractor, Inverness,
and had issue — Robert, M.B., Ch.B., Bris-
bane, born 21st Sept. 1876; Edith Chris-
tine, M.B., Ch.B., born 9th April 1878
(marr. James Bailey) ; James, L.D.S., born
30th Jan. 1880, died at Brisbane, 1913;
Thomas Irby, M.B., Ch.B., Bundaberg,
Queensland, born 10th Jan. 1881 ; Ethel
Winifred, born 25th Nov. 1893.
CHARLES WILLIAM FARISH, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. (assistant and successor)
17th May 1911; res. in 1915 [after-
wards min. of Bothkennar].
1911
JOHN MUIR HUTCHEON, born Loan-
16 head, 25th Oct. 1885, son of William
Gray H. and Annie Greig ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; MA. (1909) ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 9th May 1912;
ord. (assistant and successor) 6th Jan. 1916.
Marr. 15th Feb. 1916, Isabella Drummond,
M.A., daugh. of Robert Alexander Mac-
kinnon, schoolmaster, Loanhead.
POLLOKSHIELDS (Q.S.).
[This parish was disjoined from Govan
on 4th Nov. 1878. There is a mission
chapel in the parish at Tradeston.]
1876
THOMAS BROWN WILLIAM NIVEN,
born Balfron, 15th March 1834, son
of Alexander N., D.D., min. of Bal-
fron ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 18th May
1858 ; missionary at Renton ; assistant at
St George's, Edinburgh, 1858; ord. to
Cranstoun 7th Oct. 1859 ; trans, to Tron
Parish, Glasgow, 3rd Sept. 1868 ; trans, to
Linlithgow 16th May 1872 ; trans, and
adm. 20th June 1876 ; became first min.
of the parish in 1878; D.D. (Edinburgh,
1893) ; Moderator of General Assembly
22nd May 1906; died 17th Dec. 1914.
He marr. 11th April 1867, Alice, daugh. of
Lieut.-General George Mackenzie Steuart,
and had issue— Alexander George, Aus-
tralia ; Thomas Brown William, B.L.,
writer, Glasgow ; John Brown ; Mary
Babington ; Ellen Florence ; Alice Gordon
(marr. Wylie Gemmell Wilson, U.S.A.).
Publications — " From the Revolution to
the Present Date" in Story's The Church
of Scotland, Past and Present, vol. iii.
(Edinburgh, n.d.) ; The Gospel of Free-
masonry (1904) ; The Church and Reli-
gious Disunion (Edinburgh, 1906). — [The
Ministers of Glasgow, 255.]
NORMAN MACLEOD CAIE, M.A.,
1911 B.D. ; trans, (assistant and suc-
cessor) from St Matthew's Parish,
Edinburgh, and adm. 14th Sept. 1911 ;
trans, to First Charge, Hamilton, 11th
Oct. 1917.
SAMUEL JAMES RAMSAY SIB-
1918 BALD, born Thornhill, 33rd Aug.
1869, son of James S., draper ; edu-
cated at Wallace Hall Academy, Dumfries-
shire, and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1889),
B.D. (1892) ; licen. by Presb. of Penpont in
1892 ; assistant at St Giles', Edinburgh,
1892-7; ord. to Crathie 14th May 1897;
app. Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the King in
Scotland in 1908; examiner in Divinity in
Univ. of Edinburgh, 1905-8, and in Univ.
of Aberdeen, 1915-18 ; M.V.O. (1911); app.
jure devoluto and adm. 10th Oct. 1918.
Marr. 14th July 1898, Elizabeth, daugh.
of Henry Francis Begg of Tillyfour,
Aberdeenshire.
POSSILPARK (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1886. The
parish was disjoined from Maryhill on 7th
March 1892.]
JAMES M'MASTER, born Barrhill
iaM Keir, 1840, son of John M. and
Nicolas Wauchope Hiddleston ;
educated at Burnhead School, Wallace Hall
Academy, and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
Glasgow]
QUEEN'S PARK— RENFIELD
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by Presb. of Penpont ; ord. 12th March
1879 ; adm. first min. of the parish 8th
March 1892; died unmarr. 12th Sept.
1901.
WILLIAM M'CULLOCH STEVEN,
1902 k°rn Renfrew, 3rd March 1873, son
of Hugh S. and Janet M'Culloch ;
educated at Blythswood Testimonial
School, Renfrew, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1892), B.D. (1895); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow in 1895 ; assistant at Inver-
snaid, Kilsyth, and Riccarton ; ord. 18th
Feb. 1902. Publication — Place-Names of
Kilsyth Parish (Kilsyth, 1897).
QUEEN'S PARK (Q.S.).
[Mission work was begun here in 1868.
A church was built in 1873. Queen's Park
Parish was disjoined from Cathcart and
Govan on 1st March 1875.
DONALD M'CORQUODALE, born
_o Campbeltown, 29th Dec. 1836, son
of William M. and Margaret
Farquharson ; educated at Perth and
Univs. of Aberdeen and St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth ; assistant at
Lady Yester's Parish, Edinburgh, and Castle
Hill Church, Campbeltown ; ord. to Bel-
haven 24th Dec. 1863; trans. 9th July
1868 ; became first min. of the parish in
1875; died 1st March 1908. He marr.
29th June 1864, Elizabeth, daugh. of David
Colville, writer, Campbeltown, and had
issue — Elizabeth Colville, born 3rd April
1865 ; Margaret Farquharson, born 26th
Jan. 1867 ; William, born 5th Oct. 1868 ;
Davina Colville, born 10th Nov. 1869;
Annie Campbell, born 1871 ; Augusta
Isabella Colville, born 1876, died 13th Aug.
1904 ; Eleanora Emma ; Donald, born 6th
May 1884. Publication — The Argentine
Re-visited (Glasgow, 1909).
1 ANDREW BROWN, M.A. ; trans, (as-
7 sistant and successor) from West
Parish, Aberdeen, and adm. 15th
Nov. 1907 ; trans, to Morningside, Edin-
burgh, 8th Oct. 1914.
ADAM MACKAY, born Forfar, 6th May
1915 1879, son of John M. and Elizabeth
Strachan ; educated at Forfar Aca-
demy and Univ. of Edinburgh ; served an
apprenticeship in a law office, 1893-7 ;
M.A. (1900), B.D. (1903) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 6th May 1903 ; assistant at
St Mary's, Edinburgh ; ord. to Cruden 9th
June 1905 ; trans, and adm. 2nd June 1915.
Marr. 7th April 1909, Katie Forrest, M.A.
(died 3rd Oct. 1918), eldest daugh. of John
Lawrence, Mill of Craigellie, Lonmay, and
has issue — John Lawrence, born 1st April
1910 ; Elizabeth Strachan, born 13th July
1912 ; George Patrick Gordon, born 12th
Nov. 1914 ; Annie Forrest, born 28th
June 1917. Publications — Cruden and
its Ministers (Peterhead, 1912) ; Jeshurun,
a Modern Parable (1912) ; The Present
Position of Church Union Project, a sermon
(1912); Our Inheritance, a sermon (1913);
Religious Indifference, a sermon (Aberdeen,
1913); Interesting Discoveries at Cruden
Parish Church (1913); General Patrick
Gordon of Auchleuchries (Peterhead, 1915) ;
The Path of Duty [Farewell Sermon] (n.p.
1915) ; Three Scots Bishops and their
Association with the Parish of Cruden
(Peterhead, 1918).
RExVFIELD.
[A minister was first appointed to
Renfield Mission in 1839. The church was
retained by the Free Church in 1843.]
MICHAEL WILLIS, born Greenock,
iooq 1799, ninth son of William W., min.
at btirling ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow (M.A., 1817) and Divinity Hall of
Burgher Synod ; licen. by Presb. of Stir-
ling and Falkirk ; ord. to Original Burgher
Church, Albion Street, 23rd Jan. 1821 ;
Professor of Theology in Burgher Synod
Hall, 1835-9; D.D. (Glasgow 1839).
Joined the Church of Scotland in 1839 ;
min. of Renfield Church, 1839-43. Joined
the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of Renfield
Free Church, 1843-7 ; Principal and Pro-
fessor of Divinity in Knox College,
Toronto, 1847-71 ; died unmarr. at Aber-
lour 19th Aug. 1879. Publications— The
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ROBERTSON MEMORIAL— ST ANDREW'S [presb. of
Religious Question involved in the Proposed
Concessions to Roman Catholics (1829) ; A
Discourse on National Establishments of
Christianity (1833) ; Collectanea, or Selec-
tions from the Greek and Latin Fathers,
with Notes (Toronto, 1865); Popery the
Enemy of Public Morals; Pidpit Dis-
courses and College Addresses (1873). —
[Memoir by James William Taylor, D.D.,
1880; Smith's Our Scottish Clergy (1848)
120-5; Morgan's Bibliotheca Canadensis,
395.]
ROBERTSON MEMORIAL (Q.S.).
[In 1869 a church was built here in
memory of John Robertson, D.D., minister
of St Mungo's. The parish was disjoined
from St Mungo's and St Paul's on 6th
Dec. 1876.]
DAVID BARBIE, app. in 1872; ord.
1872 min. of Dunnichen 14th May 1874.
GEOBGE DODS, ord. 5th Feb.
1873
1873 ; trans, to Garvald 30th Nov.
1883
1876.
JOHN GUNSON, ord. first min. of
the parish, 24th April 1877 ; trans.
1 to Kingston 4th Oct. 1882.
CHABLES FAWNS JACK, MA.;
trans, from Howwood, and adm.
4th Jan. 1883; dep. by Presb. of
Glasgow 24th June 1891 ; this sentence was
recalled by General Assembly, 20th May,
but he was again dep. by General Assembly
28th May 1892 ; [min. at Carfin Chapel in
1905].
JOHN POTTEB, born Larkhall, 24th
Nov. 1858, son of William P. and
Lily Browning; educated at Lark-
hall School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 10th June 1891 ; assist-
ant at Bluevale Parish, Glasgow, June
to Nov. 1891 ; ord. 11th Aug. 1892 ; died
15th Feb. 1919. He marr. (1) 29th Dec.
1882, Margaret Fleming (died 18th April
1886), daugh. of John Lahoar and Mar-
garet Fleming, and had issue — William,
min. of Ordiquhill, born 27th April 1884;
Margaret Fleming, born 18th Sept. 1885 :
1892
(2) 15th Aug. 1892, Mary Young, daugh.
of Allan Thomson and Helen Wilson, and
had issue — Allan Thomson, B.E., born 6th
June 1893, killed in action in France,
14th July 1916 ; John Browning, lieut.
B.A.M.C, born 20th Jan. 1895; Robert
Thomson, sergeant, Royal Scots, born 7th
Nov. 1896 ; Helen Wilson, born 31st March
1900.
1919
JAMES ANDERSON, born Hunting-
tower, Perthshire, 14th Feb. 1885,
son of James M'Laren A. and
Marianne Readdie ; educated at Sharp's
School, Perth, and Univs. of Aberdeen, M.A.
(1912) and St Andrews, B.D. (1915); licen.
by Presb. of Perth May 1915 ; assistant at
Alloa ; ord. 27th Aug. 1919.
ST ANDREW'S, formerly
THE WYND.
[In 1687, under the Toleration, the Wynd
Church was built for the worship of the
Presbyterians. In 1691 it was made the
church of a new parish for the city of
Glasgow. In 1739 a start was made with
the building of a church here called St
Andrew's. It was not finished, however,
till 1756. In 1761 this new building became
the parish church, and the Wynd Parish
has since then been called St Andrew's.]
JOHN CHBISTIE, educated at Univ.
1697 °* Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 5th March 1696 ; called
that day, and ord. 27th April 1697.
JOHN GBAY, born Glasgow ; educated
at Univ. there; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 23rd Feb. 1693; ord. to
St Mungo's, Glasgow, 23rd Aug. 1693;
trans, and adm. in 1700 ; died of apoplexy
14th Oct. 1729. He was a man of much
learning, an exact disciplinarian, and a
firm opposer of doctrinal innovations. He
marr. (1) Margaret (buried 23rd June 1703),
daugh. and heiress of Andrew Morton, min.
of Carmunnock: (2) 16th Nov. 1711, Mar-
garet Aird, who died Aug. 1736, and
had issue — Andrew, min. of New Kil-
patrick ; James, buried 5th March 1718 ;
GLASGOW]
ST ANDREW'S
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John, buried 3rd Nov. 1719 ; Elizabeth,
buried 4th April 1721 ; James, min. of
Strathblane. — [Glasg. Marr. Reg. ; Glasg.
Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal., iv., 82 ; Lanark
Sas., xiv., 108.]
JAMES DICK, son of Richard D., writer,
1730 Lanark ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
27th Feb. 1711 ; ord. to Carluke 23rd
Dec. 1713 ; pres. to Chair of Ecclesiastical
History, Univ. of Glasgow, but the As-
sembly refused translation 20th May 1 720 ;
adm. to this charge 29th Oct. 1730; died
4th May 1737. He marr. in 1718, Elizabeth
Stirling, and had issue — Margaret ; Robert,
D.D., min. of Trinity Parish, Edinburgh;
James, min. of Ayr ; John ; Grisell (marr.,
pro. 26th Nov. 1760, William Tait, min. of
Kilbucho) ; Alexander, buried 20th April
1738 ; Thomas, buried 7th May 1738 ; Jane,
buried 5th May 1738 ; Elizabeth, died at
Peebles 13th March 1818. — [M'Ure's
Glasg.]
WILLIAM CRAIG, born Feb. 1709, son
1738 °^ Andrew C, merchant, Glasgow •
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. there 2nd Jan. 1734 ; ord. to
Cambusnethan 20th April 1737 ; called
19th Jan. ; trans, and adm. 16th March
1738 ; removed with his congregation to
St Andrew's Church after its completion,
before Nov. 1761 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1764) ;
died 13th Jan. 1784. He marr. (1) 26th
April 1742, Jean (died 6th Aug. 1758),
daugh. of Alexander Anderson, merchant,
Glasgow, and had issue — William, buried
23rd Jan. 1743; Andrew, born 23rd Oct.
1743; William, a Lord of Session [Lord
Craig], born 6th June 1745, died 8th
July 1813 ; Alexander, born 3rd June 1746,
died 3rd May 1780 ; James ; Agnes ; John,
merchant, born 28th Aug. 1749 [all were
cousins of Mrs MacLehose, the " Clarinda "
of Robert Burns.]: (2) 17th June 1760,
Rachel (died s.p. 18th Nov. 1781), daugh.
of Gilbert Kennedy of Auchtyfardle. Pub-
lications— The Reverence ivhich is due to the
Name of God (Glasgow, 1761) ; The Char-
acter and Obligations of a Minister of the
Gospel (Glasgow, 1764) ; An Essay on the
Life of Jesus Christ (Glasgow, 1767) ;
Tiventy Discourses on various Subjects
VOL. III.
(London, 1775), second edition with Life,
2 vols. (1808). — [Runciman's Hist, of St
Andrews; Thomson's History of St
Andrews; Kay's Portraits, i. 302-4; ii. 380;
Brunton and Haig's Senators of the College
of Justice, 540.]
WILLIAM LOCKHART, born 1745,
1784 son °^ Alexander L., parish of
Carstairs ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 22nd
Dec. 1767 ; ord. to Coulter 2nd Sept. 1772 ;
pres. by the Magistrates and Council 6th
July ; trans, and adm. 18th Nov. 1784 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1791); died 8th Feb.
1802. "He was the kindest of human
beings, and loved by all." He marr. 26th
July 1782, Mary Dickson, who died at
Edinburgh 17th Sept. 1821, and had issue
— John, merchant, Glasgow, born 10th July
1783, died 20th Aug. 1809; Alexander,
born 4th Aug. 1785, died 16th July 1790;
Michael, born 26th Dec. 1786, died 24th
June 1787; Letitia, born 10th Sept. 1788
(marr. 30th April 1810, Dugald Mactavish,
W.S.).— [Runciman's Hist.]
WILLIAM RITCHIE, D.D. ; trans, from
1802 Kilwinning ; elected by the Magis-
trates and Council 12th March, pres.
22nd June, and trans, and adm. 21st Oct.
1802. An organ having been introduced
into the church on Sunday, 23rd Aug. 1807,
the Lord Provost brought the case before the
Presb. when, by a majority the use of
organs in all the churches and chapels
within their bounds was prohibited. He
was trans, to St Giles', Edinburgh, 18th
Aug. 1808, when there appeared a caricature
of him as an organist playing "I'll gang
nae mair to yon toun."
GAVIN GIBB, second son of Andrew
G ., Auchinleck ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1783); licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 13th June 1786; ord. to
Fintry 19th April 1787 ; trans, to Strath-
blane 22nd Sept. 1791 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
Nov. 1804); elected by the Magistrates
and Council 22nd Sept., and pres. 20th
Oct. 1808; trans, and adm. 16th Feb.
1809 ; app. assistant and successor to
the Professor of Hebrew in the Univ.
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ST ANDREW'S
[ PRESB. OF
of Glasgow, which office he held in
conjunction ; elected Moderator of the
General Assembly 22nd May 1817; died
9th June 1831, aged above 70. He marr.
29th March 1784, Mary Studley, who died
7th Feb. 1842, and had issue — William
Richardson, surgeon, Glasgow, born 19th
Sept. 1787, died 25th Feb. 1855. Publica-
tions — Elements of Hebrew Grammar
(abridged from Wilson) (Glasgow, 1819) ;
Accounts of Fintry and Strathblane
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi., xviii.).
JOHN GEDDES, born Moffat, March
1793 ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Loch-
maben ; tutor in family of William Inglis,
W.S. ; ord. (assistant and successor) to
High Kirk Parish, Paisley, 9th Feb.
1821 ; pres. by the Magistrates and Council
13th Oct. 1831 ; trans, and adm. 19th June
1832 ; died 24th May 1833. He marr. 21st
March 1821, Dora (died 25th Dec. 1875),
eldest daugh. of James Thomson, Oatridge,
and had issue — Jane Thomson, born 20th
March 1822 ; Robert, born 16th April 1824 j
Janet Donaldson, born 3rd June 1825 ;
James Thomson, born 23rd Jan. 1827 ; Dora
Thomson, born 15th June 1831. Publica-
tions— Two Occasional Sermons (Glasgow,
1825).
NATHANIEL PATERSON, born Kells,
1834 3rc* '^U*y 1787, eldest son of Walter
P., stone engraver, Balmaclellan, a
son of " Old Mortality " and Mary Locke ;
educated at Balmaclellan School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Linlith-
gow 24th April 1816 ; tutor at Lilburn
Tower, Northumberland ; pres. by John
Scott of Gala, and ord. to Galashiels 30th
Aug. 1821 ; pres. by the Magistrates and
Council 23rd Oct. 1833 ; trans, and adm.
20th Feb. 1834; D.D. (Glasgow, 1837).
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of
St Andrews Free Church, 1843-71 ; Moder-
ator of Free Church General Assembly
23rd May 1850; died at Helensburgh,
25th April 1871. He greatly interested
himself in mechanical improvements, and
was inventor of the Riddle Lifeboat. He
marr. 8th Feb. 1825, Margaret (born 10th
July 1800, died 24th Sept. 1864), daugh. of
Robert Laidlaw of Peel, the friend and
neighbour of Sir Walter Scott at Ashestiel,
and had issue — a son, born 9th Aug., and
died 1826 ; Walter, missionary to the
Roman Catholics in Ireland and New
Zealand ; Robert, sheep-farmer, Australia ;
Nathaniel, min. of the Free Church, Mirick-
ville, Canada, died at Hamilton, Canada, 2nd
Aug. 1896 ; George, merchant, Australia ;
Jane, born 17th May 1836, died at Edin-
burgh, 8th Aug. 1913; Mary, born 12th
May 1838; James, born 10th Aug. 1843,
died 5th March 1844 ; Margaret (marr.
Aug. 1860, James Cavan, min. of the Free
Church, Kirkmaiden), died at Edinburgh
191-. Publications — The Manse Garden
(Glasgow, 1836, many editions); The Cry
of the Perishing, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1842); Lectures VII. (To Young Men),
XIII. (On the Evidences), XIV. (On
Revival of Religion); The Dangerous
Nature of Popery ; " Moderation and
Patronage :' (Communic. on the Principles
of the Free Church, ii.) ; Popery the Enemy
of the Souls of Men ; Popery accommodated
to Human Corruption ; Letters to His
Family [Memoir by Alexander Anderson]
(Edinburgh, 1874); Account of Galashiels
{New Stat. Ace, iii.). — [Hall's Galashiels,
212 ; East Galloivay Sketches, 313-21 ;
Memoir prefixed to Letters; Reminiscences;
The Border Magazine (portrait), June 1904.]
DAVID RUNCIMAN, born Wanton
1844 Walls, Lauder, 30th March 1804, son
of David R., farmer, and Janet
Lockie ; educated at Lauder School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Lauder Sept. 1826 ; assistant at Swinton ;
ord. to Newington, Edinburgh, 24th Dec.
1829 ; clerk of Presb. ; pres. by Presb.
29th Feb. ; trans, and adm. 2nd May
1844 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 1st May 1849) ; died
at Leslie, 12th Sept. 1872. He marr. 16th
Aug. 1836, Margaret (died 1st Feb. 1890),
youngest daugh. of William Aitchison,
brewer, Edinburgh, and had issue — David
Williamson, min. of Leslie, born 26th June
1837 ; Mary Ker, born 2nd March 1839 ;
William Aitchison, born 14th April 1840,
died at Dunbar, 13th Nov. 1863; John
Aitchison, manager of London and South
GLASGOW]
ST ANDREW'S— ST ANNE'S
435
African Bank, Pietermaritzburg, born 6th
June 1842, died 1902 ; James Brody, born
22nd Dec. 1843, died 15th April 1844;
Janet Lockie, born 23rd April 1845 (marr.
William Boyd, min. of Mains and Strath-
martine) ; Robert Inglis, merchant, Buenos
Ayres, born 9th April 1848; Alexander
Ewing, born 8th Dec. 1850, died 1874;
Anne Cumin, born 17th June 1852, died 27th
Feb. 1855 ; Elizabeth Isabella, born 14th
Dec. 1855 (marr. 1892, George O'Connell),
died at Venado, Tuerto, Argentine Republic,
4th Aug. 1918. Publications — Life or Death,
a sermon (Glasgow, 1845); Marriage and
Married Life : A Week-day Homily (Glas-
gow, 1862) ; An Album of Cartes de Visite,
or Sketches of Character from Heal Life
(Glasgow, 1866) ; Thoughts on the Rich and
Poor, a sermon (Glasgow, 1859) ; History
of St Andrexv's Church (Glasgow, 1860) ;
An Essay on the Fundamental Causes of
Diversity of Style in Literary Composition
(Glasgow, 1860). — [The Border Almanac,
1873.]
FREDERICK LOCKHART ROBERT-
1873 SON, born 23rd Dec. 1827, son of
John Argyll R., M.D., President of
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh ; assistant at Ayr ;
ord. to Bonhill 4th Sept. 1851 ; trans, to
Middle Parish, Greenock, 16th May 1861 ;
pres. by Town Council 19th Dec. 1872 ;
trans, and adm. 28th March 1873 ; died
12th Dec. 1892, and was buried at Kilmun.
He accepted a call to St Giles', Edinburgh,
in 1877, but withdrew on the very day
fixed for his admission. The occasion
gave rise to a clever and humorous
ballad entitled "The Flight of the
Presentee," attributed to the pen of his
friend Dr (afterwards Principal) Story.
He took a deep interest in all social
schemes, and was specially solicitous for
the welfare of the poor in his own large
parish. To his efforts also Glasgow is
indebted for the proper housing of its
chief art treasures. He marr. 28th April
1852, Elizabeth Mary (died 19th May
1895), only daugh. of Captain Hay, 34th
Regiment, and had issue — Francis William
1894
Lockhart, born 14th Oct. 1853, died Sept.
1887 ; Frederick Charles Lockhart, banker,
Glasgow, born 7th July 1855 ; William
Hendry Hay, M.B., CM., born 28th Jan.
1857, died at Westray, Orkney, Aug. 1887 ;
Annie Elizabeth Lockhart, born 2nd Oct.
1858 ; Charles Lachlan, sometime in
Canada and United States, born 29th July
1861 ; Flora Douglas. — [Nugaz Ecclesiastical,
by " Moses Peerie, D.D. " [Robert Herbert
Story, D.D.] (Edinburgh, 1884).]
[WALTER FORBES LOW, M.A., B.D. ;
min. of the Laigh Kirk, Kilmarnock ; was
called to this charge. He had taken fare-
well of his own congregation, when he
contracted typhoid fever and died within
twelve hours of the time fixed for his
induction.]
JAMES THOMSON, born St Nicholas,
Aberdeen, 14th Dec. 1854, son of
James T., warehouseman, and Anne
Whyte, Mains of Tonley, Tough ; educated
at Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1875) ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen in May, and ord.
Missionary Professor of General Assembly's
College, Calcutta, 19th Sept. 1878 ; res. in
1882 ; ind. to St Aidan's, Edinburgh, 28th
April 1887; trans, and adm. 11th Jan.
1894; D.D. (Glasgow 1914); Lecturer on
Pastoral Theology, 1919-20. Marr. 13th
Aug. 1878, Anne Dundas, daugh. of John
Glover of Langhill, Dryden, and Monte-
marle, Roslin, and Anne Dundas Dickson,
Arniston, and has issue — James Cornwallis,
C.A., Glasgow ; John Archibald Glover,
min. of Tron Parish, Edinburgh, born 19th
Feb. 1883; Aidan Gordon Wemyss, M.B.,
Ch.B. Publication — History of St Andrew's
Parish Church, Glasgoio (Glasgow, 1905).
ST ANNE'S CHAPEL.
[This chapel in Great Hamilton Street
was opened for worship on 14th Aug. 1831.
The General Assembly granted a constitu-
tion to the mission on 31st May 1834.
It was carried on for some years, but
ultimately given up.]
ALEXANDER GIBSON, ord. 25th Nov.
1831 ; trans, to Balmaghie 24th
1831
July 1839.
436
ST BERNARD'S— ST BRIDE'S— ST COLUMBA'S [presb. of
ST BERNARD'S (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1868. St
Bernard's Parish was erected on 19th June
1876.]
JOHN CAMERON STEWART, born
1830, son of Alexander S., farmer,
and Susan Cameron ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; ord. 20th Aug. 1869 ;
became first min. of the parish in 1876 ;
LL.D. (U.S.A.); died 27th Dec. 1895.
He marr. Elizabeth Lawson.
1895
ROBERT NICOLSON THOMSON,
born Tarbolton, 17th Aug. 1862, son
of James T. and Janet Blane ; edu-
cated at Tarbolton and Annbank Schools
and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr 7th May 1890; assistant at Spring-
burn and Dalmally ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 15th May 1895. Marr. 18th
June 1895, Margaret, daugh. of William
Chisholm and Annie Young, and has issue
— James Robert Ronald, born 29th April
1896 ; Annie Margaret Janetta, born 9th
Jan. 1898.
ST BRIDE'S, GOVAN (Q.S.).
[A church was built here on a site
given by Sir William Hozier of Mauldslie,
Bart. St Bride's Parish was disjoined from
Govan on 12th Dec. 1902.]
JAMES MACKENZIE KIRK-
PATRICK, born Hamilton, 22nd
Nov. 1868, third son of Roger K.
of Lagganlees and Isabella Margaret Kirk-
patrick ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1888), B.D. (1891); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1891 ; ord. 21st Nov. 1897 ;
adm. first min. of the parish 12th Dec. 1902,
Publication — A Manual of Church Doctrine
(in collaboration with Henry Johnstone
Wotherspoon, D.D. (London, 1920).
ST CLEMENT'S (Q.S.).
[St Clement's Parish was disjoined from
Calton on 12th March 1888.]
WILLIAM MACKAY, M.A. ; ord. 16th
Nov. 1875; res. 1884; died in
1885
ARTHUR JENKLNSON; ord. June
1885 ; trans, to Innellan 17th Aug.
1897
1886.
1875
Canada 1919.
DAVID WATSON, born Alva, 6th
1886 Feb. 1859, son of David W. and
Jean Crawford ; educated at Alva
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Stirling May 1884 ; assistant
at St George's Parish, Paisley; ord. 30th
Dec. 1886 ; became first min. of the parish
in 1888 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 20th June 1913).
Marr. 1st March 1887, Janet, daugh. of
John Martin, Dunning, and has issue-
David Crawford, min. of High Kirk Parish,
Kilmarnock, born 28th Nov. 1887 ; Mary
Mitchell, born 12th Sept. 1889; Florence
Jean Crawford, M.A., missionary, Calcutta,
born 31st May 1892 ; Janetta Martin, born
8th March 1894; John Martin, born 20th
Dec. 1898, died 18th Feb. 1919. Pub-
lications— Discipleship, and other Poems
(London, 1886) ; Child Life in Cities (1901) ;
The Scottish Christian Social Union (1901) ;
In Life's School (London, 1902); The Heri-
tage of Youth (London, 1904) ; A Mile End
Chronicle (1904); The Christian Law of
Social Duty, a sermon (1904) ; Perfect
Manhood (London, 1905 ; 3rd ed., 1906) ;
Perfect Womanhood (London, 1906) ; From
the Social Abyss (1906); Memorial of Dr
Martin of Gask (1906) ; Social Problems
and the Church's Duty [Guild Text Books]
(London, 1908) ; Life's Little Day (1908) ;
Social Advance : Its Meaning, Method, and
Goal (London, 1911 ) ; The Social Expression
of Christianity (London, 1919).
ST COLUMBA'S (Q.S.).
[The Synod of Argyll caused money to
be collected within its bounds for building
a place of worship for the Gaelic-speaking
people of Glasgow. This resulted in the
erection in 1770 of a Gaelic Chapel in
Ingram Street. To this chapel the General
Assembly granted a constitution on 31st May
1834. In 1839 a new chapel for the mission
was built in West Nile Street. On 3rd Dec.
1851 St Columba's Parish was erected.]
HUGH M'DIARMID, called 3rd Dec.
m2 1771 ; ord. 14th May 1772 ; trans, to
Arrochar 11th May 1780.
GLASGOW]
ST COLUMBA'S
437
JOHN FRASER, elected 8th Aug. 1782 ;
1783 appointment sustained by the Presb.
11th June 1783; trans, to Kiltarlity
10th May 1792.
ANGUS M'INTOSH, elected 31st July,
17g_ and ord. 18th Oct. 1792 ; trans, to
Tain 11th May 1797.
JOHN M'LAURIN, perhaps son of John
1798 M., Port of Menteith ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Mull 4th Nov. 1789 ; ord. missionary
in that island 15th Dec. 1791 ; assistant
in Cumbrae ; elected 12th Sept. 1797 ;
authorised 11th Jan. 1798; died 8th Aug.
1835. He marr., and had issue — Flora
(marr. 13th Dec. 1842, Peter M'Laurin,
merchant, Glasgow).
NORMAN MACLEOD, born 2nd Dec.
1783, eldest son of Norman M., min.
of Morven ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Mull 23rd
June 1806 ; assistant at Kilbrandon ; ord.
to Campbeltown 12th June 1808 ; trans, to
Campsie 11th Aug. 1825 ; D.D. (Edinburgh,
28th April 1827) ; elected by the managers
13th Oct. ; trans, and adm. 17th Dec.
1835 ; Moderator of General Assembly 19th
May 1836 ; app. one of H.M. Chaplains-
in-Ordinary and one of the Deans of the
Chapel Royal in 1841 ; became first min. of
the parish in 1851 ; died 25th Nov. 1862.
He distinguished himself by great and
benevolent exertions on behalf of his High-
land countrymen, especially in regard to
education. In 1847, during the distress in
the Highlands, he was one of a deputation
to England, where a sum of £100,000 was
collected for their relief. He will always
be affectionately remembered as Caraid
nan Gaidheal (friend of the Highlanders).
He was useful also in extending the Presby-
terian Church in Ulster by preaching to
the Irish in their native language. He
marr. 2nd April 1811, Agnes (died 6th
April 1879), daugh. of James Maxwell,
Aros, Mull, chamberlain to the Duke of
Argyll, and had issue — Norman, D.D., min.
of The Barony parish, Glasgow; Jessie,
born 21st Jan. 1814 (marr. Archibald Clerk,
D.D., min. of Kilmallie); Jean Morrison,
born 15th Feb. 1815, died 1886 ; James Max-
well, born 23rd Jan. 1816, died 23rd Dec.
1833; Mary M'Neil, born 3rd Feb. 1819,
died 3rd Nov. 1836; John Neil Maxwell
of Glensaddell, born 29th Oct. 1820, died
9th July 1909; Ann Elizabeth, born 16th
April 1823, died 5th Sept. 1840; Grace
Morrison, born 9th April 1824, died 19th
July 1909 ; Robina Catherine, born 8th
Dec. 1825, died 14th Aug. 1910; Sir George
Husband Baird, M.D., LL.D., Professor of
Surgery, Glasgow, born 21st Sept. 1828,
died 31st Aug. 1892; Donald, D.D., min.
of The Park Parish, Glasgow. Publica-
tions — Gaelic Collection for the Use of
Schools (Glasgow, 1828; reprinted Greenock,
1834) ; The Gaelic Messenger, 2 vols. (Glas-
gow, 1830-1) ; Gaelic Sermon [on Cholera]
(Glasgow, 1832); The Mercy and Justice
of God manifested in the Expulsion of our
First Parents from the Garden of Eden,
a sermon (Edinburgh, 1849); The Psalms
of David in Irish ; edited [jointly with the
Rev. Dr Daniel Dewar] Dictionary of the
Gaelic Language (Glasgow, 1831 ; many
editions).— [Donald Macleod's Memoir of
Norman Macleod (the younger) ; Maclean's
Typographia Scoto-Gadelica, 268 ; Smith's
Our Scottish Clergy (1848), 103-7; Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
DONALD M'CAIG, ord. (assistant and
1855 successor) 23rd May 1855 ; trans, to
Watten 23rd Nov. 1858.
NEIL STRACHAN, ord. to St
1859 Columba's, Paisley, 17th Dec. 1857 ;
trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 7th Feb. 1859; died 19th May
1860.
NORMAN MACLEOD, ord. 25th Nov.
1862; trans, to Blair Atholl 6th
1862
May 1868.
^ROBERT BLAIR, M.A.; trans, from
1869 Tarbert 6tn ^Iay 1869j trans, to
Cambuslang 23rd May 1882.
LACHLAN M'LACHLAN, trans, from
Tain 5th Oct. 1882; trans, to Kil-
1882
more and Kilbride 16th Dec. 1887.
438
ST COLUMBAS— ST CUTHBERTS— ST DAVIDS [presb. of
1888
JOHN MACLEAN, born Tiree, in
March 1839, eldest son of Allan M.,
farmer, Tiree, and Flora Maclean ;
educated at Parish School, Tiree, and Univ.
of Glasgow ; B.A. (1861), M.A. (1862), B.D.
(1866) ; licen. by Presb. of Mull 29th Nov.
1 864 ; assistant at Rosewell (Lasswade)
and Saltcoats ; ord. to Kilchoman 27th
March 1867 ; trans, to Tarbert 30th Nov.
1880 ; trans, and adm. 18th Dec. 1888 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1887) ; sometime convener
of the Royal Bounty Committee; res. 6th
June 1917 ; died unmarr. 26th Jan. 1919.
He assisted in translating the Bible into
Gaelic (S.P.C.K., Edin. 1902), and founded
two bursaries in the Univ. of Glasgow.
ALEXANDER MACKINNON, born
1918 Tiree, 6th Oct. 1879, son of Alex-
ander M. and Janet MacLean ;
educated at Cornaigmore School, Tiree,
Glasgow High School, and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (1902), B.D. (1906) ; licen. by
U.F. Presb. of Glasgow in 1906 ; assistant
at Rutherglen West U.F. Church ; ord. to
Tarbert U.F. Church in 1907; min. of
Grosvenor Square Presbyterian Church,
Manchester, Jan. 1910-18 ; adm. to this
charge 24th Jan. 1918. Marr. 29th July
1913, Lizzie Rigg, daugh. of John Andrew
Hyslop, Manchester, and has issue — Ailsa
Paterson, born 28th Sept. 1915.
ST CUTHBERTS (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1898. The
parish was disjoined from Kelvinside,
Maryhill, and St George's in the Fields on
23rd Dec. 1910.]
1898
MATTHEW MAIR, ord. 27th Oct. 1898 ;
trans, to Stirling, West, 27th Sept.
1904.
CHARLES WHITEHEAD HUTCHE-
SON, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 26th Jan.
1905 ; trans, to Aberfeldy 11th Oct.
1905
1918.
FINDLAY M'CULLOCH, born Glasgow
1919 27th Nov. 1881, son of James M.
and Mary Paterson ; educated at
Pupil Teachers' Institute and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1907), B.D. (1913); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 1913; assistant at
Govan and Kelvinhaugh ; ord. to Walls,
Orkney, 9th March 1916; res. 1st Oct.
1917 ; locum tenens Auldearn 4th Oct. 1917 ;
assistant Dunblane 15th Sept. 1918; adm.
here 2nd April 1919. Marr. 27th June
1919, Anna daugh. of William Taylor and
Janet Mortimer.
ST DAVID'S, formerly NORTH-
WEST, or RAMSHORN.
[This parish was erected in 1718, and its
church was built in 1720. It was sometimes
called the North-West Parish, but generally
it was styled Ramshorn, that being the
name of the lands upon which the church
was built. In 1825 Ramshorn Church was
rebuilt, and since then both church and
parish have been called St David's.]
JOHN ANDERSON, born Edinburgh,
1718 1671 ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 9th July
1688); tutor to John, Duke of
Argyll ; sometime a schoolmaster in Edin-
burgh ; ord. to Dunbarton 14th Sept.
1698 ; called 18th July 1717, after opposi-
tion from other mins. of the city and much
contention and recrimination on both sides.
The Synod concurred in the call Oct. 1717,
which was affirmed by the Assembly ;
trans, and adm. 24th Aug. 1718; died 17th
Feb. 1721. He marr. a lady whose name is
unknown (buried 2nd Aug. 1735), and had
issue — James, min. of Rosneath; Alexander,
licen. 6th Nov. 1722; Janet, buried 23rd
July 1728. Publications — A Dialogue
betiveen a Curat and a Countreyman con-
cerning the English Service (n.p., n.d.) ;
The Second Dialogue (n.p., 1711); The
Countreyman' s Letter to the Curat (n.p.,
1711) ; An Answer to the Dialogue examined
(1712) ; A Letter to a friend concerning Mr
Calder's late paper entitled A Return, &c.
(1712); Curat Calder whipt (n.p., 1712);
Sermon 2^eached at Opening of the Synod
(Glasgow, 1712) ; A Defence of the Church
Government, Faith, Worship, and Spirit
of the Presbyterians (Glasgow, 1714); The
Declaration of the Free-holders of Great
Britain in Answer to that of the Fretender
GLASGOW]
ST DAVID'S
439
(n.p., 1716) ; Letter to Walter Stewart of
Pardovan (n.p., 1717) ; Sermon preached
on the Anniversary of the Birth of His
Majesty (Glasgow, 1719) ; [Six] Letters
upon the Overtures concerning Kirk-sessions
and Presbyteries (Glasgow, 1720). — [Wod-
row's Anal., ii., 320, 345; M'Ure's Glasgow ;
Tombst. ; Cleland's Anal., i. ; To the
Memory of the late Rev. J. A., by a student
of Philosophy (fol. Glasgow 1721); Diet.
Nat. Biog. ; Trans. Scot. Eccl. Socy., i. 159.]
1723
JOHN MACLAURIN, born Glendaruel,
Oct. 1693, son of John M., min.
of Kilmodan, and brother of Colin
M., the mathematician ; spent his early
life in his uncle's manse at Kilfinan, his
parents having died when he was young ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow M.A. (14th
Nov. 1712) ; and at Leyden ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunbarton 2nd June 1717 ; ord.
to Luss 7th May 1719; called 29th May
1722 ; trans, and adm. 3rd Jan. 1723 ;
died 8th Sept. 1754. He was a noted
preacher and theologian. He conducted
Gaelic services for the Highlanders resident
in Glasgow, and took a leading part in the
work of poor-law reform and the improve-
ment of the social condition of the people.
He marr. (1) 1721, Lilias (buried 16th Dec.
1747), daugh. of John Rae of Little Govan,
merchant, Glasgow, and had issue — Eliza-
beth (marr. John Gillies, D.D., min. of
Blackfriars', Glasgow) ; Lilias, buried 19th
May 1725 ; David, buried 23rd Sept. 1727 ;
Mary (marr. John Findlay, writer, Glasgow),
died 30th Nov. 1799, aged 76 ; John, born
1726, buried 24th June 1742 ; (marr.
Andrew Craig, surgeon, Glasgow) ; and three
others : (2) Jan. 1749, Margaret (bora 22nd
Jan. 1702, died 23rd July 1784), daugh.
of Patrick Bell of Cowcaddens, and had
issue — John. Publications — Sermons and
Essays [Memoir by John Gillies, D.D.]
(Glasgow, 1755 ; Glasgow, 1824 [edited by
John Brown, D.D.] ) ; An Essay on the
Prophecies relating to the Messiah (Edin-
burgh, 1773) ; Works, 2 vols, [edited by
W. H. Goold, D.D.] (Edinburgh, I860).—
[Davidson's Lett. ; M'Ure's Glasgow ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
1756
ROBERT FINDLAY, trans, from Laigh
Kirk Parish, Paisley; called 11th
Dec. 1755 ; adm. 25th March 1756 ;
dem. 1st Jan. 1783, on appointment as
Professor of Divinity in Univ. of Glas-
gow (q.v.).
1783
ARCHIBALD BONAR, trans, from
Newburn ; pres. by the Magistrates
and Council 24th Jan., and adm.
17th July 1783 ; trans, to Cramond 19th
April 1785.
1785
ALEXANDER RANKEN, born Edin-
burgh, 28th Feb. 1755; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 28th April 1779;
assistant at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ;
ord. to Cambusnethan 17th Aug. 1781 ;
pres. by the Magistrates and Council 5th
July ; trans, and adm. 8th Sept. 1785 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, April 1801) ; Moderator of
General Assembly 16th May 1811; died
23rd Feb. 1827. He marr. 12th Nov. 1782,
Euphemia Thomson, who died 31st March
1822, and had issue — Margaret, born 5th
Nov. 1783, died 5th Feb. 1786; Andrew
of Ashburn, merchant and bailie, Glasgow,
born 10th Feb. 1785, died 1851. Publica-
tions— Three occasional Sermons (Glasgow,
1788-1818) ; The Importance of Religious
Establishments, an essay (Glasgow, 1799) ;
The History of France from the Time of
its Conquest by Clovis to the Death of Louis
XVI., 9 vols. (London, 1801-22); The
Nature of Baptism briefly stated (Glasgow,
1803) ; Institutes of Theology (Glasgow,
1822).— [The Edinburgh Review, April 1805,
209-28 ; Funeral Sermon, by James Mar-
shall [Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh] (Glas-
gow, 1827) ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
1827
DAVID WELSH, trans, from Cross-
michael ; pres. by the Magistrates
and Town Council 26th June, and
adm. 4th Oct. 1827 ; dem. 9th Nov. 1831
on appointment as Professor of Ecclesi-
astical History in Univ. of Edinburgh (q.v.).
JOHN GORDON LORIMER, born
1832 1804' son of Robert L-> LL.D.,
min. of Haddington ; educated at
Univs. of Edinburgh and St Andrews;
440
ST DAVID'S
[I'RESB. OF
licen. by Presb. of Haddington 28th Aug.
1827 ; assistant at Tolbooth Parish, Edin-
burgh ; ord. to Torryburn 22nd April 1829 ;
pres. by the Magistrates and Town Council
16th Dec. 1831 ; trans, and adm. 10th May
1832. Joined the Free Church in 1843 ;
min. of St David's Free Church, 1843-68 ;
D.D. (College of New Jersey, 27th June
1849) j died 9th Oct. 1868. He marr. 6th
Sept. 1831, Jane (died 8th Sept. 1881),
daugh. of John Campbell, D.D., min. of the
Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh, and had issue
—Alexander Gordon, died 30th May 1845 ;
Jane Kinnear, missionary at Gordon
Memorial, Natal, born 17th Aug. 1832, died
19th Jan. 1900; Elizabeth Gordon, born 13th
Feb. 1835 (marr. the Kev. James Dalzell,
B.D., M.B., CM., Gordon Memorial Mission,
Natal), died there 9th May 1905 ; Mary
Guthrie, born 6th Sept. 1836, died 13th June
1920 j Margaret Campbell, born 13th May
1838, died 7th July 1861 ; Robert, min. of
Free Church, Mains, born 2nd Feb. 1840 ;
John Campbell, K.C., advocate, Sheriff of
Aberdeen, born 2nd Sept. 1841. Publications
— The Past and Present Condition of Re-
ligion and Morality in the United States of
America, three parts (Glasgow, 1833) ; The
Eldership of the Church of Scotland (Glas-
gow, 1841) ; Historical Sketch of the Protes-
tant Church of France (Edinburgh, 1841) ;
Why were the Strathbogie Ministers de-
}>osed ? (Glasgow, 1841) ; The Church of
Scotland not a Rebel (Glasgow, 1841) ;
The Deaconship (Edinburgh, 1842); Pre-
fatory Note to Smyth's Claims of the Free
Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1844) ; The
Righteous taken away from the Evil to
Come, a sermon (Glasgow, 1847) ; The Pro-
testant or the Poptish Sabbath? (Edinburgh,
1847); The Recent Great Religious Awaken-
ing in America (Glasgow, 1859) ; Sermons
on Sabbath Profanation (Glasgow) ; The
Character and Advantages of Presbyterian-
ism (Manual of Presbytery) ; Prefatory
Essays (The Book of Family Prayer and
the Christian's Armour against Infidelity) ;
The Statistics of Scottish Moderatism ; Who
are guilty of the Sin of Schism, those ivho
withdraw from or those who remain in the
Establishment? (Glasgow, 1843); The The-
ology of Peter Dens, with all its immoral
and persecuting Principles, proved to be the
Text-book of the Present Roman Catholic
Priesthood of Ireland ; Popery in Ireland
a Persecutor, or the Theology of Peter
Dens, illustrated by Examples ; Sermon
LXXII. {Free Church Pulpit) ; Lectures
X. (On Civil Establishments of Beligion),
V. (On Church Establishments), XII. (On
the Jews), III. (On Infidelity), VIII. (On
the Revival of Religion), I. (On the Evi-
dences of Revealed Religion).
1844
ROBERT PATON, born Mauchline,
1798, son of a farmer ; educated
at Ayr Academy and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 21st
Aug. 1822 ; assistant at Newton-upon-Ayr;
ord. to Straiton 22nd April 1824 ; trans,
and adm. 11th April 1844 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
1st May 1849); died unmarr., 6th May
1878. One of the originators and Secre-
tary to West of Scotland Bible Society.
The Paton Trust (for the relief of aged and
infirm mins. of the Church of Scotland)
was founded in 1887 by his sister, Eliza-
beth Paton, widow of William Stewart of
St Fillans. Publications — The Duty of
Christians to show the Lord's Death till
He come (Glasgow, 1850) ; Sermons [edited
by James Brander, B.D.] (Edinburgh,
1882) ; Account of Straiton {Neiv Stat.
Ace, v.).
JOHN GRIGOR, born 1843 ; son of John
G., solicitor, and Grace Gillies ; ord.
to Fullarton 1st Sept. 1870; trans,
to Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh, 24th Sept.
1874 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 16th Nov. 1876 ; died 29th Oct.
1879. He marr. 10th Feb. 1875, Margaret
(died 28th Oct. 1914), third daugh. of Alex-
ander Shanks, East Shawlands, Coatbridge,
and had issue.
1876
1880
ROBERT DICKSON, born 19th Jan.
1841, son of Mark D. and Janet
Cullen ; educated at Annfield School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow April 1872 ; assistant at St John's,
Glasgow ; ord. to Calderhead 14th May
1874 ; trans, and adm. 10th June 1880 ;
died 6th July 1903. He marr. 15th Sept.
1874, Agnes, daugh. of James Smith, and
GLASGOW]
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441
1907
1915
had issue — Agnes Margaret, born 4th
March 1876 ; Robert Marcus, min. of
Lanark, born 13th Dec. 1877 ; Janet
Hunter, born 25th Dec. 1880 ; James
Smith, born 23rd March 1883; Douglas
Stanley Dickson, born 27th April 1885.
DUNCAN ALEXANDER CAMERON
1904 REID, MA., B.D., trans, from
Inveraray 16th Feb. 1904 ; trans.
to St George's, Glasgow, 16th May 1907.
ERNEST SHERWOOD GUNSON,
MA. ; trans, from Turriff 26th Nov.
1907 ; trans, to New Monkland 24th
Sept. 1914.
JOHN ARBUCKLE SWAN, born Port-
Glasgow, 6th March 1878, son of
Robert S. and Marion Arbuckle ;
educated at Holmscroft Public School,
Greenock, and Univ. of Glasgow ; MA.
(1904), B.D. (1907); licen. by Presb. of
Greenock May 1907 ; assistant at South
Leith ; ord. to Meldrum 23rd July 1909 ;
trans, and adm. 13th April 1915. Marr.
30th Nov. 1915, Mary Leslie, daugh. of
Charles Sinclair, and has issue — Robert
William Service, born 18th Nov. 1916;
Donald Sinclair, born 10th Oct. 1918.
ST ENOCH'S.
[St Thenew, the mother of St Mungo,
died at Glasgow. Her place of burial was
not by the Molendinar Burn, where the
cathedral came to be built, but in what
is now St Enoch Square. In later times
a chapel of St Thenew covered her grave,
and around it there was a little burial-
ground. Hard by were St Thenew's Well
and St Thenew's Croft. The way to the
chapel was by St Thenew's Gate, now
called the Trongate. The saint's name
appears on record in various forms. She
is sometimes called St Theneuch and St
Eneuch or St Enoch. In 1780, when an
additional parish was to be marked out
for the growing city of Gksgow, the place
chosen for its church was near where St
Thenew's Chapel had stood of old. So
the new church was built there, and called
by the saint's name in the altered form
then commonly used. St Enoch's Church
was rebuilt in 1827.]
WILLIAM TAYLOR, born 28th Feb.
1782 1^48> eldest son of John T., mer-
chant, Crieff; educated at Crieff
Parish School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
became preacher in College Chapel of
Glasgow ; ord. to Baldernock 24th April
1777 ; elected by the Magistrates and
Council 3rd, pres. 10th April, and adm.
14th Nov. 1782; D.D. (Glasgow, March
1800) ; Moderator of the General Assembly
22nd May 1806 ; app. 7th Jan. 1812, one of
H.M. Chaplains-in -Ordinary for Scotland ;
died 15th March 1825. He marr. 6th
March 1786, Christian (died 22nd Dec.
1835), daugh. of Richard Allan of Bar-
dowie, and had issue — John of Ballochneck,
born 11th Jan. 1787, died 17th Aug. 1829 ;
Richard Allan, advocate, born 24th July
1788, died 26th Nov. 1869; William,
Lieut-General H.E.I.C.S., born 2nd Dec.
1790, died in New Zealand, 27th June
1868; Mary, born 3rd April 1793, died
26th April 1796; James, died 23rd Feb.
1825. Publications— A ddress to the People
of Scotland (Glasgow, 1794) ; Five occasional
Sermons (Glasgow, 1798-1820).
PATRICK MACFARLAN, trans, from
St John's Parish, Glasgow ; pres. by
the Magistrates and Council, and
adm. 24th Nov. 1825 ; trans, to West Parish,
Greenock, 27th July 1832.
JAMES HENDERSON, born Kelso,
4th Feb. 1797 ; educated at Kelso
Grammar School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk ; ord.
by Presb. of Kelso, 4th Sept. 1821, to the
Low Meeting, Berwick-on-Tweed ; trans,
to Stockbridge Chapel [St Bernard's],
Edinburgh, 27th Nov. 1823; trans, to
Ratho 21st Feb. 1828 ; pres. by the Magis-
trates and Council 29th Aug., and adm.
29th Nov. 1832; D.D. (Glasgow 1837).
Joined the Free Church in 1843; min. of
St Enoch's Free Church, 1843-74 ; sometime
convener of the Foreign Mission Scheme of
the Free Church ; Moderator of Free Church
Assembly 24th May 1855; died at North
Berwick 12th Sept. 1874. He marr. (1)
442
ST ENOCHS— ST GEORGE'S
[ PRESB. OF
16th March 1826, Eleanor Rutherford (died
27th Jan. 1841), daugh. of James Russell,
Professor of Clinical Surgery, Univ. of
Edinburgh, and had issue — Joseph, born
7th Jan., and died 18th April 1829; Eleanor
Russell, born 27th Sept. 1830, died 23rd
Aug. 1840; James, merchant, Burma, born
18th June 1832, died 12th May 1904 ; John
Joseph, born 15th March 1834, died 13th
Feb. 1837 ; Agnes, born 1836, died 26th
Feb. 1845; Archibald, D.D., U.F. Church
min. of Crieff, Moderator of U.F. Assembly
in 1909, Principal of U.F. College, Glasgow,
1918, born 9th Aug. 1837 ; Francis, M.D.,
Glasgow, born 28th Aug. 1838, died 15th
May 1910: (2) 16th Aug. 1854, Charlotte
Margery (died s.p. 28th Nov. 1885), daugh.
of James Reddie, solicitor, Glasgow. Pub-
lications— Two occasional Sermons (Edin-
burgh, 1828; Glasgow, 1843); Popery un-
changed, the Creed of Pins IV. still the
Creed of the Church of Pome ; Lectures IV.
(On the Social Condition of the People) ;
VII. (On the Jews) ; VIII. (On the Evi-
dences of Revealed Religion) ; I. (On Pro-
testantism).— [The Border Almanac, 1875.]
JAMES BARR, born 1789, fourth son of
1S43 J°^n B-, farmer, Dunlop ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 8th Dec. 1813 ; ord. by
that Presb. min. of Oldham Street (Church
of Scotland), Liverpool, 5th July 1815 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1821) ; adm. to Port Glasgow,
13th Feb. 1823; pres. by Town Council
25th Oct. ; trans, and adm. 16th Nov.
1843 ; Moderator of the General Assembly
19th May 1853; died 16th Dec. 1861.
He marr. 3rd June 1823, Sarah Jane
(died 21st March 1862), daugh. of Matthew
Steele, Liverpool, and had issue — Isabella,
born 9th April 1824, died 3rd Feb. 1849 ;
John, born 17th Nov. 1825, died 11th Feb.
1844 ; Marion Stevenson, born 17th Aug.
1828 (marr. 20th March 1849, John Wilson,
younger, of Dundyvan); Elizabeth Dunlop,
born 9th Jan. 1832 ; Edward Steele, born
11th Aug. 1834; Jemima Jane. Pub-
lications — Three single Sermons (Liver-
pool, 1823; Glasgow, 1845); Account of
the Parish of Newark (New Stat. Ace,
vii.).
1859
DAVID BROWN, born Kilmaurs, 1822,
son of Robert B. ; educated at Kil-
marnock Academy, Relief Theo-
logical Hall, and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine in 1846 ; missionary at
Arden tinny, 1846-7 ; ord. to St Mary's,
Dumfries, 8th July 1847 ; trans, to St
Andrew's Church, Liverpool, Dec. 1848 ;
trans, to St Bernard's, Edinburgh, 11th
March 1852; trans, to Scoonie 15th Nov.
1855; trans, and adm. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 3rd Feb. 1859 ; died 27th April 1900.
He marr. 3rd Aug. 1840, Janet Fulton,
and had issue— Agnes Hutchison, born
14th May 1841 ; Eleanor Bowes, born 8th
June 1843; Robert, born 8th May 1845;
Janet Fulton, born 22nd, and died 29th
Nov. 1847; David, born 4th Dec. 1848;
John Fulton, born 7th March 1850; Janet
Fulton, born 26th Feb. 1852 (marr. John
M'Gavin Boyd, min. of New Monkland) ;
Mary Jane, born 6th Aug. 1853 ; Eveline,
born 10th Jan. 1855 ; James Fulton, born
11th Sept. 1856. — [Ministers of Glasgoiv,
321.]
ARCHIBALD MACLAREN, born
x Middleton of Mugdock, Strathblane,
21st May 1867, son of Donald M.
and Elizabeth Clark; educated at High
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunbarton 5th May 1891 ; assist-
ant at St Matthew's and St Enoch's, Glas-
gow ; ord. (assistant and successor) 21st
Sept. 1899. Marr. 10th April 1900, Jessie
Agnes, daugh. of James Anderson, engineer,
Glasgow.
ST GEORGE'S,
FORMERLY WVND OR WEST.
[In 1761 it was found necessary to form
a parish for what was then the western part
of Glasgow. The Wynd Church was then
standing vacant, being no longer needed
for St Andrew's Parish. Accordingly that
church was restored, and became the West
Parish Church. In 1807 a new church was
built instead of it, on a different site. This
was called St George's, and the same name
was then given to the West Parish. There
GLASGOW]
ST GEORGE'S
443
is within the bounds a mission chapel called
St Michael's.]
-'GEORGE BANNATYNE, son of James
1764 B., min. of Trinity Parish, Edin-
burgh ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 15th
Oct. 1740 ; ord. to Craigie 18th July 1745 ;
pres. by the Magistrates and Town Council.
The Presb., on account of opposition by
the General Session, refused to sustain the
presentation. This decision was reversed
by the Synod, and on appeal, by the
General Assembly 31st May 1764 ; adm.
18th Oct. 1764; died 9th Sept. 1769. He
is said to have been a man of much wit,
humour, and good sense. He marr. 27th
April 1761, Elizabeth (died 1802), daugh. of
Richard Cunningham, min. of Symington,
Ayrshire, and had issue — Anna, born 25th
March 1762, died 23rd Dec. 1809;
Katherine, born 3rd Sept. 1763, died 29th
May 1765; James, apprentice W.S. 1780,
born 1st July 1765 ; Richard, born 21st
July 1768; George, buried 19th Oct. 1769.
— [Carlyle's Autob., 231 ; Morren's Ann.,
ii., 287, 360 ; Cleland's Ann., i.]
WILLIAM PORTEOUS, born 11th
1770 March 1735, son of James P. of
Dalvick, min. of Monzievaird ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Auchterarder 13th Sept. 1757 ; ord. to
Whitburn 10th June 1760 ; trans, and
adm. 28th June 1770 ; D.D. (Princeton
College, New Jersey, Nov. 1784); died 12th
Jan. 1812. He was for many years a leader
of the clergy in the West. He marr. (1)
26th August 1760, Grizel (died 12th Jan.
1774), daugh. of George Lindsay, min. of
North Leith, and had issue — James of
Bonhill, Jamaica, born 25th June 1761 ;
Elizabeth, born 30th May 1764 (marr. 27th
Oct. 1794, Robert Spears, merchant, Glas-
gow); George, born 11th July 1766, died
at Springvalley, Jamaica, 6th Dec. 1793 :
(2) 8th Aug. 1785, Marion (died s.p. 4th
March 1817), daugh. of Charles Moore, min.
of Stirling, and aunt of General Sir John
Moore. Publications — The Doctrine of
Toleration applied to the Present Times,
a sermon (Glasgow, 1778) ; The Neiv Light
examined, or Observations on the Proceedings
of the Associate Synod against their own
Standards; Ansxoers by the Committee of
the Presb. of Glasgow, relative to the Use of
an Organ in St Andreiv's (Glasgow, 1808);
" Discourse on Natural Religion " {Edin-
burgh Christian Instructor, xviii.). —
[Strang's Glasgow and its Clubs, 367 ;
Hist. Sketch of St George's Parish Church,
14-18.]
WILLIAM MUIR, LL.D. ; elected by
1812 ^e Magistrates and Town Council
7th Feb., pres. 9th June, and ord.
27th Aug. 1812 ; trans, to New Greyfriars',
Edinburgh, 12th Sept. 1822.
JOHN SMYTH, iborn Ayr, 1796, son of
1823 an °^ncer m tne Army ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; sometime tutor
in the family of Thomas John Fordyce of
Ayton ; licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 14th
Aug. 1821 ; assistant at Canongate, Edin-
burgh, and to Dr Chalmers in St John's,
Glasgow; pres. by the Magistrates and Town
Council 6th Dec. 1822 ; ord. 20th Feb. 1823 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, 5th April 1830). Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; min. of St George's
Free Church, 1843-60; Moderator of Free
Church Assembly 19th May 1853 ; died 21st
Oct. 1860. He marr. (1) 30th Aug. 1825,
Margaret (died 17th Sept. 1832), daugh. of
Samuel Davidson, surgeon, Culross, and
had issue — Christian Davidson, born 18th
Sept. 1826; Helen Chalmers, born 20th
Jan. 1828 : (2) 10th June 1834, Violet Isa-
bella (died 8th July 1875), daugh. of
General William Lockhart of Milton Lock-
hart, and had issue — Catherine Lockhart,
born 1st Jan. 1836. Publications — Three
occasional Sermons (Glasgow, 1829-47) ; A
Treatise on the Forgiveness of Sins (Glas-
gow, 1830) ; The Popish Anti - Christ, his
Character and Doom (Glasgow, 1848) ;
Lectures I. (On Infidelity) ; X. (On the
Evidences of Revealed Religion) ; VI. (To
Young Men).— [Hist, of Free St George's
Church, 8-78.]
JAMES CRAIK, born 11th Oct. 1801,
second son of the Rev. William C,
schoolmaster, Kennoway, and Jane
Paterson, daugh. of Henry Lillie ; educated
at Kennoway School and Univ. of St An-
444
ST GEORGE'S— ST GEORGE'S-IN-THE-FIELDS [presb. of
drews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 9th
Aug. 1826; app. Classical master in Heriot's
Hospital 1st Oct. 1829 ; ord. to Scone 20th
Sept. 1832 ; trans, and adm. 19th Oct.
1843 ; D.D. (St Andrews 1844) ; Convener
of Foreign Mission Committee from 31st
May 1856 to 20th May 1862; Moderator
of the General Assembly 21st May 1863;
died 20th Aug. 1870. He marr. 8th Nov.
1832, Margaret (died 28th Oct. 1883), eldest
daugh. of Walter Grieve, Edinburgh, and
had issue— Jane Paterson, born 15th Feb.
1834; Margaret, born 15th May 1835;
George Lillie, publisher, born 9th March
1837, died 25th Oct. 1905 ; William, M.A.,
merchant, Manchester, born 29th May 1838,
died 21st May 1898 ; Isabella Marion, born
21st March 1840; James, W.S., born 13th
March 1841, died 12th June 1899 ; Eleanor
Catherine, born 2nd Nov. 1843, died 22nd
April 1847; Sir Henry, K.C.B., LL.D.,
M.P., born 18th Oct. 1846 ; Charles Walter,
born Sept. 1848, died 26th April 1899.
Publications — Two occasional Sermons
(Glasgow, 1849; Edinburgh, 1864) ; Account
of Scone {Neiv Stat. Ace, x.). — [Hist. Sketch
of St George's Parish Church, 33-40.]
JOHN BARCLAY, trans, from Dun-
la71 blane 14th Sept. 1871 ; trans, to
Tron Parish, Edinburgh, 7th May
1874.
JAMES DODDS, D.D., trans, from
1875 Second Charge, Paisley Abbey, 7th
Jan. 1875; trans, to Corstorphine
22nd Dec. 1881.
GEORGE GIBSON GUNN, born North
lg82 Leith, 26th July 1844, son of Robert
G., S.S.C.,.and Agnes Aitken ; edu-
cated at Royal High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1867) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 31st July 1867 ; assistant at
Newington, Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and
successor) at West Linton 31st March 1869 ;
trans, to Edrom 5th Sept. 1872 ; trans, and
adm. 27th July 1882 ; died 9th Nov. 1906.
He marr. 9th June 1874, Elizabeth Robert-
son, second daugh. of Andrew Kinnoch,
Abbeyhill Foundry, Edinburgh, and widow
of Francis Wilson, and had issue — Robert
Herriot, born 18th Dec. 1876; Lizzie
Catherine Edgar, born 5th Dec. 1877 ;
George Gibson, born 20th Aug. 1879;
John Leith ; Edith Aitken.
DUNCAN ALEXANDER CAMERON
7 REID, born Glasgow, 31st July
1860, son of Daniel R., merchant,
Glasgow, and Elizabeth Maria M'Leod ;
educated at Loretto School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1885), B.D. (1889) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunblane 14th May 1889;
assistant at Hamilton and St Giles, Edin-
burgh ; ord. to Inveraray 8th Sept. 1897 ;
trans, to St David's Parish, Glasgow, 16th
Feb. 1904 ; trans, and adm. 16th May 1907 ;
chaplain to 29th Division Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force, mentioned in dis-
patches, wounded, and awarded Military
Cross in 1915 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1919).
ST GEORGE'S-IN-THE-
FIELDS (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1824. The
General Assembly granted it a constitution
on 31st May 1834. The parish was erected
on 23rd May 1866.]
PETER NAPIER, M.A., D.D. ; elected
1824 ky the managers in Aug., and ord.
25th Nov. 1824 ; trans, to Blackfriars'
Parish, Glasgow, 8th May 1845.
JOHN STUART, ord. 19th March 1846 ;
trans, to Newton - upon - Ayr 25th
1846
Nov. 1847.
1848
WILLIAM DILL, ord. 7th Sept.
1848 ; trans, to Colmonell 31st Jan.
1850.
ROBERT HORNE SCOTT, ord. 30th
-.ocr, April 1850; trans, to Caputh 26th
April 1855.
STEWART WRIGHT, M.A. ; ord. 23rd
May 1855 ; app. chaplain to the
Forces at Madras in 1858 [after-
wards min. of Blantyre].
THOMAS SLATER, ord. 9th June
1859 ; trans, to St Andrew's, George-
town, Demerara, 6th Oct. 1864 ;
res. 1886.
1855
1859
Glasgow] ST GEORGE'S-IN-THE-FIELDS— ST JAMES'S
445
1868
PETER SINCLAIR MENZIES, born
lg65 Greenock, 1st Nov. 1839, son of
William M., D.D., min. of Maybole ;
educated at Maybole School and Univ. of
Glasgow; B.A. (1858), M.A. (1861); licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 21st May 1862 ; assistant
at Maybole; ord. to High Kirk Parish,
Paisley, 5th March 1863 ; trans, and adm.
9th March 1865 ; adm. first min. of the
parish in 1866 ; res. 5th March 1868 ; min.
of Scots Church, Melbourne, where he was
instrumental in the erection of the fine
church in Collins Street; died 23rd Feb.
1874. He marr. 4th July 1865, Mary (died
15th Nov. 1914), daugh. of William Begg,
D.D., min. of Falkirk, and had issue —
Helen Amelia, born 8th June 1866 (marr.
29th July 1910, James Morison, Bank of
Scotland, Edinburgh) ; Margaret Evelyn,
born 20th Oct. 1867.
WILLIAM STEWART, D.D. ; ord. 9th
July 1868 ; app. to Chair of Divinity
and Biblical Criticism in Univ. of
Glasgow 23rd Sept. 1873 (q.v.) ; res. this
charge 3rd Feb. 1875.
ANDREW LAIDLAW, born 17th March
1Rl__ 1845, son of James L., min. of Wan-
lockhead ; educated at Wanlockhead
School, and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow ; assistant at St Mungo's,
Glasgow ; ord. to Kirkpatrick-Durham 21st
July 1870 ; trans, and adm. 19th Oct. 1875 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1905). Marr. 29th June
1875, Lilias Jane Anderson, daugh. of John
R. Dickson, M.D., and has issue— Mary
Scott, born 7th April 1876 ; Hannah Good-
fellow, born 5th July 1877 ; James, M.D.,
Dumfries, born 15th March 1879 ; Lilias
Hope, born 11th Feb. 1883 ; Isabella Sutton,
born 7th March 1888.
ST GILBERTS, POLLOK-
SHIELDS (Q.S.).
[Mission work was begun here in 1903.
The parish was erected by Court of Teinds,
28th June 1918.]
DAVID GRAHAM, trans, from. Inver-
1903 brothock, an<^ a^m- 7tn Juty 1903;
trans, to Redgorton 8th Feb. 1916.
^THOMAS JOHN BUNTING, born 17th
1916 "^e^' 1886' son °f Thomas B. and
Jessie Smith ; educated at Robert
Gordon's College, Aberdeen, and Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1906) ; licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 6th May 1913 ; assistant at
Morningside, Edinburgh ; ord. 2nd Nov.
1916. Marr. 2nd July 1919, Marion Reid,
daugh. of James Barron, M.Inst.C.E.,
Aberdeen.
ST JAMES'S.
[In 1816 a Methodist Church was built
in Great Hamilton Street. The building
was afterwards acquired by the Church of
Scotland, and mission work was carried on
in the neighbourhood. St James's Parish
was erected on 7th June 1820.]
JOHN MUIR, born 3rd April 1778,
1820 e^es^ son °f John M., Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1798); licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow 6th Jan. 1802 ; ord. to Lecropt 1st
Sept. 1803 ; pres. by Magistrates and Town
Council in July; trans, and adm. 21st
Dec. 1820 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1831) ; died 1st
Feb. 1857. He held exceptional opinions
on some of the Books of the Old Testa-
ment, and was noted for many eccentric
sayings. He marr. (1) 15th July 1806,
Marjory M'Nab, who died 14th Aug.
1812, and had issue — Janet, born 19th
June 1807, died 19th April 1855; Mary,
born 25th Nov. 1808 (marr. Robert N'Nair
Wilson, min. of Maryhill); Marjory, born
16th Dec. 1809; Catherine, born 13th
Feb. 1811 ; Ann, born 28th Feb. 1812 : (2)
17th May 1813, Elizabeth Balloch, who
died 13th March 1873, and had issue —
John, bookseller, Glasgow, born 11th April
1814, died 2nd Nov. 1887; William,
auctioneer, Glasgow, born 10th March
1816 ; Christian, born 21st Jan. 1818 ;
Marion Stirling, born 14th Sept. 1819 ;
Elizabeth, born 10th May 1821 ; James
Stirling, min. at Melbourne, born 9th Aug.
1822, died 26th Oct. 1910 ; Gavin, merchant,
Glasgow, born 3rd July 1824, died 16th
Aug. 1859 ; Archibald, born 4th Oct. 1825 ;
Sarah, born 16th May 1827, died 7th April
446
ST JAMES'S— ST JOHN'S
[PKESB. OF
1857
1876
1845 ; Ebenezer, born 14th Nov. 1828 ;
David Robertson, born 27th Dec. 1838,
died 1848. Publication — The Glorious
Things spoken of the Church, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1847).
DAVID M'TAGGART, born Angus, 1st
June 1804 ; educated at King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1827); ord. to
Carlow, Ireland, 8th March 1843 ; dem.
26th June 1848 ; adm. to Greyfriars Parish,
Aberdeen, 13th Sept. 1848 ; D.D. (Aberdeen,
8th April 1853) ; trans, and adm. 20th Aug.
1857 ; died 8th Jan. 1881. He marr. Eliza
Swanston, who died sjx 4th Dec. 1883. —
[Gammie's Churches of Aberdeen, 23 ; Hist,
of Presb. Congregations in h'eland, 77.]
JOHN HENDERSON, born Inner-
leithen, 1834 ; son of Andrew H. (a
retainer on the estate of Abbotsford
under Sir Walter Scott) ; educated at the
Grammar School of Peebles and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles
1860 ; sometime assistant schoolmaster of
Stobo and tutor in the family of Sir
Graham Montgomery, Bart., M.P. ; assistant
at West St Giles, Edinburgh ; ord. to Roslin
5th May 1864 ; trans, and adm. (A. and S.)
29th Sept. 1876 ; died s.p. at Leithen Bank,
Shawlands, 22nd Jan. 1889, and was buried
at Melrose. He marr. 19th June 1877,
Mary Ann (died 28th July 1912), daugh.
of Hezekiah Merricks, Roslin. — [Peebles-
shire Advertiser, 26th Jan. 1889.]
JOHN PARKER, born 1845, son of John
P., min. of Smyrna Chapel, Sunder-
land, and grandson of John P., min. of
the Anti-burgher Congregation, Greenlaw,
author of A History of the War occasioned
by the French Revolution ; educated at
U.P. Theological Hall, Edinburgh, 1871;
ord. to Cleland 14th Nov. 1883 ; trans, and
adm. 18th Dec. 1890; died 14th Nov. 1909.
He marr. (1) 25th Jan. 1877, Elizabeth (died
16th Aug. 1889), daugh. of William White,
Edinburgh, and had issue — John ; Joanna ;
Helen ; Mary > Elizabeth : (2) 1st June
1898, Marie (died 8th March 1899), third
daugh. of Kenneth Charleson, Forres, and
had issue — Kenneth, died in infancy.
Publication — The Saviour in the Light of
the First Century (Edinburgh, 1897).
1890
JOHN DALL GLASS, born Glasgow,
3rd Oct. 1858, son of John G. and
Margaret Dall ; educated privately
and at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow June 1887; assistant at St
Mungo's, Glasgow, and Pollokshields ; pres.
by trustees to West Parish, Dairy, 6th April,
and ord. 13th May 1897; trans, and adm.
23rd June 1910. Marr. 29th Feb. 1888,
Annie Russell, daugh. of William Brown,
and has issue — John, born 1st Dec. 1888 ;
Margaret Knox, born 6th Feb. 1891 ; Ann
Brown, born 7th Oct. 1892 ; William Brown
Knox, born 22nd July 1894 ; Douglas, born
25th April 1896 ; Norman Dall, born 3rd
April 1898 ; Gordon Knox, born 25th
March 1906.
ST JOHN'S.
[Mission work was begun here on 21st
April 1817. The church was opened on
26th Sept. 1819, and in that year the parish
of St John was erected by the Lords
Commissioners of Teinds.]
THOMAS CHALMERS, born 17th
- March 1780, sixth child of John O,
merchant and dyer, Anstruther, and
Elizabeth, daugh. of George Hall ; edu-
cated at the Burgh School of Anstruth r
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 31st July 1799 ; assistant at
Cavers; ord. to Kilmany 12th May 1803;
lectured for a season on chemistry at St
Andrews, to which objection was taken
by one of his co-Presbyters ; trans, to
Tron Parish, Glasgow, and adm. 21st July
1815 ; D.D. (Glasgow, Feb. 1816) ; pres. by
the Magistrates and Council in March ;
trans, and adm. 3rd June 1819 ; dem. 4th
Nov. 1823, on appointment to Professor-
ship of Moral Philosophy in United College,
St Andrews ; trans, to Chair of Divinity
in Univ. of Edinburgh 6th Nov. 1828 ; app.
one of H.M. Chaplains-in-Ordinary 19th
June 1830; Moderator of General As-
sembly 17th May 1832 ; Corresponding
Member of the Institute of France in
1834; D.C.L. (Oxford, 1835). Joined the
Free Church in 1843 ; Moderator of the
first General Assembly of the Free Church,
GLASGOW]
ST JOHN'S
447
23rd May 1843; became Principal and
Professor of Divinity in New College, Edin-
burgh; died 31st May 1847. It would be
out of place in a work of this nature to
give in detail the many public services
of this most eminent preacher and Church
statesman, but it may be mentioned that
he was greatly interested in the administra-
tion of the poor laws, was most successful
in inaugurating poor relief in St John's
Parish, and strongly opposed the institu-
tion of a compulsory assessment. The
spiritual destitution in the country caused
by the large increase of population led
him to take up the question of church
extension, and mainly through his efforts
about 200 churches were built in Scotland
between 1834-40. In the non-intrusion
controversy preceding 1843, he was the
leader of the party which ultimately
seceded and founded the Free Church.
During his ministry at St John's he had
Edward Irving as assistant. He marr. 4th
Aug. 1812, Grace (died 16th Jan. 1850, aged
58), second daugh. of Captain James Pratt
of the 1st Royal Veteran Battalion, and
had issue — Ann Simson, born 5th May
1813 (marr. 30th March 1836, William
Hanna, D.D., LL.D., min. of Skirling), died
27th March 1891 ; Elizabeth, born 3rd July
1816 (marr. John Mackenzie, min. of
Dunkeld) ; Grace Pratt, born 24th July
1819, died 4th Dec. 1851 ; Margaret Parker,
born 3rd Aug. 1823 (marr. 4th Nov. 1852,
William Wood, C.A.), died 21st April 1902 ;
Helen Jemima, born 4th Oct. 1826, died
2nd Dec. 1887; Frances Agnes, born 18th
Dec. 1827, died 3rd April 1863. Publica-
tions—Collected Works in 25 vols. (Glas-
gow, 1836-42), viz. : — Natural Theology, 2
vols. ; Evidences of Christianity, 2 vols. ;
Moral and Mental Philosophy; Com-
mercial Discourses; Astronomical Dis-
coicrses ; Congregational Sermons, 3 vols. ;
Sermons on Public Occasions ; Tracts and
Essays; Introductory Essays to Select
Author's ; Christian and Economic Polity,
3 vols. ; Church Establishments ; Church
Extension ; Political Economy, 2 vols. ;
Pauperism; Lectures on E]ristle to the
Romans, 4 vols. Posthumous Works
(1847-9), edited by William Hanna, LL.D. :
1824
1826
Daily Scripture Readings, 3 vols. ; Sabbath
Scripture Readings, 2 vols. ; Posthumous
Sermons; Institutes of Theology, 2 vols.;
Prelections on Butler's "Analogy"; and
many sermons, pamphlets, etc. — [Diet.
Nat. Biog. ; Memoir, 5 vols, by W.
Hanna, LL.D.; Blaikie's Thomas Chalmers
(Famous Scots Series) ; Masson's Memories
of Two Cities, 40-95.]
PATRICK MACFARLAN, trans, from
Polmont ; elected by the Magistrates
and Council 20th April, and adm.
29th July 1824 ; trans, to St Enoch's Parish
24th Nov. 1825.
v THOMAS BROWN, born Closeburn, 9th
Aug. 1776, son of Alexander B. and
Grizel Fraser ; educated at Wallace
Hall Academy; tutor in the family of Major
Hoggan of Waterside ; educated at Univs.
of Glasgow and Edinburgh ; was usher in
an academy at Inveresk, and afterwards
tutor in the family of John Hunter, D.D.,
Professor of Divinity ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 29th Aug. 1804; ord. to Tong-
land 26th March 1807; elected by the
Magistrates and Council 21st Feb., and
adm. 11th May 1826; D.D. (Glasgow, 5th
April 1830). Joined the Free Church in
1843; min. of St John's Free Church,
1843-7 ; elected second Moderator of Free
Church Assembly 17th Oct. 1843; died
23rd Jan. 1847. He marr. 9th Nov. 1808,
Eliza (born 1782, died 27th May 1852),
daugh. of John Duncan, min. of Peter
Street Presbyterian Church, Golden Square,
London, and had issue — Alexander, born
1809, died young; Eliza, born 1st Feb.
1810 (marr. Alexander Niven, D.D., min.
of Balfron). Publications — The Privileges
of those to whom are committed the
Oracles of God, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1836) ; Sermons [with Memoir by Patrick
Macfarlan, D.D.].
CHARLES MURRAY NAIRNE, edu-
1844 cated at St Andrews Univ. ; ord.
7th March 1842 ; pres. by Presb.
7th March, and adm. 25th April 1844;
res. 4th Nov. 1846; died 29th May 1882.
He marr. (1) Jessie Kincaid, who died
11th Sept. 1846 : (2) 6th Oct. 1852, Rosalie
Bradford (died 6th June 1906).
448
ST JOHN'S— ST KENNETH'S— ST KIARAN'S [presb. of
KOBEKT GILLAN, trans, from Abbots-
hall, and adm. 25th Feb. 1847; trans,
to Inchinnan 10th Jan. 1861.
JAMES FBASER, trans, from St
Clement's Parish, Aberdeen, and
adm. 26th Sept. 1861 ; trans, to St
Michael's, Dumfries, 31st Jan. 1867.
ANDREW GRAY, trans, from Morning-
side, and adm. 1st Sept. 1867 ; trans,
to Maxwell Parish, Glasgow, 30th
Dec. 1869.
1867
DAVID MILLAR, bom St Andrews,
1870 19th Feb. 1835, son of David M.,
farmer, and Elizabeth Taylor ; edu-
cated at Madras College and Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1855) ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 15th June 1859 ; assistant
at Montrose ; ord. to Bridge of Allan 12th
March 1863 ; trans, to Anstruther Easter
22nd Sept. 1864 ; trans, to Abernethy 16th
Nov. 1865 ; trans, and adm. 8th Sept. 1870 ;
D.D. (St Andrews 1901); died at Edin-
burgh, 11th Dec. 1917. He marr. 20th
June 1865, Gloriana Margaret (born 17th
June 1848, died 1st March 1900), only
daugh. of George Grant of Lympotts,
advocate, Sheriff-substitute of Fife, and
had issue — Arthur David, inspector of
schools, born 8th July 1867; Edith Mar-
garet Antonia, born 21st June 1869;
George Grant, born 19th June 1871 ; Eliza-
beth Anna, born 14th Oct. 1873 (marr.
Commendatore Rossi, Rome) ; James Grant,
M.B., born 21st May 1875 ; Anna Davida,
born 17th Oct. 1878; Gloriana Maxwell
Gordon, born 21st July 1880 (marr. James
Alfred Stokes Little, min. of West Parish,
Fraserburgh).
WILLIAM COCHRAN CONN, trans,
from St John's, Haddington, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 18th
Dec 1902; trans, to Coylton 22nd April
1909.
ANDREW JAMES CAMPBELL, born
Crathie, 30th June 1875, son of
John C, schoolmaster, Ardallie, Old
Deer, and Isabella Helen Waters ; educated
at Ardallie School, Fettes College, St
John's College, Cambridge (B.A., 1897),
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 3rd May 1900 ; assistant at
East Parish, Aberdeen ; ord. to Lerwick
21st March 1902 ; trans, and adm. (assistant
and successor) 18th Nov. 1909 ; chaplain
to 5th H.L.I. , Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force, 1915-17. Marr. 3rd Sept. 1902,
Caroline Jemima Cumming, eldest daugh. of
Richard Spence, merchant, Kirkwall. Pub-
lications— Contributions to The Quarterly
Review and The Hibbert Journal.
ST KENNETH'S, GO VAN (Q.S.).
[St Kenneth's Parish was disjoined from
Govan on 28th May 1915.]
GEORGE BELL, born Lisburn, Co.
1901 Antrim, 4th Dec. 1855, son of James
Graham B. and Jane Dickson ;
educated at Lisburn Academy, Queen's
College and Presbyterian Divinity College,
Belfast, and Queen's Univ. of Ireland ;
B.A. (1877), M.A. (1879), Trinity College,
Dublin, Mus.B. (1882), Mus.D. (1888);
licen. by Presb. of Dromore, Ireland, 9th
May 1882 ; adm. to Church of Scotland
31st May 1890; assistant at Govan; ord.
6th Jan. 1901 ; adm. first min. of the
parish in 1915. Publications — Composer of
several tunes in The Scottish Mission Hymn
Book (1912).
ST KIARAN'S (Q.S.).
[A Gaelic chapel was built here in 1866.
St Kiaran's Parish was disjoined from
Govan and Dean Park on 26th May 1884.]
DAVID MACKENZIE, ord. 22nd Aug.
lg72 1872 ; trans, to Gaelic Chapel,
Cromarty, 1875.
JOHN CAMPBELL, adm. 17th Dec.
1875 1875; res. in 1876.
ROBERT MUNRO, ord. 16th Nov.
no>_Q 1876; trans, to Ardnamurchan 16th
1876 April 1879.
DUNCAN MACNAIR CONNELL, born
Muckairn, Argyllshire, 17th April
1823, son of Ronald C. and Elizabeth
MacNair ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow
GLASGOW]
ST KIARANS— ST LUKE'S
449
and Free Church College; ord. to Free
Church, Fortingall, 1862; adm. to Church
of Scotland May 1878; app. to this
charge 4th June 1879; adm. first min.
of parish in 1884; res. in 1900; died at
Crieff, 16th May 1905. He marr. 28th
June 1850, Jane (died 22nd Jan. 1916),
daugh. of Kobert Black and Jane Simpson,
Tarland, Aboyne, and had issue — Jane
Elizabeth, born 22nd, and died 27th Sept.
1851; Elizabeth, born 3rd Oct. 1852, died
14th July 1896; Robert (twin), M.A., B.D.
(Aberdeen), Rector of Danby Wiske, Yorks,
born 3rd Oct. 1852 : Duncan Ronald,
traveller, born 13th Jan. 1856 ; Jessie, born
2nd Aug. 1861 ; Mary Jane, born 15th June
1863 (marr. 12th Aug. 1886, Robert Gordon,
Lower Pitkerie, Fearn, Ross-shire) ; Anna-
bella, born 24th March 1865, died 18th
Feb. 1888; Louisa, born 28th Aug. 1870.
Publication — Gaelic Astronomy.
JOHN ARCHIBALD M'CORMICK,
1901 M.A. ; ord. 30th April 1901 ; trans,
to Ardchattan 3rd Nov. 1903.
DUNCAN MACLEAN, ord. to Stron-
tian 8th Feb. 1888; trans, to Kil-
finichen 19th Dec. 1894 ; trans.
and adm. 19th May 1904; res. 5th Oct.
1908, and went to Strathcona, Alberta,
Canada. Marr. 31st Dec. 1889, Hughina,
youngest daugh. of Archibald Cameron,
Annat, Ardgour.
JOHN MACLACHLAN, trans, from
igog Kilmodan 22nd April 1909 ; trans,
to Lochcarron 20th Nov. 1919.
JOHN MACCALLUM, born Tiree
25th July 1869, son of Donald M.
and Janet Mackinnon ; educated at
Cornaigmore, Tiree, and Raining's School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Greenock 28th April 1896 ; assistant
at St Columba's Parish, Glasgow ; ord. to
Assynt 23rd July 1902; trans, to Kintail
10th May 1917 ; trans, and adm. 2nd Dec.
1919. He marr. 13th Nov. 1902, Mary
Dunn, daugh. of Alexander Thomson and
Isabella Aiton, and has issue — Donald
Thomson, born 22nd May 1905; John
Aiton, born 19th Oct. 1910. .
VOL. III.
1904
ST LUKE'S.
[In Feb. 1836 mission work was begun
in the western part of the parish of Calton.
On 30th May of that year the General
Assembly granted a constitution to the
chapel here. A church was then building
and was opened in 1837. St Luke's Parish
was disjoined from Calton on 11th Feb.
1863.]
JOHN CHARLES FOWLER, trans.
1857 from Roxburgh Place Chapel, Edin-
burgh ; elected by Glasgow Church
Building Society 27th Dec. 1836; adm.
16th March 1837; trans, to Ratho 12th
Jan. 1843.
CHARLES STUART MACLEAN, ord.
1854 17th Aug. 1854 ; trans, to Dun 28th
April 1858.
DAVID MITCHELL, ord. 7th Oct. 1858 ;
1858 trans, to Forfar in March 1862
JAMES AITKEN, born Whitern, 1831,
1862 son °^ James A-, watchmaker, Glas-
gow ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. to North Chapel, Paisley, 5th Jan.
1856 ; trans, and adm. 19th June 1862 ;
adm. first min. of the parish in 1863 ; died
14th Dec. 1865. He marr. Horatia Perry
Graham, who died at Edinburgh, 29th Oct.
1880, aged 59. — [Memoir and Remains,
Glasgow, 1867.]
ROBERT WODROW THOMSON,
1866 b°rn 29tk May 1819' SOn °f Joim
T., min. of Newbattle ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to Ormiston 15th
Sept. 1843; res. 16th May 1861 ; adm. to
Martyrs', Paisley, 26th Jan. 1865 ; trans.
and adm. 22nd March 1866; res. 29th
March 1871 ; died unmarr. 8th Feb. 1877.
DAVID DICKIE, born 15th March
- 7 1847, son of Robert D. and Mar-
garet Thomson ; educated at Irvine
Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Kintyre 29th Sept. 1869; assist-
ant at Laurieston ; ord. 23rd Nov. 1871 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1919). Marr. 22nd July
1879, Agnes Adams, daugh. of George
Bryce, Glasgow, and has issue — David,
2 F
450
ST MARGARET'S— ST MARY'S— ST MATTHEW'S [presb. of
M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S., D.S.O., captain
R.A.M.C., born 7th July 1880; Isobel
Cross, born 20th Aug. 1881 j Robert, LL.B.,
M.C., staff-captain A. and S. Highlanders,
born 25th June 1884.
ST MARGARET'S (Q.S.).
[A mission hall was built here in 1897.
A site for a church was given by the
trustees of William Smith Dixon of Govan-
hill. The church was then built, and was
opened for worship on 17th May 1902. St
Margaret's Parish was disjoined from
Oatlands and Govan on 12th Dec. 1902.]
FRANCIS DAVID BROUN, third son
1902 °^ Hugh B. of Broadstone, Ayrshire,
and Jessie Crawford ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1887), B.D.
(1890); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1890 ; assistant at Govan ; ord. 18th May
1902.
ST MARK'S (Q.S.).
[Mission work was begun here in March
1835. The General Assembly granted a
constitution on 1st June of that year. St
Mark's Parish was erected on 25th Nov.
1863.]
WALTER MACGILVRAY, elected by
the Church Accommodation Society
19th June, and ord. 20th Aug. 1835 ;
trans, to Hope Street Chapel 23rd June
1842.
ROBERT STEWART, born 1820, second
son of Matthew S., merchant, Paisley ;
educated at Glasgow Univ. ; ord.
20th March 1851 ; adm. first min. of the
parish in 1863 ; died 18th Dec. 1899.
JOHN CAMPBELL MACLELLAN,
ord. (assistant and successor) 15th
Dec. 1891 ; trans, to Kincardine-on-
Spey 31st Dec. 1908.
ROBERT MUIR, trans, from Toward,
and adm. 4th May 1909 ; trans, to
1909 Cowdenbeath 18th Feb. 1914.
1891
ALEXANDER CAMERON
1914 CAMPBELL, L.R.C.P.&S.Edin. ; ord.
2nd Sept. 1914; trans, to Balfron
5th April 1916.
MURDOCH LAMONT, born Prince
lgl6 Edward Island, Canada, 30th April
1865, son of Ewen L. and Sarah
M'Pherson ; educated at Lyndale, P.E.I.,
i Boston, U.S.A., and Univ. of Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st May
1912 ; assistant at St Columba's, Glasgow ;
adm. to Oa 25th Sept. 1912 ; trans, and
adm. 26th Sept. 1916. Marr. 27th June
1888, Effie Ann, daugh. of Samuel Hume,
and has issue— Samuel, born 24th June
1890 ; Frances, born 19th Nov. 1891 ; Sarah
Ann, born 30th Aug. 1893; Katie, born
28th March 1895; Ewen, born 9th Nov.
1896 ; Donald, born 4th Jan. 1899 ; William,
born 3rd Feb. 1901 ; Malcolm, born 16th
Sept. 1904 ; David Hume, born 26th June
1909; Murdina, born 10th Feb. 1912.
Publication — Life of the Rev. Donald
M'Donald (Charlottetown, P.E.I., 1902).
ST MATTHEW'S (Q.S.).
[A church was built here by the Glasgow
Church Building Society in 1837. The
General Assembly granted it a constitution
on 27th May 1839. St Matthew's Parish
was erected on 14th July 1852.]
PETER MACMORLAND, LL.D. ;
1839 ^rans. fr°m National Scots Church,
Regent Square, London, and adm.
1st June 1839 ; trans, to Inverkeithing
18th Sept. 1845. — [Philip's Free St
Mattheiv's Chiirch, Glasgow.]
ARCHIBALD WATSON, M.A.; ord.
1846 26th Feb. 1846; first min. of the
parish in 1852 ; trans, to St Mary's,
Dundee, 20th Feb. 1862.
ALEXANDER M'QUISTEN, M.A. ;
1862 °rC*' 2^k June 18^2 > trans- to
Inverkip 18th Feb. 1869.
WILLIAM CRUICKSHANK EDDIE
1869 JAMIESON, B.A.; trans, from
Inverteil, and adm. 4th Aug. 1869 ;
trans, to Tron Parish, Edinburgh, 4th May
1876.
GLASGOW]
ST MATTHEWS— ST MUNGCTS
451
ROBERT ARMSTRONG, born Edin-
1 76 burgh, 18th Oct. 1848, son of Thomas
A., teacher, and Elizabeth Edmon-
ston ; educated at High School, Edinburgh,
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1873);
Keen, by Presb. of St Andrews 14th Nov.
1873 ; assistant ab Old Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, 1873-6; ord. 21st Sept. 1876; res.
18th May 1914 ; died at Stirling, 30th June
1917. He marr. 6th June 1877, Jessie Jane
(born 26th June 1851, died 14th Jan. 1914),
eldest daugh. of James Hutchison Stirling,
LL.D., author of The Secret of Hegel and
other works, and had issue — James Hutchi-
son Stirling, born 8th April 1878; Elizabeth
Edmonstone,born 2nd March 1879; Thomas,
writer, Glasgow, born 25th July 1881 ;
Robert Stirling, min. of Kilconquhar, born
9th Sept. 1883; William Hunter Stirling,
M.B., Ch.B., born 27th Aug. 1887.
ALEXANDER SPARK, born Boddam,
29th May 1883, eldest son of Alex-
ander S., min. of Rousay and
Egilshay ; educated at Kirkwall Burgh
School and Univs. of Edinburgh and Aber-
deen ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 7th May
1907 ; assistant at Keith 1907-9 ; ord. to
Forglen 26th March 1909 ; trans, and adm.
12th Nov. 1914. Marr. 21st Sept. 1909,
Margaret Jeanie, daugh. of George Hendry,
Keith, and has issue — Eileen, born 1st July
1912.
ST MUNGO'S.
MINISTERS OF THE CITY AS IN
QUARTERS.
North.
1605 DAVID WEMYSS [High Church].
1607 JOHN BELL [Tron].
ROBERT RAMSAY, M.A. [Black-
1642 friars].
1652 HEW BLAIR [Tron].
"'JOHN BOWIE, trans, from East in
1664 1664; retrans. in 1666.
ARTHUR ROSS, M.A. [High
1666 Church].
ADAM GORDON, son of Adam G.,
min. of Kinkell ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (9th July
1668); passed trials by Presb. of Glasgow
and had testimonial for license 15th April
1674 ; adm. to New Monkland after 1674 ;
pres. by Town Council, and adm. to the
Laigh Kirk 13th May 1680. He marr. 2nd
Jan. 1685, Margaret Winram. — [Bdin.
Marr. Reg. ; Glasg. Bapt. Beg.]
RICHARD WAD DELL [High
1683 Church].
1685 ADAM GORDON, above mentioned.
ARCHIBALD INGLIS [High
1687 Church].
,1690 JAMES BROWN [High Church].
Middle.
JAMES WODROW, M.A. [Outer High
1690 Church].
1693 JOHN GRAY [High Church].
North-west.
1701-1706 ALEX. WODROW [Tron].
South-west.
1702-1706 JAMES CLARK, M.A. [Tron].
East.
1588 JOHN COWPER [High Church].
1604 JOHN BELL [Tron].
ROBERT SCOTT, M.A. [High
1607 Church].
ROBERT WILKIE, M.A. [Black-
1628 friars].
EDWARD WRIGHT, M.A. [High
1642 Church].
•1647 HEW BLAIR, M.A. [Tron].
1652 GEORGE YOUNG, M.A. [Tron].
JOHN CARSTAIRS, M.A. [High
i860 Church].
JOHN BOWIE, M.A. (Glasgow, 25th
1663 July 1629) > licen- hy Presb- of Dal-
keith 5th April 1663; adm. to a
charge in England (unidentified); trans.
452
ST MUNGOS
[ PRESB. OF
to this charge 12th Feb. 1663; trans, to
North Quarter in 1664 ; re-trans, here 1666
to 1st Sept. 1670 ; elected Dean of Faculty
by Univ. 26th June 1665, but held that
office only six months ; died 18th April
1671, aged about 62.
JOHN GLENDIE, probably a native
,__, of Brechin ; educated at New Col-
1664 . n a i tii
lege, St Andrews, and had a testi-
monial 12th July 1660 ; licen. by Presb.
of Brechin 6th Sept. 1660 ; app. by Town
Council of Edinburgh 13th Feb. 1661 as-
sistant in Trinity Parish ; probably min.
there for a short time ; trans, to West
Quarter in 1663; trans, to East in 1664;
dem. in 1665 ; went to Ireland ; inst. Dean
of Cashel and Prebendary of St Michael's,
Dublin, 4th July 1676; died 22nd Jan.
1694, aged 62. He left 900 merks to
Trinity Hospital, Edinburgh ; £680 to the
Merchants' poor, Glasgow ; and £40 to the
jioor of Brechin. — [Edin. Counc. Reg. ;
Trin. Hosp. Rec. ; M'Ure's Glasgoiv ; Jer-
vise's Mem. ; Black's Brechin.]
' JOHN BOWIE, M.A., above men-
1666 tioned.
JOHN GRAY, M.A. ; trans, from Tulli-
allan and adm. 9th May 1672 ; trans.
1672
to Aberlady 8th July 1684.
JOHN SAGE, born Creich, Fife, 1652,
son of John S., captain in Lord
Duffus's regiment at siege of Dundee
in 1651 ; educated at Creich Parish School
and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (24th July
1669) ; became schoolmaster at Ballingry
and afterwards at Tibbermore ; entered
on trials before Presb. of Perth 17th Dec.
1673 ; had a testimonial from Archbishop
for licence 3rd June 1674; became tutor
in the family of James Drummond of
Cultmalindie ; ord. in 1684, and adm. to
this charge in 1685 ; was Presb. and
Synod clerk. He deserted his charge at
the Bevolution, carrying off nine volumes
of the Presbytery Records, which were re-
covered 100 years afterwards. He opened
a meeting-house in Edinburgh, but was
banished by the Privy Council for not
taking the Oaths of Allegiance and Assur-
ance. He went to Kinross House, and
returning to Edinburgh to visit his host,
Sir William Bruce, who had been arrested,
narrowly escaped being made prisoner,
and had to take refuge in the Highlands
under the name of Jackson. He was
afterwards chaplain to Anne, Countess of
Callendar, and tutor to her son James,
Earl of Linlithgow and Callendar, and
subsequently to Sir James Stewart of
Grandtully. On 25th Jan. 1705 he was
consecrated a Bishop of the Non-jurant
Church at Edinburgh ; died unmarr. at
Edinburgh, 7th June 1711, and was buried
in Greyfriars' Churchyard. Publications
— Second and Third Letters concerning the
Persecution of the Episcopal Clergy in
Scotland (London, 1689) ; The Case of the
Afflicted Clergy in Scotland (London,
1693) ; An Account of the late Establish-
ment of Presbytery in 1690 (London, 1693);
The Fundamental Charter of Presbytery
[anon.] (London, 1695); The Principles of
the Cyprianic Age [anon.] (London, 1695);
A Vindication of the Principles of the
Cyprianic Age (London, 1701) ; Some
Remarks on the Letter from a Gentleman
to a Minister in the Country, and on Mr
David Williamson's Sermon (Edinburgh,
1703) ; The Reasonableness of a Toleration
to those of the Episcopal Persuasion (Edin-
burgh, 1704) ; The Life of Gawin Douglas,
prefixed to Ruddiman's edition of Virgil
(1710) ; Lntroduction to Drummond's His-
tory of the five Jameses (Edinburgh, 1711);
Works, with Memoir [edited by Charles
Shand for the Spottiswood Society], 3 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1844-6). — [Edin. Eur. Reg.;
John Gillan's Life of Rev. Mr John Sage
(1714) ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Conolly's Men of
Fife, 387 ; Anderson's Scot. Biog.]
ROBERT LANDESS, app. to a meeting-
house under the Toleration before
30th Aug. 1687, with charge of this
quarter till 10th April 1690; adm. to
Blantyre 12th July 1690.
ALEXANDER HASTIE [Outer High
1691-1706 Church].
West.
1594 JOHN BELL [Tron].
1690
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453
ROBERT SCOTT, M.A. [Higb
1605 Church].
WILLIAM STRUTHERS, M.A. [High
1612-1614 Church].
ROBERT WILKIE, M.A. [Black-
1622 friars].
JOHN BELL, jun., M.A. [Black-
1628 friars.]
JOHN MAXWELL, M.A. [High
1630 Church].
ROBERT RAMSAY, M.A. [Black-
1641 friars.]
1643 HEW BLAIR, M.A. [Tron].
1647 GEORGE YOUNG, M.A. [Tron].
JAMES DURHAM, M.A. [High
1652 Church].
JOHN CARSTAIRS, M.A. [High
1659 Church].
ROBERT M'CUARD, M.A. [Outer High
1660 Church].
JOHN GLENDIE, trans, to East in
1663 1664.
ALEXANDER MILNE, born 4th Jan.
1637, son of James M., min. of
Inverurie ; educated at King's
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (17th July 1662) ;
adm. 17th Nov. 1664; Dean of Faculty in
LTniv., 1679-81 ; outed at the Revolution,
and died Nov. 1691. He marr. Nov. 1675,
Anna (died April 1716), sixth daugh. of
James Hamilton of Broomhill, Bishop of
Galloway, and had issue — James ; Alex-
ander ; John ; Barbara ; Margaret, born
1690 (marr. 6th June 1717, her cousin,
John Birnie of Broomhill), died 23rd March
1729. — [Glasg. Tests, and Bapt. Reg.; Fam.
of Birnie of Broomhill.']
ARTHUR ROSS, M.A. [High
1665 Church].
ALEXANDER MILNE, above men-
1666 tioned.
ROBERT CRAIGHEAD [or CRAG-
16Q0 HEAD], M.A. ; called 3rd July to
this charge, officiating either in the
Inner High or Tron Church. He appears
1664
to have resigned on 3rd April 1690, and
returned to Ireland ; afterwards min. of
Blackfriars.
1691 NEIL GILLIES [Tron].
South.
1636-1640 JOHN BELL, jun. [Blackfriars].
1644 GEORGE YOUNG, M.A. [Tron].
JAMES DURHAM, M.A. [Black-
1647 friars].
PATRICK GILLESPIE, M.A. [Outer
1649 High Church].
JOHN CARSTAIRS, M.A. [Outer High
1651 Church].
ANDREW GRAY, M.A. [Outer High
1652 Church].
ROBERT M'CUARD, M.A. [Outer High
1656 Church].
1659 RALPH RODGER [High Church].
ARTHUR ROSS [High Church] j trans.
1664 to North in 1665.
WILLIAM STIRLING, M.A.; trans,
from Drymen ; adm. after 27th June
1665 ; trans, to Ancrum 13th May
1680.
1665
ALEXANDER KINNEAR, M.A.
1682 (Glasg°w 1659) ; adm. to Neilston in
1663; his manse there was attacked by
nine or ten men, who beat him and his wife,
and plundered the house in May 1670, for
which the heritors were fined by the Privy
Council ; trans, to Both well 6th July 1670 ;
pres. by Town Council, and inst. (in the
Laigh Church) 9th June 1682 ; deserted at
the Revolution ; died in 1697. He marr.
(1) Barbara (died Dec. 1678), daugh. of
Walter M'Alister, merchant burgess of
Glasgow : (2) Jean Allan, who died 26th
May 1700, and had issue by first marr.
— Margaret (marr. Walter Dennistoun,
merchant, Glasgow). — \Edin. Bur. Reg. ;
Glasg. Tests, and Bapt. Reg. ; Inq. Ret.
Gen., 4979.]
ROBERT KNOX, M.A. (Edinburgh
1688 1668); living at Cavers in 1677;
adm. April 1688 ; deserted his charge
at the Revolution ; was pres. to Peebles, but
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from change of government was not trans.
He marr., and had issue — Mary (marr.
Thomas Chatto, Muirhouse, Edinburgh).
— [Law's Memorialist]
ROBERT ROSS, adm. in 1688, but left
1688 before 2nd Sept. that year. He
marr., and had issue — James, appren-
ticed to William Mitchell, baker, Edin-
burgh, 15th May 1689.— [Edin. Guild Reg. ;
South Leith Beg.]
THOMAS KENNEDY, M.A. (Glasgow
1689 1643) • ord. to a Presbyterian con-
gregation at Donoughmore or Dun-
gannon, Ireland, before 1661 ; was present
at Presb. of Glasgow 10th June 1689 ; called
3rd July 1689, officiating in either Inner
High or Tron Church. He returned to
Ireland in 1693, and was settled at Carlan ;
died Nov. 1714, aged 89. He marr., and
had issue — Elizabeth (marr. Andrew Turner,
min. of Greenock). — [Reid's Ireland, ii. 353,
520, iii. 15.]
1697 JOHN CHRYSTIE [Wynd].
1701 DAVID BROWN [Blackfriars].
ST MUNGO'S or HIGH CHURCH
[Until 1595 St Mungo was the only parish
of Glasgow, including the city and the
Archbishop's adjoining lands, which be-
came the Barony of Glasgow. There were,
however, two charges — the Rectory, which
was a prebend of the Cathedral, and the
Vicarage of Glasgow. Of several chapels
in the parish, probably the most notable
was that dedicated to the patron saint of
the city. It stood on the Dow Hill,
very near the Molendinar Burn, and was
commonly called Little St Mungo. Beside
it was St Mungo's Well. There is, of
course, another more famous well of St
Mungo still to be seen in the crypt of the
Cathedral. Other chapels in the parish
were St Thenew's ; St John the Baptist's,
in the Drygate ; St Roque's on the north
side of the cathedral, near what is now the
end of Castle Street, with St Roque's Loch
hard by; St Thomas the Martyr's; St
Mary's in the Trongate, and the chapel
of Concluid at Bridgeton. Within the
Cathedral were the burial shrines of St
Mungo and St Fergus of Carnock. It had
also chapels of St Andrew, St James, St
John the Evangelist, St Peter, and St Paul.
Besides the high altar, there was in the
nave of the great church a second altar of
St Mungo. Other altars were dedicated
to St Mary, St Machan, St Bride, St
Blaise, St John the Baptist, St Nicholas,
St Christopher, St Ninian, St Luag, St
Laurence, St Katherine, St Stephen, St
Serf, St Thomas the Martyr, St Cuthbert,
St Michael, the Holy Blood, Corpus Christi,
the Holy Rood, and All Saints. After the
Reformation the Cathedral remained the
parish church, and such it has never ceased
to be. It is also the High Kirk of Glasgow,
and is sometimes so called. But St
Mungo's has always been the distinctive
name of the parish.
As early as 1322 there were Grey Friars
settled in Glasgow. The Grey Friars'
Wynd marks the site of a convent of
theirs, founded in 1476. On the east side
of the High Street, half-way between the
Cathedral and the Market Cross, was the
house of the Black Friars, dedicated to Our
Lady and St John the Evangelist. Not
far off was Our Lady's Well. St Peter's
Fair in summer is still one of the events of
the year in Glasgow.]
DAVID WEMYSS, adm. to Ratho in
1565 1562 ; trans, and adm. about 25th
June 1565. It is stated, 23rd Jan.
1571, "he hes seruit in the ministerie of
the said citie the space of ten zeris bipast
in sum troubill, and without certantie of
his stipend." His residence was in the
Rottenrow, and in the lodging formerly
occupied by the Prebendary of Carstairs.
He was a member of the Commission of
Assembly 7th July 1569, and was appointed
to present to the regent and the nobility
certain resolutions regarding the support of
the ministry, and the government and juris-
diction of the Church. He was also a
member of the Convention at Leith in
1571, and of Assembly Aug. 1571, March
1573, April and Oct. 1581, May 1586,
Aug. 1590. He held the office of Vicar-
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pensioner of Glasgow, which he resigned
prior to 2nd Sept. 1571, and is styled parson
of G. in April 1582. In the beginning of
July 1584 the Provost (John, Earl of Mon-
trose), the Bailies, and Council took him
out of the pulpit, and by the command of
the King placed there the excommunicated
Bishop (Montgomery). He was assaulted,
28th Aug. 1587, by William Cunningham
and his son, who attacked him " with a
quhingear and pistolet, when coming from
the kirk, called him a liar, and struck him
on the neck and breast." In fear of his life,
W. " cast his gown over his arm, and drew
his quhingear in defence," and more serious
movements might have taken place but
for the timely aid of Andrew Hay, parson
of Renfrew, who, with " an quhittel in his
hand," prevented greater breach of the
peace. The assailants were tried, and
ordered "to ask pardon of God, of the
Kirk, of the Magistrates, and of Mr
Wemis, first at the Wyndhead (where the
scene took place), and then in the con-
gregation of the High Kirk, and last of
all to take Mr Wemis by the hand, and
ask his friendship." He was elected rector
of the Univ. of Glasgow, 1593, 1595-8,
and again in 1602. He was found, 5th Aug.
1600, "to be declynand in doctrine, negli-
gent in preparation, and ofttimes overtaken
with drink," but was pres. to the parsonage
and vicarage by James VI. 1st, and adm.
11th Dec. 1601. At his last appearance in
the kirk, he is mentioned as "now aged."
He died Father of the Church 10th
Sept. 1615. He marr. Christian Jameson,
niece of Robert J., burgess of Cupar, and
had issue — William ; Helen (marr. (1) cont.
10th Feb. 1604, Peter Low, surgeon, Glas-
gow, medical author and physician to Prince
Henry, eldest son of James VI. : (2) Walter
Stirling, merchant-burgess, Glasgow); Giles;
Christian (marr. James Bell, merchant-
burgess, Glasgow).— [A cts and Dec, li.. 96 ;
G. R. Inhib., 14th Oct. 1623 ; Wodroiv Biog.,
ii. ; Reg. Min. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Pettigrew's
Extracts; Calderwood's Hist., ii. 493, iii.
132, passim, iv. 405, 570 ; Pollok Papers, i. ;
P. C. Reg., iii. ; An Account of the Life
and Works of Maister Peter Low, by J.
Finlayson, M.D.]
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, M.A., a
1571 y°unger son of Richard D., son of
James, second Earl of Morton ; was
parson of Douglas about 1560, nominated an
extraordinary 13th Nov. 1565, and 2nd June
1568, an ordinary Lord of Session. Sus-
pected of being cognisant of the murder of
both Rizzio and Darnley he retired to France
for nearly three years and a half, till he
was permitted to return. While holding
his judicial appointment, he was presented
to the parsonage of G., by the regent,
James, Earl of Moray. The Commissioner
(Andrew Hay) refused to give him letters-
testimonial, and the question came before
the General Assembly in March 1570, who
confirmed the decision of the Commissioner.
D. appealed to the King and Council, to
Parliament, to the Lords of Session, or
any of them that should be found Judge-
competent. The presentation was recorded
20th Aug. 1571. The Commissioners of the
Kirk, 23rd Jan. following, allowed him
possession, while they decerned he should
pay half yearly £100 of stipend to David
Wemyss from Whitsunday 1572. A graphic
account of his examination for the benefice
is given in Bannatyne's Journal. He was
found to have assisted the Queen's faction
in April same year, and was sent prisoner to
Stirling, yet restored to the bench 11th Nov.
1578. He was accused of being accessory
to the death of Henry, Lord Darnley, before
His Majesty and Council 31st Dec. 1580,
but receiving immediate information at his
residence of Morham Castle, he made his
escape to England early the following
morning. He was superseded in his office
as a judge, and forfeited in Parliament,
with others, 28th Nov. 1581 for treason.
He was enabled to return in 1586, by the
influence of Patrick, Master of Gray, and
Randolph, the English ambassador; had
letters of rehabilitation 21st, and was tried
for the treasonable conspiracy and murder
of Darnley, but acquitted 26th May that
year, though a feeling of his guilt was
generally prevalent. After this he was
sent as ambassador to England, and is
understood to have contributed greatly to
the condemnation of the unfortunate Queen
Mary. From this position also he was
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dismissed, by Sir Eobert Melvill, in 1587.
He was, for non-residence and neglect of
duty, deposed from the parsonage 13th
March 1593, which he demitted 4th July
1597. He marr. 1577, Lady Jane Hep-
burne, widow of John, Master of Caithness.
— [Brunton and Haig's Senators ; Booke of
the Kirk ; Lindsay's Lives, ii. ; Scots Peerage,
ii.,161 ; Acts ofParl.,\\\.; Bannatyne's Journ.;
Pitcairn's Crim. Trials, i. ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ROBERT SCOTT, regent hi the Univ.
of Glasgow; adm. to Collegiate
Charge 5th Dec. 1604 ; pres. by
James VI. in 1616. He was on a Com-
mittee for the revision of the Confession of
Faith, etc., and also one of forty-two mins.
who signed a Protestation for the Liberties
of the Kirk 27th July 1617 ; was rector of
the Univ. 1618, 1619, 1621-6; summoned
before the Court of High Commission 28th
March 1620 for not conforming to the
Articles of Perth ; was one of two deputies
appointed to attend the Court in July
1627, regarding the affairs of the Church.
He died 18th Jan. 1629, aged about 52.
He marr. (1) Esther Fleming, widow of
George Geddes of Edmestoun Mains : (2)
28th Aug. 1619, Agnes, third daugh. of
Robert Hamilton of Goslington (who
survived him, and marr. (2) Thomas
Stewart of Gelston), and had issue —
Robert; James; Laurence; William; Mar-
garet ; Lillias (marr. James Scott, provost of
Irvine). — [Glasg. Tests. ; Glasg. Marr. and
Bapt. Regs. ; Calderwood's Hist., vii., 230,
256, 394, passim ; G. R. Inhib., xliv., 2 ;
G. R. Sas., xviii., 133.]
JOHN MAXWELL of Auldhouse, M.A.;
trans, from Eastwood ; adm. after
14th May 1629, having charge of
West Quarter of the city ; dep. 1st May 1639,
for declining the jurisdiction of the General
Assembly of 1638 ; sometime parson of
Killyleagh in Ireland, but returned to
Scotland in 1643 on account of the Irish
rebellion ; min. of Eastwood again in 1645.
EDWARD WRIGHT, M.A. ; trans.
1M1 from Clackmannan; adm. 25th April
1641 ; pres. by Charles I., as one who
" hath served the cure this lang tym bygane,
1629
with the good liking and consent of the
parishioners without his Majesties presenta-
tion," 29th Oct., and inst. 29th Dec. 1641,
with charge of East Quarter ; trans, to
Falkirk 25th Nov. 1646.
ROBERT RAMSAY, trans, from Black-
1647 friars Church ; pres. by Charles I.
15th March, and adm. 16th April
1647, with charge of North Quarter, which
the kirk-session decreed, 28th May 1648,
was to be the charge of R. and his
successors ; app. Principal of Univ. 28th
Aug. 1651 (q.v.).
1651
JAMES DURHAM, born 1622, eldest
son of John D. of Easter Powrie
(now Wedderburn) ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews, and betook himself
to the life of a country gentleman. Whde
visiting his mother-in-law in the parish
of Abercorn, he came under profound
religious impressions in consequence of
a sermon by Melvill, min. of Queensferry.
Joining in the Civil War, he was promoted
captain, and seriously exhorted and led
the devotions of his company ; this being
noticed by Professor Dickson, he was
induced to prepare himself for the ministry,
a resolution which was hastened by two
narrow escapes on the battlefield. He
graduated M.A. (Glasgow, 1st May 1647);
was licen. by Presb. of Irvine 18th May
1647 ; adm. to Blackfriars 2nd Dec. 1647 ;
app. chaplain to the King July 1650 ; called
4th Sept. 1651, with charge of West
Quarter of the city. He endeavoured,
without success, to effect a union between
the two contending parties in the Church
in 1652. He died of consumption, 25th
June 1658. He marr. (1) Anna (died about
1648), daugh. of Francis Durham of Dun-
tarvie, and had issue — Francis of Pitkerrow,
advocate, died 1667 : (2) 14th Dec. 1653,
Margaret Mure of Glanderston (died in
1692 or 1693), widow of Zachary Boyd, min.
of the Barony Parish, and had issue —
James of Largo ; Alexander of Largo ;
John. Publications — A Commentarie upon
the Book of Revelation (Edinburgh, 1658,
1680; London, 1658; Amsterdam, 1660;
Glasgow, 1680, 1739, 1764, 1788; Falkirk,
1799); The Dying Man's Testament to the
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Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1659, 1680
bis, 1690; London, 1659; Glasgow, 1740);
Clavis Cantici, or an Exposition of the
Song of Solomon (Edinburgh, 1668, 1723,
1724; London, 1669; Utrecht, 1681; Glas-
gow, 1688, 1723, 1770, 1788; Peterhead,
1840) ; The Law Unsealed, or an Exposition
of the Ten Commandments (London, 1675 ;
Edinburgh, 1676 (thrice), 1703, 1715, 1735,
1782, 1802 ; Glasgow, 1676, 1677, 1777, 1798,
1802) ; The Blessedness of the Death of
those who Died in the Lord (Glasgow, 1681,
1751, 1754, 1756; Edinburgh, 1682, 1684,
1713) ; Christ Crucified, or The Marrow
of the Gospel, LXXII. Sermons on 53
Chapters of Isaiah (Edinburgh, 1683, 1686,
1702, 1726; London, 1723; Glasgow, 1761,
1769, 1792) ; The Unsearchable Riches of
Christ (Glasgow, 1685, 1695, 1709, 1764,
1773; Edinburgh, 1696, 1704, 1729, 1745;
Falkirk, 1786; Berwick, 1794); Heaven
upon Earth, in the Serene Tranquility of a
Good Conscience (Edinburgh, 1685, 1732);
The Great Gain of Contenting Godliness
(Edinburgh, 1685; Glasgow, 1777); The
Great Corruption of Subtile Self (Edin-
burgh, 1686; Glasgow, 1723); An Exposition
of the whole Book of Job (Glasgow, 1759).—
[Glasg. Tests. ; Glasg. Marr. Reg. ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Wodrow's Hist., ii. 286, iii. 10, 54;
Caldwell Papers, i. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 4410,
4733; Brodie's Diary; Blair's Autob. ;
Rutherfurd's Lett. ; G. R. Inhib., 8th Jan.
1649 ; G. R. Homings, 9th July 1675 ; Diet.
Nat. Biog. ; Edinburgh Bibliographical
Society, xi. ; information from George
Christie, min. of St Andrew's Parish,
Edinburgh.]
RALPH RODGER, M.A. ; trans, from
1659 Ardrossan; called 28th Oct. 1658;
adm. 5th June 1659. Joined the
Protesting Party ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 13th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; was granted
an indulgence at Kilwinning in 1669 ;
returned in 16S7.
ARTHUR ROSS, M.A. ; trans, from
1664 01d Deer 15th I)ec- 1664> witn
charge of South Quarter and after-
wards of the North Quarter of the city ;
consecrated Bishop of Argyll May 1675(g.v.).
RICHARD WADDELL, M.A. ; trans.
1682 from Kelso ; pres. by Arthur, Arch-
bishop of Glasgow, and inst. 28th
March 1682, with charge of North Quarter ;
rector of Univ., 1682-4 ; trans, to arch-
deaconry of St Andrews 10th July 1684.
ARCHIBALD INGLIS, M.A., son of
Richard I., min. of Douglas ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 15th July 1650) ; • ord.
to Douglas in 1654 ; trans, to Moffat before
1660 ; trans, to Westerkirk about 1663 ;
pres. to Lochmaben 7th May 1667 ; trans,
to Ashkirk before 30th Nov. 1675 ; trans.
and adm. after 16th Oct. 1685; D.D.
(Glasgow 1686) and rector of Univ. 2nd
March 1686, 1687, and 1689 ; had charge of
North Quarter of the city; deserted the
parsonage ; was called to Falkirk Oct.
1691, but not settled ; he went to Ireland
and obtained a charge. He had sasine of
the lands of Old Park and others Nov.
1667. He marr., and had issue — James,
min. of Muthill ; Richard ; Thomas.— [Ke*v
Gen. Reg. of Sas., xviii. ; Glasg. Com.
Deeds, 8th May 1691.]
RALPH RODGER, above noticed;
returned on the Toleration being
granted ; was at a meeting of Synod
30th Aug. 1687 ; died 3rd Feb. 1689, aged
64. A man of great learning, with an
excellent gift of preaching. He marr. (1)
Margaret, daugh. of Alexander Wryttoune,
son of the min. of Kilwinning : (2) cont.
13th Oct. 1662, Janet (died April 1689),
sister and heiress of Patrick Craigingelt
of that ilk, and widow of John Bell, min.
of Stevenston, and had issue— Mary, served
heir 30th Nov. 1689 (marr. Laurence
Wallace, merchant, Edinburgh); Margaret
(marr. Charles Charters, merchant, Edin-
burgh), buried 8th Oct. 1686.— [Glasg.
Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
4328, 4329, 6970; P. C. Dec, 16th Oct.
1689.]
^ J AMES BROWN, son of Nicol B., an
- officer of dragoons, Newmilns, and a
daugh. of John Brown of Randlecoup,
Darvel ; suffered many hardships in the
time of the Persecution and fled to
America ; returned in 1687 ; had been a
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niin. in England ; called 9th April, and
adm. 29th May 1688 to one of the meeting-
houses ; adm. to this parish before 10th
June 1690, with charge of North Quarter ;
died 30th April 1714. He marr. (1) 4th Dec.
1689, Isabella Bogle, and had issue —
Margaret, born 1691 (marr. 22nd Oct.
1708, Andrew Koss, Prof, of Humanity,
Glasgow) ; John, buried 1st Dec. 1702 :
(2) Jean, daugh. of John Hamilton of
Bardowie, and had issue — James of Monk-
ton Mains. Publications — The Debate in
the Ship (2nd ed., Edinburgh, 1703) ; Self-
Murder, a Reply to Self -Condemnation
(Edinburgh, 1703). — [Maitland Miscell., iv. ;
Glasg. Marr. Beg. ; Arch, and Hist. Coll.,
Ayr, ii., 185 ; Wodrow's Anal.]
GEOEGE CAMPBELL, son of Hew C.,
,„, ^ Newmills ; ord. to Kilmadock 20th
1715 .. ' _, . . , T
Sept. 1705; trans, to Stair 7th June
1710; called 22nd June 1714; trans, and
adm. 12th May 1715; died 21st Feb. 1748.
He marr. Mary Nisbet (buried 26th June
1736), and had issue — George; Mary, buried
1st Oct. 1716 ; Mary (marr. John Hamilton,
min. of this parish) ; George, buried 12th
July 1720; Anna, buried 21st Oct. 1721;
Catherine ; Hugh, apprenticed to a W.S.
— [Glasg. Tests. ; M'Ure's Glasg.]
JOHN HAMILTON, bapt. 8th Sept.
1>74Q 1713, son of John H., min. of Black-
friars Parish ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; ord. to the Barony 8th Sept.
1737; pres. by George II. 20th Dec. 1748;
trans, and adm. 16th March 1749 ; Moderator
of General Assembly 22nd May 1766 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1776); died 3rd Feb. 1780. He
marr. (1) 7th Dec. 1742, Mary (buried 10th
June 1747), daugh. of George Campbell,
his predecessor in this parish, and had
issue— John, buried 10th Jan. 1749 : (2)
24th Feb. 1752, Mary (bapt. 12th Nov.
1727, died 26th July 1808), daugh. of
John Bogle of Hamilton Farm, and had
issue — John of Northpark, Lord Provost
of Glasgow, born 16th June 1754, died
1827 ; George, born 3rd Aug. 1755, died in
infancy ; Patrick, in Jamaica, born 6th
Sept. 1757, died 15th Jan. 1788; William,
born 28th Oct. 1758, died 18th July 1759 ;
George, merchant, Glasgow, born 20th Jan.
1760, died Aug. 1837 ; Janet, born 17th
June 1763, died 30th June 1769 ; Margaret,
born 14th March 1765, died 7th Aug.
1774 ; Mary, born 12th Aug. 1768, died 2nd
Aug. 1771 ; Sarah, buried 21st Nov. 1785.
Publication — The Practice of Religion
shewed to be Pleasant and Delightfvl, a
sermon (Edinburgh, 1767).
WILLIAM TAYLOR, born 1744, fifth
„ son of Robert T., Trinity Gask ;
educated at parish school of Foulis
Wester and Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to
High Kirk Parish, Paisley, 2nd July 1772 ;
pres. by George III. 29th Feb. ; trans, and
adm. 24th Aug. 1780 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 17th
Feb. 1783); Moderator of General Assembly
17th May 1798; Principal of Univ. of
Glasgow (which he held in conjunction)
1803-23 ; died 29th March 1823. He marr.
22nd June 1773, Ann Stewart, who died 13th
Feb. 1814, and had issue — John Maxwell,
lieut. 3rd W.I. Regiment, born 15th March
1774, died 7th July 1796 ; Matthew, writer,
Glasgow, born 2nd June 1775, died 1st Aug.
1819; Robert, born 31st Jan. 1777, died
29th June 1793 ; Ann, born 18th Dec. 1778,
died 20th Jan. 1781; William, born 8th
Sept. 1781, died 23rd Dec. 1782; Jean,
born 30th June 1783, died 11th Sept. 1812 ;
William Leechman, born 8th Dec. 1785, died
18th Oct. 1812 ; Richard, advocate, born 24th
July 1788, died 26th Nov. 1869. Publication
— French Irreligion and Impiety, alarming
to Christians (Glasgow, 1794).
DUNCAN MACFARLAN, born
Auchengray, 27th Sept. 1771, son
of Duncan M., min. of Drymen ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1788); licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton
28th June 1791; ord. to Drymen 23rd
Feb. 1792; D.D. (Glasgow, Oct. 1806);
app. one of H.M. Chaplains-in-Ordinary in
Scotland in 1815 ; Moderator of General
Assembly 20th May 1819, and as such
presented address to George IV. on his
accession ; Dean of the Chapel Royal,
1820-4; pres. by George IV. 17th April
1823 (holding the Principalship of the
Univ. of Glasgow in conjunction) ; adm.
29th July 1824, the settlement being
delayed by opposition to his holding a
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plurality of offices ; this, however, was
sanctioned by the Assembly on appeal ;
originated the Colonial Scheme in 1835, and
was its convener till 1856 ; elected Moder-
ator a second time 18th May 1843 — the
day of the Disruption — when his dignified
bearing, courteous demeanour, and con-
siderate deportment secured him universal
respect ; died Father of the Church,
25th Nov. 1857. He marr. 28th Aug. 1797,
his cousin Anne (died 23rd May 1814, aged
36), daugh. of John Allan, min. of Kow,
and had issue— Elizabeth, born 11th Jan.
1799, died 26th Dec. 1848; Anne, born 6th
July 1800, died 14th April 1822; Duncan,
advocate, born 2nd Jan. 1802, died 5th
April 1830; John, born 5th Aug. 1803;
Susan, born 20th Sept. 1805 (marr.
Mason, General Register House, Edin-
burgh); Archibald Scott, M.D., Georgetown,
Demerara, born 7th June 1807 ; Helen,
born 6th June 1809 (marr. Alexander Elliott
Campbell, M.D., Life Guards), died 28th
Jan. 1845 ; Robert Allan, born 2nd Aug.
1811, died 21st June 1814; Patrick, born
20th Aug. 1813, died 23rd March 1814.
Publications — A Short Vindication of the
Minority in the last General Assembly,
1805 (Glasgow, 1806) ; Sermon XL (Church
of Scot. Pulpit, ii.); and jointly with the
Rev. Andrew Whyte, General View of the
Agriculture of the County of Dumbarton
(Glasgow, 1811); Account of Drymen
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace.) ; (with James Cleland)
Account of the City of Glasgow, Parishes of
Barony and Gorbals {New Stat. Ace, vi.).
1858
JOHN ROBERTSON, born Perth, 9th
April 1824, son of a mason ; educated
at Perth Grammar School and Univ.
of St Andrews ; M.A. (1845) ; licen. by
Presb. of Perth in 1848 ; ord. to Mains and
Strathmartine 21st Sept. 1848 ; trans, and
adm. 24th June 1858 ; D.D. (1860) ; died
9th Jan. 1865. He marr. 7th Oct. 1862,
Elizabeth (died 28th May 1916), eldest
daugh. of Professor John Cook, D.D., St
Andrews; she marr. (2) 16th March 1870,
Matthew Rodger, D.D., min. of St Leonard's.
Publications — Pastoral Counsels (1864);
Sermons to Volunteers (Glasgow, 1865) ;
Sermons and Expositions (London, 1865).
1865
GEORGE STEWART BURNS, born
5th March 1830, son of John B., min.
of Auchtergaven ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. 1853; app. to Chapel-
shade, Dundee, 1853 ; ord. to Newton-upon-
Ayr 11th May 1854 ; trans, to Houston
16th July 1857; trans, to Montrose 22nd
Jan. 1863 ; trans, and adm. 22nd June
1865; D.D. (1870); died 25th Jan. 1896.
He marr. 10th July 1872, Fanny (died s.p.
1895), daugh. of Joseph Reeves, Liverpool,
and widow of George Grant, jun., cotton
spinner, Glasgow. Publication — Teutonic
and Scandinavian Religions [St Giles Lec-
tures, 2nd ser.] (Edinburgh, 1882).
PEARSON M'ADAM MUIR, born 26th
Jan. 1846, youngest son of John M.,
min. of Kirkmabreck ; educated at
Kirkmabreck School and Glasgow High
School and Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 2nd Nov. 1868 ; ord. to Catrine
22nd Sept. 1870; trans, to Polmont 1st
Aug. 1872 ; trans, to Morningside, Edin-
burgh, 4th Sept. 1880 ; convener of Colonial
Committee, 1892-7; D.D. (Glasgow 1893);
lecturer on Pastoral Theology in Univs. of
Edinburgh and St Andrews, 1895-6, 1903-4,
1905-6, Aberdeen and Glasgow, 1896-7,
1902-3, 1904-5 ; Baird Lecturer, 1909 ; trans,
and adm. 6th Aug. 1896 ; app. Chaplain-
in-Ordinary to the King 16th Dec. 1910;
Moderator of General Assembly 24th May
1910; res. 24th Nov. 1915. Marr. 5th Oct.
1871, Sophia Ann (born 3rd June 1847, died
12th Nov. 1907), daugh. of James Chrystal,
D.D., L.L.D., min. of Auchinleck, and has
issue — Sophia Playfair, born 15th Dec. 1872
(marr. 4th Feb. 1903, Hugh Miller, M.D.) ;
John Joseph Johnston, born 12 th Sept. 1874;
James Chrystal, min. of Fowlis Wester, born
10th Nov. 1876; Gloriana Margaret, born
13th Jan. 1880 (marr. Arthur Stanley Middle-
ton, min. of West Cambuslang) ; Jane Play-
fair Chrystal, born 5th Feb. 1882 (marr.
3rd June 1909, Thomas Berwick Storey
Menzies). Publications — Samuel Ruther-
ford (St Giles Lectures [Third Series], Edin.,
1883); The Church of Scotland, a Sketch of
its History [Guild Library] (London, 1S95) ;
Monuments and Inscriptions in Glasgoio
Cathedral (Book of Glasg. Cath.) (Glasgow,
460
ST MUNGO'S
[PRESB. OF
1916
1898) ; Religious Writers of England
[Guild Library] (London, 1901) ; Christian
Unity in Social Work (1902) ; Robert
Burns, his Genius and Influence (1902) ;
Modern Substitutes for Christianity (Baird
Lecture) (London, 1909) ; Seventh Jubilee
of General Assembly (Closing Address)
(Edinburgh, 1910) ; A Son of Consolation :
The Rev. James M'Farlan of Ruthioell.
JAMES MACGIBBON, born Edin-
burgh, 21st July 1865, son of George
Ramsay M. and Christian Watson
Ormiston ; educated at George Watson's
College and Univ. of Edinburgh ; MA.
(1884), B.D. (1887); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh in 1887 ; assistant at St Giles,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Blackford 11th March
1890 ; trans, to Second Charge, Hamilton,
25th April 1901 ; trans, and adm. 21st June
1916 ; chaplain to the Forces in France,
(M.C.), 1916 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1920). Marr.
2nd Oct. 1906, Margaret, daugh. of Robert
Robin, Castlehill, and has issue— George
Ramsay, born 13th July 1907 ; Robert
Robin, born 4th Sept. 1909; James, born
18th Feb. 1912.
Collegiate Charge.
JOHN COAVPER, son of John C, tailor,
Edinburgh, and Marion Duncan, and
brother of William, Bishop of Gallo-
way ; elected to St Giles, Edinburgh, 23rd
Nov. 1586; trans, and adm. 28th Feb.
1587 ; app. by General Assembly in 1602
to visit Lothian ; died 25th Dec. 1603. He
marr. Elizabeth, sister of John Livingston
of Baldovane, who survived him, and had
issue — John, bursar at Univ. of Glasgow in
1603 ; Janet (marr. Joseph Laurie, min. of
Stirling). — [Edin. Tests. ; Reg. Assig. ; Reg.
of Deeds, xlvii., 11 ; Booke of the Kirk.~\
ROBERT SCOTT, M.A. ; adm. 5th
1604 "^ec* ^^ » trans- t° parsonage about
1616.
1587
1612
WILLIAM STRUTHERS, M.A. ; trans,
from Lenzie ; pres. by John, Arch-
bishop of Glasgow, 7th April, and
adm. 3rd May 1612, with charge of West
district ; trans, to St Giles, Edinburgh, 15th
June 1614.
DAVID DICKSON, M.A., Professor of
Divinity in Univ. ; called from
1640 Irvine in 1638, and again 19th
March, and received 18th May 1640; but
after attending one meeting of Session,
appears to have relinquished this charge,
retaining his professorship ; trans, to St
Giles, Edinburgh, in 1650.
[ROBERT RAMSAY, M.A., of Black-
friars ; appointed by the Session
25th March 1641 to teach once
every Sunday in the High Kirk, " as David
Dickson used to do."]
JOHN CARSTAIRS, born 1623, eldest
son of James O, St Andrews, and
Elizabeth Carstairs of Newgrange ;
educated at St Andrews Univ. ; M.A.
(1641); licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
15th Sept. 1646; ord. to Cathcart 23rd
June 1647 ; trans, to Outer High Charge
2nd July 1650 ; he was present at the
Battle of Dunbar in 1651, where he was
wounded, stripped naked, and left for
dead ; adm. to this charge after 26th April
1655. Proposals were made about this
time for a union of the Resolutioners and
Protesters, and at a meeting of the latter,
when some were expressing themselves
ready to agree, provided their opponents
would make a confession of fault, he de-
clared, "Let us agree with our brethren
though they should never confess a fault."
He had the West Quarter for his charge
in 1659, and the East, 1660-2. He was
deprived and imprisoned by the Privy
Council, 28th May 1662, for not taking the
Oath of Allegiance, and was again required
to appear before the Council 9th Dec. that
year on a charge of sedition. For having
witnessed the signature of Wood, his
brother-in-law, to a declaration contra-
dicting the archbishop's story of his recan-
tation, the primate ever after bore him a
grudge. He was summoned before the
Court of High Commission 29th April 1664,
when he concealed himself, stating in a
letter to the Chancellor, William, Earl of
Glencairn, that so far from "keeping
conventicles or disturbing the public peace,
I have been sometimes three, sometimes
six weeks, sometimes two full months,
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that I have never gone out of doors ;
neither did my not compearing proceed
from contempt of his Majesty's authority,
but for other reasons." Sometime after
he sailed to Ireland, and arrived 2nd
May. Here he remained about eight
weeks and then returned, landing in Kin-
tyre. With reluctance, he joined in the
rising of 1666, for which he was indicted
with others 14th Aug., and included in the
indemnity of 1st Oct. 1667. He retired to
Holland, where he was earnestly entreated
to become one of the ministers of the
Scots Church, Rotterdam, in 1677, but
refused to accept. He was present in July
that year at a meeting of ministers in
the West, who sought redress of their
grievances through the influence of John,
Duke of Lauderdale. After this he resided
quietly in Edinburgh, suffering much from
ill-health. He attended Lord Chancellor
Rothes on his deathbed, and was with
the Earl of Argyll the Sunday before his
execution. After much suffering, borne
with magnanimity and cheerfulness, he
was attacked by gout in the heart, and
died 5th Feb. 1686. He had a great gift
of oratory, and it is said that at one
Communion service he not only preached
the " action " sermon, but also exhorted
no less than fourteen or sixteen tables.
He marr. 1647, Janet (died 15th June 1685),
third daugh. of William Mure of Glander-
ston (she was imprisoned 4th May 1679
for attending a conventicle), and had issue
— William, D.D., Principal of Edinburgh
Univ. (q.v.) ; Alexander, M.A., merchant,
Rotterdam ; Robert ; Jean (marr. Principal
Joseph Drew); Margaret (marr. (1) pro.
16th Dec. 1690, William Mackie, min. of
Markinch : (2) pro. 15th Sept. 1706, Major
James Colt) ; Sarah (marr. William Dunlop,
Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow);
Katherine. Publications — Letters to the
Chancellor, to a Minister, and to Middle-
ton, Secretary of State (Wodrow's Hist.,
i. 405, iv. 39), to Mr Robert M'Cuard
(Calderwood's Hist., viii.); Epistles pre-
fixed to Durham's Commentarie on the
Revelation (Edinburgh, 1658); Treatise
concerning Scandal (1659) ; Calderwood's
True History of the Church of Scot-
land (Rotterdam, 1678) ; Unsearchable
Riches of Christ (1684) ; Song for these Sad
Times, a poem (1690) ; Letters (Feme's
Life) (Edinburgh, 1843).— [Wodrow's Anal. ;
Edin. Bur. Reg. ; Glasg. Bapt. Reg. ;
Ferrie's Carstairs ; Steven's Scott. Ch.
Rotterdam, 58 ; Caldwell Papers ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Brodie's Diary ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JOHN GRAY, called 30th March, and
ord. 24th Aug. 1693 ; trans, to Wynd
1693 Parish in 1700.
[Discontinued 1700.]
ST NINIAN'S (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1884. St
Ninian's Parish was disjoined from Govan
on 11th March 1889. The name of the
parish commemorates St Ninian's Leper
Hospital, founded in the middle of the
fifteenth century.]
" JAMES BRYCE, born Mossland, Ren-
lg77 frew, 1832, son of John B. and
Mary Watson ; educated at Ren-
frew School and Univ. of Glasgow ; assist-
ant at Carluke and Dairy ; ord. to Newark,
Port-Glasgow, 9th Jan. 1862 ; trans, and
adm. 16th May 1877 ; died 14th Oct. 1886.
He marr. 10th July 1867, Mary Leggat
(died 25th April 1875), youngest daugh. of
Captain Robert Glasgow, Port - Glasgow,
and had issue — Williamson, born 23rd May
1868; John, born 4th Dec. 1869; Mary
Leggat Watson, born 19th May 1871.
WILLIAM SEATH PROVAND, born
188? Glasgow, 16th Nov. 1855, son of
William Tarbet P. and Helen Seath ;
educated at Glasgow Collegiate School,
Partick Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1880); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
in 1883; assistant at Hillhead ; ord. 24th
Feb. 1887 ; adm. first min. of the parish in
1889 ; Hastie Lecturer, Univ. of Glasgow,
1912; depute clerk of Presb. in 1917.
Marr. 24th June 1891, Mary, daugh. of John
Davison, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and has issue
— Dixon, lieut. 19th Batt. London Regi-
ment, born 17th Jan. 1894, killed in action
15th Sept. 1916 ; Ninian, born Dec. 1897.
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ST PAUL'S
[PRESB. OF
ST PAUL'S, FORMERLY
EAST PARISH.
[In 1648 there was fitted up in the nave
of Glasgow Cathedral a separate place of
worship for the eastern part of the city.
This was known as the Outer High Kirk,
and belonged to the East Parish. In 1835
a separate church was built for the parish.
It was named St Paul's Church, and the
same name was then given to the East
Parish. In 1907 St Paul's Church was
rebuilt on a new site. There is a mission
chapel within the bounds at Shuttle Street.]
1648
PATRICK GILLESPIE, bapt. 2nd
March 1617, third son of John G.,
min. of Kirkcaldy ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1635) ; pres.
to St Mungo's, Glasgow, by Charles I. 15th
Nov. 1641, but declined owing to opposi-
tion of Town Council ; ord. to Second
Charge, Kirkcaldy, 14th April 1642;
called 6th Sept. 1647; trans, and adm.
before 15th May 1648, with Saltmarket and
Bridgegate or South district in his charge.
He took a prominent part in public affairs,
first as a Covenanter, and then as a sup-
porter of Cromwell. He opposed the
Engagement for the rescue of Charles I.,
helped to overthrow the Government which
had arranged it, and advocated severe
measures against all Royalists. He was
active in getting up the Western Remon-
strance against the King's terms, and en-
couraged the resolution of maintaining a
separate military force ; joined in opposing
the Public Resolutions, and was deposed by
the General Assembly 30th July 1650 for
protesting against its lawfulness and pro-
ceedings. He became one of the leaders
of the Protesters, and induced the Presby-
tery, as well as the Synod of Glasgow, to
adhere to them. He was appointed Princi-
pal of Glasgow Univ. 14th April 1653, which
office he held in conjunction, with this
charge. He was called to London by
Cromwell in April 1654, with two others,
for consultation about the affairs of the
Church, and preached before the Pro-
tector. When preaching in St Giles',
Edinburgh, 14th Oct. 1655, he prayed for
the Lord Protector, being the first minister
in Scotland who openly did so. His sen-
tence of deposition was annulled by the
Synod of Glasgow about this time, but on
going to the Synod of Lothian to get this
Act acknowledged, he was refused admis-
sion. He proceeded to London, with other
Protesters, to seek an increase of power, but
owing to the opposition of Sharp and the
Resolutioners, they were not successful.
He remained in London about a year. In
1661 he was imprisoned in the Castles
of Edinburgh and Stirling, and indicted
before Parliament 6th March for treason.
He only escaped execution, through the in-
fluence of Lord Sinclair, by making a
humble submission — the King considering
him even guiltier than his associate James
Guthrie, who was beheaded. Owing to the
Royal disfavour he obtained no further
employment in the ministry, and died at
Leith in Feb. 1675, unmarried, his death
being hastened by depression of spirits,
perhaps aggravated by intemperance.
" His superior abilities, fluent delivery, and
popular manners made him at one time a
man of great personal influence. He was,
however, ambitious, domineering, and ex-
travagant, so that no bishop in Scotland
had ever lived at so high a rate.1' He was
a benefactor to the Univ. of Glasgow, re-
newed and enlarged its buildings, and
added to its endowment. Publications —
Rulers' Sins the Cause of National Judg-
ments, a sermon (1650) ; The Ark of the
Testament opened, 2 vols. (London, 1661-7).
— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 204,
246 ; Wodrow's Anal., i. 168, ii. 3 ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Lamont's Diary ; Nicoll's Diary ;
Diet. Nat. Diog.]
JAMES WODROW, M.A. ; trans, from
1689 Markdaylay Meeting-house in 1689 ;
trans, to Chair of Divinity in Univ.
of Glasgow 24th Feb. 1692.
ALEXANDER HASTIE, educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (7th
April 1675); imprisoned in 1680,
on suspicion of having been at Both-
well Bridge, but was liberated and went
to Holland, where he was probably
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ordained ; returned to Scotland in 1687 ;
adm. to Torphichen 12th Dec. 1689;
called 25th Feb. ; trans, and adm. 30th
April 1691; dem. on account "of old
age" 26th June 1711; died Oct. 1711,
aged about 56. He bequeathed half
his estate to the Univ. for bursaries in
theology, which fund by judicious manage-
ment now provides two bursaries in divinity,
and one in languages and philosophy. He
left also £66, 13s. 4d. to the poor of the
city. He marr. Barbara Johnston, who
was buried 10th Oct. 1709.— [Wodrow's
Hist., ii., 158 ; Wodrow's Anal., i. 37, 363,
iii. 18 ; Reg. of Deeds, Durie, cvii., 12th Dec.
1705.]
JOHN SCOTT, licen. by Presb. of
171g Lanark 29th Nov. 1693; ord. to
Carluke 15th June 1694; called 1712;
adm. 1713; buried 21st Dec. 1741. He
marr. Grizel Scott (buried 12th March
1734), and had issue — Peter, min. of Laigh
Kirk Parish, Paisley ; John ; Mary, born
1704, buried 13th April 1764; Elizabeth,
buried 2nd April 1725 ; Susannah, buried
29th Jan. 1714 ; Barbara. — [Glasg. Tests. ;
Glasg. Bur. Reg. ; M'Ure's Glasg.]
JAMES STIRLING, bapt. 2nd Oct. 1709,
1742 son °^ J°nn S-, merchant, Glasgow,
and Isabella Hunter ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 6th Feb. 1734 ; ord. to Monkton,
26th April 1737; called 11th March, and
trans, and adm. 29th July 1742 ; died 3rd
May 1773. He marr. (1) 7th Sept. 1738,
Agnes Coulter (died 29tb May 1769), and
had issue — John, born 15th June 1742,
buried 27th Dec. 1743 : (2) 1st March 1770,
Margaret (died 3rd Aug. 1778), daugh. of
Dr John Tait, parish of Temple. — [Glasg.
Tests. ; Cleland's Ann.]
THOMAS RANDALL, trans, from Inch-
,_ ture ; pres. by the Magistrates and
Council 6th Sept., and adm. 18th
Nov. 1773 ; trans, to Lady Yester's Chapel,
Edinburgh, 26th Nov. 1778.
^ROBERT BALFOUR, born Edinburgh,
_7 1748 ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. there 24th
Feb. 1773; ord. to Lecropt 14th April
1774 ; pres. by Magistrates and Council
24th Dec. 1778; adm. 17th June 1779;
D.D. (Princeton College, New Jersey,
29th Sept. 1802); died 13th Oct. 1818
and was buried in Blackadder's Aisle,
Glasgow Cathedral. He marr. (1) 9th Nov.
1774, Isabella (died 26th Oct. 1781), daugh.
of James Stark, collector of Excise, Kirk-
caldy, and had issue — Henry, born 29th
June 1776, died 4th July 1786; Isabella,
born 22nd Feb. 1778 (marr. 20th Jan. 1807,
John Duncan, merchant, son of John D.,
min. of Alva), died 10th Jan. 1847 ; Helen,
born 16th Aug. 1779, died 1st Jan. 1782 ;
Elizabeth Jean, born 9th April, and died
8th July 1781 : (2) 5th June 1787, Catherine
(died 13th May 1817), daugh. of Archibald
M'Gilchrist of North Bar, town clerk of
Glasgow, and had issue — Archibald, born
15th March 1788, died 14th April 1796;
Margaret of North Bar, born 21st Aug. 1790,
died 5th Oct. 1857. Publications— Three
occasional Sermons (Edinburgh, 1789 ; Lon-
don, 1798); Sermons (Glasgow, 1819).—
[Ranken's, Campbell's, Love's, and Ward-
law's Fun. Serms ; Gordon's Cathedral of
St. Kentigern, 15.]
JAMES MARSHALL, app. assistant;
1819 elected at wish of congregation 11th
Feb., pres. by Magistrates and
Council 25th March, and ord. 8th July
1819; trans, to Tolbooth Parish, Edin-
burgh, 12th June 1828.
JOHN FORBES, born Dunkeld, 1800;
1828 educated at Perth Academy and St
Andrews Univ. ; sometime mathema-
tical tutor in Perth Academy; licen. by
Presb. of Perth 27th April 1825 ; ord. to Hope
Park Chapel (now Newington), Edinburgh,
16th Nov. 1826 ; pres. by Magistrates and
Council 10th Sept., and trans, and adm. 18th
Dec. 1828 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 15th April
1837); LL.D. (Glasgow, 18th Dec. 1840;.
Joined the Free Church in 1843 ; min. of St
Paul's Free Church, 1843-74 ; died unmarr.,
25th Dec. 1874. Publications— The Theory
of the Differential and Integral Calculus
(Glasgow, 1837); 'Three Sermons on the
Lord's Day (1831) ; Lectures I. (On the
Headship of Christ), II. (The Jews), XL
(On Infidelity), XII. (On the Evidences ;
On the Social and Physical Condition of
4G4
ST PAUL'S
[PRESB. OF
the People). — [Wylie's Disruption Worthies,
253-60 i Smith's Our Scottish Clergy (1848),
231-7.]
ROBERT JAMIESON, born 3rd Jan.
1802, son of Robert J., baker, Edin-
burgh ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Biggar 13th Feb. 1827 ; ord. to Westruther
22nd April 1830; trans, to Currie 14th
Dec. 1837 ; trans, and adm. 14th March
1844; D.D. (Glasgow, 17th April 1848);
Moderator of the General Assembly 23rd
May 1872 ; died 26th Oct. 1880. He marr.
1st June 1830, his cousin, Eliza (died 15th
Jan. 1889), daugh. of George Jamieson,
baker, Edinburgh, and had issue — Jane
Hunter, authoress of History of a Pound
Note, etc., born 22nd July 1831, died 3rd
April 1902; Robert Walter Mackenzie,
born 15th Oct. 1833, died June 1845;
Mary Anne Ewart, born 20th Nov. 1835,
died 4th Nov. 1915 ; George Thomas, D.D.,
min. of Portobello, born 27th Aug. 1838 ;
Agnes Helen, born 16th Aug. 1840, died
8th Oct. 1899 ; William Andrew, merchant,
Glasgow, born 27th Dec. 1842; David
Hunter; John (twin), died young; Eliza,
died March 1849 ; Robert, born 20th Jan.
1851, died in Canada 7th May 1891. Pub-
lications— Eastern Manners, 3 vols. (Edin-
burgh, 1836-8, 3rd ed. 1851) ; Manners and
Trials of the Primitive Christians (Edin-
burgh, 1839) ; The Inspiration of the Holy
Scriptures (Baird Lecture, 1873) ; numerous
articles in Kitto's Bible Cyclopaedia ; edited
The Excitement (1840-1) ; Paxton's Illustra-
tions of Scripture, 3rd ed. (Edinburgh,
1849) ; Commentary on the Old and Netv
Testaments [in conjunction with A. R.
Faussett and David Brown, D.D.], 6 vols.
(London, 1864-74) ; Accounts of Currie and
of Westruther (Neio Stat. Ace, i., ii.). —
[Smith's Our Scottish Clergy (1848), 259-
265 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JAMES PATON, born Torthorwald, 2nd
April 1843, son of James P., weaver,
and Janet Jardine Rogerson, and
brother of John Gibson Paton, D.D.,
missionary to the New Hebrides ; educated
at Dumfries Academy and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; BA. (1860) ; ord. min. of Reformed
Presb. Church, Airdrie, 1st June 1865.
Joined the Church of Scotland, and adm.
to Flowerhill in 1873 ; trans, to St George's,
Paisley, 30th Oct. 1879 ; trans, and adm.
6th Sept. 1881; D.D. (Glasgow 1900);
convener of Temperance Committee, 1894-
1906, and of Social Work Committee,
1904-6; died 22nd Dec. 1906. He marr.
31st Jan. 1871, Elizabeth Hall (died s.p.
24th March 1919), daugh. of Alexander
Dickson, iron merchant, Coatbridge. Pub-
lications— The Children's Psalm (London,
1870) ; Leila, and other Poems (Paisley,
1875) ; Lays of the Scotch Worthies [J. P.
Well wood] (Paisley, 1881) ; John G. Paton,
D.D., an autobiography (London, 1889);
The Story of John G. Paton, told for
Young Folks (London, 1892) ; Altar Steps, a
Pathway to full and abiding Communion
ivith God (Edinburgh, 1889) ; British His-
tory and Papal Claims, 2 vols. (London,
1893); The Parting of the Ways (1898);
Castlebraes, or The Village of Our Love
(Edinburgh, 1898) ; Federation of Churches
(1900); Beautiful Characters (London, 1901);
The Glory and Joy of the Resurrection
(London, 1902) ; Last Hows with Jesus
(London, 1906); edited Letters and
Sketches from the Neiv Hebrides [Mrs
Whitecross Paton] (London, 1894). —
[Macarthur's New Monkland, 290 ; Clyde-
side Literateurs, 169 ; The Ministers of
Glasgoxv, 279 ; Modern Scottish Poets,
ii., 309.]
GORDON BEATTIE WATT, MA. ;
1907 trans* fr°m High Kirk Parish, Kil-
marnock, and adm. 6th June 1907 ;
trans, to Forres 18th Oct. 1912.
GORDON QUIG, born Muirkirk, 11th
July 1878, son of Alexander Q. and
Catherine Jane Johnstone ; educated
at Muirkirk School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
MA. (1904), B.D. (1905); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow May 1905 ; assistant at Strath -
bungo, Glasgow ; ord. to Renton 9th May
1907; trans, and adm. 8th May 1913.
Marr. 23rd Oct. 1916, Elizabeth Simpson
Latta, daugh. of David Walker. Publica-
tion— A Pocket Manual of Prayers for
Soldiers (1915).
GLASGOW]
ST PAUL'S— ST PETER'S
465
Collegiate Ministers.
JOHN CARSTAIRS, trans, from Cath-
1650 car^ > ca^ed 2nd March, and adm.
2nd July 1650, with charge of South
Quarter ; trans, to Inner High Kirk Parish
after 26th April 1655.
1653
ANDREW GRAY, bapt. 23rd Aug. 1633,
son of Sir William G. of Pitten-
drum, and Egidia Smith ; M.A. (St
Andrews 1651) ; licen. in 1653 ; called 5th
Sept., and ord. by the Protesters 3rd Nov.
1653; died 8th Feb. 1656. He marr. 31st
March 1654, Rachel, daugh. of George
Baillie of Jerviswood and Mellerstain, and
Margaret Johnston (she survived him
and marr. (2) George Hutcheson, min. of
Irvine), and had issue — William ; Rachel ;
Robert (posthumous), bapt. 12th June 1656.
Publications — Great and Precious Promises
(1660) ; The Mystery of Faith ojjened up
(Edinburgh, 1670) ; The Sp>iritual Warfare
(Edinburgh, 1673) ; Directions and Instiga-
tions to the Duty of Prayer (Glasgow,
1751); Eleven Communion Sermons (Edin-
burgh, 1716) ; An Elevated and Comprehen-
sive Lecture from 1st Sam.xxviii. 19, and Gen.
iii. 19 (Glasgow, 1783) ; Works (Aberdeen,
1839). —[Scots Peerage, iv., 289 ; Wodrow's
Anal., ii., 261, 364 ; Glasg. Tests, and Bapt.
Peg. ; Edin. Bapt. Beg. ; Brodie's Diary.]
ROBERT M'CUARD [M'VAIRD],
M.A. ; regent in the Univ. of Glas-
gow in 1653, having been licensed
shortly before ; was called 5th June, and
ord. 4th Sept. 1656, with charge of South
Quarter, 1656-9, West in 1660, and East in
1661. He was indicted before Parliament,
5th and 12th July 1661, for sedition and
treasonable preaching, and was condemned
to be banished. He went to Holland, as-
sisted his ministerial brethren there, and
was adm. second min. of the Scots Church,
Rotterdam, 23rd Jan. 1676, but was obliged
to remove by order of the States General,
27th Feb. 1677. He retired to Utrecht for
a time, but returned to Rotterdam in 1678,
where he died Dec. 1681, aged about 54.
He was a man of elevated piety and great
firmness of mind, which enabled him to
bear his trials with fortitude and even
VOL. III.
cheerfulness. He adopted the side of the
Protesters, and after leaving Scotland was
zealous against the Indulgence and those
who complied with it, though latterly he
modified his opinions, thinking he had
carried them too far. He marr. the widow
of John Graham, merchant in Holland,
sometime Provost of Glasgow ; she survived
him, without issue. Publications — The
True Non-Conformist (1671); The Poor
Man's Cup of Cold Water (Edinburgh,
1678); The Banders Disbanded (1681)
Earnest Contendings for the Faith (1723)
A Collection of Tracts (Dairy, 1805)
besides works in Dutch and Prefaces to
works by Principal Rutherfurd, Brown of
Wamphray, Binning of Govan, and Durham
of Glasgow. Speech and Supplication to
Parliament (Wodrow's Hist., i., 207-14) ;
Seventy Letters (Wodrow MSS. in Adv.
Lib., Edinburgh).— [Wodrow's Hist., i. 306,
344, iii. 204, iv. 498-501 ; Wodrow's Anal., i.
170, iii. 55 ; Steven's Scott. Ch., Rotterdam,
25-82; Binning's (Life) Sermon; Kirkton's
Hist. ; Lockerby's Life of Brovm.~\
[Discontinued 1661.]
ST PETER'S (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1836. On
30th May of that year the General Assembly
granted a constitution for it. St Peter's
Parish was erected on 13th July 1853.]
WILLIAM DUNN, elected by the
1836 Glasg°w Church Building Society
21st April, and ord. 21st July 1836 ;
trans, to Cardross 6th Sept. 1838.
WILLIAM ARNOT, born New Mains,
Scone, 6th Nov. 1808, seventh and
youngest child of Robert A., farmer
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A. (1836)
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 3rd Oct. 1837
assistant at Dunipace ; elected by Glasgow
Church Building Society 26th Oct. 1838 ;
ord. 2nd Jan. 1839. Joined Free Church in
1843 ; min. of St Peter's Free Church 1843 ;
trans, to Free High Church, Edinburgh,
8th Oct. 1863; died 3rd June 1875. He
marr. 30th June 1844, Jane, daugh. of John
Fleming of Clairmont, and had issue —
Jane, born 23rd Dec. 1846 ; Margaret, born
11th Sept. 1848 (marr. A. Fleming) ; Robert,
2 G
1839
466
ST PETER'S— ST STEPHENS
[PEESB. OF
in America, born 22nd June 1850 ; a daugh.,
born and died 10th Nov. 1851 ; William, in
America ; daugh. born 10th Jan. 1857 ; son,
born 9th Dec. 1860 ; Catherine Edina, born
in Jan., and died March 1864. Publications
— Scheme of Scripture Lessons for One
Year (Glasgow, 1841) ; Memoir of James
Halley (Edinburgh, 1842); The Way of
Salvation not discovered by Reason, but
revealed to Faith, a sermon (Glasgow, 1843) ;
Masters and Men (Edinburgh, 1852) ; The
Drunkard's Progress (Edinburgh, 1853) ;
Temperance and Total Abstinence in their
Relation to the Bible and the Church
(Glasgow, 1855) ; Christian Philanthropy
(London, 1856); Laws from Heaven for
Life on Earth (London, 1857-8) [two series] ;
The Grounds of Legislative Restriction
applied to Public Houses (Glasgow, 1859) ;
Roots and Fruits of the Christian Life
(London, 1860) ; The Parables of Our Lord
(Edinburgh, 1864); The Foe and the Fight
(Glasgow, n.d.) ; Reminiscences of the
Auchterarder Case; The Race for Riches ;
Lesser Parables of Our Lord; Lessons of
Grace in the Language of Nature ; Life
of James Hamilton, D.D. (London, 1870) ;
Scottish Temperance Tract, No. 70 ;
Lectures TV. (On Infidelity) ; III. (On the
Social Condition of the People) ; VII. (On
Revival of Religion). — [Autobiography,
with Memoir (portrait) by his daugh., Mrs
Fleming; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
MATTHEW COCHRANE, born 20th
June 1812, second son of Hugh C,
merchant, Portpatrick ; educated
at parish school and Univ. of Glasgow ;
BA. (1843), M.A. (1844) ; sometime head-
master of Miller's School, George Street,
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st
Dec. 1847 ; ord. 26th Dec. 1849 ; adm. first
min. of the parish in 1853 ; died 7th Jan.
1888. He marr. Helen M'Cracken, who
died 9th July 1882, and had issue — Jane,
born 1837, died 7th March 1844 ; Henrietta,
born 1842, died 2nd May 1844 ; Helen, born
Jan., died 4th April 1844; Helen Jane,
born Oct. 1848, died 27th April 1849 ; Sara
Wallace, died 11th May 1918; Matthew
Hugh, analytical chemist, Cardiff, born
1852, died 24th Oct. 1897.
MALCOLM MACLELLAN, born
Greenock, 29th Dec. 1853, son of
1886 Dugald M. and Janet Black ; edu-
cated at Glengarnock School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
11th June 1884 ; assistant at Strachur and
St Peter's Parish, Glasgow ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 29th June 1886. Marr.
23rd June 1892, Janet Emily, daugh. of
Thomas Robinson. Publication — The Per-
manence of Christianity, an Argument and
a Plea.
ST STEPHEN'S (Q.S.).
[The General Assembly granted a con-
stitution for a chapel here on 1st June
1835. St Stephen's Parish was erected on
8th July 1857.]
1836
ANDREW KING, born 1793, third son
of John K., Glasgow ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1812);
sometime engaged in teaching ; ord. to
Torphichen 29th April 1830; elected by
Glasgow Church Building Society, and
adm. 19th Feb. 1836. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; min. of Free St Stephen's,
1843-8 ; Professor of Theology in the
Presbyterian College, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
1848-71 ; D.D. (source and date unknown) ;
returned to Scotland ; died at Helens-
burgh, 24th Feb. 1874. He marr. 27th
April 1848, Matilda Ferguson. Publica-
tion— Lecture III. (On the Evidences of
Revealed Religion).
JOHN ORR, ord. 4th July 1851 ; trans,
to St Andrew's Church, Rodney
Street, Liverpool, 1852.
ARCHIBALD NISBET, ord. 24th March
1853 ; adm. first min. of the parish
in 1857 ; trans, to Coldstream 26th
Jan. 1860.
JAMES DODDS, trans, from St Cle-
ment's, Dundee, and adm. 2nd Aug.
1860 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Paisley Abbey, 21st Dec. 1865.
THOMAS MILLER, trans, from Laming-
ton, and adm. 28th April 1866; trans.
1851
1853
I860
1866
to Neilston 8th May 1873.
Glasgow] ST STEPHEN'S— ST THOMAS'S— ST VINCENT
467
1892
JAMES DOUGLAS, born Dundee, 1835,
son of Robert D. and Marjory
Christie ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; assistant at St Mary's, Dundee ;
ord. to Linwood 27th June 1867 ; trans, to
Kinning Park Feb. 1873; trans, and adm.
13th Nov. 1873 ; died 21st April 1892. He
raarr. 20th Feb. 1878, Agnes Harvey, daugh.
of John Baird, Netherhill, Paisley (she
marr. (2) 7th June 1894, Hugh Heron,
Bearsden), and had issue — John Baird,
born 1880. Publication— Sermons.
JAMES BELL GRANT, born Dundee,
1862, son of William Bell G.,
licentiate of the Church of Scotland,
Edinburgh, and Barbara Christie ; edu-
cated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow; MA. (1883), B.D. (1887); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 1st June 1887 ;
assistant at Gartsherrie ; ord. 28th Oct.
1892. Marr. 12th June 1917, Mary, eldest
daugh. of George Walter Strang, min. of
Campbeltown. Publication — A City Quoad
Sacra and its Lessons (Glasgow, 1918.)
ST THOMAS'S (Chapel-of-Ease).
[Opened 29th June 1823 ; had constitu-
tion from Assembly 31st May 1834 ; retained
by the Free Church in 1843.]
JOSEPH SOMERVILLE, born Kelso,
1823 *^ > e°hicated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh and at Divinity Hall of the
Associate Church, Selkirk. Joined the
Church of Scotland ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunfermline 4th Sept. 1822 ; assistant at
Yetholm ; elected 10th June, and ord. 25th
Sept. 1823. Joined the Free Church in
1843; died at Helensburgh, 19th Sept.
1844. He marr. Mary Duncan Keater, who
died 19th Sept. 1858.
WILLIAM HUNTER, elected by the
proprietors 14th Sept., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 17th Nov.
1836 ; trans, to Baldernock 9th Nov. 1843.
ST THOMAS'S (Q.S.).
[St Thomas's Parish was disjoined from
St John's on 18th July 1881.]
THOMAS FORREST MATHESON,
ord. 12th June 1878 ; adm. first min.
of the parish in 1881 ; died 24th Jan.
1892.
MOSES TAGGART, ord. 16th Aug.
1892; trans, to Lyne and Megget
1892 28th Feb. 1908.
DAVID DUNCAN, trans, from South
Uist, and adm. 1 1th Aug. 1908 ;
1Q08
trans, to Duntocher 16th April 1913.
JAMES FRANCIS, M.A., B.D., trans,
from Cowdenbeath 7th Aug. 1913;
trans, to Cartsburn, Greenock, 16th
May 1919.
1918
^ANDREW BRYSON, licen. by Presb. of
1920 Glasgow 1899 '> assistant Elder Park
1904; Rutherglen 1907; ord. to
Tweedmouth 6th Oct. 1910; trans, and
adm. 1920.
ST VINCENT (Q.S.).
[There was here a Reformed Presbyterian
Church, whose minister and congregation
petitioned to be admitted to the Church
of Scotland. They were received on 14th
Aug. 1876. A new church was then built,
and was opened in Sept. 1877. St Vincent's
was disjoined from the Barony Parish on
24th Nov. 1879.]
DAVID TAYLOR, born 1833, eldest
son of John T., merchant, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. to Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Ayr, 1859; trans, to Reformed Presby-
terian Church, Greenock, 1861; trans, to
West Campbell Street Reformed Presby-
terian Church, Glasgow, 1869. Joined the
Church of Scotland ; adm. 6th Sept. 1876 ;
first min. of parish in 1879; died 27th
June 1881.
ANDREW THOMSON DONALD,
trans, from South Parish, Girvan,
and adm. 21st Dec. 1881 ; trans, to
Mertoun 17th May 1892.
1881
468
ST VINCENT— SANDYFORD
[PRESB. OF
1899
1916
GEORGE ANDERSON, M.A., B.D.;
1892 ^rans- from Bothkennar, and adm.
10th Nov. 1892 ; trans, to Renfrew
9th June 1898.
JAMES BELL HENDERSON, born
Haddington, 13th Jan. 1863, son of
Thomas H., schoolmaster, and Sarah
Bell ; educated at Haddington School,
George Watson's College, Edinburgh,
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1883);
B.D. (1885) ; licen. by Presb. of Haddington ;
assistant at Dalserf ; ord. (assistant and
successor) to Borgue 29th Feb. 1888 ; trans,
and adm. 26th Jan. 1899 ; died suddenly
at Gullane, 17th May 1916, unmarr. Pub-
lication — Borgue : Its Parish Churches,
Pastors, and People (Castle-Douglas 1898).
THOMAS SMITH MACPHERSON,
born Ardnamurchan, 30th Oct. 1870,
son of Allan M. and Mary J.
Cameron ; educated at Raining's School,
Inverness, and Univs. of St Andrews and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Greenock
April 1895 ; assistant at St Columba's, Glas-
gow ; ord. to Tiree 8th Aug. 1895 ; trans, to
Tarbert 8th March 1906; trans, to Yoker
24th Nov. 1909 ; trans, and adm. 23rd Nov.
1916. Marr. (1) 5th April 1900, Fanny,
daugh. of Archibald Campbell Macintyre,
min. of Kilbrandon, and has issue — Francis,
born 4th May 1902 : (2) 21st March 1907,
Nancy, second daugh. of Robert Macpher-
son, D.D., min. of Elgin, and has issue —
Robert, born 4th Oct. 1909 ; Allan, born
13th April 1912.
SANDYFORD (Q.S.).
[The General Assembly granted a con-
stitution for a chapel here in 1853. The
parish of Sandyford was erected in 1864.]
JOHN ROSS MACDUFF, born 23rd
May 1818, second son of Alexander
M. of Bonhard and Margaret
Catherine Ross; educated at High School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Perth in 1842; ord. to Kettins 29th
Dec. 1842; trans, to St Madoes 21st
June 1849; trans, and adm. 11th Oct.
1855 ; D.D. (New York 1858), D.D. (Glas-
gow 1862); adm. first min. of the parish
in 1864; res. 12th Nov. 1870; devoted
himself to literature, and died at Ravens-
brook, Chislehurst, 30th April 1895. He
marr. (1) 26th March 1844, Ann Joan, daugh.
of George Seton of Potterhill, and had
issue— Andrew : (2) 20th Sept. 1849, Louisa,
fourth daugh. of John Stephen, Chelsea,
and had issue — Anne Seton, born 13th Nov.
1850. Publications — The Exiles of Lucerne
(Edinburgh, 1841); The Story of Nineveh
(Edinburgh, 1852); Altar Stones (London,
1853); Family Prayers (London, 1853) ; A
Tract for Soldiers (Edinburgh, 1853) ; The
Great Journey (Edinburgh, 1854) ; The
Words of Jesus (London, 1854) ; The Little
Child's Book of Divinity (London, 1855);
The Mind of Jesus (London, 1855) ; Wells
of Baca (London, 1855) ; Evening Incense
(London, 1856) ; Memories of Bethany
(London, 1857) ; Memories of Gennesaret
(London, 1858); Light in the Cloud
(London, 1858) ; The Story of Bethlehem
(London, 1859) ; Christ in the Covenant
(London, 1859); The Bow of Promise
(London, 1859) ; The Hart and the Water
Brooks (London, 1860) ; The Cities of Refuge
(London, 1861) ; Grapes of Eschol (London,
1861) ; Sunsets on the Hebrew Mountains
(London, 1861); The Thoughts of God
(London, 1863); The Proj)het of Fire
(London, 1864) ; The Shepherd and His
Flock (London, 1866) ; Curfew Chimes
(London, 1867); Memories of Olivet
(London, 1868) ; Fergus Moston (London,
1869); Noontide at Sychar (London, 1869) ;
Memories of Patmos (London, 1869); The
Ploughman's Text-Book (London, 1871);
Comfort ye, Comfort ye (1870) ; St Paul in
Borne (London, 1871) ; Healing Waters of
Israel (1872) ; Clefts of the Bock (1873) ;
Gates of Prayer (1876); Footsteps of St
Peter (1877) ; Brighter than the Sun ; Even-
tide at Bethel (1879) ; Palms of Elim (1879) ;
Tales of the Warrior King ; Autobiography
of the Author of Morning and Night
Watches ; The Faithful Promise?' ; Morning
and Night Watches ; The Woodcutter of
Lebanon ; The Footsteps of St Paul ; wrote
many hymns, including " Christ is coming
let Creation ;' (Church Hymnary, 105). —
[Harp of Perthshire, 471 ; The Evangel in
Gowrie, 411.]
GLASGOW]
SAND YFORD— SPRINGBURN
469
1871
JAMES ELDER GUMMING, born
Greenock, 29th Nov. 1830, eldest
son of John C. ; educated at the
Scottish Academy, Isle of Man, and Glas-
gow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Dunoon Oct.
1852 ; missionary at Ardentinny ; ord. to
East Parish, Perth, 12th May 1853 ; trans, to
Newington 6th Oct. 1859 ; trans, and adm.
11th May 1871 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1872); died
at St Andrews, 1st Jan. 1917. He took an
active part in the movement for the deepen-
ing of the spiritual life, and was intimately
associated with the work of the Keswick
Convention, at which he was a regular
speaker. He marr. 1st Aug. 1854, Ann
Brown (died Jan. 1878), eldest daugh. of
Alexander Neilson, writer, Port-Glasgow,
and had issue — John Barr, min. of
Mortlach ; Ella Stead, born 19th March
1857; Alexander Neilson, M.A., Snell
Exhibitioner (1878), Barrister of the Middle
Temple, sometime editor of the Manchester
Courier, born 3rd July 1859, died 11th July
1913; James Elder, B.A., born I860, died
21st May 1883 ; Janet Parker, born 1866.
Publications — Abba Father : Ten Lectures
on The Lord's Prayer (Edinburgh, 1862) ;
Old Margaret, or A Saint at Last (London,
1890) ; Through the Eternal Sjririt : A
Bible Study on the Holy Ghost (Stirling,
1891) ; Scripture Photographs : Men in the
Sunlight of the Word (Stirling, 1892);
Holy Men of God, from St Augustine to
Yesterday (London, 1893) ; Consecrated
Work, and the Preparation for it (London,
1897) ; He chose Twelve : A Study in Apos-
tolic Character and Labour (Stirling, 1901);
The Blessed Life : its Purity, Peace and
Prayer (Stirling, 1901) ; After the Spirit,
being further Papers on The Eternal Spirit,
His Person and Work (Stirling, 1900) ;
John the Baptist : Forerunner and Martyr
(London, 1900); St Matthew: The Gospel of
The Kingdom (London, 1904) ; The Psalms,
3 vols. (London, 1905) ; The Book of Esther
(London, 1906) ; Communicant's Manual.
1903
WILLIAM STEVENSON STUART,
born 15th Sept. 1866, son of Morris
Forsyth S., army and navy con-
tractor, Edinburgh, and Jane Easton ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; MA.
(1887), B.D. (1890); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh May 1890; assistant at West
Coates, Edinburgh; ord. to Auchtergaven
26th Sept. 1895; trans, and adm. (assistant
and successor) 2nd Oct. 1903. Marr. 30th
July 1896, Steuart Stewart, daugh. of
Thomas Gordon, banker, Edinburgh, and
has issue — Maurice Stevenson, lieut. Black
Watch, born 17th Nov. 1897, killed in
action 15th June 1918 ; Thomas Gordon
Stevenson, born 23rd April 1902, died 5th
Jan. 1909. Publications— The Dream Life
(1905); The Minister and Kirk -session
(Glasgow, 1905).
SPRINGBURN.
[Springburn was disjoined from the
Barony Parish and erected quoad omnia
on 14th June 1854.]
JAMES ARTHUR, born 2nd Dec. 1819,
1851 y0UDSest son °f William A., Loch-
winnoch, and Janet Orr ; educated
at Lochwinnoch School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 10th
June 1846 ; assistant at Beith and Kilsyth ;
ord. 23rd Jan. 1851 ; adm. first min. of the
parish in 1854 ; died 28th March 1896. He
marr. 22nd Sept. 1851, Janet (born 19th
April 1820, died 8th April 1906), daugh. of
James Reid of Wellfield and Elizabeth
Whiteman, and had issue — Elizabeth
Whiteman, born 4th Feb. 1853, died 19th
March 1903 ; William, merchant, Glasgow
born 8th Feb. 1854, died 14th Feb. 1882 ;
Janet, born 28th March 1855 ; Isabella Reid,
born 14th June 1856 ; James Reid, born
17th Oct. 1857 ; Helen Gourlay, born 16th
Feb. 1859 (marr. James Allan Hogg, min.
of Galston) ; Mary Levey, born 20th Aug.
1860 (marr. Samuel Thomson, min., Port
Elizabeth, South Africa) ; Margaret, born
28th Feb. 1862 (marr. Alexander Rattray,
min. of Parkhead, Glasgow) ; Catherine
Reid, born 24th Oct. 1863 (marr. John
Gibb Duncan, min. of Cowlairs, Glasgow).
JOHN HENRY DICKIE, M.A. ; trans.
1896 from Ceres, and adm. 24th Sept.
1896 ; trans, to New Kilpatrick 13th
June 1907.
470
SPRINGBURN— DENNISTOUN— STRATHBUNGO [peesb. of
DAVID ANDREW ROLLO, bom Perth,
1907 27th Aug. 1864, son of William R.
and Christina M'Phail ; educated at
Central District Perth School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1889), B.D. (1892) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 16th May
1892 ; assistant at St Ninian's, Edinburgh,
May 1892, and Lady Glenorchy's Jan.
1893 j ord. to Avendale 20th July 1893 ;
trans, to Buccleuch, Edinburgh, 17th May
1901 ; trans, and adm. 24th Sept. 1907 ; died
30th Sept. 1912. He marr. 22nd Aug. 1893,
Lizzie, daugh. of John M'Conachie, Edin-
burgh, and had issue — William Smith,
Scottish Rifles, born 11th May 1896 ; David
John, Captain R.A.F., born 16th Jan. 1899 ;
John, born 8th Sept. 1901 ; Andrew, born
1st Sept. 1904. Publications— " Scotland
in Druidical Times " ; " The Celtic Church
of Scotland " {Northern British - Israel
Review) (1911-12) ; articles and sermons
in Buccleuch Parish Magazine, which he
edited.
BERRY PRESTON, M.A., B.D.; ord.
ials 3rd April 1913 ; trans, to Riccarton,
Ayrshire, 24th Oct. 1917.
DUGALD CLARK, born Paisley, 25th
Nov. 1871, son of Archibald C. and
Mary Niven ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1896) ; B.D. (1899) ; licen.
by Presb. of Islay and Jura 25th July 1899 ;
missionary at Drumchapel ; ord. to Glassary
29th Dec. 1904; trans, to Bonhill 26th Feb.
1914 ; trans, and adm. 8th April 1918.
DENNISTOUN (Q.S.).
[In 1902 religious services were begun
here in an iron building. A church was
built in May 1907. The parish was dis-
joined from Springburn by the Court of
Teinds, 19th March 1920.]
JAMES ALFRED STOKES LITTLE,
1902 ^,J^' > aPp" missi°nary in 1902 5 ord.
to West Parish, Fraserburgh, 13th
Feb. 1902.
JAMES FERRIER POLLOCK, ord.
1904 12t^ ^an" 1^04 ' trans- to Portmoak
15th May 1908.
1908
ROBERT WALKER MUIR, born 30th
Dec. 1861, son of James M. and
Mary Walker ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow in 1895 ; assistant at
Fetteresso and Dunbarton ; ord. to Carts-
burn 26th April 1898 ; trans, and adm. 19th
Nov. 1908. Marr. 11th Oct. 1898, Lily,
daugh. of John Craig, and has issue — James
Laurence, born 9th Oct. 1899 ; Campbell
Craig, born 3rd April 1903 ; Ruby Walker,
born 23rd Sept. 1907 ; Norman Dennistoun,
born 25th Oct. 1911.
STOCKWELL CHAPEL.
[Mission work was begun here in 1840,
and a constitution was granted to the
chapel. After some years the mission was
given up.]
1840
PETER CURRIE, born Airdrie, 1797;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow and
Divinity Hall of Associate Burgher
Synod in 1815 ; licen. by Original Secession
Presb. of Glasgow 19th Jan. 1819 ; ord. to
Burgher Chapel, Cumbernauld, 7th Dec.
1819 ; trans, to East Campbell Street,
Glasgow, 6th Oct. 1835. Joined the Church
of Scotland, and adm. to this charge 4th
Nov. 1840. Joined the Free Church in
1843; min. of Stockwell Free Church,
1843-59 ; died 30th Sept. 1859. Marr. Janet
(died 8th May 1884, aged 68), daugh. of
William Rankine, and had issue — William
Rankine, born 1845, died 25th July 1915 ;
Peter, born 1846, died 26th July 1850;
Eliza Inglis, born 1850, died 3rd July 1890 ;
John Peter, born 1852, died 1st July 1856 ;
and two others who died in infancy.
STRATHBUNGO (Q.S.).
[Religious services were begun here in
1833. The General Assembly granted a
constitution for the chapel on 28th May
1838. The parish of Strathbungo was dis-
joined from Govan and Queen's Park on
13th Jan. 1879.]
GLASGOW]
STRATHBUNGO— THE PARK
471
1876
ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND, born
1848 1794, e^est son °f David S., Paisley ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow and
Selkirk Divinity Hall of the Secession
Church ; ord. 28th Jan. 1834. Secession
min. at Whitehaven ; res. 18th Feb. 1845.
Joined the Church of Scotland ; adm. here
6th Feb. 1848 ; died unmarr. 3rd Nov. 1875.
ROBERT M'MILLAN, born Ayr, 31st
Oct. 1846, son of James M. and
Anne Kerr; educated at Grammar
School and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow April 1875 ; assistant
at The Barony ; ord. 6th July 1876 ; adm.
first min. of the church in 1879 ; res. 29th
Nov. 1916 ; died 1st July 1920. Marr. 19th
April 1881, Mary, daugh. of James Waddell,
and has issue— James Waddell, born 27th
Feb. 1882; Robert Kerr, born 2nd April
1884 ; John Alston, born 12th Sept. 1886 ;
Mary Jane, born 18th May 1889 ; May
Hannah, born 23rd Oct. 1894.
CHARLES GUTHRIE COOPER, born
1917 Broughty Ferry, 30th April 1882,
son of George C. and Helen Janet
Conacher; educated at High School,
Dundee, and Univ. of St Andrews ; MA.
(1905), B.D. (1907) ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews in 1907 ; assistant at Ayr ; ord.
to St David's, Kirkintilloch, 11th March
1909 ; trans, and adm. 21st June 1917.
Marr. 22nd Oct. 1912, Mary Stuart Lyall,
daugh. of William Whitelaw, M.D., Kirkin-
tilloch, and Margaret Fernie Stuart, and has
issue — Guthrie Stewart, born 18 th July 1913.
THE PARK (Q.S.).
[Religious work was begun here under
the name of the West Park Mission in
1857. The Park Parish was disjoined from
Kelvinhaugh in 1864.
JOHN CAIRD, D.D. ; trans, from Errol
24th Dec. 1857 ; clem, on appoint-
ment as Professor of Divinity in
Univ. of Glasgow 1862 (q.v.).
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON CHAR-
TERIS, MA. ; trans, from New
Abbey 25th June 1863; app. Pro-
fessor of Biblical Criticism, Univ. of
Edinburgh, 4th Nov. 1868 (q.v.).
1857
DONALD MACLEOD, born Campsie,
1869 18fck ^arcn 1831> fifth son °f Norman
M., D.D., min. of St Columba's,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
B.A (1851); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
2nd May 1855 ; ord. to Lauder 18th March
1858 ; trans, to Linlithgow 10th July 1862 ;
trans, and adm. 24th June 1869 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1876) ; res. 24th Nov. 1909 ; app.
one of the Chaplains-in-Ordinary to Queen
Victoria, King Edward, and King George
V. ; convener of Home Mission Committee,
1888-1900 ; Moderator of General Assembly
23rd May 1895 ; died in the act of shaking
hands with a friend at Glasgow, where he
had been on a visit, 11th Feb. 1916. He
marr. 23rd Aug. 1864, Isabella, daugh. of
James Anderson of Highholm, Port-Glasgow,
and had issue — Agnes Maxwell, born 2nd
Oct. 1870 ; Norman, C.M.G., D.S.O., C.A.,
Glasgow, colonel, born 14th June 1872 ;
Donald, min. of Inverness; James Anderson,
born 19th March 1875, died 17th Sept. 1907;
Kenneth Olaus, min. of Caputh. Publica-
tions— Memoir of Norman Macleod, D.D.
(London, 1876) ; Sunday Home Service
(London, 1885); Christ and Society (Lon-
don, 1892) ; The Doctrine and Validity of
the Ministry and Sacraments of the National
Church of Scotland [Baird Lecture] (Edin-
burgh, 1903) ; Lectures on the Reformation,
Dr Chalmers, and The Parochial System (St
Giles' Series, First, Third, Sixth) ; many
contributions to Good Words, which he
edited 1872-1905.
NORMAN MACLEAN, born The Braes,
lgl0 Portree, 3rd May 1869, son of
Kenneth M., schoolmaster, and
Alexandrina Macdonald ; educated at parish
school, Raining's School, Inverness, and
Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1890) ; licen. by Presb. of Skye May
1892 ; ord. to Haliin-in-Waternish 7th Sept.
1892; trans, to Glengarry 10th Feb. 1897;
trans, to Colinton 18th May 1903 ; trans,
and adm. to this charge 23rd June 1910;
trans, to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 18th
March 1915 ; D.D. (Edinburgh 1915). Marr.
22nd Oct. 1895, Jane Robertson, daugh. of
Donald Macaulay, min. of Reay, and has
issue — Jean, born 15th Feb. 1897 ; Helen
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THE PARK— ST OSWALD'S— TOWNHEAD [presb. or
Alexa, born 16th Aug. 1898; Dileas, born
3rd Sept. 1903 ; Margaret Hope, born 29th
June 1908. Publications — Dwellers in the
Mist (London, 1902); Hills of Home
(London, 1906); Can the World be Won
for Christ? (London, 1910); The Burnt
Offering (London, 1911); Africa in Trans-
formation (London, 1913) ; The Great
Discovery (Glasgow, 1915); Stand up, ye
Dead (London, 1916) ; God and the Soldier
[with J. R. P. Sclater, D.D.] (London, (1917).
JAMES ALAN CAMEEON MUEEAY,
1915 born Leven, Fife, 9th March 1886,
son of Samuel MacCulloch M. of
the Scottish Educational Institute and
Sarah Bryson ; educated at George Watson's
College and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1907), B.D. (1910); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 10th May 1910 ; assistant at
St Giles ; ord. to Second Charge, St
Andrews, 25th Sept. 1913 ; trans, and adm.
17th Aug. 1915. Marr. 17th Dec. 1918,
Ellen, only daugh. of John Mackintosh
Macleod, M.P., C.A., Glasgow.
ST OSWALD'S CHAPEL,
WOODSIDE.
[Mission work was begun here in 1877.]
DAVID WATSON, born Kirkintilloch,
lg77 16th Feb. 1846, son of Robert W. and
Catherine Stirling ; educated at Kerr
Street School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow ; assistant at Laurie-
ston, Glasgow, and North Leith ; ord. to
Middle Parish, Paisley, 12th May 1874;
trans, and adm. 15th Nov. 1877 ; res. 7th
May 1916. Marr. 3rd Aug. 1875, Janet
Pasley, only daugh. of William Kay, Leith.
Publications — What mean these Stones ?
(1886) ; Common Prayer for Children
(1886) ; Order of Prayer and Praise for
Children's Service (1888); Christian Icono-
graphy as an Applied Art (1895) ; P. Puvis
de Chavannes (1898) ; Common Prayer and
Praise, a Communion Service (1902) ; The
Mcsque of Omar (1904) ; The Building
Craft in the Middle Ages (1909).
JOHN MITCHELL KERR, born Wan-
191? lockhead, 23rd Nov. 1885, son of
John K. and Jean Mitchell ; educated
at Wanlockhead School and Univ. of
Glasgow, M.A. (1912), B.D. (1915) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow, 1915 ; assistant at
New Kilpatrick; ord. 11th Oct. 1917.
TITWOOD (Q.S.).
[There was a congregational church here.
Its minister and congregation petitioned
to be admitted to the Church of Scotland,
and were received in 1886. In 1895 a new
church was built. The parish of Titwood
was disjoined from Govan on 8th Nov.
1901.]
DAVID JAMIESON, born Rhynie, 1847,
son of David J., master mason, and
Isabella Dawson ; sometime min. of
Wirksworth Independent Chapel, Derby-
shire ; min. of Parkgrove Congregational
Chapel, Glasgow, 1880; adm. to Church
of Scotland in 1886 ; ord. to this charge
1886 ; res. 17th Aug. 1896, and went to New
Zealand, where he was adm. min. of Akaroa
Presbyterian Church 23rd Nov. 1897. He
afterwards took orders in Episcopal Church
there. Marr. 25th Dec. 1873, Margaret,
daugh. of David Horn, general merchant,
Rhynie, and Margaret Duff, and has issue
— Margaret ; George : Edith ; Winifred ;
Harold ; Arthur.
WILLIAM HENRY RANKINE, M.A.,
18g7 B.D. ; trans, from St Boswells, and
adm. 2nd March 1897 ; adm. first
min. of parish in 1901 ; trans, to Kirk-
michael, Ayrshire, 9th Jan. 1918.
1886
1918
DAVID PRESTON, M.A., B.D. ; trans,
from Ewes (q.v.), and adm. 27th
June 1918.
TOWNHEAD (Q.S.).
[This parish was erected 23rd May 1866.
There is a mission chapel within the bounds
at Cobden Street.]
WILLIAM BELL TURN BULL, trans,
from St Mary's, Dumfries, and adm.
8th June 1866; trans, to Gladsmuir
27th April 1876.
1866
GLASGOW]
TOWNHEAD— THE TRON
473
JOHN SKEOCH CLELLAND, ord.
assistant 1st Oct. 1873; trans, to
1873
Lugar 1876.
JOHN FERGUSON, trans, from John-
- 7 stone, Paisley, and adm. 21st Sept.
1876 ; trans, to Linlithgow 10th Dec.
1878.
ROBERT PRYDE, born Cameron,
1879 Fifeshire, 27th Dec. 1844, son of
Robert P. and Isabella Hood ; edu-
cated at Madras College and Univ. of St
Andrews ; M.A. (1863) ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews Jan. 1867 ; assistant at Dun-
fermline, Peterhead, and Irvine; ord. to
Kininmonth 12th May 1872 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Kilmarnock, 25th Nov.
1876 ; trans, and adm. 19th May 1879 ; app.
clerk of Presb. in 1898 ; res. 31st Oct. 1906 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, 21st June 1915). Marr.
(1) 4th June 1872, Hamilton Crichton,
daugh. of James Johnstone, town clerk,
Irvine, and has issue — Robert Hamilton,
min. of Lasswade, born 23rd Aug. 1873;
Crichton Jane Isobel, born 24th May 1875 ;
James Johnston, min. of Penpont, born
14th Feb. 1877: (2) 4th Dec. 1907,
Margaret, daugh. of William Drysdale,
farmer, Linlithgow and Edinburgh.
CHARLES ROLLAND RAMSAY,
lgo7 M.A. ; adm. from St Luke's Free
Church, Glasgow, 13th May 1907;
trans, to Closeburn 30th Dec. 1910.
WILLIAM BARCLAY, MA., B.D. ;
1911 orc^ 20th AP1^ 1911 ; trans, to
Kirkcudbright 2nd June 1914.
ROBERT LOVE HUNTER, born 5th
1915 ^U^ 1867, son of Alexander H.,
engine-keeper, and Margaret Love
educated for Evangelical Union Church
ord. to Forres E.U. Church 1895 ; res. 1898
min. at Barnard Castle, Durham ; adm. by
General Assembly to Church of Scotland
1909 as licentiate ; assistant at Bluevale,
Glasgow ; ord. to South Parish, Kirriemuir,
12th May 1910 ; trans, and adm. 7th Jan.
1915. Marr. 26th Nov. 1895, Ann M'Kay,
daugh. of William M'Millan, manufacturer,
Paisley, and has issue— a son and daughter.
THE TRON, formerly THE
LAIGH KIRK.
[In St Thenew's Gate, now the Trongate,
James Houstoun, Subdean and Rector of
Glasgow, founded in 1528 the Collegiate
Church of Our Lady and St Anne. It
soon came to be known as the Laigh Kirk,
in contrast to the High or Cathedral Kirk.
Besides its high altar, there were in it
altars of St Mary, St Michael, St Mungo,
and several other saints. Standing in the
Trongate, and having the Tron, or Public
Weigh House, close by, this church came
to be called the Tron Kirk. In 1592 the
Laigh Kirk was put in order for the use
of a new division of the city, which soon
became the Tron Parish. In 1628 the fine
tower, which still stands, was added to
the church. For convenience, the Tron
weights were for a long time kept in the
base of the tower. On 8th Feb. 1793, the
Laigh Kirk was burned down, the tower
only being left. In 1794 the Tron Kirk
was rebuilt on a new plan, and apart from
its tower.]
JOHN BELL, M.A. (Glasgow 1581);
15g4 adm. to Kilbarchan in 1591 ; regent
in the Univ. of Glasgow before 1593 ;
adm. to Cardross in 1594 ; trans, and adm.
after 7th March 1594 ; elected to Edin-
burgh 7th Sept. 1596, and again in June
1607, but declined to accept. He is stated
to have had charge of the West Quarter,
1594-1603, of the East, 1604-6, and of the
North, 1607-41 ; was a member of the
Court of High Commission 15th Feb. 1610,
15th June 1619, and 21st Oct. 1634, and
of Assembly of 1610 and 1638 ; Rector of
Glasgow Univ. in 1634 ; died 25th March
1641, aged upwards of 80. He marr. Janet
Rowat, who predeceased him, and had
issue— John, min. of Blackfriars', Glasgow ;
Robert, min. of Dairy, Ayrshire, bapt. 20th
Nov. 1609 ; James ; Alexander, bapt. 1st
Oct. 1615 ; David ; Agnes (marr. James
Sharpe, min. of South Leith) ; Jean (marr.
George Louk of Merkdaily, merchant,
Glasgow) ; Elizabeth (marr. (1) John Rose,
min. of Mauchline : (2) George Young,
collegiate min. of this parish). — [Glasg.
474
THE TRON
[PRESB. OF
Bapt. Reg.; Gla&g. Tests.; Edin. Counc.
Reg. ; Booke of ike Kirk ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Calderwood's Hist. ; Wodrow's Biog., ii. ;
Maitland Miscell., ii. ; Melvill's Autob.,
789.]
JOHN BELL, son of preceding ; settled
1628 Pr°bably as assistant in 1628, with
charge of the West Quarter ; trans,
to Eaglesham 16th March 1631.
< ROBERT BAILLIE, M.A. ; trans, from
1642 Kilwinning, and adm. 11th Aug.
1642 ; holding in conjunction the
second Professorship of Divinity in Univ.
of Glasgow ; trans, to Principalship of the
Univ. after 13th April 1649 (q.v.).
HEW BLAIR, son of Hew B., coinniis-
1644 sary of Hamilton; M.A. (Glasgow
1622); ord. to Eastwood 1st April
1630 ; called 21st Aug. 1643 ; adm. between
11th and 24th Jan. 1644, having charge of
West Quarter till 1646, the East, 1647-51,
and the North from 1652 ; was twice pres.
to Kilpatrick, but refused to accept. He
joined the Resolutioners in 1657, but re-
turned to Episcopacy in 1662 ; died 27th
Jan. 1663, aged about 61. He marr.
Mary Muir, and had issue— Hew, min. of
Rutherglen ; John, merchant, Glasgow ;
James, merchant, Glasgow, apprenticed to
John Boyd, merchant, Edinburgh, 21st
Feb. 1655. Publications — A Sermon on the
King's Return (1660) ; God's Sovereignty his
Majesty's Supremacy, a Sermon p>reached
before Parliament (Glasgow, 1661).— [Glasg.
Bapt. Reg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Wodrow's Hist., i., 328; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 29th Sept. 1674.]
NEIL GILLIES, M.A. (Glasgow 1658) ;
1690 licen. by Presb. of Dunoon 12th
Sept. 1661 ; ord. chaplain to Archi-
bald, ninth Earl of Argyll ; indulged at
Cardross 18th Dec. 1679; adm. 15th April
1690, with West Quarter in charge; died
1st June 1701, aged about 63. He be-
queathed for the poor of the city £666,
13s. 4d. Scots. He marr. Jean Kirkpat-
rick, who was buried 2nd May 1704. —
[Wodrow's Anal., i. 76, ii. 336, iv. 45 ;
Wodrow's Hist., iii., 24, 156 ; M'Ure:s
Glasg.]
JAMES CLARK, M.A. ; eldest son of
1702 James C.) merchant, Edinburgh ; ord.
to Dunbar 1688 ; trans, to Innerwick
in 1691 ; trans, to Dirleton 14th Dec. 1697 ;
called 24th Nov. 1701 ; trans, and adm.
5th May 1702. He zealously opposed
the Union with England, and on the
Fast day appointed by the Commis-
sion of Assembly, preaching from Ezra
viii., 21, he closed his discourse thus :
"Therefore be up, and valiant for the
City of God." This so stimulated the
people that they threatened the authori-
ties, and took possession of the city for
some days. He died 12th Sept. 1723. He
marr. (1) 1687, Mary (died 1st Jan. 1696,
aged 38), daugh. of Captain Robert John-
ston, merchant, and had issue — James,
served heir 16th Oct. 1724; Elizabeth;
Mary : (2) pro. 17th Dec. 1699, Christian
(buried 19th April 1742), daugh. of Sir
Robert Montgomerie of Skelmorlie, Bart.,
and had issue — Hugh, bapt. 23rd Oct. 1700 ;
William, bapt. 2nd Dec. 1701, buried 23rd
Feb. 1721 ; Francis ; Alexander, min. of
Neilston ; Lilias (marr. John Millar, min.
of Old Kilpatrick). Publications — Sermon
preached on Intimating the Deposition of
the Parson of Oldhamstocks (Edinburgh,
1690); Personal Calling, or the Com-
municant's Best Token (Edinburgh, 1697);
Memento Mori : or a Word in Season, to
the Healthful, Sick, and Dying (Edin-
burgh, 1698); Presbyterial Government of
the Church of Scotland, methodically de-
scribed (Edinburgh, 1701) ; A Picture of
the Present Generation, a sermon (Edin-
burgh, 1704) ; Merchandizing Spiritualized,
or the Christian Merchant's Trading to
Heaven; On Ruling Elders (Edinburgh,
1705) ; On Propagating Christianity in the
Highlands and Islands of Scotland (Edin-
burgh, 1710) ; Remarks on the Overtures
concerning Kirk-Sessions (1720). — [Edin.
Marr. Reg. ; Glasg. Bapt. Reg. ; Wodrow's
Anal., iii., 163 ; M'Ure's Glasg. ; Cleland's
Ann., i.]
WILLIAM WISHART, eldest son of
1724 William W., D.D., Principal of
Edinburgh Univ., and nephew of
Admiral Wishart ; educated at Univ. of
GLASGOW]
THE TRON
475
Edinburgh ; M.A. (22nd April 1709) ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th June 1717 ;
app. by the Magistrates of Edinburgh
preacher in Skinner's Close Chapel there
for three years ; called by Magistrates and
Council; ord. 16th Sept. 1724; dem. Dec.
1729, on receiving a call to the Scots
Church, Founders' Hall, London ; was
Dean of Faculty in Univ. of Glasgow ;
D.D. (July 1730) ; app. Principal of Univ.
of Edinburgh, and adm. min. of New Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 20th June 1745 (q.v.).—
[Wodrow's Anal., iii., 163 et seq.]
JOHN ANDERSON, licen. by Presb. of
1730 Glasgow 8th Dec. 1715 ; ord. to Port-
Glasgow 26th March 1717; trans.
and adm. 29th Oct. 1730; died 21st Nov.
1744. He marr. (1) (pro. 5th June 1718)
Jean Wallace, who was buried 27th Jan.
1737 : (2) March 1738, Marion Menzies,
who died 24th March 1764, and had issue
— John ; Margaret. — [Cleland's Anal. ;
M'Ure's Glasg. ; Glasg. Tests.]
JOHN CORSE, born 1715, youngest son
1743 of Hugh O, min. of Bower ; chaplain
to Mrs Sinclair of Ulbster ; licen. by
Presb. of Caithness 5th Jan. 1737 ; pres. to
Bower 2nd Oct. 1738, but the presentation
was cancelled by the General Assembly
15th May 1739 ; app. preacher in Gorbals
Chapel in 1739; called 17th March, and
ord. (assistant and successor) 2nd June
1743 ; D.D. (Glasgow, June 1776) ; died 5th
Feb. 1782. He marr. 2nd June 1746, Sarah
Dougall, who died 8th May 1764, and had
issue — Helen, born 23rd Dec. 1747 (marr.
John Hamilton, min. of Cathcart); Janet,
born 27th April 1749 ; Jean, born 20th Jan.
1751, died 30th Dec. 1815 ; Henrietta, born
2nd July 1753, died 20th July 1763 ; Sarah,
born 14th Feb. 1755 (marr. 1783, David
Young, merchant, Greenock); Hugh, mer-
chant, Glasgow, born 27th Feb. 1756 ;
Adam, born 6th Sept. 1757, died 26th Jan.
1760; John Dougall, born 22nd April 1759,
died 16th June 1774 ; Christian, born 5th
Oct. 1762, died 13th June 1767.
JOHN M'CAUL, born 1725, son of John
782 M., min. of Whitern ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 14th April 1743); licen. by
Presb. of Wigtown 15th May 1750 ; ord. to
Symington, Lanarkshire, 15th Aug. 1751 ;
pres. by the Magistrates and Council 29th
July, and adm. 14th Nov. 1782; D.D.
(Glasgow 1791); died 9th Jan. 1797. He
marr. 21st Nov. 1758, Catherine (died 2nd
May 1790), daugh. of Charles Hunter, min.
of Pettinain, and had issue— Janet, born
13th Sept. 1759, died 30th Oct. 1815;
John, merchant, Glasgow, born 20th May
1761, died 7th March 1819; Elizabeth,
born 20th Sept. 1762, died 5th Oct. 1785 ;
Charlotte, born 4th April 1764 (marr. Alex-
ander Forrester, min. of West Linton) ;
Grizel, born 24th March 1766 (marr. 27th
June 1796, Alexander Warrand, Glasgow) ;
Helen, born 4th April 1768 (marr. Robert
Cowan, surgeon, Glasgow).
STEVENSON MACGILL, M.A. ; trans.
17gl_ from Eastwood ; pres. by Magistrates
and Council 24th May, and adm.
12th Oct. 1797 ; dem. 9th Nov. 1814, on
appointment as Professor of Divinity in
Univ. of Glasgow (q.v.).
THOMAS CHALMERS, D.D. ; trans.
1815 from Kilmany ; elected by the Magis-
trates and Council ; pres. 6th Dec.
1814; adm. 21st July 1815; trans, to St
John's Parish, Glasgow, 3rd June 1819.
DANIEL DEWAR, LL.D. ; trans, from
College Chapel, Aberdeen, and
Professorship of Moral Philosophy
in King's College there ; pres. by the
Magistrates and Council 23rd June, and
adm. 19th Aug. 1819 ; dem. on appoint-
ment as Principal of Univ. and Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 18th Nov. 1832 (q.v.).
' ROBERT BUCHANAN, born 15th Aug.
1802, sixth son of Alexander B.,
brewer and farmer, St Ninians, Stir-
ling; educated at Univs. of Glasgow and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane
2nd Aug. 1825 ; ord. to Gargunnock 6th
March 1827; trans, to Saltoun 27th April
1830; pres. by the Magistrates and Council
12th April, trans, and adm. 22nd Aug.
1833; D.D. (Glasgow 1840). Joined the
Free Church in 1843; min. of Tron Free
Church, 1843-57 ; convener of Sustentation
Fund Committee, 1847-75 ; min. of Free
College Church, Glasgow, 1857-75 ; Moder-
ator of Free Church Assembly 17th May
1819
1833
47G
THE TRON
[PRESB. OF
1860 ; actively promoted Union with the
United Presbyterian Church, the Reformed
Presbyterian Church, and Presbyterian
Church of England, and presided over the
Union Committee, whose efforts proved un-
successful ; died at Rome, 31st March 1875,
and was buried at Glasgow. He marr. (1)
5th March 1828, Anne Handyside, died 29th
April 1841, and had issue— Alexander, C.E.,
Derby, born 10th Dec. 1829; Hugh, born
22nd Oct. 1831; Margaret, born 10th
March 1833, died 5th March 1834 ; Marjory,
born 8th April 1835, died 2nd April 1837 ;
Anne Wingate, born 28th July 1837 ; Robert,
born 28th Aug 1838, died 11th July 1841 :
(2) 31st Oct. 1843, Elizabeth (died 28th
April 1898), daugh. of Laurence Stoddart,
Cambridge, and had issue — Isabella (marr.
John M'Laren) ; Charlotte Elizabeth (marr.
Robert M'Alpine Thornton, min. of Well-
park Free Church) ; Harriet (marr. Dr
J. G. Wilson) ; Laurence, solicitor, Glas-
gow. Publications — Speech in General
Assembly (Glasgow, 1838) ; God to be obeyed
rather than Man, a discourse (Glasgow,
1839); The Presbyteries of the Church
threatened with Imp)risonment in the dis-
charge of their Official Duty (Glasgow,
1839) ; A Discourse after the Funeral of
Mrs Alexander of Ballochmyle (Glasgow,
1843) ; A Discourse after the Funeral of
Claud Alexander of Ballochmyle (Glasgow,
1845); The Ten Years' Conflict, 2 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1849); The Schoolmaster in
the Wynds, or how to Educate the Masses
(Glasgow, 1850) ; Notes of a Clerical Fur-
lough (London, 1859); The Book of Ec-
clesiastes (London, 1859) ; Present State of
the Union Question (Edinburgh) ; Lectures
I. (To Young Men) ; IV. (On the Evidences) ;
V. (On the Jews) ; Sermon XLIX. {Free
Church Pulpit). — [Bobert Buchanan, An
Ecclesiastical Biography, by Norman
Lockhart Walker, D.D. (portrait) ; Dis-
ruption Worthies ; Good Words, xix., 15-20 ;
Smith's Our Scottish Clergy, 17-23 ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
^ J AMES BOYD, born Strathtay, 1787;
1844 son °^ ■ft°bert' B., landed proprietor,
and Mary Dewar, usher in Dunkeld
School ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 28th
June 1815 ; ord. by said Presb. chaplain
to Caledonian Asylum, Hatton Garden,
London ; adm. to Auchinleck 6th May 1819 ;
trans, to Ochiltree 18th April 1833 ; trans,
and adm. 18th April 1844 ; D.D. (Glasgow
1845); died 27th March 1865. He marr.
18th Jan. 1825, Jane (died 22nd July
1864), only sister of Andrew Kennedy
Hutchison, solicitor, London, and had issue
— Andrew Kennedy Hutchison, D.D. , LL.D.,
min. of St Andrews, born 3rd Nov. 1825 ;
James, solicitor, London, born 29th Dec.
1826; Mary Anne Crawford, born 11th
Oct. 1828 ; Jane, born 21st Dec. 1831, died
7th May 1846; Walter Little Gilmour,
min. of Skelmorlie, born 26th June 1832 ;
Alexander, Lieut.-Colonel 4th Batt. Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, born 12th
Oct. 1834.
JAMES MACGREGOR, trans, from
laa4 Monimail, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 10th March 1864 ; trans,
to Tron Parish, Edinburgh, 9th Jan. 1868.
THOMAS BROWN WILLIAM
1868 NIVEN, trans, from Cranstoun 3rd
Sept. 1868 ; trans, to Linlithgow
16th May 1872.
JOHN ORR, born Irvine, 11th March
1R72 1825, son of Peter O. and Janet
Hunter ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 8th
Jan. 1851 ; ord. to St Stephen's, Glasgow,
4th July 1851 ; trans, to St Andrew's,
Rodney Street, Liverpool, 1852 ; trans, and
adm. 5th Dec. 1872 ; died 23rd March 1898.
He marr. 18th Feb 1857, Helen Lawrie
(died 26th Nov. 1902), daugh. of Alexander
Cameron, shipowner, Dundee, and had issue
— John Peter, clerk, Glasgow, afterwards
in Melbourne, born 1858 ; Helen Russell,
born 1860 (marr. Robert Meredith Sharpe,
min. of Carstairs) ; Jessie Turner, born
1863 (marr. Brigadier-General M'Intyre);
Frederick James Alexander Cameron,
solicitor, Glasgow, born 1868. Publications
— Secular and Sacred Truth compared
(Liverpool, 1859) ; Errors of the Church
of Borne (Glasgow, 1877).
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477
JOHN MACLEAN, adm. from Presby-
terian Church of Canada by General
Assembly, 1898 ; adm. here 6th Oct.
1898 ; res. his status as a min. 4th March
1903. He marr.
WILLIAM EATTRAY, born Dailly,
1903 13th May 1866, son of William R.,
schoolmaster, Port - Glasgow, and
Elizabeth Gillies ; educated at Dunlop
School, High School, Glasgow, and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine
9th June 1891 \ assistant at Townhead,
Glasgow, 1891 - 4 ; ord. to Abbotsford
Parish, Glasgow, 22nd Nov. 1894; trans,
and adm. 6th Aug. 1903. Marr. 31st
March 1897, Catherine, daugh. of Allan
Stevenson, and has issue — William, born
11th March 1898; Catherine Gray, born
27th July 1900.
Collegiate Charge.
GEORGE YOUNG, M.A., son of John
Y., min. of Beith ; regent in Univ. of
Glasgow ; adm. to Mauchline 1st
Sept. 1635 ; trans, and adm. to St Mungo's,
Glasgow, 26th May 1644, but owing to a
difference about the stipend was settled
here instead, with South Quarter in charge,
1644-6, West, 1647-51, and East, 1652-9;
was assessor to the rector of the Univ.
in 1648; Dean of Faculty, 1651-2, and
Commissioner in a valuation of Teinds in
1651 ; joined the Resolutioners in 1652 ;
died 26th March 1659. He marr. (1) Bessie
t Sharp, and had issue — John, regent in
Univ. of Glasgow ; Patrick, regent in
Univ. of Glasgow ; George, said to have
been assistant to his father in 1658 ;
Mary ; Margaret ; Bessie ; Lillias ; Nicolas :
(2) 4th Oct. 1638, Elizabeth, youngest
daugh. of John Bell, min. of this parish,
and widow of John Rose, min. of Mauch-
line. She survived him. — [Glasg. Tests. ;
Bapt. and Marr. Beg. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Glasg. Com. Deeds, 25th July 1643.]
ALEXANDER WODROW, born 1674,
^ 1 eldest son of James W., Prof, of
Divinity in Univ. of Glasgow ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
there 30th April 1701 ; called 8th July,
and ord. 20th Nov. 1701, with North-west
Quarter in charge ; called to be colleague
and successor to his father in Divinity
Chair, but died 6th March 1706. He be-
queathed £133, 6s. 8d. for the poor of the
city.
ALEXANDER MAIN, educated at
1708 Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 10th Sept. 1707 ; called
19th May, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1708;
supplied Blackfriars Parish for a time ;
died of fever, 30th Oct. 1711. He be-
queathed £66, 13s. 4d. for the poor of the
city. — [M'Ure's Glasgow.]
WHITEINCH (Q.S.).
[The parish of Whiteinch was disjoined
from Govan on 6th March 1865.]
QUENTIN JOHNSTON, born 1827,
1872 second son of John J., Ayrshire •
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 3rd Oct. 1855 ; ord. 4th
July 1872; died at his farm of Culloch-
knowes, Maybole, 5th Aug. 1895.
DAVID NESS, born East Wemyss, Fife,
1894 26th April 1863, son of William N.
and Helen Terrace ; educated at
Cupar and Kirkcaldy Schools and Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (1885); licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcaldy in 1889 ; assistant at
Saughtree, Castleton, and Thornwood,
Bothwell ; ord. (assistant and successor)
28th Aug. 1894. Marr. 29th June 1899,
Mary, daugh. of James Adam.
WILTON (Q.S.).
[The parish of Wilton was disjoined from
Kelvinside 16th March 1917.]
HORACE JAMES DICK, app. in 1895 ;
18Q5 ord. 19th Nov. 1899 ; trans, to Cross
and Burness 21st Aug. 1901.
WALTER GRANT FORSYTH, adm.
1901 3rd Dec. 1901; res. in 1909.
WALTER STRANG, born Govan, 3rd
1910 Sept. 1863, son of Robert S. and
Lillias M'Alpine ; educated at Cope-
land Road School, Govan, and High School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1894) ; licen.
478
WILTON— HOGG ANFIELD— KILSYTH
[PRESB. OF
1912
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1894 ; app. to
Waterside Mission, 1894-9; assistant at
Forfar, 1900-2 ; ord. to Abbey St Bathans
27th Sept. 1902; trans, and adm. 12th
Jan. 1910 ; died 31st Dec. 1911. He marr.
9th Oct. 1902, Elizabeth Keir, daugh. of
James Money, Glasgow, and had issue —
Robert Reginald Stanley, born 6th March
1905 ; Jean Walker, born 8th June 1911.
JOHN LIVINGSTON, born Strath-
blane, 22nd June 1869, son of John
L. and Mary Macfarlane ; educated
at Baldernock Public School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton
5th May 1892 ; assistant at Maryhill and
Gartsherrie ; ord. to Ban ton 15th May
1896; trans, and adm. 12th Nov. 1912;
became first min. of the parish in 1917.
Marr. (1) 1st Oct. 1896, Isabella MacCallum
(died 22nd Oct. 1914), daugh. of John
Cowan, and has issue — Iain Macintyre,
born 8th' Jan. 1898 ; James Cowan, born
21st March 1900; Robert Hugh Donald,
born 19th Oct. 1905: (2) 15th Nov. 1916,
Janet Brackenridge Money, daugh. of
Robert MacCallum.
HOGG ANFIELD (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1875. The
parish of Hogganfield was disjoined from
Springburn, the Barony, Shettleston,
Cadder, and Chryston on 12th Jan. 1885.]
JAMES CAITHNESS GELLIE, edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews; B.A.
1 (1860) ; app. in 1875 ; ord. 28th Dec.
1876 ; res. 4th Dec. 1878 ; assistant at West
Kilbride in 1880.
JOHN PETER WATT, M.A. ; ord. 20th
May 1879; trans, to Bellie 6th
1879 July 1882.
JAMES SYMON, ord. 21st Dec. 1882 ;
adm. first min. of the parish in 1885 ;
1882
trans, to Dunlop 16th Dec. 1886.
JOHN FERGUSON ANDISON, born
Sunlaws, Kelso, 8th March 1854, son
of James A. and Janet Ferguson ;
educated at Cavers Parish School and Univ.
of Edinburgh (M.A. 1880, B.D. 1884) and
at Leipzig; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
1560
18th May 1883; assistant at St Matthew's,
Glasgow ; ord. 16th Aug. 1887.
KILSYTH, formerly MONYA-
BROCH.
[In 1649 the western part of the Barony
of Kilsyth was disjoined from Campsie,
and added to the parish of Monyabroch,
which was thenceforth called Kilsyth.
Within the bounds there were Wells of St
Mirin and St Talorgan. Kilsyth Church
was rebuilt on a new site in 1816.]
ALEXANDER LIVINGSTON, accord-
ing to the family tradition, was a
grandson of Lord Livingston, and
his father was killed at the battle of
Pinkie ; pres. by William, sixth Lord
Livingston, and adm. rector before 15th
March 1560-1 ; was one of those named by
the Privy Council, 6th March 1589, to over-
see the maintenance of the Protestant
religion in Stirlingshire. It is stated, 16th
March 1596, that "neither exercise or
discipline is keepit " by him. He was dep.
4th July 1597 for " inability in his person
of spiritual graces to teach the kirk and
for inability to use discipline in said kirk."
He died soon afterwards. He marr. Barbara
Livingston of the Kilsyth family, and had
issue — William, his successor in the parish.
— [Beg. Assig. ; The Livingstons of Callen-
dar, 283-90 ; Anton's Kilsyth, 2-11.]
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, M.A, son
1596 of the above ; licen. 27th Jan. and
ord. 13th July 1596 ; pres. by Alex-
ander, Lord Livingston, 1st, and inst. 15th
July 1599, he being a considerable heritor
in the parish ; was confined to the parish
on the King's letter to the Privy Council,
18th Oct. 1607, because of his unquiet and
turbulent disposition ; dep. between 19th
May and 14th Aug. 1613 for opposing the
restoration of Episcopacy. He became
min. of Lanark that year.
ARCHIBALD GRAHAME, M.A. (Glas-
„ gow 1604) ; was on the Exercise 29th
March 1610; adm. before 11th Jan.
1615 ; dep. by Court of High Commission
in 1636 for not practising the canons and
constitutions; died May 1655, aged about
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71. He marr. April 1617, Barbara, daugh.
of Thomas Livingston of Ballinton ; she
predeceased him. — [Falkirk Sess. Reg. ;
Glasg. Tests. ; Baillie's Lett.]
GABKIEL CUNYNGHAME, M.A.
1637 (Glasgow 1632) ; adm. 7th June 1637 ;
died Sept. 1665, aged about 54. He
marr. Jean Blair, who survived him, and
was alive in 1683, but had no issue. His
brother James of Langyeard was served
heir to him. — [Glasg. Tests. ; Inq. Ret.
Gen., 4971 ; Glasg. Com. Deeds, 2nd Sept.
1652.]
JAMES GAKTSHORE of Gartshore,
M.A. ; trans, from Penninghame ;
adm. in 1666 ; trans, to Cardross 8th
July 1673.
WALTER M'GILL, M.A. (Edinburgh,
26th July 1657); adm. to Leswalt
before 7th April 1664 ; trans, to
Wigtown between 23rd May and 29th Oct.
1667; trans, and adm. in April 1675. In
1690 the Presb. sent one of its members
to declare the church vacant, but the
chamberlain of Kilsyth denied him access
to the church. M. was also assaulted by
the populace ; dem. Feb. 1691 ; retired to
Edinburgh, where he died 20th June 1694,
aged about 57, characterised by " uncommon
meikness and moderation." He marr. (1)
7th April 1664, Janet (buried in Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, 31st Oct. 1690), daugh. of
William Keir, master mariner, and Ann
Langlands, and had issue — Lilias (marr.
William Cunningham, min. of Kirkin-
tilloch) : (2) Jan. 1691, Janet Bell (buried
2nd June 1691): (3) Aug. 1691, Janet
Cheyne, who survived him, and marr. (2)
James Gartshore, his predecessor in the
parish.— [Edm. Guild Beg.; Edin. Marr.
and Bur. Begs. ; Rule's Sec. Vindication ;
Sir William Thomson's Prot. Book, 1st
April 1664.]
MICHAEL ROBE, M.A. ; ord. (to the
Meeting-house at Newtown in the
168 parish) 7th Dec. 1687, having Easter
Lenzie or Cumbernauld under his charge ;
trans, to Cumbernauld 2nd July 1690.
JAMES HAY, M.A. (Glasgow 1664);
1692 01C^ to Kilmacolm 16tn Ja*1- 1688 ;
trans, and adm. 29th Dec. 1692 ;
died July 1710, aged 69. He marr. Agnes
(buried 28th June 1717), daugh. of John
Noble of Ardardan, and had issue — Agnes
(marr. William Cowan, merchant, Stirling) ;
Marion (marr. John Forrester, min. of
Stirling). — [Tombst. ; Glasg. Tests.]
JAMES ROBE, born 1688, son of
1713 Michael R., min. in 1687; M.A.
(Glasgow); licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 30th Nov. 1709; pres. by
William, Yiscount Kilsyth ; ord. 24th April
1713; called to Kirkintilloch in 1733, but
translation refused by Presb. ; died 26th
May 1753. He marr. Anna Hamilton,
who died 28th April 1773, and had issue-
Michael, born 1716 ; Archibald, served heir
19th Dec. 1763; Alexander; James;
John ; a daugh. (marr. John Kyle, Secession
min., Kinross and Pitrodie). Publications
— Narrative of the Extraordinary Work of
the Spirit of God at Kilsyth and other Con-
gregations (Edinburgh, 1742) ; Letter to Mr
Fisher (Edinburgh, 1742); The Christian
Monthly History, 6 numbers (Edinburgh,
1743-4) ; Remarks of the Committee of Presb.
in 1743 upon Mr Leechman's- Sermons on
Prayer, and Appendix (1744) ; Preface to
Prince's Thanksgiving Sermon (Edinburgh,
1746) ; Counsels and Comforts to Troubled
Christians (Glasgow, 1749) ; Sermons,
2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1750).— [Wodrow's
Corresp. ; Tombst. ; Macfarlan's Lectures
on Revivals ; Anton's Kilsyth, 123-42 ;
Small's U.P. Congregations, i., 386.]
JOHN TELFER, licen. by Presb. of
1754 Edinburgh 7th March 1750 ; pres. by
George II. 19th Nov. 1753; ord.
21st March 1754 ; by joining in the
ordination of Thomas Clark, an unpopular
presentee at Eaglesham in 1767, he so
offended his elders and others as to lead to
the founding of a Relief congregation in
the parish; died unmarr. 31st March 17^9,
aged 63.— [Tombst.]
ROBERT RENNIE, born 1767, son of
1789 J°nn -ft-' farmer in the parish ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1781); licen. by Presb. of Paisley
480
KILSYTH
[PRESB. OF
26th Sept. 1787 ; pres. by George III. 4th
July, and ord. 3rd Sept. 1789 ; D.D. (Aber-
deen 1808); died 10th July 1820. He
took much interest in the study of peat
moss and its conversion into arable land
and manure. He declined the Professor-
ship of Agriculture in the Univ. of St
Petersburg, offered him by Czar Alexander
I., who presented him with a massive gold
ring and other gifts. He marr. (1) 22nd
Oct. 1793, Barbara Black" (born 8th May
1777, died 23rd July 1800), fourth daugh. of
Sir John Stirling of Glorat, Bart., and had
issue — John Stirling, born 29th July, and
died 13th Nov. 1794; Margaret, born 14th
Feb. 1796, died 23rd July 1849 ; Alexander
Home Stirling, M.D., Alresford, Hants,
born 6th June 1797, died 10th Feb. 1838 ;
Gloriana, born 12th, and died 30th Nov.
1798 ; Jane Maria Stirling, born 3rd Nov.
1799, died at Glorat 1885 : (2) 30th Dec.
1802, Isabella Auchincloss or Mathie, who
died 22nd April 1837, and had issue —
James Mathie, born 17th July 1803, died
10th March 1806; Barbara Black Stirling,
born 23rd July 1806 (marr. Thomas
Alexander, manufacturer, Dunfermline).
Publications — Essays on the Natural
History and Origin of Peat Moss, 3 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1807); Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xviii.). — [Tombst. ;
Anton's Kilsyth, 161.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON BURNS, born
Bo'ness, 15th Feb. 1779, son of John
B., Surveyor of Customs and factor
to the Duke of Hamilton at Kinneil, and
Grizel Ferrier; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer in
1799; ord. to Dun, Forfarshire (assistant and
successor), 4th Dec. 1800 ; pres. by George
IV. Sept. 1820 ; trans, and adm. 19th April
1821. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Kilsyth Free Church, 1843-59;
D.D. (Princeton College, New Jersey,
Jan. 1858); died 8th May 1859. He marr.
1st Jan. 1806, Elizabeth (died 20th June
1879), daugh. of James Chalmers, proprietor
of the Aberdeen Journal, Aberdeen, and
Margaret Douglas, and had issue — John,
born 11th Feb. 1807, died 31st July 1808 ;
James, Roman Catholic publisher (Burns
& Oates), London, born 8th Nov. 1808,
died 11th April 1871 ; Margaret, born 17th
July 1810 (marr. 10th June 1834, George
Moody, writer, Paisley) ; Jane, born 10th
Sept. 1812 (marr. 2nd Feb. 1853, Charles
Stewart, min. of Free Church, Fort
William) ; William Chalmers, missionary
to China, translator of The Pilgrim's
Progress into Chinese, born 1st April 1815,
died at the port of Nieu-chwang, 4th April
1868 ; Islay, D.D., Professor of Divinity,
Free Church College, Glasgow, born 16th
Jan. 1817, died 20th May 1872 ; Charlotte
Grizel, born 21st March 1819 (marr. Miller
Berrie, merchant, Dundee) ; Elizabeth
Christina, born 15th Sept. 1822 (marr.
Thomas Bain, Free Church minister,
Coupar- Angus) ; Walter, music publisher,
Belfast, born 16th Aug. 1824; John, born
22nd June 1826, died 10th May 1829.
Publications — Moravian Missions Illus-
trated and Defended, a sermon (Aberdeen,
1814) ; " Essay on Family Worship " {Edin.
Christian Inst., 4th ser., i.) ; Lecture XL
(On Revival of Religion) ; Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, vii.). — [The Pastor
of Kilsyth, by his son, Dr Islay Burns
(London, I860); Memoir of W. C. Burns;
Select Remains of Islay Bums, D.D.~\
HENRY DOUGLAS, born 31st Aug.
1843 1811, fourth son of James D., min.
of Stewarton ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; assistant at Saline ; ord. to
Alexandria 22nd April 1841 ; trans, and
adm. 28th Sept. 1843; went to the West
Indies for his health in 1847 ; died unmarr.
15th June 1849.
ALEXANDER HILL, ord. 20th Dec.
1849 1^4^ » ^&ns. t° Second Charge, St
Andrews, 11th Oct. 1860.
ALEXANDER SPEIRS, born Loch-
1861 wmnocn) 1826; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1853 ; assistant at St Enoch's
Parish, Glasgow ; ord. to Gorbals 17th
Aug. 1854 ; trans, and adm. 28th Feb.
1861 ; died unmarr. 24th Jan. 1871.
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^ROBERT HOPE BROWN, born Kirk-
- ?1 hill of Craigie, Ayrshire, 19th Jan.
1842, son of Robert B., farmer, and
Martha Andrew ; educated at Kirkmahoe
School, Dumfries Academy, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries May
1864 ; assistant at Dunfermline Abbey ;
ord. (assistant and successor) to St Andrew's
Church, Dundee, in 1866 ; trans, and adm.
1st June 1871 ; died at Dunfermline 10th
Oct. 1884. He marr. 2nd June 1868, Agnes,
daugh. of Adam Duncanson, Dunfermline.
PETER ANTON, born Errol, 25th June
1850, son of Peter A. and Alice,
daugh. of James Thomson ; edu-
cated at Perth and Dundee High Schools
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews May 1874 ; assistant at St
Paul's, Dundee, May 1874 ; ord. to Second
Charge, Dysart, 7th Jan. 1875 ; trans, and
adm. (assistant and successor) 16th Feb.
1881 ; died 10th Dec. 1911. He marr. 6th
March 1883, Mary Alice, eldest daugh. of
Frederick Heggie, and had issue — Maud
Margaret Antoinette, born 14th June 1885 ;
Alice Thomson, born 2nd Feb. 1888;
Florence Heggie, born 19th Jan. 1890 ;
Norman, born 11th May 1892 ; Elsie,
born 13th Nov. 1893, died 1st June 1894 ;
Elsie, born 16th Aug. 1895 ; Ethel, born
9th May 1899. Publications — Masters in
History (London, 1880) ; England's Essay-
ists (London, 1883) ; Kilsyth, A Parish
History (Glasgow, 1894) ; In the Foremost
Files (1899) ; Studies in Experience (1899) ,
Discourses out of Church (1900) ; The Fly-
Wheel, or what keeps Us Steady (1901);
Staying Power : Reconsiderations and
Recreations (1904) ; The Proposed Formida
ami our Recent Ecclesiastical Policy (1907) ;
John Colquhoun, the Christian S]>ortsman,
(3rd ed., 1908) ; In the Lord's Strength ;
Knots and how to tie Them ; A Man's
ivorst Enemy ; Speech in Glasgow Presby-
tery. Works published in serial form —
Heroes in the Strife ; Risen from the
Ranks ; Men of Renown ; The History of
Steel; Life of Captain Wylie; Artists of
the Day ; and many Essays, Lectures,
and Poems. — [Harp of Perthshire, 434 ;
Modern Scottish Poets, xiii., 117.]
DUNCAN CAMERON, born Glengarry
- Manse, 11th Oct. 1869, son of Donald
C, min. of Kilmonivaig ; educated
at Kilmonivaig School, Inverness College,
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1890),
B.D. (Edinburgh, 1893); licen. by Presb.
of Abertarff in 1893 ; app. to Mission
Church, Kilbride, Kyles of Bute, 1893;
ord. to Tobermory 8th Jan. 1896 ; trans,
to Kilmonivaig 12th Oct. 1897 ; trans,
to Bridge of Allan 2nd Oct. 1900; trans,
and adm. 30th July 1913. Marr. 29th Jan.
1901, Margaret Isabel, daugh. of John
Conacher, London, and has issue — Donald
Ewen, born 24th Dec. 1901 ; Allan
Hamilton, born 31st May 1903 ; Aileen
Isabel, born 10th Aug. 1906 ; Helen Mary,
born 7th June 1909. Publication — Sons of
the Manse (Edinburgh, 1915) ; Enlarged
Edition Muster Roll of the Manse (1919).
KIRKINTILLOCH, formerly
LEINYIE or WESTER LENZIE.
[The church of Leinyie was dedicated
to St Ninian. It belonged to the Abbey
of Cambuskenneth. On 26th Feb. 1607,
the Presb. ordered the kirk of Leinyie to
be rebuilt. In 1649 the western part of
this parish was disjoined to form the new
parish of Cumbernauld. The church of
Leinyie being included among the lands
thus severed from the parish, the chapel
of St Mary at Kirkintilloch was now made
the parish church, and ever since the parish
has been called Kirkintilloch. Besides St
Mary's, there was within the bounds
another chapel, which was dedicated to
St Flannan. There was at Kirkintilloch
a fair of St Andrew. In 1914 Kirkintilloch
Church was finely rebuilt, and was given
a rich peal of bells.]
1567 MARK EDGAR, reader.
1569
WILLIAM STRUTHERS, reader at
Glasgow, and exhorter at Lenzie at
Lammas 1569.
NINIAN DREW, reader from 1574 to
1580 ; pres. to the vicarage by James
1574 VI. before 1st, and coll. 8th Oct.
1594; dep. for "his inhabilitie" 23rd Jan.
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KIRKINTILLOCH
[ PRESB. OF
1598. He protested and appealed, 22nd
April 1600, against the appointment of
his successor. — [Beg. Assig. ; Bannatyne
Club Bajjers.]
1600
GEORGE SLOWAN, or SLOVAN,
M.A. (Edinburgh 30th July 1597);
on the Exercise there 27th March
1599 ; nom. 30th Jan., and pres. by John,
Lord Fleming, and Adam, Commendator
of Cambuskenneth, 21st, and adm. 22nd
April 1600; died before 21st Jan. 1607,
aged about 30.
WILLIAM STRUTHERS, M.A. ; adm.
8th March 1607 ; dem. the vicarage
29th Sept. 1611 ; trans, to St
Mungo's, Glasgow, and adm. 3rd May 1612.
1607
1613
JOSEPH LAURIE, M.A. ; adm. before
29th Sept. 1613. He gave in a
supplication, 24th Sept. 1617, against
Duncan Burnet [whose father was per-
petual vicar of the parish], reader and
musician, alleging that he called him " ane
dissembled hypocrite, ane whose conscience
was so wyde, that cairtes and wains micht
go throw it, ane teacher of the Word that
was unworthie, ane beggar and ane beggar's
burd, that had als meikle silver as might
buy him from the gallows ; lastlie, that he
wold brek his head at the Kirk of Leinzie."
Duncan compeared, confessed, and sub-
mitted himself to the Presb. 1st Oct., who
referred him to the archbishop. L. was
trans, to Stirling 9th March 1620.
1620
JOHN FORSYTH, son of David F.
of Dykes; M.A. (Glasgow 1609);
was on the Exercise at Glasgow 9th
June 1613 ; pres. by James VI. 12th Feb.,
and adm. (by the Archbishop in the College
Kirk of Glasgow) 29th Aug. 1620 ; dep. in
1645. He marr. (1) a lady whose name is
unknown : (2) Marion Stirling, and had
issue — James ; Agnes. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Glasg. Com. Deeds, 1657.]
DAVID BENNETT, M.A. (St Andrews
1644 ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
4th Jan. 1644; adm. in 1646; trans,
to Second Charge, Stirling, before 30th
Oct. 1650.
1646
1653
JAMES RAMSAY, M.A. ; ord. (by the
1653 (Presb- with a committee of General
Assembly) 19th Feb. 1653; was
ordered by the English " not to preach in
that church, and the people not to hear
him under high paynes," and by Judge
Moysley "discharged to preach in the
neighbour churches," but the parishioners
adhered to him with few exceptions. He
was trans, to Linlithgow 14th Sept. 1655.
— BEVERLIE, app. by the English
at the desire of twenty-seven per-
sons ; ord. by the Protesters before
28th April 1653; he removed in 1655.—
[Baillie's Lett.]
HENRY FORSYTH, M.A. (Glasgow
1656 1654); "lately a baxter boy, very
feckless-lyke in his person, and mean
in his gifts " ; adm. in 1656 ; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. Orders
were given by the Privy Council, 4th June
1674, for his apprehension as a conventicle
preacher, but it does not appear that he
was taken. — [Baillie's Lett. ; Wodrow's
Hist., ii., 234.]
ROBERT BENNETT, son of George
B., min. of St Ninians ; M.A. (St
Andrews, 14th July 1660) ; adm. to
Gargunnock in 1663 ; adm. to this charge
May 1665; died March 1679, aged about
39. He marr. Helen Hamilton, who
survived him, and had issue — George,
bursar of philosophy in Edinburgh Univ.
17th Feb. 1682; Margaret (marr. 17th Oct.
1703, Walter Scott, glazier, Edinburgh).—
[Lanark Bresb. Beg. ; Edin. Coun. Beg. ;
Glasg. Tests.]
ALEXANDER WOOD, M.A.; trans,
from Wamphray ; pres. Sept. 1679,
and adm. soon after ; trans, to Cock-
pen in 1681.
ROBERT FLEMING of Wester Muck-
1681 cr0^' M.A. (Glasgow 1656); adm.
to Monigaff before 25th Oct. 1664
trans, to Mearns and inst. 7th Jan. 1669
pres. by John, Earl of Wigtown, May 1681
adm. that year ; dem. in 1689. He received
from the Kirk -session of Cramond, 27th
June 1703, £6, 13s. 4d., and another sum
1665
1679
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483
25th May 1705. He niarr. the eldest daugh.
of Andrew Hay of Inchnoch, and had issue
— Kobert, printer of Nisbet's Heraldry,
Edinburgh ; Helen (marr. George Stirling,
a magistrate of Glasgow) ; and others. —
[Cramond Sess. Beg. ; Nisbet's Heraldry,
ii., App. 140 ; Playfair's Baron., ii.]
WILLIAM CUNINGHAME, min. in
1687. He marr. 2nd June 1687,
1687 Lilias, daugh. of Walter M'Gill,
min. of Kilsyth. — [North Leith Sess. Beg.]
1690
THOMAS ROBE, brother of Michael R.,
min. of Kilsyth ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
19th July 1661) ; adm. in 1690; buried
at Glasgow 6th Dec. 1705, aged about 64.
He bequeathed to the Session £100 for the
poor. He marr. 24th Sept. 1688, Janet
Lawson, who survived him. — [Glasg. Tests. ;
Glasg. Marr. Beg.]
1709
SAMUEL TELFER, a native of the
Upper Ward of Lanarkshire; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 13th July 1696); licen.
by Presb. of Biggar 3rd April 1700; ord.
to Johnstone, Dumfriesshire, before 13th
Oct. 1702 ; called Jan. 1708 and 16th Jan.
1709 ; trans, and adm. 17th Nov. 1709 ;
died 20th Aug. 1726, aged about 50. He
marr. (1) Janet (died 19th Jan. 1715),
daugh. of William Carfrae, merchant,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Julia (marr.
Alexander Wardrobe, min. of Whitburn) ;
Janet (marr. David Stevenson, min. of
Glendevon) ; John, merchant, Edinburgh,
born 1710, died abroad ; James, born 1713 ;
Barbara, born 1715 : (2) after 1715,
Barbara Farquhar : (3) cont. dated 25th
Jan. 1722, Mary, daugh. of John Car-
michael of Oxgang, and had issue — Thomas,
born 1723 ; Margaret, born 1724.— [Glasg.
Tests. ; Edin. Tests.]
1727
JOHN FORBES, called 28th Feb., and
ord. 4th May 1727 ; died 28th March
1733.
U
WILLIAM FLEMING, pres. by John,
Earl of Wigtown, 22nd Sept. 1733;
ord. 1st July 1735 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Paisley Abbey, 26th June 1740.
1735
1741
JAMES BURNSIDE, licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 25th Sept. 1739; pres.
by John, Earl of Wigtown, 29th Nov.
1740; ord. 19th March 1741 ; died unmarr.
Aug. 1743. He took a leading part in
Revival movements of the period.—
[M'Farlan's Bevivals; Scots Mag., v.]
JOHN ERSKINE, M.A. ; pres. by
John, Earl of Wigtown, 27th Jan.}
and ord. 31st May 1744; trans, to
Culross 21st Feb. 1753.
1744
1753
JAMES STODDART, M.A.; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 27th Nov. 1745;
ord. to Second Charge, Culross, 24th
Nov. 1748 ; pres. by Trustees of John, Earl
of Wigtown ; adm. 16th Aug. 1753 ; died
21st Dec. 1773. He marr. 18th Sept.
1755, Mary Euphan, daugh. of Alexander
Douglas, min. of East Calder, and had
issue — Isobella, born 23rd Oct. 1756 (marr.
16th April 1778, James Dobie, min. of
Linlithgow) ; Alexander, born 1st Feb.,
and died 23rd April 1759 ; Marion, born
7th May 1761, died 31st May 1767 ; George
Alexander, born 8th June 1765. Publica-
tion— The Bevival of Beligion, a sermon
(Glasgow, 1764).
1774
WILLIAM DUN, born 1745, son of
Andrew D.. farmer, Denny ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1770) ; licen. by Presb. of
Kintyre 3rd Sept. 1772; pres. by Charles,
Lord Elphinstone, and Lady Clementina
Fleming, his wife, 7th June, and ord. 18th
Aug. 1774. He was imprisoned for three
months in Edinburgh Tolbooth, by sentence
of the Court of Justiciary, 11th March
1793, "for having torn three leaves out of
a book which contained minutes of a
Society for Reform in the village of Kirkin-
tilloch, at the time when the sheriffs of
Lanark and Dunbarton shires were making
investigation to obtain that book." He
died unmarr. 3rd Nov. 1798. Publications
— Sermon ]?reached at the Opening of the
Synod of Glasgotv (Glasgow, 1792) [answered
by Political Preaching, or The Meditations
of a Well-meaning Man (Glasgow, 1792)] ;
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
ii.). — [Scots Mag., iv.]
484
KIRKINTILLOCH— ST DAVID'S
[I'KESB. OF
1799
1811
JAMES JACK, licen. by Presb. of
Auchterarder 20th Aug. 1793; pres.
by John, Lord Elphinstone, 16th
April, and ord. 12th Sept. 1799 ; died 13th
Nov. 1810, aged 47. He marr. 24th Dec. 1799,
Ann Stewart Erskine, who died 25th May
1801, aged 26, and had issue — Jane, born 1st
Oct. 1800, died 24th Oct. 1801.— [Tombst.]
ADAM FOR MAN, born 1760, son of
Adam F. ; licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow 25th March 1789 ; ord. to
Carmunnock 26th Jan. 1792; pres. by the
Commissioners of the Hon. Charles Elphin-
stone Fleming of Biggar and Cumbernauld
in Feb., and adm. 6th June 1811 ; died 27th
May 1843. He marr. 8th Aug. 1792, Mar-
garet, daugh. of Robert Brodie, Edinburgh,
and had issue — Adam, min. of Innerwick ;
Margaret, born 28th Nov. 1795 ; Ann Fisher,
born 9th Dec. 1796 ; Robert, merchant,
London, born 5th April 1798, died 1866;
"William, born 10th Aug. 1799, died 10th
June 1800; William, born 26th Oct. 1801.
Publication — Account of Carmunnock (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, xviii., xxi.).— [Tombst.]
GEORGE LITTLE, born 1802, son of
William L., farmer, and Mary
Lamb ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th
April 1835; pres. by John Fleming of
Biggar and Cumbernauld ; ord. 25th Feb.
1844; died 12th Sept. 1871. He marr.
14th Jan. 1851, Margaret Hope (died 24th
June 1887), only daugh. of Captain Maclean,
53rd Regiment, and had issue— William,
banker, Glasgow ; Margaret marr. and
settled in New Zealand.
JAMES CAVEN, born 1836, eldest son
of William C, farmer, parish of
Parton ; educated at Glasgow Univ. ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; missionary at
Hogganfield, assistant at Largs, and in this
parish in 1868; ord. 25th Jan. 1872; died
unmarr., 23rd July 1893.
THOMAS ANGUS MORRISON, born
Knownoble, Shotts, 25th Sept. 1859,
son of Thomas M. and Margaret
Angus ; educated at Glasgow Athenaeum,
Dalziel Parish School, and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 20th June
1872
1889 ; assistant at Plantation and Kirkin-
tilloch; ord. 14th Nov. 1893. A new
church was opened on 12th Sept. 1914,
largely through his efforts, the oak seating
being provided through his generosity.
Marr. 22nd Feb. 1894, Mary Stewart
Galloway, daugh. of James Smellie, and
has issue— Janet Galloway Angus, born
7th Jan. 1895 ; Margaret Angus, born 5th
Jan. 1897 ; Thomas Fraser, Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, born 26th May
1898 ; James Norman, born 8th Oct. 1901 ;
Mary Bethia Galloway, born 28th July
1903 ; William Galloway Angus, born 16th
March 1908; Elizabeth Christina Stuart,
born 1st June 1913.
ST DAVID'S, KIRKINTIL-
LOCH (Q.S.).
[On 30th May 1836, the General Assembly
granted a constitution for a church then
being built here. It was opened on 8th
June 1837. St David's Parish was dis-
joined from Kirkintilloch on 9th June
1873. There is a mission chapel within
the bounds at Twechar.]
THOMAS GRAY DUNCAN, born
18S8 Edinburgh, 15th May 1808, second
son of Thomas D. and Ann Avery ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Dumfries 2nd April 1833 ; some-
time missionary at Leswalt ; elected by the
subscribers and seatholders 15th March,
and ord. 3rd May 1838. Joined the Free
Church in 1843 ; Free Church missionary
at Stranraer; adm. to Lockerbie Free
Church 19th April 1844, and to Trinity
Presbyterian Church, Newcastle, 1850 ;
died 18th Dec. 1861. He marr. 1845,
Mary, daugh. of Alexander Dalrymple of
Woodhead, and had issue — James Dal-
rymple of Woodhead, writer, Glasgow, an
eminent antiquary, born 17th July 1852,
died 8th Feb. 1908; Thomas Dalrymple,
author of A Canaanitish Woman (London,
1892). Publications — On the Present Doc-
trinal State of the Church of England, a
Letter written to the Rev. Clement Moody
(1854) ; Devotional Booh : Speech against
Organs.
[Church vacant, 1843-51.]
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485
1854
WILLIAM WILSON, born 1824, third
son of AndreAv W., farmer, Aven-
dale ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. 16th March 1854; died unmarr. 29th
March 1855.
THOMAS W. MITCHELL, ord. 29th
1855 Nov. 1855 ; res. in 1859.
ANDREW MACGREGOR, ord. 12th
1861 April 1861 ; trans, to Johnstone,
Dumfriesshire, 29th June 1868.
JAMES ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,
1868 ord. 3rd Dec. 1868 ; trans, to North
Parish, Stirling, 27th Oct. 1870.
THOMAS SOMERVILLE, M.A. ; adm.
1871 4th April 1871 ; first min. of the
parish, 9th June 1873; trans, to
Blackfriars, Glasgow, 13th Nov. 1873.
ROBERT GRAHAM, ord. 4th June
1874 1874; trans, to Dunlop 28th Feb.
1884.
WILLIAM REID, born Irvine, 11th
1884 ^eC' 1853' SOn °f •R" an<* Agnes
Pinkerton ; educated at Irvine Acad-
emy and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1879),
B.D. (1882); licen. by Presb. of Irvine
in 1882 ; assistant at The Barony Parish ;
ord. 16th Sept. 1884; res. on account of
ill-health 10th June 1896, and went to
Malahide, Dublin; died 26th June 1912.
He marr. 26th June 1889, Margaret (died
9th March 1919), daugh. of John Jameson,
and widow of Robert Haldane Pearson,
Kirkintilloch.
JOHN ROLLAND M'NAB, M.A. ;
1897 ^rans- from Strathkinness, and adm.
26th Jan. 1897 ; trans, (assistant and
successor) to Johnstone, Paisley, 7th Oct.
1908.
CHARLES GUTHRIE COOPER, M.A.,
190Q B.D. ; ord. 11th March 1909; trans,
to Strathbungo 21st June 1917.
1917
JAMES WILLIAM INGRAM, B.D.;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley in 1914;
ord. assistant at Barony; ind. 11th
Oct. 1917 ; res. on appointment as Indian
chaplain 4th June 1919.
FRANK ROBERTSON, born Cambus-
19ig lang, 4th April 1883 ; son of Andrew
R. and Mary Hogg; educated at
Cambuslang School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1915) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
27th March 1919 ; served in European War
in Highland Light Infantry, and as an
officer in Machine Gun Corps ; assistant at
Shettleston; ord. 12th Aug. 1919. Marr.
12th March 1918, Agnes, daugh. of Thomas
Hogg and Christina Howden, and has
issue — Andrew, born 24th May 1919.
TWECHAR CHAPEL.
[Mission work was begun here in 1903.
The church was built by the liberality of
Messrs William Baird & Co.]
JAMES FRANCIS, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1904 13t^ ^ec' ^°4 ' trans, to Cowden-
beath 17th Jan. 1911.
WILLIAM DEANS, born Hawick, 28th
1911 ^c^ 18^4, son of John D. and Chris-
tian Fairgrieve ; educated at Wilton
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Jedburgh April 1889 ; ord. mis-
sionary at Ichang, China, 29th Dec. 1889.
He erected the Jedburgh Church there,
and, was Principal of the Training Institu-
tion for Chinese Preachers and Teachers.
In 1910 he returned to Scotland, and was
adm. here in April 1911 ; res. in 1917,
on appointment as Colonial chaplain at
Cawnpore, India, which he res. in 1919.
Marr. 26th Nov. 1892, Wilhelmina, daugh. of
Henry Scott, Midgehope, Ettrick, and has
issue — John Ewart, lieut. R.N.R., born 25th
Sept. 1893, died Oct. 1918 ; Janet Christian,
born 4th June 1895 ; Henry Scott, 2nd lieut.
Cameron Highlanders, born 29th March
1898, killed in action in France in 1918 ;
Minnie Hunter, born 10th April 1900. Pub-
lications — Many articles on Missionary
Work, and Chinese Life and Character,
in East and West, Life and Work, and
Morning Rays.
THOMAS MURRAY INGLIS, born
1917 Glasgow, 6tn Oct. 1871, son of
Alexander Binny I. and Eliza
Hunter Murray ; educated at New Kil-
486
LENZIE— RUTHERGLEN AND POLMADIE [presb. of
patrick Public School and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbarton 7th
May 1895 ; missionary at Carrick Castle in
1899; ord. to Toward Chapel 24th April
1900; res. in 1906; adm. to Holm 25th
June 1908 ; res. 9th Aug. 1915 ; adm. here
1917. Marr. 9th Sept. 1908, Jenny, daugh.
of Robert Whitson, and has issue — Mar-
garet Elizabeth Keir, born 6th March 1913 ;
Catherine Allan Whitson, born 24th Dec.
1914 ; Agnes Hutchison Murray, born 28th
Sept. 1916.
LENZIE (Q.S.).
[The parish of Lenzie was disjoined from
Kirkintilloch and Cadder on 5th June
1876.]
ROBERT ANDERSON SINCLAIR,
1873 educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1870); ord. 17th Dec. 1873; adm.
first min. of the parish in 1876 ; app. to
Eastfield, Rutherglen, 1879-84 ; thereafter
teacher at East Pass, Mary Esther, Florida,
U.SA. ; died at Philadelphia, 25th July
1897.
WILLIAM LECKIE M'FARLAN, born
1879 1832, son of John M. of Ballancleroch
and Janet Buchanan Ewing ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. to
Tongland 4th Aug. 1859 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Cupar-Fife, 16th Oct. 1862 ; trans,
and adm. 2nd July 1879 ; died 24th April
1890. Two sermons contributed by him to
the volume, Scotch Sermons, were the sub-
ject of an appeal to the General Assembly
of 1881. Opportunity was given to M.
to disclaim the opinion that the views
contained therein were those which he him-
self entertained. This he did, and the
matter ended after considerable discussion
in which Principal John Cunningham and
Professor Flint were the chief speakers.
He marr. 6th Sept. 1860, Isabella Leckie
(died s.p. 23rd Sept. 1902), daugh. of William
Leckie Ewing of Arngomery. Publications
— "Authority"; "Things which Cannot be
Shaken " [Scotch Sermons ] (Edin. 1880).—
[Life of Professor Flint, 369-378.]
' WILLIAM BROWNLIE, born Glasgow,
27th Nov. 1846, son of John B.
and Agnes Haining ; educated at
Normal School, Kelvinhaugh, and Muir
Park Iron Works Schools, and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1876); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow April 1878 ; assistant at St
Mary's, Partick ; ord. to Kelvinhaugh 18th
Feb. 1879 ; trans, and adm. 22nd Jan. 1891.
Marr. 26th June 1895, Isabella, fourth
daugh. of Andrew Simpson, Pollokshaws.
RUTHERGLEN and POLMADIE.
[These two parishes were united before
the Reformation. The church of Rutherglen
was dedicated to St Mary. It belonged to
the Abbey of Paisley. In 1791 the church
was rebuilt all but the tower. This tower,
which is at the east end of the church, still
stands, along with the much older wall of
the chancel against which it is built. It
has never had any access from the church.
Within the old church there were altars
of St Conal and St Martin. Rutherglen
had a fair on Trinity Sunday, and another
on St Luke's Day. There was a hospital
of St John at Polmadie, founded before
1319.]
THOMAS JACK; was preceptor to
1Btf_ Principal Rollock, probably before
his going to school ; became Master
of the Grammar School of Glasgow, which
he held in conjunction, with Carmunnock
and Cambuslang. He removed to East-
wood before 1574.
JOHN MUIRHEAD, M.A; pres. to
1586 the vicarage by James VI. 14th July
1582; adm. 16th Dec. 1586; trans,
to Shotts prior to 1592.
ALEXANDER ROWATT, M.A. ; trans.
15g_ from Dalziel ; adm. 25th April 1592 ;
trans, to Glasgow 28th Jan. 1594,
and became min. of The Barony in 1596.
ARCHIBALD GLEN, MA.; pres. by
1596 Claud, Lord Paisley, March 1595 ;
adm. 30th March 1596 ; trans, and
adm. to Carmunnock 27th April 1603.
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487
WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.A. ; pres.
1604 ky James, Master of Paisley ; adm.
21st March 1604. On 8th June 1608,
Andrew Pinkerton boasted that he had put
away the four previous mins. and intended
putting him away also. He even drew a
dagger and held it to his breast, while
David Spens said "he wad stick twa
ministers " ; another had the effrontery to
sit down at the communion table, though
the min. ordered him to rise, and in con-
tempt of both minister and kirk-session,
he cut the grass of the kirkyard on the
Sabbath day. The Presb., in respect of
these quarrels, gave H. a testimonial 7th
June 1609 ; he dem. 8th May 1611, and was
adm. to Little Dalton.
ROBERT YOUNG, M.A. (Glasgow,
1611 1603); ord. to Callander 11th Sept.
1609 ; pres. by Sir Claud Hamilton
of Shawfield, Kt., in Aug., and adm. 1st
Sept. 1611 ; was clerk to the Presb. in
1656; died before 22nd July 1675. He
marr. (1) Isabel Speirs, and had issue —
Alexander (? Archibald), min. of Inners,
Co. Clare ; William, min. of this parish ;
Margaret (marr. cont., 16th March 1632,
Robert, son of Robert Findlay, merchant-
burgess of Glasgow) : (2) Rachel Blair, who
survived him. Publications — A Breviary
of the latter Persecutions (Glasgow, 1663) ;
The History of the first ten Persecutions of
the Primitive Christians (Glasgow, 1667). —
[Wodrow's Biog., ii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 5817 ;
Reg. Old Dec. ; Baillie's Lett. ; Ure's Ruther-
glen ; Reg. of Deeds, cccxcviii. 271, cccclviii.
139 ; G. R. Inhib., 12th May 1686.]
WILLIAM YOUNG, son of preceding ;
1647 educated at Univ. of Glasgow in
1634 ; recommended to the Presb.
by the General Assembly Feb. 1645 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 28th May 1647.
— [Ure's Rutherglen ; Mem. of Eglinton, i.]
JOHN DICKSON, son of Quentin D.
1665 in Dalmellington ; M.A. (Glasgow
1649) ; ord. (assistant and successor)
before 28th June 1655 ; was summoned
before the Committee of Estates at Edin-
burgh ; deprived of his benefice and im-
prisoned, 13th Oct. 1660, for preaching
against the government and uttering
speeches tending to division and sedition ;
but he was allowed by Parliament, 19th
April 1661, the past year's stipend and to
return to his charge ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and by Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; joined the
field preachers, for which decreet was
passed against him and four others 11th
Aug. 1670. He retired to London, but,
soon returning, resumed preaching at con-
venticles, condemning the Indulgence and
those who adopted it. He was brought
before the Privy Council 1st Sept. 1680,
and sentenced to imprisonment at the
Bass, where he was confined till he got
permission to go to Edinburgh " in regard
to his valetudinary condition " 13th Oct.
1686. After officiating at Kelso, he was
restored by Act of Parliament 25th April,
and received 6th Oct. 1690; died 12th
Jan. 1700, aged about 71. He was "a
manikin of small parts." He marr. Jean,
second daugh. of Patrick Wardlaw in
Muirburn, and had issue — John, appren-
ticed to Hugh Blair, merchant, Edinburgh,
27th Aug. 1690; Mary, bapt. 9th Sept.
1662; Andrew, bapt. 22nd April 1665;
Quentin, bapt. 30th Dec. 1666 ; Robert,
died 24th May 1711. Publications— Testi-
mony to the Doctrine, etc., of the Church
of Scotland (1684) ; Sermon at opening the
Synod (1698); Two Letters— The one, To
some Friends when a Prisoner in the Bass ;
the other, To a Person a little before his
Death (Edinburgh, 1739). — [Wodrow's
Hist., ii. 153, iii. 196 ; Ure's Rutherglen ;
Edin. Guild Reg. ; Edin. Bapt. Reg. ; G. R.
Sas., i. 317, iii. 409, 3rd ser. ; Baillie's
Letters, iii. 314.]
1662
HEW BLAIR, bapt. 26th Feb. 1633, son
of Hew B., min. of Tron Parish,
Glasgow; M.A. (Glasgow 1651) ; ord.
to Muiravonside 31st Oct. 1655 ; pres. by
commissioner for James Hamilton of Eleis-
ton 5th and 8th Oct., and coll. 11th Nov.
1662 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
restoring Presbyterian mins. 25th April
1690. He marr. (1) cont., dated 25th
April 1656, Janet (died July 1675), daugh.
488
RUTHERGLEN AND POLMADIE
[PRESB. OF
of James Elliot, D.D., min. of Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, and had issue — Hugh ;
Mary (marr. John Gray, min. of Aber-
lady) ; Helen (marr., cont. 12th Aug. 1688,
Patrick Campbell of Reudall) : (2) 19th Oct.
1683, Ann Blair. — [G. R. Homings, 15th
Sept. 1677 ; Ure's Rutherglen ; Tombst. ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 6107 ; Glasg.
Marr. Reg. ; Glasg. Tests. ; G. R. Inhib.,
13th Sept. 1709.]
ALEXANDER MUIR, studied theology
i7oi a^ Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 7th Feb. 1700 ; ord. 24th
June 1701 ; died 2nd Oct. 1718. He marr.
Christian (died 11th March 1759), daugh.
of James Hutchison, min. of Killellan,
and had issue — James, a surgeon, tried in
Sept. 1729 for murder of a young woman
and acquitted ; Margaret (marr. William
Parlane, min. of Eaglesham) ; Christine
(marr., cont. 1st April 1737, Robert Spreull,
writer, Glasgow); James; Mary; Martha, died
19th Aug. 1716; Alexander.— [Ure's Ruther-
glen ; Glasg. Tests. ; Wodrow:s Corresp.~\
ALEXANDER MAXWELL, M.A. (Glas-
1719 £ow 2^ June ^W) ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 17th Jan. 1717 ; sometime
chaplain in the family of Sir John Maxwell
of Pollok, Lord Justice- Clerk ; called 23rd
June, and ord. 22nd Sept. 1719 ; died 26th
Feb. 1741, aged about 54. He marr. 20th
July 1726, Mary (died 30th Sept. 1767),
daugh. of Hew Warden, merchant, Glas-
gow, and had issue— Patrick, min. of New
Monkland ; Mary ; Janet ; Helen ; Hugh ;
Elizabeth ; Agnes ; John Paterson.
WILLIAM MAXWELL, born 1700,
1742 Drotner °f preceding; M.A. (Glas-
gow, 8th Jan. 1723); ord. by Presb.
of Glasgow, 6th Feb. 1724, min. of a con-
gregation at Charlestown, South Carolina,
from the Presb. of which he received a
testimonial ; returned Sept. 1730, not hav-
ing got sufficient subsistence and having to
expend £100 from his own means ; adm. to
Dunrossness 14th May 1735 ; called 3rd
March, and adm. 19th Aug. 1742 ; died
1st Feb. 1780, aged 84. He marr. 8th
Oct. 1736, Elizabeth Sinclair, who died
s.p. 26th Sept. 1775.
JAMES FURLONG, eldest son of James
F., Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 20th April 1774; ord.
to North Albion Street Chapel, Glasgow,
20th July 1775 ; pres. 12th June, and adm.
17th Aug. 1780 ; died 18th May 1806. He
marr. (1) 24th May 1776, Margaret (died
1st Dec. 1787), daugh. of William Auchin-
closs, Glasgow, and had issue — James,
born 9th April 1777, died 19th Dec. 1795 ;
Agnes, born 12th Nov. 1778, died 5th Feb.
1795 ; William, merchant, Glasgow, born
30th Dec. 1780 ; John, merchant, Glasgow,
born 3rd Nov. 1782 ; Janet, born 20th Dec.
1784: (2) 27th April 1795, Janet Shiels,
who died 24th Sept. 1825..
JOHN DICK, born Aberdeen, 1765;
1806 M.A. (King's College 1781); licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 27th March
1799; ord. to Chryston Chapel 27th Aug.
1801 ; pres. by the Magistrates, Town
Council, and Heritors, 4th Sept., and adm.
11th Dec. 1806; died 29th Nov. 1826.
He marr. 30th March 1818, Jessie (died
17th March 1858), daugh. of Charles
Crawford, Edinburgh, and had issue —
Charlotte Hamilton, born 3rd May 1819
(marr. William Robertson, min. of Monzie-
vaird) ; John, min. of Tweedsmuir ; Charles
Crawford, merchant, Glasgow, born 17th
July 1822, died 1st Jan. 1860; Margaret,
born 24th Sept. 1823 (marr. John Bruce
Murray), died 4th Dec. 1897 ; James, born
23rd Feb., and died 10th Sept. 1825 ; Jean
Cunningham, born 5th Jan. 1827 (marr.
3rd June 1846, Smith, merchant,
Glasgow). — [Tombst.]
-PETER BROWN, born 1791, son of
1SS4 -Pe^er B., Rutherglen ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; elected school-
master of the parish in 1821 ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 3rd Dec. 1823 ; pres.
June 1827, but owing to a dispute
regarding the patronage, not ord. till 25th
Sept. 1834; died 23rd Aug. 1868. He
marr. Mary Smellie, who died s.p. 8th
April 1867, aged 69.
WILLIAM FERRIE STEVENSON,
1862 k°rn 8tn March 1836, eldest son of
William S., farmer, Alton, parish of
Campsie, and Margaret Stevenson; edu-
Glasgow] RUTHERGLEN AND POLMADIE— SHETTLESTON 489
cated at High School and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1856); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 9th May 1860; assistant at
St Matthew's, Glasgow; ord. (assistant
and successor) 18th Dec. 1862 ; died 30th
Oct. 1908. He marr. 5th Nov. 1867, Annie
Bell, daugh. of Adam Paterson, LL.D.,
writer, Glasgow, and had issue — William,
rector of Barnardiston, Suffolk, born 22nd
Feb. 1869; Ada Paterson, born 1st April
1872 ; Alexander Mein, district engineer,
Malay States, born 12th Jan. 1875 ; Anne
Elfreda, born 27th March 1878.
GEORGE SIMPSON YUILLE, born
1909 Eaglesham, 25th Dec. 1870, son of
James Boyle Y., parochial school-
master ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1893), B.D. (1896); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow in 1896 ; assistant at Riccarton,
Kilmarnock, 1896 ; ord. to Second Charge,
Kilmarnock, 30th March 1899 ; trans, and
adm. 9th Sept. 1909; chaplain to the
Forces in 1916. Marr. 15th June 1905,
Mina Howat, daugh. of James Torrance,
and has issue — Jean Young, born 3rd Feb.
1907 ; James Boyle, born 7th April 1909 ;
John Muirhead M'Nee, born 6th Aug. 1910 ;
Mina Howat Torrance, born 28th Jan. 1912 ;
George Simpson, born 4th Jan. 1919.
WEST RUTHERGLEN (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1836, and
on 30th May of that year the General
Assembly granted a constitution for it.
This parish was disjoined from Rutherglen
on 29th Jan. 1868.]
JAMES MUNEO, born 9th July 1803,
eldest son of James M., Loch-
winnoch ; educated at Univs. of
St Andrews, Edinburgh, and Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 25th June
1834 ; assistant at Lochwinnoch ; elected
by the subscribers 21st Jan., and ord. 28th
July 1836. Joined the Free Church in
1843 ; min. of Rutherglen Free Church,
1843-84; died in Edinburgh, 8th Nov.
1884. He marr. 1837, Agnes (died 20th
Jan. 1888), daugh. of William Wright of
Calder Park, Lochwinnoch. Publication —
Lecture IX. (On the Revival of Religion).
[Vacant 1843-58.]
^ JOHN BROWNLEE, born Carluke, 6th
Jan. 1826, eldest son of John B.,
Carluke, and Elizabeth Hamilton ;
educated at Parish School, Carluke, and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Lanark 1st Aug. 1855 ; ord. 3rd June
1858 ; adm. first min. of the parish in 1868 ;
joint-clerk of Presb. of Glasgow, 1888-97 ;
sole clerk, 1897-8; died 22nd Aug. 1899.
He marr. Mary, daugh. of William
Stevenson and Margaret Stevenson, Alton,
Milton of Campsie, and had issue —
John, M.A., M.D., D.Sc, Director of
Statistics, Medical Research Committee,
born 21st June 1868 ; William Stevenson,
min. of St James's, Clydebank, born 7th
Aug. 1870.
WILLIAM VALLANCE, born 1865, son
1898 °^ Robert V., iron moulder, and
Susan Reeves Gibson ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1891); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow in 1892 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 17th Nov. 1898 ; res. 25th
Oct. 1916. Marr. 25th April 1900, Bessie,
younger daugh. of William Fraser.
ANDREW VEITCH, born Peebles, 22nd
1917 March 1877, son of James V. and
Jessie Wilson ; educated at Peebles
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1910) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow May
1913 ; assistant at Cadzow and locum tenens
at Walkerburn ; ord. 10th May 1917. Marr.
17th Feb. 1911, Jeanie Ross, daugh. of
Thomas Clark, and has issue — Thomas
Veitch, born 10th July 1912.
SHETTLESTON.
[A chapel was built here in 1750. The
General Assembly granted a constitution
for it on 31st May 1834. The parish of
Shettleston was erected quoad omnia on
30th June 1847. Shettleston had a holy
Well of St John. A new church was built
in 19—.]
490
SHETTLESTON
[PRESB. OF
JAMES ROY, app. 1756 ; ord. to Buc-
1756 cleuch, Edinburgh, 13th June 1758.
THOMAS LINNING, app. 1759 ; ord.
1759 to Lesmahagow 10th Sept. 1761.
JOHN MAITLAND, son of John M.,
1762 gardener, Glasgow ; app. 1762.
ROBERT RINTOUL, app. 1769 ; went
1769 to Ireland in 1771.
COLIN GILLIES, app. 1772; ord. to
1772 West Church, Greenock, 12th May
1774.
JOSEPH HODGSON, app. 1774 • trans.
1774 to Carmunnock 30th May 1776.
JOHN BOWER, app. 1776; ord. assist-
ant at Old Monkland, 20th Aug.
1776
1783.
JAMES MACNAIR, app. 1783 ; ord. to
1783 Slamannan 10th April 1788.
HENRY MUSCHET, born 1761, only
1788 son °^ ^eor»e M-i merchant, Stirling ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Stirling 11th June 1783 ; called
to Lady Glenorchy's Chapel, Edinburgh,
20th Oct. 1783; ord. by foresaid Presb.
19th Jan. 1785 ; removed to Workington ;
elected to this charge 19th June 1788 ;
died unmarr. 6th Aug. 1825.— [Jones's Life
of Lady Glenorchy ; Denholm's Glasg.;
Cleland's Ann.}
y WILLIAM BLACK, elected 22nd Dec.
1825 ; ord. 27th April 1826 ; trans, to
The Barony, Glasgow, 26th Feb.
1826
1829.
JOHN THOMSON, born 25th Sept.
1829 1803, SOn °f Jolln T*' D-D-' min- °f
New Greyfriars', Edinburgh ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; elected by
the managers 26th June, and ord. 25th Sept.
1829. Joined the Free Church in 1843;
min. of Free St George's Church, Montrose,
1843-6 ; trans, to Free Greyfriars', Aber-
deen, 5th Nov. 1846 ; died 4th Dec. 1893.
He marr. (1) 8th April 1834, Beatrice
died 17th May 1842), daugh. of John
Dempster, min. of Denny, and had issue —
a daugh., died 13th May 1842; John
Dempster, died 18th June 1842; Isabella,
died 9th July 1842 ; Ann (marr. William
John Moncrieff, Bengal Medical Service) :
(2) 1844, Jane, daugh. of John Guthrie,
M.D., Brechin. Publications — A Practical
Treatise on the Spiritual Import of Ba])tism
(1832); The Public Worship of God illus-
trated and enforced in its Practical Bearings.
JOHN MACRITCHIE LECKIE, born
1844 ^lilton of Clunie, Perthshire, 1810,
son of David L. and Christian Mac-
Ritchie ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld in 1841 ; ord.
July 1844; adm. first min. of the parish in
1847 ; died 18th May 1861. He marr. 29th
Jan. 1847, Christian (born 21st Oct. 1805,
died s.p. 5th Sept. 1889), daugh. of John
MacRitchie of Craigton.
MATTHEW RODGER, trans, from
861 West Parish, Crieff, and adm. 26th
Dec. 1861 ; trans, to St Leonard's,
St Andrews, 1st July 1864.
GILBERT JOHNSTON, born 2nd
1864 -^ov- I8*?, eldest son of William J.,
schoolmaster, Glasgow ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. min. of the Free
Church, Mauchline, 1844; trans, to the
Free Church, New Cumnock, 1847 ; trans,
to the Free Church, Govan, 1850. Joined
the Church of Scotland, and adm. to this
charge 22nd Nov. 1864; died 25th Aug.
1892. He marr. 26th Nov. 1850, Jane
Briggs (died 27th June 1911), daugh. of
George Burns, D.D., min. of Tweedsmuir,
and had issue — Esther Struthers, born 1st
Dec. 1851 (marr. John Ferguson, D.D.,
min. of Linlithgow) ; Mary Shanks, born
7th Jan. 1853, died 20th Aug. 1861 ; Jane
Briggs Burns, born 26th Aug. 1856, died
20th July 1872 ; William, born 31st May
1858, died 25th March 1859; Helen, born
31st March 1860 (marr. John Smith, D.D.,
min. of Partick) ; George Burns, born 9th
Dec. 1862 ; Williamina, born 1st March
1866 (marr. William Henry Henderson,
Controller, General Post Office, Edinburgh).
JOHN WHITE, M.A. ; ord. 14th March
10M 1893; trans, to South Leith 27th
1893 Sept. 1904.
Glasgow] SHETTLESTON— ST MARGARET'S— STEPPS
491
HECTOK MACKINNON, born 4th
1905 Aug. 1866, son of Donald M.,
Kirkapol, Tiree, and Ann Macleod ;
educated at Scarnish and Cornaig Schools,
Tiree, Raining's School, Inverness, and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1891); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1891 ; ord. to
Tiree 7th March 1892 ; trans, to Storno-
way 21st Sept 1894 ; trans, (assistant and
successor) to Campbeltown 13th March
1897; trans, and adm. 13th April 1905;
died 4th Feb. 1913. He marr. 20th July
1898, Martha Johnston, D.C.S., second
daugh. of Robert Adamson, chief constable
of Forfarshire, and had issue — Donald
Norman, K.O.S.B., born 7th July 1899;
Robert Somerled, born 26th March 1902.
— [Memoir, by his wife (London, 1914) ;
Memoir of Lady Victoria Campbell, 228.]
ALEXANDER MACLEAN, born
1913 Strachur, 24th Jan. 1885, son of
Captain Lachlan M. and Mary
M'Vean ; educated at Glasgow Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1906), B.D.
(1909); licen. by Presb. of Lorn 4th May
1909 ; assistant at Beauly ; ord. to Tarbert
23rd March 1910; trans, and adm. 2nd
Sept. 1913 ; chaplain to the Forces in
France in 1917. Marr. 7th Nov. 1916.
Mary, daugh. of Archibald Lamont.
ST MARGARETS, TOLLCROSS.
(Q.S.).
[Mission work was begun here in 1898.
The parish was disjoined from Shettleston
and erected on 25th June 1920.]
JOHN THOMSON, app. missionary in
1898 1898 [afterwards min. of Gorbals].
WILLIAM LIDDLE, M.A., B.D. ; app.
lfl01 in 1901 ; trans, to St Leonard's,
Edinburgh, 10th April 1913.
JAMES MACMORLAND, M.A., B.D. ;
1913 ord- 26th 0ct- 1913' trans- t0
Kirkmaiden 9th April 1915.
THOMAS WATT MANDREW, trans.
lgl5 from Fauldhouse (q.v.), and adm. 1st
Sept. 1915 ; trans, to Carmichael
28th Nov. 1918.
DAVID ALEXANDER MILLAR, born
Alva, Clackmannanshire, 15th Oct.
1880 ; son of Robert Gordon M. and
Euphemia Fiennes ; educated at Alva Aca-
demy and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Stirling April 1908 ; assistant at St
Mark's parish, Dundee; ord. to Trinity, Aber-
deen, 15th March 1910 ; res. 28th Nov. 1916;
chaplain to lodging-houses in Glasgow ;
adm. 13th May 1919. Marr. 24th July 1912,
Jessie Macnicol, eldest daugh. of Robert
Ramage, West Milbanke, Alva, and has issue
— Agnes Margaret Grace, born 23rd May
1914, Effie Cranston Fiennes, born 18th
Oct. 1915 ; Robert Gordon Gunn, born 12th
March 1917, died 10th March 1919 ; Eliza-
beth Ramage Suttie, born 26th Jan. 1919.
STEPPS (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1901. The
parish of Stepps was disjoined from
Hogganfield and Chryston on 15th July
1906.]
THOMAS DOW STEWART, ord. 19th
1901 ^e^' 1901 ' trans- to Inverbrothock
18th Feb. 1904.
GEORGE CONDIE, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1904 3rd ^"U£" ^04; adm. first min. of
parish in 1906 ; trans, to Muthill
4th July 1912.
1913
MALCOLM SHENNAN, born 23rd
Jan. 1879, son of Robert S. and
Mary Ann Mackintosh ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow April 1906 ; assistant at St
George's, Paisley, and Shettleston ; ord. to
Glenisla 25th Aug. 1909; trans, and adm.
8th June 1913. Marr. 8th June 1910,
Agnes, daugh. of Robert Wilkie, Larbert.
492
WARDLAWHILL
[PRESB. OF GLASGOW
WARDLAWHILL (Q.S.).
[In 1884 mission work was begun here
in a building which had been a congrega-
tional chapel. The parish of Wardlawhill
was disjoined from Eutherglen on 9th
March 1891.]
DAVID JACK, born Edinburgh, 16th
1886 Sept. 1855j son °f Alexander J.
and Jessie Imrie ; educated at
Christian Knowledge Society's School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1880), B.D.
(1883) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th
May 1883 ; assistant at Ferry-Port-on-Craig
in 1883, and West Coates, Edinburgh, 1884 ;
ord. 24th June 1886 ; adm. first min. of
the parish in 1891. Marr. 21st Aug. 1888,
Isabella M'Lean, daugh. of William Finlay-
son, and has issue — Frederick William
Stanley, born 3rd Jan. 1890 ; Margaret
Edith, born 2nd April 1893.
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH
HISTORIES, Etc.
[The arrangement follows the text as far as possible. Family Histories and
Biographies are not included.]
SYNOD OF GLASGOW AND AYR
PRESBYTERY OF AYR
Alloivay : the Story of the Birthplace of Robert Burns. James M'Bain. (Glasgow,
1904.)
Auchinleck, its History and Associations. Helen J. Steven. (Kilmarnock, 1898.)
Sixty Years of Church Life in Ayr. William Baird. (Edinburgh, 1896.)
The Burning of the Barns of Ayr. John, Marquess of Bute. (Paisley, 1878.)
History of the Parish of Ayr, 1756-1895. David Caldwell. (Ayr, 1895.)
Air Academy and Burgh Schule, 1233-1895. Jane Campbell. (Ayr, 1895.)
Charters of the Friars Preachers of Ayr. R. W. Cochran-Patrick. (Ayr and Galloway
Arch. Assoc, 1881.)
Charters of the Royal Burgh of Ayr. W. S. Cooper. (Ayr and Galloway Arch. Assoc.
1883.)
Sketches and Reminiscences, chiefly descriptive, of Ayr since the beginning of the
Nineteenth Century. James Ferguson. (Ayr, 1884.)
Reminiscences of Auld Ayr. J. M. Ferguson. (Ayr, 1907.)
The Auld Toon o' Ayr, and its History since 1800. H. C. Gray. (Ayr, 1872.)
An Historical Account of the Town of Ayr. J. Howie. (Kilmarnock, 1861.)
Contributions to the Local History of Ayr. David Landsborough. (Kilmarnock, 1879.)
Notes on Ayr. D. Murray Lyon. {Ayr Advertiser, 1875.)
An Old Scottish Town [Ayr.] James A. Morris. (Trans. Edin. Archit. Assoc, v., 10,
1910.)
The Church of S. John Baptist, Ayr. James A. Morris. (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc,
331-342, 1912.)
Annals of Ayr in the Olden Time, 1560-1692. John Hamilton Pagan. (Ayr, 1897.)
The Obit Book of the Church of St John the Baptist, Ayr. James Paterson. (Edin.,
1848.)
498
494 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Reminiscences of Auld Ayr. [James Paterson.] (Edin., 1864.)
Avid Ayr : a Stvdy in disappearing Men and Manners. William Robertson. (Ayr, 1901.)
Corshill [Crosshill] Baron-Court Book, 1666-1719. John Shedden Dobie. (Arch, and
Hist, Coll. Ayr and Wigtown, iv., 65, 1884.)
New Cumnock : its History and Associations. Helen J. Steven. (Kilmarnock, 1899.)
Old Cumnock : its History and Associations. Helen J. Steven. (Kilmarnock, 1899.)
The History of Old Cumnock. John Warrick, M.A. (Paisley, 1899.)
A South Ayrshire Parish [Dailly]. Rev. George Turnbull, D.D. (Ayr, 1908.)
Ailsa Craig [Dailly] : its History and Natural History. Rev. Roderick Lawson.
(Paisley, 1895.)
The Parish of Dalmellington. Rev. George S. Hendrie. (Dalmellington, 1902.)
Dundonald and Auchans (Edin. Topog. Tradit. and Antiq. Mag., Edin., 1848.)
Dundonald : its Church arid its Bell. William Alexander. (Arch, and Hist. Coll.,
Ayr and Galloway, vii., 80, 1894.)
The Parish Church and Churchyards of Dundonald and Crossby. (Edin. Topog.
Tradit. and Antiq. Mag., Edin., 1848.)
Troon and Dundonald. Rev. John Kirkwood. (Kilmarnock, 1881.)
The Parish Church and Chtirchyard of Galston. (Edin. Topog. Tradit. and Antiq.
Mag., 1848.)
Historical Review of Galston. John Macintosh. (Newmilns, 1890.)
Sketches of Galston Characters. Robert Young. (Galston, 1888.)
History of Galston Parish Church. Rev. James A. Hogg. (Paisley, 1909.)
Girvan, a Lecture. Rev. Roderick Lawson. (Edin., 1868.)
Charters of the Abbey of Crossraguel. F. C. Hunter Blair. 2 vols. (Ayr and
Galloway Arch. Assoc, Edin., 1886.)
Crossraguel Abbey. Rev. Roderick Lawson. (Paisley, 1883.)
Crossraguel Abbey. J. Oswald Mitchell. (Trans. Glasg. Arch. Soc. New Ser., 1890.)
Burns at Kirkosivald. Rev. James Muir. (Dumfries, 1905.)
Old Church Life in Scotland : Lectures on Kirk Session and Presbytery Records : the
Ministers of Mauchline, 1560-1800. [Two Series.] Rev. Andrew Edgar.
(Paisley, 1885-86.)
Mauchline, its History and Associations. Helen J. Steven. (Kilmarnock, n.d.)
Extracts from the Session Records of Mauchline, 1669-1695. 7 pp. (n.p., n.d.)
Maybole, Past and Present. Rev. Roderick Lawson. (Paisley, 1890.)
The Capital of Carrick [Maybole]. Rev. Roderick Lawson. (Paisley, 1897.)
Reminiscences of Maybole ivith a Sketch of its History. T. Shaw. (Glasgow, 1871.)
A Little Scottish World as revealed in the Annals of an Ancient Ayrshire Parish
[Monkton and Prestwick.] Rev. Kirkwood Hewat. (Ayr, 1908.)
The Leper Hospital and Chajjel of S. Ninian at Prestwick. Rev. Kirkwood Hewat.
(Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc, 136-139, 1914.)
Records of the Burgh of Prestwick in the Sheriffdom of Ayr, 1472-1782. Ed. by J.
Fullarton. [Maitland Club.] (Glasgow, 1834.)
Prestwick and its Vicinity. Helen J. Steven. (Kilmarnock, 1897.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 495
A Description of the Muir-Kirk of Kyle. (Edin. Mag., v., 62, 1761.)
Muirkirk in Bygone Days [contains above Description.] J. G. A. Baird. (Muirkirk,
1910.)
Through the Parish of Muirkirk. James M. Hodge. (Ardrossan, n.d.)
Extracts from the Session Records of Muirkirk. Alfred Charles Jonas. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., xliv., 332, 1910.)
Muirkirk and its Neighbourhood. Rev. Peter Mearns. (1883.)
Memorials of Ochiltree. D. Rowan. (Glasgow, 1879.)
Sorn ; its History and Associations. Helen J. Steven. (Kilmarnock, 1898.)
Collections Relating to the Parish of Tarbolton. W. S. Cooper. (Arch, and Hist.
Coll., Ayr and Wigtown, ii., 137, 1880.)
Burns and Tarbolton, E. H. Letham. (Kilmarnock, 1900.)
Tarbolton : its History and Associations. Helen J. Steven. (Kilmarnock, 1897.)
Troon and Dundonald. Rev. John Kirkwood. (Kilmarnock, 1881.)
PRESBYTERY OF IRVINE
The Parish Churches and Burying -grounds of Ayrshire. William Dobie. [Ardrossan
and Largs only.] (Glasgow, 1847.)
Ardrossan and Saltcoats. Arthur Guthrie. (Ardrossan, 1904.)
Saltcoats, Old and Neiv. P. C. Garracher. (Saltcoats, 1909.)
Beith Parish Churchyard. (Edin. Topog. Tradit. and Antiq. Mag., 1848.)
Notice of Various Antiquities in the Barony of Beith. Robert Love. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., xi., 272, 1876.)
St Innan's Day, a Poem Descriptive of Beith Annual Fair. (Beith, 1847.)
The Church of Dunlop. John Shedden Dobie. (Arch, and Hist. Coll., Ayr and
Wigtown, iv., 26, Edin., 1884.)
Matthew Fowlds and other Fenwick Worthies [contains account of the Martyrs and
Covenanters of Fenwick.] Rev. J. Kirkwood Fairlie. (Kilmarnock, 1910.)
Strange and Remarkable Appearances, particularly those lately observed in the Parishes
of Fenwick, etc. John Howie [of Lochgoin.] (Kilmarnock, 1809.)
Extracts from Fenwick Parish Records, 1644-99. Alfred Charles Jonas. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., xlvi., 27-52, 1912.)
The Fenwick Improvement of Knowledge Society, 1834-42. George Neilson, LL.D.
(Scottish Historical Review, 1920.)
Hurlford Sixty Years Ago. M. Wilson. (Kilmarnock, 1875.)
Antiquarian Researches Extracted from . . . Irvine Town Council Records, etc.
(Irvine, 1848-50.)
Muniments of the Royal Burgh of Irvine. 2 vols. John Shedden Dobie. (Arch,
and Hist. Coll. Ayr and Wigtown, Edin., 1890-91.)
Burns and Irvine. Rev. Henry Ranken. (Kilmarnock, 1905.)
History of the Church of Irvine. Robert Reid. (Colchester, 1919.)
The Parish Church and Churchyard of Kilbirnie. (Beith, 1850.)
496 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
The Parish Church of Kilbirnie. John Shedden Dobie. (Arch, and Hist. Coll., Ayr
and Wigtown, ii., Ill, 1891.)
Annals of an Ayrshire Parish [West Kilbride.] Kev. John Lamb. (Glasgow, 1896.)
West Kilbride and Neighbourhood. Rev. John Lamb. (Ardrossan, 1899.)
The History of Kilmarnock. Archibald M'Kay. [Revised by William Findlay, M.D.]
(Kilmarnock, 1909.)
Sketches of Old Kilmarnock. Thomas Smellie. (Kilmarnock, 1899.)
Old Kilmarnock. J. Walker. (Ardrossan, 1895.)
The Boyd Papers and Dean Castle [Kilmarnock.] (Arch, and Hist. Coll., Ayr and
Wigtown, iii., 110, 1882.)
Ancient Plates belonging to the Kirk Session of Kilmarnock. Rev. Walter Forbes
Low. (Arch, and Hist. Coll. Ayr and Galloway, iv., 59, 1884.)
The Charters of Kilmaurs. Rev. William Finlay. (Kilmarnock, 1874.)
Some Notes from the Records of the Burgh of Kilmaurs, 1645-1715. Alfred Charles
Jonas. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., iii., 283, 1909.)
Kilmaurs, Parish and Burgh. David M'Naught. (Paisley, 1912.)
Collections Towards a History of the Monastery of Kilivinning. William Galloway.
(Arch, and Hist. Coll., Ayr and Wigtown,'i., 115-222, 1878.)
On the Existing Buildings at Kilivinning Abbey. W. Galloway. (Arch, and Hist.
Coll., Ayr and Wigtown, i., 89-115, 1878.)
History of Kilivinning. Rev. William Lee Ker. (Kilwinning, 1900.)
Kilwinning Abbey — the Church of St Winning. Rev. W. L. Ker. (Ardrossan, 1884.)
Historical Review of Loudoun [and Galston] Parishes. John Macintosh. (Newmilns,
1890.)
Some Notes on an Ayrshire Parish : Stevenston Past and Present. [A. M. Moodie.]
(Saltcoats, 1902.)
In the Olden Times [Ayrshire.] Rev. Kirkwood Hewat. (Paisley, 1898.)
Archceological and Historical Collections relating to the Counties of Ayr and Wigtoivn.
18 vols. (Edin., 1878-99.)
Early Christian Remains in Ayrshire. William Galloway. (Ayr and Wigtown
Arch. Assoc, iii., 99, 1882.)
The Covenanters of Ayrshire. Rev. Roderick Lawson. (Paisley, 1904.)
Ayrshire Nights' Entertainments : a Descriptive Guide to the History, Traditions,
Antiquities, etc., of the County of Ayr. John Macintosh. (Kilmarnock [1894].)
History of the County of Ayr. 2 vols. James Paterson. (Ayr, 1847-52.)
History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigtown. 5 vols. James Paterson. (Edin.,
1863-66.)
Historic Ayrshire. 2 vols. William Robertson. (Edin., 1891-94.)
Old Ayrshire Days. William Robertson. (Ayr, 1905.)
Ayrshire : its History and Historic Eamilies. 2 vols. William Robertson. (Kil-
marnock, 1908.)
Topographical Description of Ayrshire, more particularly of Cunninghame. George
Robertson. (Irvine, 1820.)
Cunninghame Topographized by Mr T. Pont. James Dobie. (p. p. 1825.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 497
Cunninghame Topographized by Timothy Pont, A.M., 1604-08, with Continuation
and Illustrative Notices by James Dobie. [Ed. by John Shedden Dobie.]
(Glasgow, 1876.)
The District of Cunninghame. W. S. Douglas. (Kilmarnock. 1874.)
Topographical Account of the District of Cunninghame, compiled about the Year 1600
by Mr Timothy Pont. [Maitland Club.] Ed. by John Fullarton. (Glasgow,
1858.)
Description of Parishes in Kyle, Airshire, 1723. Monktoun, St Quivox, Torboltone,
• Koyltoun, Ocbiltre, Stair, Dundonald, Richarton, Barnwell, Symintoun.
[Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 409.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1906.)
A Description of Carrict, 1683-1722. Rev. William Abercrombie, Maybole. [Mac-
farlane Geog. Coll., ii., 1.] (Scot. Hist. Soc. Edin., 1907.)
Highways and Byways in Galloway and Carrick. Rev. C. H. Dick. (London, 1916.)
PRESBYTERY OF PAISLEY
Ranfurly and Bridge of Weir. (Glasgow, 1885.)
Selections from the Family Papers preserved at Caldwell. 3 vols. [Maitland and New
Clubs.] Ed. by Col. Mure. (Glasgow, 1854 ; Paisley, 1883-85.)
Notes on the Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Eastivood. Rev. George Campbell. (Trans.
Aberdeen Eccles. Soc, 26-44, 1890.)
Notes on the Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Eastivood. Rev. George Campbell.
(Paisley, 1902.)
The Early Days of Sir William Wallace [at Elderslie.] John, Marquess of Bute.
(Paisley, 1876.)
Killollan and S. Fillan's Chair. James Cooper, D.D. (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc,
167-78, 1911.)
A Sermon on Witchcraft in 1697. James Hutchison. [Killellan] [omitted at p. 142.]
(Scot. Hist. Rev., July 1910.)
Memorandum about the Paroches of Inchenan and Ereskin, 1725. [Macfarlane Geog.
Coll., i., 423.] (Scot. Hist. Soc, Edin., 1906.)
The Church and Parish of Inchinnan. Rev. Robert M'Clelland. (Paisley, 1905.)
Johnstone Parish Church Centenary. [Contains History of the Church.] (Johnstone,
1893.)
Ecclesiastical Sketch of Johnstone. M. Gemmill. (n.p., n.d.)
Kilbarchan : a Parish History [with a Supplement dealing with the Kilbarchan copy
of the Solemn League and Covenant.] Rev. Robert D. Mackenzie. (Paisley,
1902.)
The Levern Delineated . . . with Historical and Topographical Sketches. C. Taylor.
(Glasgow, 1831.)
An Ecclesiastical History of the Parish of Lochwinnoch for 300 Years. By a Native.
(Paisley, 1878.)
Charters and Documents Relating to the Parish of Lochwinnoch. 2 vols. (Paisley,
1885-90.)
VOL. III. 2 I
498 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
A f earns. See Busby . . . including the Parish of Af earns. William Ross. (Glasgow,
1883.)
A History of the Parish of Neilston. David Pride. (Paisley, 1910.)
Account of Queen Bleary's Tomb in the Abbey Church, Paisley. Robert Boog, D.D.
(ProcArch. Soc, ii., 456, 1822.)
History of Paisley Grammar School. Robert Brown. (Paisley, 1875.)
A History of Paisley. 2 vols. Robert Brown. (Paisley, 1886.)
Charters and Documents Relating to the Burgh, 1165-1710. [Scot. Burgh. Rec. Soc]
William Chambers. (Edin., 1872.)
Historical Notes on Paisley and its Neighbourhood. James Whitelaw Craig.
(Paisley, 1881.)
A Plea for the Restoration of Paisley Abbey. Rev. Thomas Gentles. (Paisley, N.D.)
Lichens from an Old Abbey: Historical Reminiscences of the Afonastery of Paisley
[Anon.] [Miss Harper.] (Paisley, 1876.)
Registrum Alonasterii de Passelet. [Maitland and New Clubs.] Ed. by Cosmo Innes.
(Edin. 1833 ; Paisley, 1877.)
The Abbey of Paisley from its Foundation till its Dissolution. Rev. James Cameron
Lees, D.D. (Paisley, 1878.)
Historical Description of the Abbey and Town of Paisley. Charles Mackie. (Glasgow,
1835.)
Charters and Documents Relating to the Burgh of Paisley, 1163-1665. W. M.
Metcalfe, D.D. (Paisley, 1912.)
A History of Paisley, 600-1908. W. M. Metcalfe, D.D. (Paisley, 1909.)
The Lordship of Paisley. W. M. Metcalfe. (Paisley, 1912.)
The History of Paisley. John Parkhill. (Paisley, 1857.)
The Sculptures in St Afirren's Chapel, Paisley Abbey. Thomas Ross. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., xxxv., 44-96, 1901.)
Saint Alirin. David Semple. (Paisley, 1872-74.)
Paisley Abbey Restoration. Rev. A. M. Maclean. (Paisley, 1913.)
History of the High Church, Paisley. Robert Brown. (Paisley, 1880.)
The Cartulary of Pollok-AIaxwell. Sir William Fraser. (Edin., 1875.)
Vanduara. [Recollections of Pollokshaws.] William Hector. (Paisley, 1880.)
Renfrew, Scotland. (Scot. Review, lxvi., 233.)
The River Clyde and the Clyde Burghs. Sir J. D. Marwick. [Scot. Burgh. Rec. Soc]
(Glasgow, 1909.)
PRESBYTERY OF GREENOCK
Ecclesiology of Cumbrae. Rev. T. Isaac Bell. (Trans. Glasg. Eccles. Soc, ii., 1898.)
The Cumbraes. Rev. William Lytteil, MA. (Carlisle, 1886.)
A True Narrative of the sufferings and relief of a young girl [Christina Shaw of
Bargarran, Erskine] strangely molested by evil spirits and their instruments
in the West : collected from authentic testimonials thereanent : with reflections
on the history or triall of the seven witches condemned to be executed in that
Countrey. (Edinburgh, 1698 ; Paisley, 1775.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 499
Memorandum about the Parodies of Inchenan and Ereskin, 1725. [Macfarlane Geog.
Coll., i., 423.] (Scot. Hist. Soc, Edin., 1906.)
Ye Anciente Kirk of Eriskine. Rev. David M. Stewart. (Paisley, 1915.)
Fairlie, Past and Present. Rev. Arthur Allan. (Largs, 1914.)
Notes about Gourock, chiefly Historical. Rev. David Macrae. (Edin., 1880.)
Gourock Then and Now : its Kirk, Ministers, and People. Carrick A. Rede.
(Greenock, 1891.)
Greenock : As it Was and as it Is. John Adam. (Greenock, 1852.).
Greenock and its Early Social Environment. William Auld. (Greenock, 1907.)
History of [Glasgow] and Port Greenock . . . Ecclesiastical and Civil. 2 vols. Andrew
Brown. (Glasgow, 1795; Edin., 1797.)
Historical Sketches of the Toivn . . . of Greenock. 2 vols. Dugald Campbell.
(Greenock, 1879-81.)
History of the Town of Greenock. Daniel Weir. (Greenock, 1829.)
Old Greenock from the Earliest Times to the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century.
2 vols. George Williamson. (Paisley, 1886-88.)
Old Cartsburn. George Williamson. (Paisley, 1894.)
The Parish Church of Cartsburn, 1854-1914. K. A. Macleay. (Greenock, 1914.)
The Story of the Old West Kirk of Greenock, 1591-1898. Ninian Hill. (Greenock,
1898.)
Historical and Topographical Account of Inverkip, etc. J. Boyd. (Paisley, 1879.)
Kilmacolm : a Parish History. Rev. James Murray. (Paisley, 1898 ; 1907.)
Kilmacolm, Scotland. (Scot. Review, xxxiii., 52.)
Account of Largs, etc. [J. Boyd.] (Paisley, 1879.)
The Church of Largs. John Shedden Dobie. (Arch, and Hist. Coll. Ayr and
Galloway, vi., 38-57, 1889.)
The Parish Churches and Burying -grounds of Ayrshire [has Largs and Ardrossan
only.] William Dobie. (Glasgow, 1847.)
The Skelmorlie Aisle and Monuments at Largs. William Dobie. (Arch, and Hist.
Coll., Ayr and Galloway, vi., 58-76, 1889.)
The Painted Ceiling in the Montgomery Aisle of the Old Church at Largs. Andrew
W. Lyons. (Proc Soc. Antiq. Scot., xxxv., 109-111, 1901.)
History of [Glasgoiv and of Port Greenock] and Port Glasgow : Comprehending the
Ecclesiastical and Civil History from the Earliest Times. 2 vols. Andrew
Brown. (Glasgow, 1795 ; Edin., 1797.)
The River Clyde and the Clyde Burghs. Sir James D. Marwick. (Glasgow, 1909.)
Notes on Neivark Castle. George Washington Browne. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., xvi.,
494, 1892.)
Newark Castle and its Owners. J. S. Fleming. (Trans. Glasg. Arch. Soc, v., 1906.)
Account Historical and Topographical of Skelmorlie, etc. [J. Boyd.] (Paisley, 1879.)
The Book of the Parish of Skelmorlie. Rev. John Lamond. (Glasgow, 1905.)
A Description of Renfrewshire. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., ii., 201.] (Scot. Hist. Soc,
Edin., 1907.)
500 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Description of the Sheriffdoms of Lanark and Renfrew compiled about 1710 by William
Hamilton of Wishaw. [Maitland Club.] Ed. by John Dillon. (Glasgow, 1831 ;
Paisley, 1878.)
A History of the County of Renfrew from the Earliest Times. W. M. Metcalfe, D.D.
(Paisley, 1905.)
A History of the Witches of Renfrewshire [Embodying extracts from the Records of
the Presbytery.] [John Millar.] (Paisley, 1809 ; new ed., 1877.)
Description of the Sheriffdom of Ranfroiv [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., iii., 125.] (Scot.
Hist. Soc, Edin., 1908.)
The History of the Shire of Renfreiv. George Crawfurd. (Edinburgh, 1710 ; continued
by William Semple, Paisley, 1782 ; and by George Robertson, 1818.)
PRESBYTERY OF HAMILTON
Airdrie. [See Macarthur's Neiv MonMand.]
Sketches of the Town of Strathavon and Parish of Avondale. Mary Gebbie. (Edin.
1880.)
Annals of Blantyre. Rev. Stewart Wright. (Glasgow, 1885.)
Geographical Description of the Parish of Bothivell. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 414.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc, Edin., 1906.)
History of the Rencounter at Drumclog, and Battle of Bothivell Bridge, June 1679.
William Aiton. (Hamilton, 1821.)
Notes on Bothwell Church. Joseph Bain. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., viii., 395-403,
Edin., 1871.)
Bothwell Castle. James Dalrymple Duncan. (Journ. Brit. Archseol. Assoc, xlv., 33-41,
March 1889.)
By Bothwell Banks, Chapters on the History, Archaeology, and Literary Associations
of Uddingston and Bothwell District. George Henderson and J. Jeffrey
Waddell. (Glasgow, 1904.)
Antiquities of Bothivell. John Hamilton Pagan. (Glasgow, 1892.)
The Church of Saint Bride, Bothivell. J. Jeffrey Waddell. (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc,
114-126, 1910.)
Cambuslang : Some Notes on its Early Lords. Joseph Bain. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.,
xix., 380-385, Edin., 1885.)
Cambuslang, a Sketch of the Place and the People Earlier than the Nineteenth Century.
J. T. T. Brown. (Glasgow, 1884.)
Cambuslang and its Ministers. Rev. William H. Porter. (Glasgow, 1897.)
Narrative of the Extraordinary Work of the Spirit of God at Cambuslang, etc., begun
1742. James Robe. (Glasgow, 1790.)
Extracts from the Register of the Kirk Session of Cambusnethan Subsequent to 1600.
[Maitland Club Miscellany.] (Glasgow, 1834.)
Historical Sketches of the Parish of Cambusnethan. Peter Brown. (Wishaw, 1859.)
The History of the Rise and Progress of Coatbridge. Andrew Miller. (Glasgow,
1864.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 501
The Coltness Collections, 1608-1840. Ed. by James Dennistoun. [Maitland Club.]
(Glasgow, 1842.)
Historical Sketch of Dalziel Parish Prior to 1843 with History of the Free Church till
1900. Rev. David Ogilvy, D.D. (Glasgow, 1900.)
The Cross of S. Kentigem at Hamilton and its Environment. J. Jeffrey Waddell.
(Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc, v., 247-256, 1918.)
The History of Rutherglen and East Kilbride. Rev. David Ure. (Glasgow, 1793.)
Biographical Notice of the Rev. D. Ure, with an Examination, Critical and Detailed,
of His History of Rutherglen and East Kilbride. George Gray. (Glasgow,
1865.)
East Kilbride. [See Rev. W. Ross's Busby and its Neighbourhood.]
Hew Monkland Parish : its History, Industries, and People. John Macarthur,
F.E.I.S. (Glasgow, 1890.)
Historic Notices and Domestic History of the Parish of Shotts. William Grossart,
surgeon. (Glasgow, 1880.)
A Pilgrimage to the Kirk of Shotts. Blackivood's Magazine. (Edin.)
Stonehouse : Historical and Traditional. Robert Naismith. (Glasgow, 1885.)
Uddingston. [See By Bothwell Banks.]
PRESBYTERY OF LANARK
Notices, Historical, Statistical, and Biographical, Relating to the Parish of Carluke
from 1288 to 1874. Dr William Rankin. (Glasgow, 1874.)
Address to the Inhabitants of the Parish of Carmichael, Lanarkshire, upon the Present
Alarming Situation of the Coimtry. Rev. Robert Inglis. (Glasgow, 1804.)
Crawford. Rev. William C. Fraser. (Crawford, 1909.)
Douglas Water Kirk. Rev. A. H. Gilruth. (Lanark, 1896.)
History of Lanark. W. A. Cowan. (Lanark, 1867.)
The Old Church of St Kentigem, Lanark. Hugh Davidson. (Trans. Glasg. Arch.
Soc, 2nd Ser., iv., 155.)
Lanark in the Olden Time. Hugh Davidson. (Edin., 1890.)
The Rev. William Menzies, Minister of Lanark, 1793-1848. Hugh Davidson. (Lanark,
1901.)
Lanark, a series of papers by the late Hugh Davidson, with biographical sketch by
the Rev. Robert Logan, [p. p.] (Edin., 1910.)
History of Lanark. William Davidson. (Lanark, 1828.)
Lanimer Day, Lanark, 1570-1913. Thomas Reid, M.A. (Edin., 1914.)
Extracts from the Records of the Royal Burgh of Lanark. Ed. by Robert Renwick.
(Glasgow, 1893.)
God's Treasure- House in Scotland [Leadhills.] Rev. James Moir Porteous. (London,
1876.)
Annals of the Parish of Lesmahagow. John B. Greenshields. (Edin., 1864.)
502 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Notice of the Sculptured Top of a Stone Cross Found in Lesmahagow. J. B. Green-
shields. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., vii., 256-65, 1870.)
Notices of the Martyrs and Confessors of Lesmahagow. Rev. Charles Thomson.
(Glasgow, 1832.)
Selections from the Registers of the Presbytery of Lanark, 1623-1709. Ed. by John
Robertson. [Abbotsford Club.] (Edin., 1839.)
The Upper Ward of Lanarkshire. 3 vols. George Vere Irving and Alexander
Murray. (Glasgow, 1864.)
PRESBYTERY OF DUNBARTON
The Church of the Clan Macfarlane [Arrochar.] Rev. William Barr Macfarlane.
(Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc, v., 143-57, 1917.)
Description of the Parish of Balfron, in Stirlingshire, 1724. A. Graham of Duchray.
[Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 344.] (Scot. Hist. Soc, Edin., 1906.)
Account of Balfron. Vide John Guthrie Smith's Strathendrick and its Inhabitants.
(Glasgow, 1896.)
Records and Reminiscences of Bonhill Parish. John Neill. (Dumbarton, 1912.)
Description of the Parish of Buchanan, 1724. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 344. (Scot.
Hist. Soc, Edin., 1906.)
Account of Buchanan. Vide Smith's Strathendrick.
Ecclesiastical Sites in the Parish of Buchanan. Rev. W. H. Macleod. (Trans. Aberd.
Eccles. Soc, 350-57, 1898.)
Sketches of Churches and Clergy in the Parish of Car dross. (Helensburgh, 1889.)
Annals of Garelochside [Cardross.] William Charles Maughan. (Paisley, 1896.)
Old Cardross. David Murray. (Glasgow, 1880.)
Description of the Parish of Drymmen, 1724. [Macfarlane's Geog. Coll., i., 344.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc, Edin., 1906.)
Account of Drymen. Vide Smith's Strathendrick.
The History of the Introducing the Usage of the Lord's Prayer in Dumbarton. Rev.
John Anderson [from an unpublished MS. account.] (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc,
159-86, 1905.)
A Short Description of Dunbarton. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., ii., 192.] (Scot. Hist.
Soc, 1907.)
The History of the Toivn and Castle of Dumbarton. John Glen. (Dumbarton, 1847.)
The Story of Ten Years' Progress in the Burgh of Dumbarton, (n.p., 1865.)
History of the Castle and Toivn of Dumbarton. Donald Macleod. (Dumbarton, 1878.)
The God's Acres of Dumbarton. Donald Macleod. (Dumbarton, 1888.)
Dumbarton Ancient and Modern. Donald Macleod. (Glasgow, 1893.)
Ancient Records of Dumbarton. Donald Macleod. (Dumbarton, 1896.)
Dumbarton : its Recent Men and Events. Donald Macleod. (Dumbarton, 1898.)
Account of Fintry. Vide Smith's Strathendrick.
Annals of Garelochside [Garelochhead.] W. C. Maughan. (Paisley, 1896.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 503
A Nonagenarian's Reminiscences of Garelochside and Helensburgh. Donald Macleod.
(Helensburgh, 1883.)
The Story of Helensburgh. [G. MacLachlan.] (Helensburgh, N.D.)
Account of Killeam. Vide Smith's Strathendrick.
Account of Kilmaronock. Vide Smith's Strathendrick.
The Chiefs of Colquhoun and their Country [Luss.] 2 vols. Sir William Fraser.
(Edin., 1869.)
Milngavie and the District: Sketches, Historical and Topographical. J. G. Smith.
(1878.)
History of the Parish of West or Old Kilpatrick. and of the Church . . . in East or
New Kilpatrick. John Bruce. (Glasgow, 1893 and 1896.)
The Kirk of Easter or New Kilpatrick. Rev. John Henry Dickie. (Glasgow, 1909.)
Levenside Church, Renton, 1786-1910. Rev. John Riddell. (Paisley, 1911.)
The Vale of Leven Historical . . . and Descriptive. Donald Macleod. (Dum-
barton, 1883.)
Sketches of Churches and Clergy in the Parish of Rosneath. (Helensburgh, 1889.)
Rosneath, Past and Present. William Charles Maughan. (Paisley, 1893.)
Saint Modan of Rosneath. Robert Herbert Story, D.D. (Paisley, 1878.)
Sketches of Churches and Clergy in the Parish of Row. (Helensburgh, 1889.)
The Parish of Strathblane and its Inhabitants from Early Times : a Chapter of
Lennox History. John Guthrie Smith. (Glasgow, 1886.)
Strathfillan and Glen Dochart in Bygone Days, being Notes upon the Legends and
History of Crianlarich and Tyndrum. (Stirling, 1911.)
Notice of the Ancient Bell of St Fillan. Alexander Penrose Forbes. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., viii., 265-76, 1871.)
Notes on St Fillan's Priory and Churchyard. Thomas S. Robertson. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., xxxii., 121-24, 1898.)
Historical Notices of St Fillaris Crozier. John Stuart, LL.D. (Proc. Soc. Antiq.
Scot., xii., 134-82, 1878.)
Notices of the Quigrich en- Crozier of St Fillan. Sir Daniel Wilson. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., xii., 122-31, 1878.)
Description of Killmaronock, Bonnell, Luss, and Tarbat in Dumbartonshire. [Mac-
farlane Geog. Coll., i., 352.] (Scot. Hist. Soc, 1906.)
History of Dumbartonshire from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Joseph
Irving. (Dumbarton, 1857.)
The History of Dunbartonshire, Civil and Ecclesiastical, Territorial and Genealogical.
Joseph Irving. (Dumbarton, 1860.)
The Book of Dumbartonshire. 3 vols. Joseph Irving. (Edin., 1879.)
History of Dumbartonshire. [Part I.] John Irving. (Dumbarton, 1917.)
504 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
PRESBYTERY OF GLASGOW
Cadder : some Parish Notes and Place-Names. Rev. J. B. A. Watt. (1903.)
C adder, its Ecclesiastical History. Rev. J. B. A. Watt. (Glasgow, 1908.)
The Clachan of Gampsie. W. B. Y. D. (Edin. [1892].)
The Parish of Campsie. John Cameron. (Kirkintilloch, 1892.)
Historical Notices of Carmunnock. [See Busby and its Neighbourhood.] William
Ross. (Glasgow, 1883.)
Historical Notices of Cathcart. [See Busby and its Neighbourhood.']
A Narrative of . . . the Revival of Religion in Anderston. (Glasgow, 1839.)
Balshagry. J. Oswald Mitchell. (The Regality Club, Glasgow, 1892.)
Glasgow and the Barony Thereof: a Review of Three Hundred Years and More.
John Marshall Lang, D.D. (Glasgow, 1895.)
Notes on the New Barony Church, Glasgow. James Cooper, M.A. (Trans. Aberdeen
Eccles. Soc, 1890.)
The Old Blackfriars of Glasgoiv. Rev. James Primrose. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.,
xxxix., Edin., 1905.)
The Barony of Gorbals. Robert Renwick. (Regality Club ; Fourth Ser., 1906.)
The Story of the Barony of Gorbals. John Ord. (Paisley, 1919.)
The History of Govan . . . Historical, Ecclesiastical, Traditional. T. C. F. Brotchie.
(Govan, 1905.)
The Govan Sarcophagus, the Shrine of St Constantine. Patrick MacGregor Chalmers.
(Glasgow, 1902.)
Sculptured Stones in the Kirkyard of Govan. Sir John Stirling Maxwell. (Glasgow,
1899.)
The Parish of Govan as It Was and as It Is. Andrew Wallace. (Glasgow, 1877.)
Govan. William Young. (Regality Club, Third Ser., Glasgow, 1899.)
Notice of a Scidptured Sarco2)hagiis, and other Sepulchral Monuments . . . in the
Churchyard of Govan. James Cruickshank Roger. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot.,
ii., 1859.)
Notices of the Early History of the Parish of Govan. James C. Roger. (Proc. Soc.
Antiq. Scot., ii., 1859.)
Notes on the Battle of Langside. Alexander M. Scott. (Trans. Glasg. Arch. Soc,
v., 281-300, 1890.)
Maryhillfrom 1750 to 1894. A. Thomson. (Glasgow, 1895.)
Partick. John Muir. (Regality Club, First Ser., 141, Glasgow, 1889.)
Notes on Partick in Olden Times. James Napier. (Trans. Glasg. Arch. Soc, i.,
256-71, 1868.)
Notes and Reminiscences Relating to Partick. James Napier. (Glasgow, 1873.)
Partick, its History Past and Present. Charles Taylor. (Glasgow, 1904.)
The Old Lands and Mill of Partick. James White. (Trans. Glasg. Arch. Soc, New
Ser., iv., 23-37, 1903.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 505
History of St Andrew's Church for the Last Hundred Years. David Runciman, D.D.
(Glasgow, 1860.)
History of St Andrew's Parish Church, Glasgow. Rev. James Thomson. (Glasgow,
1905.)
The Ramshorn [St David's] Kirk and Kirhyard. Colin Dunlop Donald. (Trans.
Glasg. Arch. Soc, New Ser., ii., 1896.)
The Story of the Ramshorn Churchyard. Rev. E. S. Gunson. (Glasgow, 1910.)
St Enoch's Church. David Thomson. (Regality Club, Third Ser., Glasgow, 1889.)
Saint Enoch's Square. J. T. T. Brown. (Regality Club, Second Ser., 127, 1893.)
Historical Sketch of St George's Parish Church, Glasgow, T. W. Cuthbertson, M.A.
(Glasgow, 1894.)
History of St George's Free Church, Glasgow, 1843 to 1893. George B. Young.
(Glasgow, 1896.)
Free St Matthew's Church, Glasgow : a Record of Fifty-five Years. George Ernest
Philip. (Glasgow, 1898.)
The History of the Cathedral or High Church of Glasgow. (Falkirk, 1823.)
The Painted Windows of Glasgow Cathedral. Thomas Annan. (Glasgow, 1867.)
The Old Cathedral Establishment of Glasgow. John Arthur Brown. (Trans. Scot.
Eccles. Soc, 54-72, 1910.)
Glasgow Cathedral and Necropolis. P. Buchan. (Glasgow [1840].)
Glasgow Cathedral. P. MacGregor Chalmers. (Glasgow, 1898.)
The Shrines of S. Margaret and S. Kentigem. P. MacGregor ChalmerSi (Proc. Royal
Phil. Soc. Glasg., xxxiv., 1903.)
A Thirteenth Century Tomb in Glasgow Cathedral. P. MacGregor Chalmers. (Proc.
Royal Phil. Soc. Glasg., xxxvi., 1905.)
The Cathedral Church of Glasgow. P. MacGregor Chalmers. (London, 1914.)
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INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Airdrie, East, 220
High, 222
West, 221
Alexandria, 325
Alloway, 1
Annbank, 2
Antermony, 375
Ardrossan, 78
New, 80
Arrochar, 325
Auchengray, 292
Auchinleck, 3
Auldfield. See Pollokshaws
Avendale, 222
Ayr, 4
Second Charge, 11
St James, 15
Newton, 13
St Leonard's, 15
Wallacetown, 16
Baillieston, 225
Baldernoch, 273
Baldernock, 327
Balfron, 329
Balshagray, 391
Banton, 371
Bargeddie, 226
Barnweil, 75, 76
Barony, 391
Barr, 17
Barrhead, 131
Battlefield, 396
Beith, 81
Bellahouston, 396
Bellshill, 226
Bertram Shotts, 276
Blantyre, 227
Bonhill, 331
Boquhanran, 333
Bothwell, 229
Bothwellmuir, 276
Bridge of Weir, 131
Broomknoll, 222
Buchanan, 333
506
Buchnull, 331
Burnbank, 232
Cadder, 372
Cadzow, 233, 257
Calderbank, 233
Caldercruix, 234
Calderhead, 234
Caldwell, 132
Calton, 404
West,
Cambuslang, 234
West, 239
Cambusnethan, 240
Campsie, 375
Cardonald, 132
Cardross, 335
Carfin, 264
Carluke, 284
Carmichael, 287
Carmunnock, 378
Carntyne, 405
Carnwath, 289
Carstairs, 292
Junction, 294
Cartsburn or Cartsdyke, 198
Cathcart, 381
Catrine, 19
Chapelton, 242
Chryston, 383
Clarkston, 242
Cleland, 243
Clydebank, St James', 337
Coatdyke, 243
Coats, 243
Coltness, 244
Condorrat, 384
Cowlairs, 406
Coylton, 20
Craigie, 21
Craigneuk, 244
Craigrownie, 337
Crawford, 295
Crawfordjohn, 297
Crosbie, 37
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
509
Crosshill, 225
Garturk, 252
See Baillieston
Giffnock, 138
Crosshouse, 84
Girvan, 41
Cumbernauld, 384
South, 43
East, 386
Glasford, 253
Cumbrae, 190
Glasgow City, East, 451, 462
Cumnock, Old, 24
Middle, 451
New, 27
North, 451
North West, 438, 451
Dailly, 28
South, 453
Dalgain, 67
South West, 451
Dalmakerran, 28
West, 442, 452
Dalgarvan, 116
Abbotsford, 389
Dalmellington, 31
Anderston, 389
Dalmuir, 338
Balshagray, 391
Dalreoch, 338
Barony, 391
Dairy, 84
Barrowfield, 395
West, 86
Battlefield, 396
Dalrymple, 33
Bellahouston, 396
Dalserf, 245
Belmont, 397
Dalziel, 247
Blackfriars, 397
St Andrew's, 250
Bluevale, 401
South, 250
Blythswood, 402
St Mary's, 250
Bridgegate, 402
Darvel, 87
Bridgeton, 403
Dennistoun, 470
Brownfield, 403
Douglas, 300
Buccleuch, 403
Water, 304
Calton, 404
Dreghorn, 87
Camlachie, 428
Drumchapel, 357
Carntyne, 405
Drymen, 338
Cathedral, 450
Dunbarton, 340
Chalmers, 405
Second Charge, 344
College, 397
Dundonald, 34
Colston-Wellpark, 406
Dundyvan, 251
Cowlairs, 406
Dunlop, 90
Dalmarnock, 407
Duntocher, 344
Dean Park, 407
Dennistoun, 470
Eaqlesham, 386
Duke Street, 408
Eastwood, 133
East Park. See Kelvinhaugh.
Eglismaluag, 284
Elder Park, 407
Elderslie, 137
Elder's Church, 429
Erskine, 192
Gorbals, 408
Fairlie, 195
Fenwick, 93
Fergushill, 96
Fintry, 345
Fisherton, 37
Flowerhill, 251
Forth, 304
Fullarton, 38
G ALSTON, 39
Garelochhead, 346
Gartsherrie, 251
Govanhill, 414
Greenhead, 415
Havannah, 429
High, 454
Hillhead, 415
Hope Street, 416
Hutchesontown, 416
Hyndland, 417
John Knox, 418
Kelvinhaugh, 418
Kelvinside, 419
Kingston, 419
510
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Glasgow — continued : —
Kinning Park, 420
Kirkfield, 421
Ladywell, 406
Laigh, 472
Langside, 421
Laurieston, 422
Maeleod, 422
Martyrs, 423
Maryhill, 423
Maxwell, 424
Merrylea, 425
Milton, 425
Newhall, 426
Newlands, 427
North Albion Street, 427
Oatlands, 428
Outer High. See St Paul's
Parkhead, 428
Partick, 428
St Mary's, 429
Plantation, 429
Pollokshields, 430
Port Dundas, 403
Possilpark, 430
Queen's Park, 431
Ramshorn, 438
Renfield, 431
Robertson Memorial, 432
St Andrew, 432
St Anne, 435
St Bernard, 436
St Bride, 436
St Clement, 436
St Columba, 436
St Cuthbert, 438
St David, 438
St Enoch, 441
St George, 442
St George's-in-the-Fields, 444
St Gilbert, 445
St James, 445
St John, 446
St Kenneth, 448
St Kiaran, 448
St Luke, 449
St Margaret, 450
St Mark, 450
St Matthew, 450
St Mungo, 450
Collegiate, 460
St Ninian, 461
St Oswald, 472
St Paul, 462
Collegiate, 465
St Peter, 465
Glasgow — continued : —
St Stephen, 466
St Thomas, 467
St Vincent, 467
Sandyford, 468
Shettleston, 489
Springburn, 469
Steven Memorial, 397
Stockwell, 470
Strathbungo, 470
The Park, 471
Titwood, 472
Town head, 472
Tron, 472
Collegiate, 477
Wellpark, 406
Whiteinch, 477
Wilton, 477
Woodside, 472
Wynd, 432, 442
Glassford, 253
Glenbuck, 43
Gorbals, 408
Gourock, 196
Govan, 409
Govanhill, 414
Greenbank, 138
Greengairs, 256
Greenock, Augustine, 197
Cartsburn, 198
East, 199
Gaelic, 200
Ladyburn, 201
Middle, 201
North or Blackhall Street, 203
South, 205
St Andrew or West Stewart Street,
204
St Paul, 204
St Thomas, 205
Wellpark, 205
West, 205
Haixside, 257
Hamilton, 257
Second Charge, 262
Harthill and Benhar, 264
Haywood, 305
Helensburgh, 347
West, 347
Hogganfield, 478
Holytown, 264
Houston, 138
Howwood, 143
Hurlford, 96
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
511
Inchinnan, 143
Inniscailloch, 333
Invergarvan, 41
Inverkip, 209
Irvine, 97
Second Charge, 101
Jamestown, 348
Johnstone, 146
St Andrew, 147
Kenmuir, 265
Kilbarchan, 148
Kilbirnie, 101
Kilbowie, 348
Kilbride, East, 265
West, 127
Kilcreggan, 364
Kilinnan, 143
Killearn, 349
Killellan, 138, 141
Kilmacolra, 211
Kilmahew, 335, 337
Kilmarnock, 104
Second Charge, 107
Henderson, 110
High, 109
New, 93
St Andrew, 111
St Marnoch, 111
Kilmaronock, 350
Kilmaurs, 112
Kilpatrick, Old or West, 352
New or East, 355
Kilsyth, 478
Kilwinning, 116
Kirkbride, 51
Kirkfieldbank, 305
Kirkintilloch, 481
St David, 484
Kirkmichael, 44
Kirkoswald, 46
Knoxland, 358
Ladyburn, 201
Lanark, 306
Second Charge, 310
New, 310
St Leonard, 310
Langbank, 213
Langdreggarne, 87
Langside, 421
Largs, 214
Larkhall, 270
Law, 311
Leadhills, 312
Lenzie, 481, 486
Easter, 384
Lesmahagow, 313
Second Charge, 316
Third Charge, 318
Levern, 151
Linwood, 152
Lochwinnoch, 152
Loudoun, 119
Lugar, 48
Luss, 358
Machanshire, 245
Maryhill, 423
Mauchline, 49
New Kirk, 51
Maybole, 51
West, 54
Meadowfield, 270
Mearns, 154
Merrylea, 425
Milngavie, 361
Monkland, New, 271
Old, 273
Monkton, 55
Monyabroch. See Kilsyth
Motherwell. See Dalziel
Muirkirk, 58
Neilston, 157
Neveth, 362
Newark, 217
New Kilmarnock, 93
New Lanark, 310
Newmains, 244
Newton-upon-Ayr, 13
Oatlands, 428
Ochiltree, 60
Overtown, 275
Paisley Ahbey, 160
Second Charge, 168
Greenlaw, 171
High, 171
Laigh or St George, 174
Martyrs, 178
Middle, 179
North, 180
St Columba, Gaelic, 181
South, 182
Partick, 428
Patna, 63
Pettinain, 318
Pierstoun, 87, 90
512
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Planmichael, 287
Stevenston, 122
Pollok, 133
Stewarton, 124
Pollokshaws, 184
New Church, 127
Pollokshields, 480
Stonefield, 279
Polmadie, 486
Stonehouse, 279
Port Glasgow, 217
Straiton, 71
Possilpark, 430
Strathaven, 222
Prestwick, 55
East, 225
St Nicholas, 58
Strathblane, 367
Strathbungo, 470
Quarter, 276
Strathfillan, 369
Symington, 72
Renfrew, 184
Renton, 361
Tarbolton, 75
Riccarton, 63
Tarbrax, 292
Roberton, 323
Temple, 369
Rosneath or Rosneveth, 362
Thornliebank, 189
Row, 365
Titwood, 472
Rutherglen, 486
Tollcross, St Margaret's, 490
West, 489
Torrens, 265
Troon, 77
St Mungo, 451
Twechar, 485
St Quivox, 65
Saltcoats, North, 81
Uddingston, 282
Sanchar-in-Kyle, 65
Scotstoun, 367
Wallacetown, 16
Shawlands, 188
Wardlawhill, 492
Shettleston, 489
Waterside, 33
Shotts, 276
Whiteinch, 477
Skelmorlie, 219
Wilton, 477
Som, 67
Wishaw, 282
Springburn, 469
Wiston and Roberton, 321
Stair, 69
Stepps, 491
Yoker, 370
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Aberchombie, Alexander, 47
Abercrombie, Andrew, 211
Abercrombie, William, 52
Abernethy, John Adamson, 152
Adair, William, 8, 11
Adam, George, 382
Adam, Henry, 47
Adam, James, 191
Adam, John, 129 bis, 202, 333
Adam, William Henderson, 233
Adams, Alexander M'Clymont, 372
Adams, John, 33
Adams, Kennedy, 264
Adamson, Alexander, 248
Adamson, David, 345
Adamson, Francis, 90
Adamson, James, 319
Adamson, Patrick, 148, 161
Addie, James, 351
Aikman, James, 32
Aird, Francis, 246
Aird, Hugh, 160, 282
Aird, John, 248, 298
Aird, Robert, 153, 190
Aitken, James, 110, 181, 449
Aitken, Robert, 178, 201
Alderston, James, 112
Alexander, Fergus, 17 6is
Alexander, George, 188, 282
Alexander, James, of Blackhouse, 211
Alexander, John, 16
Alexander, Robert, 42, 111
Alexander, Vincent Cassels, 367
Alexander, William, 214, 344
Alison, Adam, of Dunjape, 39
Alison (or Alanson), David, 65, 76
Alison, John, 139, 180, 332
Allan, Arthur, 196
Allan, George, 427
Allan, Hugh, 345
Allan, James, 121, 225, 415
Allan, John, 365 bis
VOL. III.
Allan, Robert, 321, 323
Allan, Thomas, 353
Allan, William, 18
Alpine, George, 234, 243, 343
Anderson, Alexander, 289
Anderson, Archibald, 196
Anderson, George, 188, 468
Anderson, George Strang, 183
Anderson, James, 229, 363, 432
Anderson, John, 31, 218 bis, 222, 339,
342, 347, 351, 352, 419, 438,
475
Anderson, Jonathan Ranken, 418,
421
Anderson, Melville Vipont, 2
Anderson, Patrick, 46, 88, 102
Anderson, Robert, 136, 344, 351, 365
Anderson, Robert Chalmers, 257, 397
Anderson, Thomas, 297, 312
Anderson, William, 68, 334, 359, 408 bis
Anderson, William White, 397
Andison, John Ferguson, 478
Andrew, Alexander, 226
Andrew, Muir, 15
Andrews, George, 75
Andrews, Thomas, 56, 351
Annand, William, 8
Anton, Peter, 481
Arbuckle, James, 126
Arbuckle, John, 23, 64
Archibald, Hugh, 222
Archibald, Robert, 49, 151, 272
Archibald, Thomas, 335, 338
Armstrong, James Wright, 112
Armstrong, Robert, 451
Arnot, William, 465
Arthur, Alexander, 426
Arthur, David, 127
Arthur, James, 469
Arthur, Robert, 157
Athir, John, 372
Auchterlony, Alexander, 384
2 K
514
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Auld, George, 345
Bell, John, 90, 122 bis, 149, 253, 294,
320,
Auld, Robert, 10, 13
335, 372, 386, 398, 451 bis, 452, 453 bis,
Auld, William, 50
473, 474
Austin, John Muir, 147
Bell, Robert, 84, 105, 117, 223, 361
Bell, Thomas, 259
Bell, William, 377
Baillie, Francis, 102
Bennett, Alexander Lyon, 226
Baillie, James, 231, 262, 276, 278
Bennett, David, 482
Baillie, James Gilmour, 19
Bennett, Robert, 482
Baillie, John, 236
Bennie, Archibald, 427
Baillie, Robert, 116, 474
Bennie, William, 418
Bain, James, 357
Berry, John, 352
Baine, James, 171, 331, 349
Beverlie, , 482
Baird, Andrew Cumming, 391
Biggar, James Bell, 19, 371
Baird, Andrew, 279
Biggar, Matthew, 47
Baird, James, 320
Binning, Hugh, 411
Baird, John, of Selvadge, 165
Birnie, Arthur, 303
Baird, John, 348
Birnie, George, 142
Baird, Matthew, 56
Birnie, John, of Broomhill, 285
Baird, Robert, 92
Birnie, Robert, 139, 276, 307
Balfour, Lewis, 69
Birnie, Walter, 248
Balfour, Robert, 463
Birnie, William, of that Ilk, 7, 306
Ballingal, James, 330
Black, James, 330
Bannatyne, Charles, 100
Black, John, 21, 279
Bannatyne, George, 23, 443
Black, John Easton, 357, 397
Bannatyne, John, 307
Black, Peter Cameron, 275, 418
Bannatyne, Ninian, 26
Black, Robert, 316
Bannatyne, Robert, 289
Black, William, 394, 490
Bannatyne, Thomas, 300
Blackburn, Archibald, 84, 327
Barclay, Alexander, 247
Blackburn, John, 335, 381, 392
Barclay, David, 28, 52, 116, 212
Blackwell, Thomas, 166
Barclay, John, 209, 355, 444
Blackwood, William, 225
Barclay, Matthew, 346, 354
Blair, Alexander, 39
Barclay, Robert, 209
Blair, Andrew, 84
Barclay, William, 473
Blair. David Logan, 21
Barnes, Robert M'Kissock, 344
Blair, Duncan, 180
Barnett, John, 200
Blair, George, 276
Barnhill, William, 225
Blair, Hew, 134, 451 bis, 453, 474, 487
Barr, James, 218, 442
Blair, James, 137, 381
Barr, Robert, 160
Blair, John, 37,51, 72
Barrie, David, 432
Blair, Robert, 11, 239, 437
Barrie, James, 228
Blair, Samuel, 16
Barron, John, 39
Blair, Walter, 181
Barrowman, James Storry, 405
Blair, William, 68, 73, 341
Baxter, Mungo, 230
Blakie, Nicholas, 323, 324
Bayne, Kenneth, 200
Blyth, John, 61
Beaton, Lewis, 60, 291
Boag, James Aitken, 402
Beaton, Stephen, 410
Bogle, John, 33, 35
Begg, Henry Cunningham, 69
Bonar, Archibald, 439
Begg, James, 180, 272, 404
Bonar, James, 52
Begg, William, 272
Bonar, John James, 204
Begg, William Proudfoot, 197
Boog, James, 36
Beith, Alexander, 416
Boog, Robert, 166, 169
Bell, Bryce Johnstone, 251
Borland, Francis, 254
Bell, George, 448
Bower, George or Alexander, 220
Bell, John, of Blook, 78, 79
Bower, John, 274, 490
INDEX OF MINISTERS
515
Bowie, John, 451 bis, 452
Brown, Robert Hope, 481
Bowman, James Dunn, 310
Brown, Thomas, 166, 168, 210 bis,
Boyd, Andrew, 386
447
Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison, 14
Brown, William, 290, 345, 351, 378,
Boyd, George, 78, 84
480
Boyd, Hew, 128
Brown, William Rossie, 80
Boyd, James, 4, 62, 476
Brownlee, John, 489
Boyd, James, of Trochrig, 46, 391
Brownlee, William Stevenson, 337
Boyd, John Gage, 74
Brownlie, James Paterson, 405
Boyd, John M'Gavin, 272, 348
Brownlie, William, 419, 486
Boyd, Robert, of Cranberriemoss, 128
Bruce, Archibald, 278, 345
Boyd, Robert, of Trochrig, 162, 410
Brunton, James, 384
Boyd, Robert, 230, 322, 379
Bruce, Douglas William, 233
Boyd, Thomas, 78, 81, 386
Bruce, Patrick, 142
Boyd, Walter Little Gilmour, 219
Bryce, Edward, 339
Boyd, William, 20, 95, 227, 352, 402
Bryce, James, 217, 461
Boyd, Zachary, 392
Bryce, James Clow, 418
Bradfute, John, 319
Bryce, John, 298
Brand, James Robert Fraser, 244
Bryce, John Campbell, 79
Brander, James, 233, 242
Bryce, Morison, 329
Brewster, Patrick, 169
Brydson, Thomas, 151, 213
Brisbane, James, 212
Bryson, Andrew, 467
Brisbane, Matthew, 142, 192
Bryson, Alexander, 180
Brisbane, Robert, 142
Buchan, Charles Forbes, 173
Brisbane, Thomas, 92
Buchan, Henry Ritchie, 103
Brisbane, William, 192
Buchan, William, 263
Brock, Walter, 180
Buchanan, George, 339
Brock, Walter Paterson, 305
Buchanan, Hamilton, 368
Brodie, David, 247
Buchanan, James, of Cremannen, 329
Brodie, Duncan Hunter, 428
Buchanan, James, 19, 388
Brodie, Neil, 111
Buchanan, Robert, 317, 337, 382, 475
Brodie, Robert Geddes, 245
Buchanan, Thomas, 131
Bromfield, Robert Orange, 184, 270
Buchanan, William, 115
Brotherstone, James, 314
Buncle, Edward, 312
Broun, Francis David, 450
Bunting, Thomas John, 445
Broune, David, 22
Burdon, Charles Scott, 407
Brown, Adam, 321
Burdon, James Alexander, 297
Brown, Alexander, 60
Burn, David, 41
Brown, Alexander Ogilvie, 256
Burn, Robert, 35
Brown, Alfred, 318, 425
Burne, John, 46
Brown, Andrew, 14, 83, 101, 431
Burness, David, 225, 322
Brown, Archibald Graham, 43
Burness, James, 305
Brown, Benjamin Cornwall, 221
Burnet, John, 70, 267
Brown, Charles John, 390
Burnett, Andrew, 423
Brown, David, 158, 218, 399, 442,
Burnett, George, 275
454 2 2-
Burnett, John, 155
Brown, George, 113
Burns, Alexander Fyfe, 177
Brown, James, 451, 457
Burns, Andrew, 96
Brown, James Cornwall, 127
Burns, George Stewart, 14, 141, 459
Brown, James Reid, 202
Burns, James, 151
Brown, John, 41, 157, 212, 227, 296,
Burns, John, 394
396
Burns, Robert, 176
Brown, John Knox, 213
Burns, Thomas, 57, 145, 187, 222,
Brown, Malcolm, 103
317
Brown, Peter, 488
Burns, William Hamilton, 480
Brown, Richard, 227
Burnside, James, 483
516
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Cadenhead, John, 33
Caie, Norman Macleod, 261, 357, 430
Caird, John, 14, 471
Calder, George, 369
Calder, John, 428
Calderwood, Robert Sibbald, 239, 347
Caldwell, John, 323
Callan, Hugh, 19
Callan, John Maan, 2
Callendar, Alexander, 214, 329, 349
Calvert, Henry, 163
Cameron, Alexander, 2, 97, 329, 362
Cameron, Archibald, 334
Cameron, Daniel, 402
Cameron, Duncan, 131, 243, 481
Cameron, Ewen, 362
Cameron, Henry Paterson, 426
Cameron, James, 194
Cameron, John Kirkland, 80
Cameron, Peter, 253 bis, 276
Cameron, Robert, 83, 213
Cameron, Walter, 305
Cameron, William, 206
Campbell, Alexander, 78, 122
Campbell, Alexander Cameron, 330, 450
Campbell, Alexander Duncan, 177
Campbell, Andrew James, 448
Campbell, Archibald Blair, 118
Campbell, Colin, 187, 351, 387, 429
Campbell, Duncan, 210, 360, 363
Campbell, George, 2, 25, 35, 70, 137, 198,
337, 458
Campbell, Hugh, 59 bis, 60, 64, 120
Campbell, James, 58, 290, 420
Campbell, James Alexander, 203
Campbell, James Archibald, 276
Campbell, John, 3, 17, 20, 23, 40, 59, 64, 67,
68, 120, 181, 204, 217, 221, 242, 359, 426,
428, 448
Campbell, John Alexander, 485
Campbell, John James, 346
Campbell, John Kerr, 197
Campbell, John M'Leod, 366
Campbell, Joseph, 48
Campbell, Neil, 187, 363
Campbell, Ninian, 211, 362
Campbell, Peter, 110
Campbell, Robert, 363
Campbell, William, 24
Campbell, William M'Kean, 333, 346
Carey, Stanley Buchanan, 304
Cargill, Donald, 387, 392
Carment, David, 408
Carmichael, Alexander, 319
Carmichael, David, 319
Carmichael, John, 246
Carnebairns, Thomas, 300
Carnegy, James, 105
Carnochan, Joseph, 36
Carr, Robert, 360
Carrick, James, 328, 356
Carrick, Robert, 140
Carrick, William, 269
Carrington, Thomas, 72
Carruthers, George, 147, 250
Carruthers, James, 133
Carstairs, John, 381, 451, 453 bis, 460,
465
Carswell, James Stirrat, 370
Castlelaw, William, 125 (3)
Cathcart, David, 31
Caven, James, 484
Chalmers, George, 117
Chalmers, James, 164
Chalmers, Thomas, 446, 475
Chalmers, William, 30
Chambers, John, 171, 311
Chapman, David, 43
Charleson, John, 189
Charlton, Harcourt Peter, 205
Charteris, Archibald Hamilton, 67, 471
Charteris, Thomas, 267, 280
Cheyne, James, 285
Cheyne, William, 288
Chirnsyde, William, 227, 337, 359 bis
Christie, Charles, 198
Christie, George, 361
Christie, John, 95, 290, 432, 454
Christie, John George Crocket, 347
Chrystal, James, 4
Chrystal, James Robert, 244
Clark, Alexander, 158
Clark, Dugald, 333, 357, 470
Clark, Gilbert, 305
Clark, James, 196, 451, 474
Clark, John, 81
Clark, John Alexander, 244
Clark, Robert, 408
Clark, Thomas, 79, 387
Clark, William, 283
Clason, James, 249
Clason, Patrick, 380
Clason, Robert, 249
Claxton, Arthur Eugene, 383
Cleland, George, 277
Cleland, James, 127, 370
Cleland, Joseph, 246
Cleland, Thomas, 240
Clelland, John Skeoch, 48, 473
Clerk, Leonard, 44
Clydesdale, George, 253
Coates, William, 32, 114
INDEX OF MINISTERS
517
Coats, Charles, 412
Cochran, George, 65
Cochran, John, 367
Cochrane, Hugh, 114
Cochrane, John, 73, 386
Cochrane, Matthew, 466
Cock, "William, 214
Cockburn, James Hutchison, 156, 396
Cockburn, William, 44
Collier, James, 405
Collins, John, 375
Colquhoun, David, 362
Colquhoun, John, 328, 382
Coltart, James, 346
Colvill, John, 266
Colville, George, 83, 118
Colville, Patrick, 82
Colville, William, 388
Colvin, John, 424
Colvin, Walter Laidlaw, 279
Comrie, Duncan, 334
Condie, George, 397, 491
Conn, James Charles, 131
Conn, William Cochran, 21, 448
Connell, David, 268
Connell, Duncan Macnair, 448
Connell, James, 68
Connell, Matthew, 228, 268
Conway, William, 257
Cook, John, 367
Cook, Robert, 139, 141, 148, 211
Cook, Thomas, 151
Cooper, Charles Guthrie, 471, 485
Cooper, David, 4
Corbet, John, 331
Corse, John, 408, 475
Corson, William, 42
Couper, James, 328
Couper, John, 153
Couper, Matthew, 61
Cowan, James, 36, 299
Cowper, John, 451, 460
Craig, Alexander, 319
Craig, James, of Dalnair, 349
Craig, James, 247
Craig, John, 109, 309
Craig, Robert, 27
Craig, Thomas, 214
Craig, William, 240, 433
Craighead, Robert, 398, 453
Craik, James, 443
Cramond, John, 123
Cranmer, John Graham, 311
Cranstoun, Andrew, 206
Craufurd, Archibald, 112, 122 bis
Craufurd, George, 128
Craufurd, Hugh, 27, 64
Craufurd, Matthew, 134
Craufurd, Patrick, 29
Craw, James, 211
Crawford, Andrew, 95
Crawford, Archibald, 386
Crawford, Gavin, 2
Crawford, George, 73
Crawford, James, 24
Crawford, James Montgomery, 58, 367
Crawford, Matthew, 144
Crawford, Robert, 148, 213
Crawford, William, 22, 72, 211
Crawfurd, Alexander Montgomerie, 38, 403
Crawfurd, James, 153, 217
Crawfurd, Robert, 102
Crichton, James, 268
Crichton, James Alexander, 213
Crichton, John, 163, 270, 352, 375
Crichton, Joseph, 294
Crookes, William, 113
Crosbie, John Geddes, 95
Cross, Alexander, 401
Cruickshank, Alexander, 156, 367
Cruickshank, James, 124
Cuke, John (or William), 335
Cumin, Andrew, 215
Cumin, John, 215
Cumin, Robert, 64
Cumming, James Elder, 469
Cumming, William, 152
Cunningham (or Conyngham), Alexander,
56, 74, 88, 148, 338
Cunningham, Charles, 30
Cunningham Daniel (or David), 211
Cunningham, David, 90, 237, 306, 313, 333,
372
Cunningham, Gabriel, 91 (3), 127, 479
Cunningham, Hugh, 155, 192
Cunningham, James, 25, 91, 258, 331, 334,
335
Cunningham, John, of Baidland, 84, 139,
142
Cunningham, Richard, 73
Cunningham, Robert, 76
Cunningham, William, 128, 153, 202, 483
Cunninghame, John, of Bridgehouse. 32,
57
Cunynghame, John, of Blook, 25
Cunynghame, John, 28, 41, 148
Cupples, William, 47
Curie, David, 75
Currie, Adam, 203
Currie (or M'Curry), Oswald, 365
Currie, James, 19, 277 bis
Currie, John, 271, 274
518
TNDEX OF MINISTERS
Currie, Peter, 470
Cusak, Edward, 341
Cuthill, Alexander, 13
Dale, Peter, 140, 361
Dalgety, James Boath, 170, 422
Dalgleish, John, 223
Dalgarno, William, 49
Dalgety, James, 33
Dalgleish, Laurence, 22
Dalrymple, Andrew, 3, 67
Dairy mple, James, 1, 5
Dalrymple, William, 10, 12
Daly, Robert, 256, 407
Darroch, Robert, 267, 280, 350
Davidson, Alexander, 51
Davidson, Archibald, 144, 169
Davidson, David, 385
Davidson, Hugh, 388
Davidson, James, 20, 31, 33, 157
Davidson, John, 74, 227, 258, 336, 354
Davidson, Ranken, 31, 39, 119
Davidson, Robert, 38, 298
Davidson, William, 384, 407, 420
Deans, William, 485
Dennistown, Archibald, of Dalquhairn, 376
bis
Dennistoun, John, 254
Dewar, Daniel, 475
Dewar, Hugh, 281
Dewar, James, 326
Dick, Henry Littledale, 322
Dick, Horace James, 402, 477
Dick, James, of Blackwood, 350
Dick, James, 12, 285, 433
Dick, John, 383, 488
Dick, Robert, 308
Dickie, David, 96, 449
Dickie, John Henry, 357, 469
Dickie, Matthew, 92
Dickson, David, 98, 109, 460
Dickson, George, 320
Dickson, John, 4S7
Dickson, John Inches, 173
Dickson, Matthew Scott, 275
Dickson, Robert, 234, 440
Dickson, Robert Barr, 70, 264
Dickson, Robert Marcus, 310
Dickson, William, 429
Dill, Samuel Marcus, 1
Dill, William, 444
Dobbie, Lockhart, 270
Dobie, Alexander, 255, 388
Dobie, James, 154
Dobie, John, 284
Dodd, Henry, 244
Dodds, James, 170, 444, 466
Dods, George, 18, 432
Dods, George Nisbet, 171
Donald, Andrew Thomson, 43, 467
Donaldson, Charles James, 396
Donaldson, Gavin, 350
Donaldson, James, of Murrock, 341
Dougal, John, 356
Douglas, Alexander, 301, 314
Douglas, Archibald, 300, 301, 375, 455
Douglas, Henry, 325, 480
Douglas, James, 126, 152, 289, 300, 420,
467
Douglas, John Donald, 396
Douglas, Matthew, 353
Douglas, Robert, 150, 186, 231 bis, 259
Douglas, Thomas Logan, 409
Dow, David, 383
Dow, John, 216, 369
Dow, Robert, 79
Downs, John, 269, 282
Drew, Joseph, 271
Drew, Ninian, 481
Dron, John Archibald, 364, 372
Drummond, George, 363
Drummond, James, 191
Drysdale, John, 164
Duff, William, 369
Dun, Alexander, 374
Dun, John, 4, 408
Dun, William, 483
Dunbar, George, of Pollesche, 7, 11, 25
Dunbar, George, 113
Dunbar, John, 25
Duncan, Alexander, 21, 102, 312
Duncan, David, 344, 467
Duncan, Hugh, 252
Duncan, James Keith, 178
Duncan, John, 79, 425
Duncan, John Gibb, 406
Duncan, Robert, 36, 180
Duncan, Thomas, 132
Duncan, Thomas Gray, 484
Duncan, William, 356
Duncan, William Cairns, 11, 13
Duncan, William Ogilvy, 242
Duncanson, Andrew, 363
Dunipace, Henry, 217
Dunlop, Alexander, 78, 164, 168
Dunlop, Alexander Slater, 360
Dunmure, Alexander, 41
Dunn, James, 281, 282
Dunn, William, 336, 465
Dunnet, William, 107, 109
Durham, James, 398, 453 bis, 456
Durward, Charles, 205
INDEX OF MINISTERS
519
Dykes, John Dalziel, 33, 264
Dykes, Thomas, 11, 13
Eadie, William, 33
Eason, Patrick, 321
Eason, William, 428
Eccles, Hew, 71
Eccles, William, of Kildonan, 9, 11 bis, 168
Edgar, Andrew, 50
Edgar, John, 361
Edgar, Mark, 481
Edgar, William, 421
Edmondstone, John, 336
Eglinton, Archibald, 154
Eglinton, Hugh, 91
Elder, John, 239
Elliot, James, 398
Ellis, John, 16
Elphinston, David, 341
Elphinston, James, 367, 386
Erroll (or Arrol), Duncan, 333, 359 bis
Erskine, John, 483
Erskine, William, 375
Ewen, William Pierre, 421
Ewing, David, 373
Fairbairn, Patrick, 403
Fairlie, Henry Alexander, 45
Fairlie, James, 50
Fairlie, John, 401
Fairlie, Robert Paul, 81
Fairweather, Alexander, 52
Falconer, James, 178
Falconer, Thomas, 1, 65
Farish, Charles William, 430
Faulls, Andrew [Faulds], 95
Fawsyde, Hugh, 120
Feane, George, 33
Fergus, William, 402
Fergushill, John, of Burnockstoun, 8, 61
Fergushill, John M'Dermeit, 72
Ferguson, Allan, 339, 367
Ferguson, Archibald, 85
Ferguson, Daniel John, 332, 369
Ferguson, James, 319
Ferguson, John, 147, 473
Ferguson, Robert, 12, 96
Ferguson, Samuel, 114
Ferguson, William, 195
Fergusson, Adam Wightman, 425
Fergusson, Alexander, 117
Fergusson, James, 117
Fergusson, John, 77
Findlater, Alexander, 223, 260, 262
Findlay, James, 144, 222, 254
Findlay, John, 47, 172
Findlay, Robert, 40, 123, 174, 439
Findlay, Thomas, 129
Findlay, William, 388
Finlayson, Alexander Wilson, 378
Finlayson, Francis, 106
Finlayson, James, 294
Finlayson, Joseph, 220
Finnie, John, 228
Finnie, Robert, 381
Fisher, Robert, 53, 240, 247, 318
Fisher, Robert Howie, 219
Fisher, Thomas, 17
Fisher, William, 134
Fleckfield, David, 329
Fleming, Alexander, 159, 262
Fleming, Archibald, 38
Fleming, James, 77, 148, 267
Fleming, John, 178, 212
Fleming, Robert, 236
Fleming, Robert, of Wester Muckcroft,
155, 482
Fleming, William, 140, 168, 210, 267, 354,
483
Flittsberry, John, 335
Flockhart, Alexander, 74
Fogo, John Laurie-, 366
Fogo, William, 42
Forbes, Alexander, 125, 375
Forbes, Augustine Waitworth Scudamore,
422
Forbes, John, 463, 483
Forbes, John Dewar, 16
Forbes, William, 373
Fordyce, Francis, 25, 68
Fork, John, 142
Forest, Charles, 297
Forfar, James, 423
Forman, Adam, 380, 484
Forrest, David, 284
Forrest, John, 218, 288
Forrester, John, 376
Forrester, Thomas, 349
Forrester, William, 294
Forsyth, Alexander, 22
Forsyth, Gavin, 381
Forsyth, Henry, 482
Forsyth, James, 353
Forsyth, John, 482
Forsyth, Walter Grant, 477
Fotheringham, James, 287, 292, 295, 297,
323
Foulis, Adam, 234
Foulis, Alexander, 288
Fowler, John Charles, 449
Foyer, Archibald, 280
Frame, Allan, 320
520
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Frame, James, 249
Gibson, John, 133
Francis, James, 199, 467, 485
Giffen, Cornelius, 30
Fraser, Alexander Falconer, 180
Gilbert, John, 143
Fraser, James, 138, 448
Gilchrist, James, 27, 33, 45
Fraser, John, 251, 321, 437
Gilchrist, John, 199
Frazer, John, 26
Gilchrist, William, 32
Frazer, Joseph M'Neill, 421
Gilfillan, Robert Zuille, 154, 181
Freebairn, John, 342
Gillan, George Green, 32, 380
Freebairn, Thomas, 272
Gillan, James, 290, 314
Freeland, William, 221, 334
Gillan, Robert, 145, 264, 282, 448
French, James, 268, 305, 310, 380
Gillespie, James, 75, 339, 349, 350, 365,
Fry, Samuel Campbell, 43, 251
367
Fullarton, Andrew, 12
Gillespie, James Hogg, 37
Fullarton, Archibald, 198
Gillespie, John, 326
Fullarton, Hew, 104
Gillespie, Patrick, 453, 462
Fullarton, James, 82
Gillies, Alexander, 114
Fullarton, John, of Greenhall, 165
Gillies, Colin, 176, 207, 490
Fullarton, John, 85
Gillies, James, 316
Fullarton, John, jun., 85, 92
Gillies, John, 399
Fullarton, William, of Craighall, 20, 66
Gillies, Neil, 335 bis, 453, 474
Fullarton, William, 87, 112, 214
Gillieson, William Phin, 13
Fulton, John, 56
Gillon, James, 290, 314
Fulton, William, 170
Gilruth, Andrew Hutton, 304
Fulton, William Wylie, 396
Glasford, John, 116
Furlong, James, 427, 488
Glasgow, James, 21
Fyfe, James Lamont, 86
Glasgow, John, 103
Fyfe, William, 319
Glass, John Dall, 86, 446
Glen, Archibald, 378, 486
Gaderer, Alexander, 42
Glen, John, 155
Gadderar, James, 212
Glen, Robert, 378
Gaff, William, 147
Glen, Thomas Stobo, 415
Galbraith, John, 329
Glendie, John, 452, 453
Gait, Ninian, 331
Glendinning, James, 149, 215, 365
Gardiner, George, 96
Gloag, Paton James, 229
Gardiner, Matthew, 232
Goldie, William, 299
Gardner, James, 195
Goldie, William M'Lauchlan, 338, 352
Gardner, Matthew, 418
Good, John, 290
Garthshore, James, 288, 335, 479
Goodall, Charles, 18, 31
Gattie, Adam, 362
Goodman, Christopher, 5
Gaw, Robert, 76
Goodwillie, Richard, 426
Gebbie, William, 92
Gordon, Adam, 271, 451 bis
Geddes, Francis Gilbert, 384, 423
Gordon, Alexander, 206, 215
Geddes, John, 173, 434
Gordon, Donald Campbell Bryce, 426
Gellatly, James, 250
Gordon, George, 69
Gellie, John Caithness, 478
Gordon, Hugh, 335, 365
Gemmel, John, 195
Gordon, James, 335, 362
Gemmill, David, 155, 196
Gordon, William, 17
Gemmill, John, 73 (3)
Gourlay, Hugh, 330
Gentles, Thomas, 167
Govan, John, 376
George, Alexander, 381, 393
Graham, David, 445
Gibb, Gavin, 346, 368, 433
Graham, Henry, 191
Gibson, Alexander, 435
Graham, Henry Grey, 224, 417
Gibson, Alexander Robertson, 63
Graham, James, 96, 180, 332, 349
Gibson, Henry, 16
Graham, James Thomas 407
Gibson, James, 18, 410, 419
Graham, John, of Balfunning, 346, 349
Gibson, James Duncan Walker, 289
Graham, John, 92
INDEX OF MINISTERS
521
Graham, Matthew, 1 46, 226, 404
Graham, Robert, 93, 151, 485
Graham, Thomas, 423
Graham, Thomas Harkness, 217
Graham, Thomas Forrest Harkness, 233,
422
Graham, William, 16, 154, 349
Grahame, Archibald, 478
Grahame, John Fraser, 124, 397
Granger, William, 15
Grant, Alexander Brown, 347, 364
Grant, Andrew, 106
Grant, Charles Martin, 429
Grant, Charles Peter, 205, 257
Grant, David, 62
Grant, James Bell, 467
Grant, John, 3, 101, 326 bis
Grant, John Davidson, 234
Grant, William, 16, 326, 345, 360
Gray, Andrew, 226, 343, 356, 424, 448, 453,
465
Gray, George, 53
Gray, James, 59, 308, 367
Gray, John, 240, 432, 451, 452, 461
Gray, Robert, 321
Greenhill, Charles Kinnear, 346
Greenshields, Luke, of Swinstie, 78
Gregor, William, 332
Gregorie, Alexander, 9, 66, 87
Greig, James, 84, 119
Greig, John, 293
Green, William, 257
Grierson, Archibald, 192
Grieve, Henry, 387
Grigor, John, 38, 252, 440
Grinock, James, 196
Gun, Adam, 416
Gunn, George Gibson, 444
Gunn, William Ewen Bell, 15, 390
Gunson, Ernest Sherwood, 273, 337,
441
Gunson, John, 420, 432
Guthrie, George, 17
Guthrie, James, 240
Guthrie, John, 75
Guthrie, William, 93
Haldane, Andrew, 89
Halden, Francis, 81
Halden, Walter, 321, 323
Halkeid, John, 25
Halket, James, 95
Hall, Adam, 37
Hall, David, 139, 253
Hall, James, 315
Hall, John, 96
Hall, Robert, 108
Hall, Thomas, 192, 211
Halliday, Archibald, 147
Halliday, George, 282
Hamilton, Alexander, 139, 152, 162, 211,
222, 246, 253, 280
Hamilton, Andrew, 109, 149, 245, 280, 378
Hamilton, Archibald, 102, 162, 237
Hamilton, Claud, 47, 55, 245
Hamilton, David, 273
Hamilton, Gavin, 148, 230, 258, 262, 289,
324, 373
Hamilton, Gilbert, 128, 295
Hamilton, Henry Monteith, 261, 263
Hamilton, Hew, 51
Hamilton, Hugh, 42
Hamilton, James, 91, 166, 168, 223, 227,
240, 245, 253, 258, 279, 311, 313, 315, 378,
387 bis, 421
Hamilton, James, of Carsland, 231
Hamilton, James Buchanan, 107
Hamilton, John, 22, 81, 90, 209, 223, 227,
230, 240, 245, 253, 287, 288, 297, 348, 382,
393, 399, 458
Hamilton, John Arnott, 305
Hamilton, John M'Farlane, 2, 15
Hamilton, Matthew, 51
Hamilton, Patrick, of Bogwood, 65
Hamilton, Patrick, 152, 162, 236
Hamilton, Robert, 55, 61, 97, 230, 236, 253,
258, 260, 262 bis, 265, 313, 381
Hamilton, Samuel John, 232
Hamilton, Thomas, 139, 231, 259, 276, 290
Hamilton, William, of Bardanoch, 25
Hamilton, William, 99, 223, 279, 303, 353,
368, 487
Hamilton, Sir William, of Airdrie, 231
Hamilton, William, of Netherfield, 254, 287
Hanna, John, 23
Hanna, William, 269
Hannay, James, 112, 361
Hardie, John, 341
Hardie, Robert Montgomerie, 201
Hardie, William, 145
Hardy, Thomas, 282
Harley, Andrew, 19, 146
Harper, Alexander, 283
Harper, John, 128
Harper, Thomas, 321
Hart, John, 262
Hastie, Alexander, 452, 462
Hauxwell, Francis Marmaduke, 287
Hay, Andrew, 155, 192
Hay, Andrew, of Renfield, 185
Hay, David, 381
Hay, James. 212, 479
522
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Hay, John, 404, 412
Howie, David Porter, 109
Hay, John, of Renfield and Inchnoch, 142,
Howison, John 234, 253
163, 185, 186
Howison, William, 241
Hay, John, of Renfield, 154, 185
Hume, John, 313
Hay, John, of Inchnoch, 91, 271
Hume, Robert, 134, 297
Hay, John Macdougall, 138
Hume, William, 120
Hay, William Scott, 131
Hunter, Archibald, 119, 239, 357
Heighe, James, 287
Hunter, Charles, 319
Henderson, Alexander, 78, 112, 124, 312
Hunter, David, 429
Henderson, David, 112 his
Hunter, Harry, 156
Henderson, Frank, 183
Hunter, James, 329, 349, 350
Henderson, George David, 200
Hunter, John, 9, 11, 20
Henderson, Henry, 210
Hunter, John Sutherland, 264
Henderson, James, 101, 441
Hunter, Robert, 129, 312
Henderson, James Bell, 468
Hunter, Robert Condie, 2
Henderson, John, 15, 60, 380, 446
Hunter, Robert Love, 473
Henderson, Joseph, 322
Hunter, Thomas, 27
Henderson, Peter, 182
Hunter, William, 44, 329, 352, 467
Henderson, Richard, 228
Hutcheon, John Muir, 430
Henderson, Robert, 14, 15, 149, 251, 355
Hutcheson, Adam, 337
Henderson, William Dunlop, 422
Hutcheson (or Hutchison), Alexander, 260,
Hendrie, George Smith, 32
262
Hendry, John, 79, 196
Hutcheson [Hutchesonne], Andrew, 125 his
Hendry, William, 63
Hutcheson, Charles Whitehead, 438
Henry, Charles, 371
Hutcheson, James, 139, 142 (3), 199, 378
Hepburn, John, 84, 296
Hutcheson, William, 19, 243, 426
Hepburn, James, 296
Hutchinson, Patrick Hynds, 257
Herbertson, Robert, 5
Hutchison, George, 99
Heriott (or Heriot), John, 66, 102, 227
Hutchison, John, 35, 52 bis
Heughan, Charles, 417
Hutton, John Currie, 265
Hewison, James King, 70
Hutton, Robert Shaw, 241
Higgins, James Craig, 76
Hill, Alexander, 30, 480
Hill, Henry David, 388
Imrie, David Neil, 181
Inglis, Alexander, 115, 301
Inglis, Archibald, 301, 451, 457
Inglis, James, 28, 29, 47, 155
Inglis, John, 3, 49, 61, 259, 262
Inglis, Nathan, 22
Inglis, Richard, 284, 300, 321
Hill, James, of Ibrox, 192, 381
Hill, James, 4
Hill, Laurence, 106, 108, 393
Hill, Thomas, 225
Hislop, Richard, 20
Hislop, Thomas, 250, 403
Inglis, Robert, 23, 288
Inglis, Thomas Murray, 485
Hodgson, John, 229
Hodgson, Joseph, 380, 490
Hog, James, 246
Hogg, James Allan, 41
Ingram, James, 151
Ingram, James William, 485
Ireland, James, 131
Home, John, 276
Ireland, John Alexander, 252
Hood, William, 159
Ironside, Alexander, 311
Hope, John, 312
Irvine, John, of Saphock, 212
Home, George, 218
Irvine, William, 44
Home, William, 89
Houston, James, 139, 253
Irving, Alexander, of Lenturk, 128
Houston, James Edward, 188, 239
Houston, John, 139, 387
Jack, Charles Fawns, 143, 264, 432
Houston, Robert, 32, 352, 409
Jack, David, 492
Houston, William, 192
Jack, Hugh Morton, 403
Howat, John Lennox, 147, 340
Jack, James, 484
Howell, Alexander Rutherford, 170
Jack, John, 404
INDEX OF MINISTERS
523
Jack, John Watson, 87
Jack, Robert, 290, 406
Jack, Thomas, 133, 486
Jack, William, 269, 284
Jack, William Black, 234
Jackson, William, 143, 221
Jaffray, John, 52
Jaffray, William, of Boghead, 343
Jameson, Alexander, 411
Jamie, George Hope, 201
Jamieson, David, 472
J amies on, George Thomas, 15
Jamieson, James Bryce, 97
Jamieson, John, 92
Jamieson, John Campbell, 89
Jamieson, Robert, 464
Jamieson, William Cruickshank Eddie, 450
Jamieson, William James, 90
Jardine, Thomas, 311
Jeffrey, James, 330
Jeffrey, William, 64
Jenkinson, Arthur, 436
John, William, 19
Johnson, James Stewart, 239
Johnston, Alexander, 60
Johnston, Allan, 293
Johnston, Gilbert, 490
Johnston, James, 86
Johnston, John, 275
Johnston, Quentin, 477
Johnston, Robert, 150, 352
Johnston, Robert Thomson, 424
Johnstone, Andrew, 173
Johnstone, Daniel, 44
Johnstone, David, 182, 405
Johnstone, James, 273, 280, 384
Johnstone, Michael Patrick, 233
Johnstone, Thomas, 86
Johnstone, Thomas Francis, 204
Kay, John, 143
Kay, Robert, 344
Kay, Thomas, 201
Keith, John, 123, 216, 219
Keith, Peter Hay, 261
Keith, Alexander, 321
Kellie, John, 45
Kelly, James, 407
Kennedy, Alexander, 71, 127, 169
Kennedy, Charles William, 407
Kennedy, David, 45
Kennedy, Donald, 217
Kennedy, Gilbert, 41
Kennedy, Gilbert Alexander, 241
Kennedy, Hamilton, 36
Kennedy, Hew, 46, 65
Kennedy, John, 363
Kennedy, Robert, 33, 303
Kennedy, Thomas, 454
Ker, James, 20
Ker, John, 379
Ker, William, 274
Ker, William Lee, 119
Ker, William M'Caa, 70
Kerr, John, 219
Kerr, John Mitchell, 472
Kerr, Robert, 248
Kerr, Robert Hogg, 405
Key, John, 21
Kid, Peter, 285, 301
Kidd, William, 325
Killen, James Millar, 226
Kilpatrick, Hugh, 25, 85
Kincaid, Francis, 240
Kincaid, Robert, 77
Kincaid, William, 375
King, Alexander, 130, 214, 331
King, Andrew, 466
King, James Waters, 350, 357, 429
King, John, 85
King, Thomas, 289
Kingan, John, 296
Kinnear, Alexander, 157, 231, 323, 453
Kinnear, John, 158, 345
Kinross, John, 216
Kirkcaldie, Thomas, 246, 289
Kirke, Robert, ISO, 217
Kirkland, Matthew, 28
Kirkpatrick, James Mackenzie, 436
Kirkpatrick, Roger Sandilands, 414
Kirkpatrick, William, 116
Kirkton, James, 293, 310
Kirkwood, Daniel, 141
Knox, Andrew, 152, 162
Knox, Robert, 453
Knox, Thomas, 133
Kyd, Robert Joseph, 124
Kyle, Thomas, 371
Lacey, Walter Roland, 415
Laidlaw, Andrew, 445
Laidlaw, James, 37
Laing (or Lang), Alexander, 31, 125
Laing, John, 206
Lamb, John, 130
Lamb, Robert, 240, 246
Lamb, William, 288, 320
Lambie, Gavin, 370
Lammie, James, 66
Lamond, John, 219
Lamont, James, 279, 418
Lamont, Murdoch, 450
524
LNDEX OF MINISTERS
Landale, Wellwood Maxwell, 72
Lethe, Robert, 313
Landalls, John, 327
Leverance, John, 287, 297, 300, 306, 313,
Landells, Robert, 287, 295, 313
323
Landes (or Landless), James, 119
Liddell, David, 393
Landess, Robert, of Robroyston, 228, 452
Liddle, David Fraser, 401
Landsborough, David, 123
Liddle, William, 491
Lang, Andrew Montgomerie, 173
Lindsay, Alexander, 91, 265, 267
Lang, Gavin, 255, 256
Lindsay, George, 331, 362
Lang, Gilbert, 215
Lindsay, Hercules, 17
Lang, John Marshall, 390, 395
Lindsay, James, 111, 234
Lang, Robert, 298
Lindsay, James, of Padcrook, 292
Lang, William, 312
Lindsay, John, 4, 62, 284 bis, 292, 313, 347
Langlands, Frederick David, 137
Lindsay, John, of Padcrook, 292
Langlands, Robert, 393
Lindsay, Mungo, 68
Lapslie, James, 377
Lindsay, Robert, 297, 306, 313, 362, 365
Lauder, John, 248 (3)
Lindsay, Robert Robertson, 318, 401
Laughton, William, 205
Lindsay, Thomas, 321
Laurence, Andrew Taylor, 110
Lindsay, William, 36, 87, 108, 191
Laurie, James, 33, 45
Lindsay, William Young, 90
Laurie, John, 3
Linning, Thomas, 314, 315, 317, 490
Laurie, Joseph, 482
Liston, Patrick, 9
Laurie, Richard, 356
Liston, William Alexander, 132
Laurie, Thomas, 314, 323
Little, George, 484
Law, Andrew, 157, 253, 280
Little, James, 358
Law, James, 290
Little, James Alfred Stokes, 470
Law, John, of Waterfoot, 157
Little, Thomas, 309
Law, John, 376 bis
Law, Robert, of Ballarnock, 355, 356
Law, Robert, 277
Law, Thomas, of Ballarnock, 144
Law, William, 184
Lawrie, Archibald, of Hillhouse, 121
Lawrie, George, 121
Lawrie, George James, 57
Lawrie, John, 273
Lawrie, William, 318
Lawson, Gavin, 357
Lawson, Roderick, 54
Layng, James, 358
Leathern, William Harvey, 348, 361
Leek, Alexander, 213, 423
Leckie, John Macritchie, 490
Leckie, Thomas, 351
Lee, Robert, 377
Lee, Walter Edward, 171
Leechman, William, 83
Lees, James Cameron, 167, 170
Leggat, Robert, 58
Leggat, William, 165
Leiper, Andrew, 409, 415
Leiper, James, 324
Leishman, Matthew, of Sunnyside, 413
Leitch, Robert, 371
Leslie, Alexander, 210
Leslie, George, 228
Leslie, James, 106
Little, William, 143
Littlejohn, Charles, 215
Livingston, Alexander, 285, 287, 293, 478
Livingston, Archibald, 241
Livingston, James, 148, 157, 367
Livingston, John, 372, 478
Livingston, Thomas, 289
Livingston, William, of Burnsyde, 306, 478
Livingston, William, 295, 297
Loch, Adam, 327
Lochhead, John, 1
Lochore, Alexander, 340
Lockhart, John, 241, 399
Lockhart, Laurence, of Milton Lockhart,
145
Lockhart, Robert, 115, 316
Lockhart, Samuel, 61
Lockhart, William, 433
Lockerby, Thomas, 374, 384
Logan, Archibald, 139
Logan, Charles, 53
Logan, George, 136, 244
Logan, John, 356
Logan, Robert, 257
Logan, William, 74, 318
Logie, William, 334, 346
Lorimer, John Gordon, 439
Lorraine, Walter Fotheringham, 58
Lothian, Andrew, 128
Lothian, John, 273
INDEX OF MINISTERS
525
Loudon, Joseph, 249
Love, William, 382
Love, John, 389
Low, Walter Forbes, 109, 435
Low, William, 179
Lowrie, William James, 234
Lummisdaill [Lumsden], James, 124
Lundie, James, 193
Lyall, Peter Constable, 74
Lynd, John, 97
Lyne, Laurence, 87
Lyon, John, 371
Macalisteb, Ranald, 182
M'Alpine, William, 96
M 'Alexander, Fergus, 17 bis
M'Alpine, James, 290
M'Alpine, John, 326
M'Andrew, Thomas Watt, 289, 491
Maearthur, Alexander, 366
M 'Arthur, Dugald, 80
Maearthur, Duncan, 201
M'Arthur, James, 418
Macaskie, Thomas, 253, 284
Macaulay, Alexander, 336, 368
M'Aulay, Allan, 207
Macaulay, John, 336
Macaulay, Robert, 144
M'Bain, James, 338
M'Bean, Alexander, 303
M'Bean, Angus, 200
Macbeth, James, 422
Macbeth, Patrick, 255
M'Bride, John, 399
M'Caig, Donald, 437
M'Caig, John, 136
M'Call, John Drennan, 80
Macallum, John, 449
M'Callum, John Donaldson, 270
M'Callum, John Stewart, 200
M'Callum, Julius, 425
M'Cardell, James, 93
M'Cartney, William, 354
M'Caul, John, 475
M'Cavell, John, 46
M'Clellan, David, of Nettlehirst, 83
M'Clelland, Robert, 146
M'Cluggage, Albert, 138
M'Coll, Hugh Clarke, 104
M'Conachie, George, 2
M'Connell, Samuel David, 184
Macconochie, James, 296
M'Corkindale, George, 197
M'Corkindale, Thomas Bayley, 358
M'Cormick, John Archibald, 449
MacCorquodale, Donald, 431
M'Cuard, Robert, 453 bis, 465
M'Cubbin, William, 303
M'Culloch, Finlay, 438
M'Culloch, James Melville, 208
M'Culloch, John Hutton, 197
M'Culloch, Michael, 231
M'Culloch, William, 237
M'Diarmid, Hugh, 326, 436
M'Dermeit, John, 12, 32, 72
Macdonald, Archibald, 200
Macdonald, Charles Cadell, 183
Macdonald, Coll Archibald, 327
Macdonald, Duff, 250
Macdonald, Finlay Robert, 1 79
Macdonald, John Nelson, 426
M'Dougall, James, 155
M'Dougall, John, 138
Macduff, John Ross, 468
M'Ewen, Andrew, 151
M'Ewen, John, 45, 328
Macfadyean, Thomas Easton, 63
Macfarlan, Duncan, 339, 440, 458
Macfarlan, John, 326
Macfarlan, Patrick, 207, 441, 44"
Macfarlane, Alexander, 325
Macfarlane, Dugald, 327
Macfarlane, Duncan, 187, 390
Macfarlane, John, 178, 184
M'Farlane, Robert, 282, 325, 334, 345
Macfarlane, Robert Maxwell, 200
Macfarlane, William Alexander, 426
Macfarlane, William Leckie, 486
M'Fee, Daniel, 111
Macfingoun, William, 161
M'Garrity, Robert Forsyth, 265
M'Gavin, John, 242, 371
Macgeoch, James, 110
Macgibbon, David, 334
Macgibbon, James, 263, 460
M'Gilchrist, Daniel, 359
M'Gilchrist, John, 414
M'Gilchrist, John, 182, 219, 414
M'Gill, Neil, 344
Macgill, Stevenson, 136, 475
M'Gill, Walter, 479
M'Gill, William, 12
Macgill, William Duncanson, 295
Macgilvray, Walter, 416, 450
M'Glashan, Alexander, 309
M'Gleis, George, 350, 362
M'Gowan, James, 332
Macgregor, Andrew, 485
Macgregor, James, 173, 476
Macgregor, John Robertson, 417
Macgregor, John Ronald, 426
M'Hutcheson, William, 371
526
INDEX OF MINISTERS
M'llraith, John, 195, 196
M'llveen, Gilbert, 32
M'Innes, Martin Brown, 264
M'Intosh, Angus, 437
Macintyre, Duncan, 137
Mackaile, Hew, 90, 99
M'Kaile, Matthew, 230, 378
Mackay, Adam, 431
Mackay, Donald, 182
Mackay, Hugh, 426
M'Kay, James, 80, 400
Mackay, John, 408
Mackay, Niel, 63
Mackay, William, 436
M'Kechnie, William, 331
Mackellar, Donald, 156
Mackellar, John Alexander Coull, 383, 421
Mackenzie, Archibald, 330
M'Kenzie, Archibald Alison, 311
Mackenzie, Charles West, 276
Mackenzie, Colin Archibald, 43, 225
Mackenzie, David, 448
Mackenzie, George, 243
Mackenzie, John, 408, 421
Mackenzie, Kenneth, 421
Mackenzie, Patrick William, 182
Mackenzie, Robert Dunbar, 151
Mackie, George, 243
Mackie, James, 137, 429
M'Kie, Thomas, 194
M'Kilvorie, Donald, 391
M'Kindlay, Thomas, 123
Mackinlay, James, 106, 108, 406
Mackinlay, John, 21
Mackinnon, Alexander, 369, 438
Mackinnon, Charles, 251
Mackinnon, Donald, 426
Mackinnon, Hector, 491
Mackinnon, James, 369
Mackinnon, Neil Duncan, 369
Mackinnon, Robert Bruce, 198
Mackintosh, Angus, 280
Mackintosh, John, 33, 282, 404
Mackintosh, Robert Smith, 2
Mackintosh, William, 334
M'Knight, William, 100
Macknight, James, 53, 408
M'Kune, Christopher, 177, 297
M'Lachlan, Archibald, 199, 325, 359
Maclachlan, John, 449
M'Lachlan, Lachlan, 437
M'Lachlan, Peter, 427
Maclagan, John, 425
M'Laine, Hector, 134
M'Laren, Alexander, 141
Maclaren, Archibald, 442
M'Laren, Daniel, 286
Maclaren, David John, 63
M'Laren, John, 293
M'Laren, Kenneth Daniel, 233
M'Laren, Peter, 217
M'Latchie, George, of Humbie, 156
M'Laurin, Daniel, 363
M'Laurin, John, 359, 437, 439
M'Lea, Duncan, 385
Maclean, Alexander, 491
M'Lean, Alexander Hugh, 291
Maclean, Alexander Miller, 167
Maclean, Allan, 404
M'Lean, Archibald, 365
Maclean, Charles Stuart, 449
Maclean, Duncan, 449
Maclean, Duncan Findlay, 55, 133
M'Lean, James, 409
M'Lean, John, 183, 361, 438, 477
Maclean, Norman, 471
Maclean, William Gordon, 325
Macleay, Kenneth Alexander, 198, 338
Maclellan, Alexander, 406
Maclellan, John Campbell, 295, 450
Maclellan, Malcolm, 466
Macleod, Donald, 196, 471
Macleod, John, 14, 36, 108, 413, 427
Macleod, John Ford, 338
Macleod, John Neil Macaulay, 384
Macleod, Norman, 121, 377, 394, 437 bis
Macleod, Peter, 160
Macleod, William Houldsworth, 334
M'Letchie, James, 251, 270, 400
Macloy, William, 147
Macmaster, James, 18, 430
M 'Master, Peter, 42
M'Math, David Fyfe, 69
M'Math, John, 76
Macmeeken, James, 320
Macmichael, David Colville, 200
Macmillan, Donald, 419
M'Millan, Robert, 471
M'Millan, William, 257
Macmorland, James, 491
Macmorland, Peter, 180, 450
M'Myne, Duncan, 32
M'Nab, David Evan, 79
Macnab, James Simpson, 191
M'Nab, John Rolland, 147, 333, 485
M'Nab, Peter, 422
Macnair, James, 490
Macnair, Robert, 167, 196
M'Naught, James, 389
Macnaughtan, John, 173
Macnaughton, Allan, 316
Macnaughton, Colin, 350
INDEX OF MINISTERS
527
Macnaughton, Neil Maxwell, 127, 418
Maxwell, Sir John, 127 bis
M'Neil, Lachlan, 182
Maxwell, John, of Auldhouse, 133, 134, 453,
M'Neil, Neil, 182
456
M'Neill, Hector, 416
Maxwell, Patrick, 144, 150, 271, 408
M'Neill, Malcolm Maclean, 371, 402, 421
Maxwell, Robert, 56, 81, 84, 90, 141, 211,
Macniven, John, 182
212, 284, 341
M'Phail, Archibald Connel, 276
Maxwell, Thomas, 126, 289
Macpherson, John, 200
Maxwell, William, 337, 488
Macpherson, John Forbes, 205
Mayne, David, 248
Macpherson, Robert, 15
Meek, James, 238, 317
Macpherson, Thomas Smith, 370, 468
Meek, William, 261
Macqueen, Daniel, 248
Meik, George, 20, 71
Macqueen, John, 148, 288
Meiklam, James, 403
M'Quhae, Stair Park, 67
Meikle, Matthew, 346
M'Quhae, William, 66
Meldrum, David, 49
M'Quisten, Alexander, 210, 450
Meldrum, George, 117
M'Quorne, David, 1, 71
Melvill, Andrew, 410
M'Quorne, John, 31, 52, 71 bis
Melvill, Thomas, 373
Macrae, Alexander, 257
Melville, Roger, 44
Macready, Angelo, 311
Memes, John Smythe, 263
M "Scheie, John, 31
Menteith, Neill, 338
M'Taggart, David, 446
Menzies, Alexander, 313
M'Taggart, Michael, 254
Menzies, David, 423
M'Vey, Andrew, 88
Menzies, Peter Sinclair, 173, 445
Macvey, George, 156
Menzies, Walter, 193
M'Vey, Robert, 83
Menzies, William, 13, 54, 199, 309
M'Vicar, Hugh, 248
Mercer, Laurence, 23
Macwilliam, George, 299
Merry, John Reevie Johnston, 234
Main, Alexander, 477
Metcalfe, William Musham, 183
Main, Archibald, 355
Michie, George Bennet Thomson, 197
Main, Henry, 139
Middleton, Arthur Stanley, 239
Main, James, 95, 274
Millar, Alexander, 115
Main, Thomas, 110
Millar, Andrew, 1, 29, 41, 158
Mair, John, 20
Millar, Arthur, 341
Mair, Matthew, 405, 438
Millar, David, 448
Mair, William, 87
Millar, David Alexander, 491
Maitland, John, 490
Millar, Henry, 158
Maitland, William, 49, 82
Millar, James, of Millheugh, 260, 262,
Makconnell, John, 31
277
Makellar, Angus, 380
Millar, James, 28
Makgilleishe, George, 350
Miller, Sir John, 72
Mark, George, 291
Millar, John, 73, 76, 114, 354
Markland, Hugh, 361
Millar, Peter, 199
Marr, George Simpson, 249, 402
Millar, Robert, 166, 217
Marshall, Alexander, 96, 191
Millar, Robert Sinclair, 233, 304
Marshall, James, 463
Millar, Thomas, 270
Marshall, William, 111
Millar, William, 288, 298
Martin, John, 17, 173, 233, 332
Millar, William Ewart Gladstone, 422
Martin, Thomas, 111, 395
Miller, Andrew, 401
Matheson, Thomas Forrest, 467
Miller, Daniel Jack, 348
Maule, John, 185
Miller, John, 15S
Maule, Thomas, 24
Miller, Robert, 61, 66
Maxwell, Alexander, 488
Miller, Thomas, 26, 160, 466
Maxwell, David Skinner, 361
Miller, William Carrick, 143
Maxwell, Gabriel, 35, 144, 386
Miller, William James Somerville, 348
Maxwell, George, of Auldhouse, 155, 157
Milligan, Archibald, 221
528
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Milligan, Oswald Bell, 15, 16
Milne, Alexander, 197, 453 bis
Milne, David, 373
Milne, George, 20, 376
Milne, James, 113
Milne, Robert, 422
Milne, Walker, 48
Milne, William, 152
Milroy, James, S9
Mitchell, Alexander Gordon, 350
Mitchell, Andrew, of Avisyard, 57, 59
Mitchell, David, 123, 206, 449
Mitchell, Hugh, 227, 255, 388
Mitchell, James, 402
Mitchell, James Robert Mitford, 170
Mitchell, John, 61, 216, 346
Mitchell, Joseph, 50
Mitchell, Norman Reid, 397
Mitchell, Robert, 168, 174, 359
Mitchell, Thomas, 351
Mitchell, Thomas W., 485
Moffat, George Oliver, 218
Moir, Alexander, 265
Moncreiff, Sir Henry Wellwood, 269,
328
Moncrieff, William, 312
Monteath, John, 140, 143
Monteath, John, junr., 140, 159
Monteath, Robert Knox, 417
Monteath, William Paul, 148
Monteith, James Taylor, 340
Montgomerie, John, 126
Montgomerie, Robert, 65, 73 bis,
124
Montgomerie, William, 124
Montgomery, Archibald, 358
Montgomery, James, 44, 91
Montgomery, Robert, 60
Montgomery, Thomas, 44
Montgomery, William, 78
Moodie, Alexander, 64
Moodie, John, 64, 384
Moore, Hamilton, 122
Moore, Thomas, 190
Morgan, Emmanuel, 65
Morren, Nathaniel, 203
Morrison (or Morison), James, 176, 217,
349, 368
Morrison, John, 270
Morrison, Thomas Angus, 484
Morrison, William, 297
Morton (or Myrtoun), Andrew, 379 bis
Morton, William, 321
Mowat, Matthew, 105
Mowat, Samuel, 298
Mowbray, James, 378
Moyes, William Begbie, 369
Muggoch, James Wilson, 97
Muir, Alexander, 488
Muir, David Wilson, 388
Muir, George, 26, 141, 172
Muir, James, 47, 83, 256
Muir, John, 104, 174, 414, 445
Muir, Pearson M'Adam, 19, 459
Muir, Robert, 268, 339, 450
Muir, Robert Walker, 198, 470
Muir, Thomas, 39
Muir, William, 443
Muircroft, William, 381
Muirhead, , 56
Muirhead, James, 2S1
Muirhead, John, 225, 240, 253, 255, 258,
276, 486
Muirhead, Thomas, of Lauchope, 240,
276
Mungall, William, 18, 131
Munro, George, 294
Munro, James, 489
Munro, John Dempster, 200
Munro, Robert, 448
Munro, Thomas, 377
Murdoch (Murdo), Andrew, 206
Murdoch, John, 242
Murdoch, William, 38
Murray, Anthony, 165, 293
Murray, James, 29, 213
Murray, James Alan Cameron, 472
Murray, John, 242, 404
Murray, Robert Elliot, 28
Murray, Thomas, 418
Muschet, Henry, 490
Mushet, Alexander, 88, 190
Mushet, Gilbert, 385
Mutrie, John, 108
Mylne, David, 22, 35
Mylne, James, 169
Nairn, Charles Murray, 447
Nairne, Robert, 287
Naismith, James, 31, 254, 259, 262
Naismith, William, 240
Napier, Peter, 400, 444
Nasmyth, Allan, 191
Naysmith, Gavin, 87, 112
Naysmith, William, 75, 90
Neill, David, 214
Neill, William Notman, 265
Neilson, Thomas, 279
Nelson, Robert, 389
Nesbitt, Alexander, of Knock, 99,
101
Ness, David, 477
INDEX OF MINISTERS
529
Nevay (or Neave), John, 119
Niblock-Stuart, James, 217
Nicholls, John Ashplant, 241
Nicol, Alexander Sinclair, 143
Nicol, David Bruce, 219
Nimmo, Samuel, 25
Nimmo, William, 324
Nisbet, Archibald, 427, 466
Nisbet, Charles, 408
Nisbet, John, 75, 76, 139, 298
Nisbet, Robert, 309
Nisbet, William, 75, 242
Niven, Alexander, 330
Niven, Frederick Charles, 181
Niven, Thomas Brown William, 430, 47l
Norman, Archibald, 222, 280
Normond, Andrew, 154
Norwell, John, 329
OCHTERLONIE, John, 113
Ogilvie, Alexander, 64, 125
Ogilvie, John, 386
Ogilvie, William Falconer, 127
Ogilvie, James, 94
Oliphant, James, 109, 342, 408
Oliphant, John, 280 bis, 285, 293
Oliver, John, 424
Orr, Alexander, 59, 66, 83
Orr, Andrew, 285
Orr, David, 278, 407
Orr, George, 74
Orr, John, 103, 231, 308, 466, 476
Orr, Peter, 114
Orr, Robert Alexander, 333
Osborn, Henry, 75
Osburne, James, 107
Osburne, John, 35, 46, 47
Oswald, Robert, 216
Oughterson, Arthur, 129
Oughterson, John, 385
Oughterson, John Steel, 57, 129
Pagan, Gavin Lang, 216
Pagan, John, 232
Paisley, Duncan Turner, 426
Paisley, John, 153, 346
Paisley, Patrick, 106, 108
Paisley, Robert, 126, 428
Park, George, 180, 349
Park, Hugh, 147, 385
Park, John, 113, 374
Park, Robert, 274
Parker, Andrew Borland, 151, 315
Parker, John, 217, 243, 446
Parker, Stuart Crawford, 397
Parlane, William, 387
Paterson, David Howat, 221
Paterson, John, 38
Paterson, Nathaniel, 434
Paterson, Ninian, 246
Paterson, Peter, 378
Paterson, Robert, 256
Paterson, Samuel, 229
Paterson, William Berry Shaw, 352
Paton, David, 242
Paton, James, 177, 251, 464
Paton, John Allan Hunter, 299
Paton, Joseph Thomson, 38
Paton, Robert, 72, 77, 187, 440
Paton, William, 29
Patrick, John, 58, 110
Patterson, Alexander Simpson, 416
Patterson, John, 38, 347, 390
PattuIIo, Henry Alexander, 219
Paul, John, 53, 72
Paul, Robert John, 408
Peacock, Patrick, 61
Pearson, Andrew Forret Scott, 130
Pearson, James, 368
Pearson, Thomas, 96
Peden, George, 107
Peebles, Bernard, 144
Peebles, Guy Steel, 282
Peebles, Hugh, of Mainshall, 152, 153 bis
Peebles, Robert, 44
Peebles, Thomas, 49
Peebles, William, 13
Peirson, Peter, 288
Peterkin, William, 312
Peters, David Smith, 15, 203
Petrie, James, 113
Pettigrew, John, 412
Phillip, Thomas, 19
Picken, John, 191
Pierson, David, 149
Pierson, William, 164
Pinkerton, John, 153, 249
Pinkerton, Robert Lang, 311
Pirie, William Robinson, 423
Pollock, James Ferrier, 470
Pollock, John, 328, 344, 413
Pollock, Thomas, 118
Pollock, William, 142
Pollok, David, 248
Pollok, George, 105
Pollok, Robert, 420
Polwarth, Andrew, 161, 372
Porteous, Archibald, 190
Porteous, David John Moir, 218
Porteous, James, 64, 321
Porteous, William, 396, 443
Porter, George, 54, 396
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530
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Porter, William Henry, 257
Reid, George, 33, 62, 66, 73
Porterfield, John, 5, 329, 333, 338, 340, 349,
Reid, John, 59, 146, 176, 218, 354, 403
350
Reid, Mungo, 156
Potter, John, 432
Reid, Patrick, 331
Power, Edward, 22
Reid, Robert, 405
Preston, Berry, 65, 470
Reid, William, 27, 123, 485
Preston, David, 472
Reid, William Alexander, 55
Primrose, Peter, 48
Reid, William Walker, 343
Primrose, Robert William, 81
Rennie, George, 129
Pringle, James Home, 337
Rennie, Robert, 479
Proudfoot, Peter, 326
Rennison, Alexander, 177
Proudfoot, William, 224, 279
Rentoul, John Laurence, 241
Provan, Archibald, 374, 383
Renwick, John, 181, 252
Provand, William Seath, 461
Reston, David, 138
Pryde, Robert, 109, 473
Richardson, Jacob, 216
Pryde, Thomas, 279
Richardson, William, 145
Richmond, James, 66, 100
Quia, Gordon, 361, 464
Rintoul, Robert, 490
Risk, John, 247
Rae, Francis, 16
Ritchie, David, 76, 106
Rae, John, 168
Ritchie, John, 76, 353
Rae, John Ellis, 344, 403
Ritchie, John William, 421, 428
Rae, Robert, 258
Ritchie, Richard Spenser, 69
Rae, Robert Neill, 143, 422
Ritchie, William, 76, 118, 433
Rae, Robert Reid, 224
Robb, David, 192
Rainie, William, 15
Robe, James, 479
Rait, James, 306
Robe, Michael, 385, 479
Rait, Robert, 323
Robe, Thomas, 483
Raith, James, 284
Robertson, Andrew, 2, 233, 251
Ramage, John, 157, 378
Robertson, Christian Arthur, 347
Ramsay, Alexander, 3
Robertson, David Young, 226
Ramsay, Charles Rolland, 473
Robertson, Douglas Dickson, 63
Ramsay, George, 113
Robertson, Duncan, 360
Ramsay, Hugh, 226
Robertson, Frank, 485
Ramsay, James, 1, 259, 482
Robertson, Frederick Lockhart, 203, 332,
Ramsay, John, 45
435
Ramsay, John M'Nicoll, 279
Robertson, Henry M'Intosh, 244
Ramsay, Matthew, 164, 353
Robertson, James, 23, 252, 359, 391
Ramsay, Robert, 35, 398, 451, 453, 456,
Robertson, John, 106, 122, 238, 247, 276,
460
459
Ramsay, Thomas, 373
Robertson, John Spence, 27
Randall, Thomas, 463
Robertson, John Stewart, 110
Ranken, Alexander, 225, 241, 439
Robertson, Patrick, 190
Ranken, Henry, 101
Robertson, Richard, 249, 255
Ranken, Jonathan, 179
Robertson, Robert, 292
Rankin, James, 203
Robertson, William, 82, 244, 252, 263, 371,
Rankine, John, 69, 280
430
Rankine, William Henry, 46, 472
Robinson, James Woodside, 375
Rattray, Alexander, 428
Robison, Andrew, 335
Rattray, William, 389, 477
Robison, William, 91, 321
Rees, David Daniel, 80
Robison, . See also Robertson.
Reid, , 23
Rodger, Matthew, 490
Reid, Archibald, 50, 199
Rodger, Philip, 184
Reid, Daniel, 325
Rodger, Ralph, 78, 117, 453, 457 bis
Reid, David Allan, 58
Rodger, William, 128
Reid, Duncan Alexander Cameron, 441, 444
Rogers, Andrew, 40
INDEX OF MINISTERS
531
Rollo, David Andrew, 224, 470
Rollo, Robert Montgomerie, 357
Rollock, Walter, 355
Rorison, William, 70
Rorison, William Peebles, 247
Rose, John, 20, 49, 274
Rose, Lewis, 408
Ross, Andrew, 121, 406
Ross, Arthur, 451, 453 bis, 457
Ross, Evan, 181
Ross, Francis, 186
Ross, James, 41
Ross, John, 152, 296, 341
Ross, Lachlan, 288
Ross, Robert, 454
Ross, William, 429
Row, Colin, 65
Row, John, 88
Rowan, Stephen, 216
Rowat, James, 92, 105, 107
Rowatt, Alexander, 240, 248, 373, 391,
486
Rowe, William, 181, 422
Roxburgh, John, 115
Roy, James, 490
Roy, John, 329, 340
Runciman, David, 434
Russell, Charles Stewart, 63, 70
Russell, Gabriel, 412
Russell, James, 257
Russel, John, 109, 247
Russell, William, 102, 329
Rutherford, Robert William, 234, 252
Rutherford, Thomas, 142
Rutherford, William, 59
Rynd, John, 25
Sage, John, 452
Salmon, Alexander, 131, 182
Sangster, Alexander, 190
Sangster, John, 227, 253
Sanson, James, 312
Sawers, David Hay, 291
Sawers, Peter Russell, 310
Schewan, James, 91
Scott, Alexander, 143, 210
Scott, Alexander Thou, 226
Scott, Andrew Sidney Dingwall, 232
Scott, Archibald, 320, 424
Scott, David, 156, 249
Scott, George John Chalmers, 16
Scott, James, 285, 463
Scott, John, 202, 224, 277, 281, 285
Scott, John Young, 378
Scott, Patrick, 290
Scott, Peter, 174
Scott, Robert, 259, 318, 451, 453, 456,
460
Scott, Robert Home, 444
Scott, William, 20
Scott, William Richmond, 292
Scoular, John Greenshields, 38
Scoular, John Richard, 426
Scrimgeour, Alexander, 98
Seath, David Langlands, 389
Seath, George Allan, 34
Selkrigg, William, 324
Sempill, George, 139, 141, 142
Sempill, Harry, 349
Sempill, James, 88
Sempill, Ninian, 152
Sempill, Robert, 192, 316
Semple, Andrew, 331
Semple, James, 287, 345
Semple, William, 157
Service, John, 417
Service, William Jack Nichol, 209
Shand, Alexander Erskine, 203
Shand, Alexander Mason, 132
Shanks, David, 337
Shanks, William Spiers, 424
Shannon, William Henry, 71
Sharp, James, 271
Sharpe, David, 230, 267
Sharpe, James, 410
Sharpe, Patrick, 162, 267, 410
Sharpe, Robert Meredith, 294
Shaw, Andrew, 23
Shaw, Anthony, 120, 165
Shaw, David, 21
Shaw, John, 3, 201
Shaw, John, of Dalquharn, 277
Shaw, Patrick, 206
Shaw, Simon, 335
Shaw, Walter, 395
Shaw, William, 11, 13, 332
Shearer, Thomas Hamilton, 415
Shennan, Malcolm, 491
Shepherd, John, 59
Sibbald, Alexander, 35
Sibbald, Samuel James Ramsay, 430
Sime, John, 37, 118
Simpson, Archibald, 217
Simpson, George, 403
Simpson, William, 332
Simpson, William Smith, 305
Simson, James, 136
Simson, Patrick, 186 bis, 212
Simson, William, 95, 181, 321
Sinclair, George, 329
Sinclair, John, 13
Sinclair, Robert Anderson, 486
532
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Sinclair, Thomas Gourlay, 43
Sinclair, William, 115
Skinner, Thomas, 29
Skirving, Alexander, 277
Slater, Thomas, 444
Slessor, Alexander, 330
Slight, Patrick, 332
Slirie, Andrew, 85
Sloan, John, 188
Sloss, James, 408
Slowan, George, 482
Small, Alexander, 70
Smart, John, 380
Smeaton, Thomas, 162, 410
Sraellie, James, 24
Smith, Alexander, of Evelaw, 191
Smith, Archibald, 144, 345, 368
Smith, David, 322
Smith, George, 40, 108
Smith, Harry, 355
Smith, Hugh, 134
Smith, James, 103, 169, 202, 329, 343, 370,
383, 405, 406
Smith, James Cromarty, 243, 325
Smith, John, 138, 182, 190, 233, 345, 358,
429
Smith, John Gould, 81
Smith, John Malcolm, 346
Smith, Robert, 77, 89, 153, 296
Smith, Robert Harvie, 189, 357
Smith, Stewart, 312
Smith, William, 214, 250, 304 bis
Smith, William Chalmers, 404
Smith, William Grierson, 346
Smith, William James, 112
Smyth, John, 443
Snell, John, 329, 349
Snodgrass, John, 179
Somers, Alexander, 190
Somers, Robert, 252
Somervell, Ludovic, of Drumgray, 271
Somerville, Alexander Neil, 390
Somerville, Joseph, 467
Somerville, Robert, 77
Somerville, Thomas, 400, 485
Somerville, William, 288, 298, 319
Sommers, John, 383
Sommerville, James, 101, 196
Spalding, John, 87, 88 bis
Spark, Alexander, 264, 451
Speirs, Alexander, 409, 480
Speirs, John, 63
Spence, John Aitken, 38
Spittal, Archibald, 211, 338, 350
Spottiswood, John, 313
Spottiswoode, John Robert, 81
Spreule, Robert, 33
Stalker, George Alexander, 265
Stark, James, 198
Stark, Thomas, 311
Stark, William, 220, 281
Steel, Thomas, 223
Steel, John, of Windhill, 26
Steel, William, 29
Steel, William, of Waygateshaw, 247
Steele, John, 70
Steele, Robert, 207
Steele, William, 68
Stephen, Robert, 188
Steuart, Frederick Alexander, 146, 338
Steven, Charles Bannatyne, 126
Steven, James, 118, 153, 427
Steven, Robert, 19, 34
Steven, William M'Culloch, 431
Stevenson, Alexander, 31, 32
Stevenson, Alexander Wright, 391
Stevenson, Henry, 228
Stevenson, James, 14
Stevenson, John, 364, 382
Stevenson, Malcolm, 331, 359, 362
Stevenson, Robert, 86, 180 bis, 221
Stevenson, William Ferrie, 488
Stevenson, William Sinclair, 154
Stewart, Alexander, 137, 303
Stewart, Andrew, 193
Stewart, Charles, 111
Stewart, David, 132
Stewart, David Melville, 195
Stewart, Gavin, 31
Stewart, Gordon, 191, 332
Stewart, George Lindsay, 2
Stewart, James, 16, 88, 190, 198, 375
Stewart, John, 69, 221, 234, 331, 375, 387,
402
Stewart, John Allan, 181
Stewart, John Cameron, 436
Stewart, John Douglas, 179
Stewart, Matthew, of Catrine, 363
Stewart, Robert, 24, 219, 450
Stewart, Robert Walter, 194
Stewart, Thomas, 192
Stewart, Thomas Dow, 491
Stewart, Walter, 353
Stewart, William, 144, 445
Stirling, David, 24, 32
Stirling, George, 327, 341
Stirling, James, 56, 150, 168, 292, 327, 367,
393, 463
Stirling, John, 23, 99, 144, 149 bis, 207, 327
Stirling, Luke, 248, 280, 350
Stirling, Robert, 40, 108, 123, 149
Stirling, Walter, 327
INDEX OF MINISTERS
533
Stirling, William, 327, 329, 331, 339, 453
Stobbs, Simon Somerville, 48
Stobie, Charles Walker, 305
Stoddart, James, 483
Stoddart, John, 345, 367, 375
Storrie, Alexander Rennie, 380
Story, Robert, 364
Story, Robert Herbert, 364
Strachan, Neil, 182, 437
Straehan, William Buchanan, 233
Strang, George Walter, 179
Strang, Walter, 33, 477
Strang, William, 97
Strong, Charles, 203, 390
Strong, David, 18, 30, 107, 108, 415
Struthers, William, 279, 294, 453, 460, 481,
482
Stuart, John, 14, 326, 360, 444
Stuart, Samuel, 42
Stuart, Thomas, 384
Stuart, William, 385
Stuart, William Stevenson, 469
Sutherland, Alexander, 471
Sutherland, Hugh, 386, 425
Sutherland, Innes Grant, 84
Swan, David, 54
Swan, John Arbuckle, 441
Swan, Ninian, 287
Swan, William, 355
Sweet, Wallace Graham, 395
Sydserff, Archibald, 342
Sym, Andrew, 357
Sym, George, 356
Sym, William John, 330
Symington, James, 60, 312
Symington, John, 287
Symon, James, 93, 478
Symson, Andrew, 301
Symson, Robert, 39
Symson, William, 341
Taggart, Moses, 467
Taite, Andrew, 379
Taylor, Charles William Gray, 282
Taylor, David, 467
Taylor, Duncan, 224
Taylor, James, 155, 206
Taylor, John, 155, 168, 324
Taylor, Robert, 139
Taylor, William, 172, 328, 441, 458
Telfer, Alexander, 146
Telfer, David, 270
Telfer, John, 479
Telfer, Samuel, 483
Templeton, Andrew, 226, 318
Templeton, John Lynn, 344
Thorn, William, 412
Thompson, Edward Litton, 15, 261,
263
Thompson, William, 209
Thomson, Adam, 26
Thomson, Alexander, 236, 280
Thomson, Andrew, 53, 305
Thomson, Andrew Bald, 86, 109
Thomson, Daniel Vere, 109
Thomson, David Livingstone, 275
Thomson, George, 55, 209
Thomson, Hugh, 114
Thomson, James, 42, 179, 217, 435
Thomson, John, 30, 54, 85, 111, 241, 409,
490, 491
Thomson, John Archibald Glover, 17
Thomson, John Knox, 116
Thomson, John Scott, 364
Thomson, John Youngson, 312
Thomson, Neil Livingstone, 270
Thomson, Peter, 419
Thomson, Robert, 406
Thomson, Robert Cleghorn, 201
Thomson, Robert Nicolson, 436
Thomson, Robert Wodrow, 178, 449
Thomson, Thomas, 29
Thomson, Thomas, of Cochlea, 293
Thomson, Thomas Bentley Stewart, 249
Thomson, Thomas Reid, 199
Thomson, William, 62, 139, 155, 242, 275,
298, 301, 427
Thomson, William Aird, 249
Tod, John, 50
Tod, John Hume, 421
Tod, Michael, 89
Torrie, William, 91
Train, Robert, 386
Tullidaff, William, 102
Tulloch, John Lancelot Constantine,
263
Tulloch, William Weir, 203, 424
Turbat, John, 63
Turnbull, Charles Scrirageour, 229
Turnbull, George, 30, 184
Turnbull, Peter, 215
Turnbull, Robert, 132, 395
Turnbull, Thomas Hardie, 316
Turnbull, William Bell, 472
Turner, Alexander, 409
Turner, Andrew, 193, 207
Turner, David, 207
Tweedie, David Jackson, 65
Tweedie, Patrick, 323
Uduard, Robert, 44
Underwood, John, 415
534
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Underwood, Thomas, 21
Watson, Adam, 148
Urie, Robert, 90
Watson, Alexander, 131
Urquhart, Robert, 103
Watson, Alexander Cameron, 361
Watson, Alexander Robertson, 184
Vallavce, William, 489
Watson, Archibald, 450
Vary, John, 239, 320
Watson, David, 180, 436, 472
Vassie, William. 129
Watson, David Crawford, 110
Veitch, Andrew, 489
Watson, George, 345
Veitch, David, 411
Watson, John, 3, 385
Veitch, Ebenezer, 11
Watson, Robert, 335 bis
Veitch, James, 49 (3)
Watt, Alexander, 264
Veitch, John, 323
Watt, Andrew, 391
Vilant, William, 240 bis
Watt, Gordon Beattie, 110, 464
Watt, John, 391, 417
Waddell, Richard, 451, 457
Watt, John Buchan Adam, 374
Waddell, Thomas Clement, 270
Watt, John Peter, 478
Wagner, William Cowan, 311
Watt, William Martin, 279
Wait, Robert, 40, 408
Webster, Alexander, 109
Walker,. Andrew, 82, 287, 387
Webster, John M'Kesser, 366
Walker, Ebenezer, 34
Wedderburn, Alexander, 105
Walker, George, 3
Wedderspoon, James, 325
Walker, Hugh, 157
Weir, Duncan Harkness, 196
Walker, James, 122, 286, 291, 333
Weir, Hugh, 274
Walker, Robert, 72
Weir, James, 146
Walker, Samuel, 33
Weir, John, 245, 284
Walker, Thomas, 32, 36
Weir, Richard, 295
Walker, William, 15, 57
Wells, Laurence, 278
Walker, William Montgomery, 62
Welsh, David, 439
Walkinshaw, James, 149, 327
Welsh, John, 5
Walkinshaw, Patrick, 122, 273, 350
Wemyss, David, 451, 454
Walkinshaw, William, 426
Wharrie, Thomas, 314, 317
Wallace, Adam, 37
Wharrie, Thomas Smith, 74
Wallace, Alexander, 39
White, Charles, 405
Wallace, Andrew Ewing, 63
White, George, 11
Wallace, Archibald, 335
White, John, 20, 357, 395, 490
Wallace, David, 22
White, William, 84
Wallace, Ebenezer Bradshaw, 18
Whiteford, James, 371
Wallace,- Hugh, 408
Whiteford, Walter, 104, 273
Wallace, James, 144 bis, 152, 333, 430
Whitehead, William, 311
Wallace, John, of Monkcastle, 215 bis
Whyte, Andrew, 352
Wallace, John, 34, 43, 81, 170, 193
Whyte, David, 90
Wallace, Michael, 104
Whyte, James, 73, 405
Wallace, Patrick, 215
Wilkie, Daniel, 281
Wallace, Robert, 14, 34, 77, 328
Wilkie, John, 264
Wallace, William, 20, 31, 73 bis, 133, 14S
Wilkie, Robert, 104, 119, 300, 398,
451,
Walls, Thomas, 2
453
Walters, Edward, 422
Wilkie, Thomas, 82
Warden, James, 374
Wilkie, William, 411
Warden, John, 377
Wilkinson, Stephen, 122
Warner, John, 150
Will, John, 138
Warner, Patrick, of Ardeer, 99
Williamson, Alexander, 55
Warnock, Gavin, 227
Williamson, Archibald, 427
Warr, Alfred, 364
Willis, Michael, 431
Warr, Charles Laing, 204
Willison, Alexander, 37
Warren, Robert Sharp, 364
Wilson, Alexander, 403
Waterson, William, 11
Wilson, Andrew, 64, 167
INDEX OF MINISTERS
535
Wilson, Archibald, 150, 336
Wilson, David, 38
Wilson, David Hood, 381
Wilson, George, 35, 142
Wilson, Hugh, 188, 226
Wilson, James, 67, 196
Wilson, James Peter, 67
Wilson, James Wyper, 281
Wilson, John, 95, 101, 159, 215, 293, 295, 317
Wilson, Matthew, 321
Wilson, Robert Macnair, 423
Wilson, Thomas, 233, 317
Wilson, Thomas Clark, 80
Wilson, Thomas Wilkie, 171
Wilson, William, 205, 284, 295, 485
Wilson, William Lyall, 318
Winchester, Hugh Sinclair, 327
Wiseman, John, 271
Wishart, William, 474
Witherspoon, John, 83, 174
Wodrow, Alexander, 451, 477
Wodrow, James, 92, 123, 451, 462
Wodrow, Patrick, 75, 386
Wodrow, Robert, 135, 136
Wodrow, William, 89
Wood, Alexander, 482
Wood, Charles, 322
Wood, James, 353
Wood, James George, 180
Wood, James Gray, 187, 225, 251
Wood, James Julius, 14
Wood, James Richmond, 196
Wood, Robert, 63
Woodburn, John Murray, 84
Workman, William, 38
Wotherspoon, Arthur Wellesley, 428
Wotherspoon, Gavin Scott, 383
Wotherspoon, Henry Johnstone, 232
Wreittoun, Alexander, 116
Wright, Daniel, 348, 396
Wright, Edward, 451, 456
Wright, George, 109
Wright, James, 53
Wright, Robert, 360
Wright, Stewart, 229, 444
Wright, William, 106, 107
Wright, William Hood, 244
Wylie, John, 55, 286
Wylie, Matthew, 20, 31, 33, 381
Wylie, Thomas, of Barclay, 49, 94
Wyllie, Robert, 260
Wyper, William, 180
Wyse, James, 84
Yeats, Robert, 354
Young, Archibald, 260
Young, David, 188, 358
Young, George, 49, 451, 453 bis, 477
Young, James, 27, 41, 181, 384
Young, James Morogh, 48
Young, John, 82, 97, 154
Young, Ninian, 55
Young, Robert, 88, 186, 192, 223, 387, 487
Young, Stephen, 18
Young, Walter, 193
Young, William, 487
Younger, Thomas, 152, 209
Younger, William, 59
Yuille, George Simpson, 109, 489
Yuille, John, 197
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